23 Eyeshadow Color Stories for Summer-Into-Fall Inspiration

1 of 2
Sydney Grace Chase Your Dreams Palette Look
Sydney Grace Chase Your Dreams Palette Look
Sydney Grace Chase Your Dreams Palette Look
Sydney Grace Chase Your Dreams Palette Look
Sydney Grace Chase Your Dreams Palette Look
Sydney Grace Chase Your Dreams Palette Look

I’ve put together 23 different color combinations that might inspire your next eyeshadow look as we head into fall 🙂 They’re more often colorful than strictly neutral, as that was the mood I was in, but there are a few less bright/vibrant takes, too. You can peruse my past color stories for other options!

About This Series

Each look idea is centered around a “quad” of four shades with the expectation that one might bring in the appropriate brow bone or additional transitional shade based on skin tone. I know that I tend to use more like five or six shades in a typical look, but I think that four is a happy medium to give a good idea of the “core” color scheme of a look while giving you the ability to lighten/darken as desired. I have listed the colors in this order: inner lid, middle of lid, outer lid/crease, and crease/above crease.

You might see combinations that seem slightly repeated but placement will vary (e.g. a halo placement where the lightest and more shimmery shade is placed on the center) as placement can also create a different effect/look! You might also want to consider incorporating your favorite matte/shimmer shades (as applicable) to increase the versatility of certain palettes. Consider these ideas a jumping off point!























12 Comments

Comments that do not adhere to our comment policy may be removed. Discussion and debate are highly encouraged but we expect community members to participate respectfully. Please keep discussion on-topic, and if you have general feedback, a product review request, an off-topic question, or need technical support, please contact us!

Please help us streamline the comments' section and be more efficient: double-check the post above for more basic information like pricing, availability, and so on to make sure your question wasn't answered already. Comments alerting us to typos or small errors in the post are appreciated (!) but will typically be removed after errors are fixed (unless a response is needed).

We appreciate enthusiasm for new releases but ask readers to please hold questions regarding if/when a review will be posted as we can't commit to or guarantee product reviews. We don't want to set expectations and then disappoint readers as even products that are swatched don't always end up being reviewed due to time constraints and changes in priorities! Thank you for understanding!

Comments on this post are closed.
Genevieve Avatar

Lovely combinations, as always Christine. I am quite liking the ones you did with ND’s Bronze…
I also liked Desert Dreams, To Earth – for cooler tones, Bittermelon. I generally use only 2-3 eyeshadows at the moment, so the vibrant shades are calling me in these quads.

Dannell Avatar

I love when you do these! I honestly would not think to put some of those shades together (mainly because I don’t pull all my pallets out and just LOOK at what I have I think) but I find them so inspiring!
I can’t wait to go home and see what I have that is similar to try and utilize the quads. Thank you so much for all your efforts. Hope you have a great weekend!

Ivy Avatar

These are such a lovely range of looks. I’m always partial to your green color combos as I have brown eyes and desperately wish there were more greens in the world, but I’m surprised at how much I like some of the others such as Gotham Nights and Plumful Morning. All of these color stories really do feel like the perfect seasonal transition looks, and there’s a bit of everything if you look more warm neutral or colorful shades.

We try to approve comments within 24 hours (and reply to them within 72 hours) but can sometimes get behind and appreciate your patience! 🙂 If you have general feedback, product review requests, off-topic questions, or need technical support, please contact us directly. Thank you for your patience!