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5 Bold, Bright Orange Eyeshadows for Summer
Continuing with the theme of all things scorching hot, how about a focus on orange eyeshadow? I’d love to hear about your personal favorites and how you like to wear orange eyeshadow.
- Fyrinnae Pyromantic Erotica — a light-medium, shimmery tangerine
- Make Up For Ever #10 — a bold, bright orange cream eyeshadow
- Sugarpill Flamepoint — a bright, red-orange with a matte finish
- MAC Red Brick — a medium orange-red with a matte finish
- NARS Persia — a deepened, dark orange-red with a matte finish
I LOVE orange eyeshadow. Flamepoint is a good one. SauceBox also has a pretty one called Orange Sun.
Flamepoint has been a long-time fave! It’s so pigmented!
NARS Persia is an interesting color.
however i never gets guts to wear orange shadow 🙂
may be i should find a bit of muted version of it 🙂
Yes, you should!! You could also do just a little bit – either as an eyeliner or maybe just the outer corner! You can pair it with brown for a softer look.
You can also try it with navy, or a deep blue-based purple. Since orange & blue are opposite on the color wheel, they sort of “neutralize” each other. You can also use a blue or purple in the same vibrancy of the orange, especially if you have fairer skin, but thendeeper shades will”soften” the orange. Or, start with tawnier browns or bricks, or even darker peachy shades, and work up to orange.
When I went to buy the Kat von D Ladybird palette, I mentioned to the SA that I loved every shade in it, except Cleopatra. She suggested I try it with either the mavy or purple shades in the palette, and I actually really liked the results.
MAC Texture is the closest I have gotten to orange! lol! Although I had a MUA use MAC rule lightly all over my eyes before adding any other color and it made everything so much brighter and richer.. I think because orange counteracts all blue-ness so it is good at evening out things if you have blue veins on the eyes like I do! 🙂
Rule is another great one! 🙂
I love the Makeup Forever, Mac and NARS ones. I need them all!
Woohoo!!
I love orange eyeshadow. And I own none of the ones you listed! I will be checking them out…thanks for listing these.
I’m not sure about orange cream eyeshadow though. It seems to need a light hand which is easier than powder. Any thoughts on that?
Since it’s shimmery, I find it works well as you can sheer it out without it looking off!
Wowies, NARS Persia looks like the perfect matte orange to me!
I love how it has red in it!
What about UD’s slowburn? I still eye the electric palette longingly everytime I go to Sephora, but my favorite shades aren’t “eye safe”. Grrr
That’s a nice shade!
WOW! If I had flawless skin and was tall and skinny I think I’d rock an orange monostripe across my eye area.
I think you can rock it no matter your shape 🙂
I have Persia and love it. Also a nice orange in the Sleek sunset palette. Orange looks good in the crease or center of my brown eyes.
I love how Persia is darker but still bright!
I don’t own any orange eye shadow, I should! NARS Persia is stunning, I’d wear it on my cheeks (with a light hand of course).
Persia is lovely!
Lovely list as always 🙂
I love me some orange eyeshadow n from ur list I want sugarpil and nars 🙂 both are stunning
my fav orange are
mac rule
mac red brick
mufe no 18 powder eyeshadow
mufe no 10
but I find hard to use no 10 …. shall see diff ways 🙂
just 3 days back
I used red brick in crease with mac sea worship all over n it was looking beautiful 🙂
Great picks, Rashmi!! Have you tried MUFE’s new eyeshadow yet?
No Christine 🙁 i am yet to try any new MUFE products …
just yest i was thinking to buy some 🙂
and even NARS new eyeshadow i want to see 🙂
I HIGH recommend “California Sun” by Madison Street Beauty. This pigment is a cross between orange and bronze. Madison Street Beauty is an all natural Etsy shop that sells awesome eye shadow pigments, setting powders, bronzers, etc. Go check them out!
Will have to check it out! THanks!
Yay for orange eyeshadow. My personal favorite is maybelline color tattoo in fierce and tangy. It’s so wearable and cheap! Nars mediteranee duo is another great one.
That’s a really fun shade!
I don’t think I have any orange eyeshadows, and now I feel I need at least three 😀
I love Persia, Flame Point and Red Brick. Next time I go by Sephora and the MAC counter in one of the department stores I will take a good look at these.
Persia is really nice for someone who doesn’t love TRUE orange!
Sugarpill, NARS and MUFE here are my favourites! Orange eyeshadow is a tricky proposition on my complexion, but mostly I just want to own them to be able to just stare at their beauty, LOL.
Sometimes just looking is enough 😉
I love the lighter tangerine color of the Fyrinnae one. I have so many of their shadows! My HG brand.
Fyrinnae has some cool, complex shades!
I love orange eyeshadow. I works with numerous colors to create wonderful combinations.
Which ones do you love the most?