Colored arrows on the eyes: white, blue and red, makeup, photo

Arrows have long been considered a “classic” of makeup. They suit any eye shape, face shape, hair color, etc. A fashion trend in recent seasons is a colored line on the eyelid. Using a varied palette, you can highlight the eyes and make the image bright and special. This is an ideal make-up option when you have to go to an important event.

Smoky stripe

Like any other make-up, colored arrows on the eyes have their own characteristics. What should you pay attention to when creating dramatic, colorful lines on your eyes? First of all, the type of cosmetics is of great importance. When choosing liquid eyeliner, felt-tip pen, or liner, the lines will be bright and saturated. If you draw them with pencils, then you can achieve a translucent effect. The only exception is a tonal pencil, since it can be used to draw both bright and smoky lines.

What shades are there?

If, when creating a make-up, the choice fell on colored arrows, you should take into account some nuances. For example, different shades of eyeliners and felt-tip pens suit different eye colors. Blue eyes can be emphasized with the following shades:

Silver;
Pink;
Yellow;
Blue;
Orange, etc.

Orange marker

Green-eyed beauties can experiment with the following colors:

Violet;
Plum;
Bronze.

Eyeliners or felt-tip pens of any shade will help highlight gray eyes. Makeup with red arrows will look especially bright. But it is not advisable to use a red tone for those whose eyelid threatens to hang over the eye, since this color will visually make it even heavier.

Brown eyes will be shaded with lilac, green, and blue tones. Makeup with blue arrows will suit any eye color. Blue lines are just as versatile as black lines.

Blue eyeliner

White arrows on the eyes look good in the spring and summer. White eyeliner, shadows applied using a wet technique, or a felt-tip pen will make your look brighter and more expressive. White lines on the eyelids go well with glitter. They are suitable for everyday makeup.

Arrows do not only mean single-color lines. Ombre or color block lines are very popular. These are lines consisting of two or more colors shaded together. In order to shade the line carefully and make the transition from one shade to another softer, you need to use a thin brush with synthetic bristles.

"Wings"

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If you are used to applying shadow only to the moving eyelid, you can take this as a sign. This spring, try to go beyond the boundaries and draw sweeping “wings” up to your eyebrows, as the world’s makeup artists do.

For makeup from the Christian Siriano show, arm yourself with shadows with a sponge applicator or classic powder shadows and two brushes: an angled one for drawing “wings” and a fluffy one for shading. For this look from makeup artist Robin Black, choose eyeshadow and contour pencil in the same color scheme.

If you want to add some drama, try replicating the emerald and black eyeshadow look that makeup artist Lisa Eldridge created for Emma Roberts. Don’t worry if the outlines don’t come out too clear: firstly, the outline can always be corrected with a cotton swab, and secondly, the haze effect is even appropriate here.

How to draw an arrow

How to draw arrows on the eyes with eyeliner

In order to correctly draw a colored stripe on the eyelid, first of all you need to decide on the number and palette of shades. Next, you need to prepare the skin before applying the eyeliner and apply the main color so that the eyeliner is not hidden behind the eyelashes or shadows. Below we discuss the technique of applying makeup with colored arrows step by step.

Preparing the eyelid skin

In order for the makeup to remain on the skin longer, the dermis is treated with degreasing agents before applying it. The eyelids should also be wiped with a cosmetic degreaser.

Applying base color to eyelids

The skin color on the eyelids must be evened out using highlighter, foundation or foundation powder. Then shadows are applied, the color of which will be the background color for the eyeliner.

Drawing the lower eyelash contour

The next procedure should be to draw the interciliary contour of the lower eyelid. To do this, use a very soft pencil to paint the space between the eyelashes. Ideal makeup implies completely painted areas of the skin.

Tinting the interlash space of the upper eyelid

Next, you should paint the interciliary space of the upper eyelid. Considering that the line can be double, the colored one can be applied on top of the classic black one, then the space between the eyelashes must be painted carefully.

Drawing an arrow

The next step is to apply the arrow. Depending on what type of arrow was chosen, a colored stripe is applied with a brush to the upper and lower eyelids. Some, in order not to waste time every day drawing a thin arrow, get a tattoo. With the help of tattooing on the upper and lower eyelids, the shape of the eyes is visually enlarged.

Eyelash dyeing

Finally, you should tint your eyelashes. At this stage you can also experiment. You can leave natural eyelashes, lightly touching them with mascara. This will soften the bright makeup a little. You can paint the lower and upper eyelashes well. This way you will get a spectacular, bright, evening make-up.

Eye color and secrets

Let's first go over the theory - what colors can makeup be used for green eyes? Someone will say that it is easiest to use green, and... and they will be wrong. Because if you are not sure that you have an amazing sense of color and you have chosen exactly the shade that will make your eyes charming and not kill them, it is better to stay away from green.

By and large, you can use almost any color - the shades and their temperature scale are important. There are cold pink and warm brown, it’s better to know such nuances.

I advise every girl to sort through her makeup bag and take hundreds of swatches - in normal daylight, in artificial light and in direct sunlight - so you can figure out exactly what temperature characteristics your cosmetics have.

Surely everyone has seen unsuccessful makeup, which when going out looks simply terrible - and so, its owner simply did not take this nuance into account.

The next important point that all owners of green eyes need to take into account is the tonal saturation of certain shades. When I say that you can do makeup for gray-green eyes in any shade, I am not saying something - it all depends on your needs, on what impression you want to make.

Do you want to make your look dark, a little mysterious and magical? Learn smokey eye makeup for green eyes using blue and purple shades; even the Mariana Trench will envy the depth of your eyes.

Do you want to look like a boring teacher? It couldn't be simpler, take an inexpensive satin eyeshadow and highlight the corners of your eyes with light gray-earth shades. Your eyes won't look green, but they will look gorgeous.

Use shadows with a shimmering effect, frost finish and frosty coating with great caution - for some reason, in combination with green eyes, very often such shadows do not look sparkling, but simply dirty and greasy.

Get several different concealers - this way you can keep your skin perfect. And if possible, buy a couple of bronzers for your face and body - there is nothing more beautiful than bright green eyes, shaded with a golden tan.

Colored arrows for brown eyes

How to draw arrows on the eyes for beginners

For brown eyes, stripes of all lilac shades and any green are suitable.

Note! The most flattering eyeliner color for brown eyes is brown. In addition, it will look good on olive or dark skin and will emphasize a tan.

The brown shade should be chosen correctly. Under no circumstances should it be the same as your eye color. It is best to choose a shade a couple of shades darker. For a brunette with brown eyes, makeup with purple arrows will suit her.

Purple stripes

For evening makeup, the lilac color of the stripes, with a light metallic tint, is suitable. For daytime – light lilac tones.

Green arrows will emphasize the depth of brown eyes. To create a mysterious image, a dark emerald color is ideal.

Emerald eyeliner

Makeup for green eyes depending on color type

Knowing the color type, you can always make the right makeup for any occasion. As for green eyes, they are not found only in girls of one type - spring.

The table will help you understand what time of year your appearance belongs to.

Color type "winter"	Summer color type	Color type "autumn"
Eyes	Emerald, green and brown	Gray-green, marshy with dark edging	Golden-green with splashes, brown-green, sea green
Leather	Ivory, olive shade	Pale pink, with a grayish tint, sometimes freckled	Creamy, peachy, dark-skinned, often freckled
Hair	Dark brown, black, platinum blonde	Ash brown, blond, chestnut	Brown, dark brown, red

There is a very quick way to determine your color type: you just need to look at your veins. In warm-type people (autumn, spring), veins have a greenish tint on the skin. The blood vessels of representatives of the cold type, as a rule, are translucent blue.

Girls of Slavic origin most often belong to the summer color type. It is best to highlight green eyes with cosmetics with shades of gray. Also suitable colors are metallic silver and gold.

How to beautifully make up green eyes for representatives of the winter type? Both daytime and evening makeup in this case can be in pink, green and even purple tones - rich and bright colors suit such girls.

Makeup examples

How to draw arrows on the eyes

A good make-up should highlight your strengths and hide minor flaws. Thus, eye makeup should increase the cut, emphasize depth, and add shine. To do this, not only the color of the eyeliner, felt-tip pen or pencil is selected, but also the shape of the arrows and even their number. In most cases, for small, close-set eyes, a colored line is applied only to the upper eyelid, the lower one is emphasized with regular black eyeliner or is not drawn at all.

Colored lines

Something to remember! Bright colored arrows are more applicable to an evening look, as they look slightly shocking. But for those who want to stand out, they are suitable in most cases. In everyday life, natural makeup is more suitable for business meetings.

Double stripe

Glitter eyeliner

Choosing cosmetics

How to choose cosmetics? The easiest option is to go to a good store where a stylist or makeup artist is present for consultations, and ask them to try out several types of different makeup on you, and then purchase the colors and shades that were used in the process. However, this is only suitable for residents of large cities - such luxury is difficult to find in small cities.

Another option, which will cost you, is to visit a makeup artist privately and ask them to give you a good makeover, or better yet, two. A competent specialist will not only select the ideal combinations, but will also be able to recommend brands of cosmetics and individual names of certain products. The downside of this option is that the makeup artist needs to pay for the consultation.

And the last option that I like is to regularly review makeup for green eyes, photos and videos with shade analysis. You can learn a lot this way. And:

you will find interesting lessons that you will want to repeat;
you will become much better versed in modern trends;
you can easily navigate the world of cosmetics;
As a result, you will build your own collection of makeup products that suit you.

What should you pay attention to when choosing cosmetics? For quality and color. With quality, everything is simple - if you doubt your ability to choose good inexpensive cosmetics, then try to bribe a little and buy a good eyeshadow palette from any luxury brand. Believe me, you will never regret it.

With flowers everything is a little more complicated. Are you unsure about your choice? Ask for advice from a consultant, or even better, several. Swatch it on your wrist and apply the color to your eye to see how the tone will look next to your beautiful eyes.

Consider your color type - naturally, makeup for brown-green eyes for a blonde and a brunette will be completely different and done with different means.

Be sure to get a beige eyeshadow palette - preferably satin or even matte. This will be a so-called workhorse - if the shadows are of good enough quality, and there are at least 3 shades in the palette from light to dark, you can do several different makeup looks and not look monotonous.

Buy one doublet with a bright color combination. Pink-blue, yellow-blue, turquoise and peach, gold and brown, mint and chocolate - these combinations will never go out of style, and you will always have the opportunity to add a little color to your makeup, making it brighter and more interesting. Be sure to use all modern beauty products that will help you improve your make-up, namely:

correctors and concealers - to make your skin perfect;
tints and pigments - for applying bright colors;
black and white kajals - for an open and open look;
combinations of shadows with different finishes - for texturing.

How to make an everyday version

Watch a simple tutorial on how to do daytime makeup for green eyes in natural tones. I would like to remind you that following the order of actions, as in the photograph, is very important. The fact is that different layers of makeup must have time to adhere well to the skin, and therefore make-up must be done consistently and in strict accordance with the instructions.

Try daytime makeup for green eyes in a pin-up style - all you need is a good black kajal, absolutely any light shadow and that mascara that gives triple volume.

First, prepare your skin by applying an eyeshadow base. Then draw the arrows. By the way, if you are not sure that you can draw a straight line, use a credit card instead of a ruler. Cover the moving part of the eyelid with shadows, and then paint the arrow a second time. Add a few highlights - for example, under the eyebrow and near the inner corner of the eye using a highlighter. Apply mascara and your makeup is ready.

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