How to match Eye Makeup and Hair color

If you have changed the color of your hair, this may mandate a change in your eye makeup palette. A different color hair can make your complexion look different. Perhaps you have gone from being a brunette to a redhead. The eye makeup that you previously wore may not look as good or be as complementary now that you've joined the sisterhood of titan-haired beauties. Your eye makeup should enhance your complexion and work with, rather than against, your hair color.


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Many redheads look best when their eye makeup is green, taupe and dark brown, according to Carefair.com, since these colors will warm a complexion.

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Opting to go gray may completely change your choice in makeup colors for your eyes and face. Gray hair can be striking but it can also wash out your complexion. Counteract this by wearing gray and white eyes shadow with navy or slate eyeliner.

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Don't forget your eyebrows. If you've undergone a drastic change in hair color, say from dark brown to gray, you may want to get a professional colorist to dye your eyebrows so they will complement and match your new hair color.

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Going blond may require that you soften your eye color palette, as well as your face makeup. Avoid dark eyes shadows and black eyeliner, which may be too harsh now that you're fair-haired. Consider using brown eyeliner and mascara instead of black and experiment with pale pink, bone-colored or ash eye shadows.

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Changing to brunette from blond is probably going to mandate that you include deeper colors in your makeup repertoire so that you can avoid looking washed out. Use mochas and various shades of brown eye shadows.

What to Avoid and What to Consider
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Avoid extremes in eye and face makeup if your hair is dark brown because wearing eye make-up or foundation that is too pale will look stark against your dark hair and you will end up looking spooky, recommends Marieclaire.com.

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Consider wearing peach and copper eye makeup as well as green eye shadows if you are a redhead because this will warm up your face and look great with your hair, notes celebrity makeup artist Carmindy.

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Using matte nude eye colors and lipsticks will wash out a blond. Jillian Dempsey, who is the global creative color director for Avon, recommends wearing shimmery eye shadow to brighten the complexion.

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Consider using gray eye shadow and eyeliner coupled with jewel tones and opaque plums if you are raven-haired.