What are your favorite budget-friendly brown eyeshadows? I’d love to hear about your personal favorites and recommendations. Here are five of mine:
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Nice picks. I love Mac’s Divine Decadence, it’s one of my all time favorite dark browns!
That is a great pick!
Great picks! My favorite brown is probably MAC’s Embark.
Embark is nice!
I love the Inglot colours! Also Endless Chocolate from L’Oreal I think the infalliable line, is beautiful dark shimmery brown which I really like! 🙂
Sounds so pretty!! I can’t remember if I have that one…
I *think* that one’s Continuous Cocoa in the US…
For some reason, MAC Carbonized is one of my fav when it comes to brown! Nice Picks!!
That’s a nice color!
Oh my – someone else who has and loves Carbonized. I wish MAC would have made it permanent (and if it had cost 10 dollars or less, that would be even better-er!)
I like all of these, but especially the two Inglts and the Makeup Geek! 😀 I have many browns that I’m fond of, including Lancom Tres Chocolat and Cuban Light, but as usual, none of them are even close to under $10. LOL! Now I’m wondering if those little click together Revlon singles are around $10 each here… Hm, they’re probably still closer to $20 *eyeroll* 😉
LOL! Those weren’t even that cheap here.
The Balm and Makeup Geek shadows look perfect for my stash
They would be nice additions!
Once again, I’ll have to go with L’Oreal Antique Brown & Deep Mocha! These are hands down 2 of the best brown eyeshadows I’ve ever tried across all price points. At around $4 apiece, the price can’t be beat, either!
Awesome!
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Thanks for sharing, Donna!
I need Barcelona Beach in my life! A MUG order is long over due for me.
Barcelona Beach is such a nice transition shade!
I have to test them…I hate a brown with too much red in it….
Gotcha! 🙂
I also like Downtown Brown. Other “budget” faves would be NYX Iced Mocha (the pressed shadow, not the pencil – though it might be more taupe than brown) and the browns in a terrific Maybelline palette I have called Caffeine Rush. I think the whole thing was less than 10 dollars but even if it was a bit more, the cost amortized over 5 shades would certainly put it in the running. Revlon used to have an amazing single called Rich Sable. Not sure if it’s still available but I’ve barely made a dent in mine and it’s so richly pigmented and lovely.
Gosh – I forgot to mention that I’m wearing Inglot 422 today for the first time in a while. It is such a fabulous and unique shade and I always forget that Inglot shadow are so low-priced because they truly do rival (and often surpass) shadows costing lots more than $10 (I think a few people forgot that this is the “cut off point” for shadows in this feature)
Will have to try NYX Iced Mocha. I always want to get more NYX eyeshadows, but I’m not certain of the quality.
lol. I have 4 of these
YAY!
Those are all very nice. The Downtown Brown color looks pretty. I’ve never tried Maybelline’s loose shadows. So many palettes have browns, I rarely buy them in single form.
They don’t wear as crazy long as touted, but some of them are nice.
Not a surprise on the wear time, unfortunately. Thanks for the heads up.
Makeup Geek Barcelona Beach looks like a great staple to have!
It is!
I love the Balm #1 – it looks the right crease colour to me.
Yay! 😀
Never cam across that Maybelline eye shadow (loose one).. I guess i missed it when they were launched.. but it is so prettyy <3
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Aww! Maybe you can find it now.
Love brown eyeshadows! But having brown eyes (and hair)..what shades are best to not look dull or uni-color?
I would say pair it with other shades! 🙂
I use MUG Creme Brule, Frappe and Cocoa Bear all the time. I didn’t know I’d enjoy these eyeshadows so much to complement my eye makeup.
It was hard not to pick more MUG browns!
Sulks and kicks the floor because we don’t have Inglot here 🙁
I don’t have many browns, MAC Cork is my only brown single, it’s not under $10, though.
Awwww!
Great picks, lady!
Barcelona Beach has been on my wish list for months but it’s been sold out for months! I keep checking back and my soul deflates every time I see that it’s still says “Out of Stock”!
I hope they restock soon!