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5 Beautiful Taupe Eyeshadows
5 Beautiful Taupe Eyeshadows
Ahh, taupe! The mysterious shades of taupe, because it’s one of those shades that is more of a mix of shades we can easily recognize. I feel taupe is one of those “you know it when you see it” shades, but the best way for me to describe it is: gray-tinted brown. I associate taupe with mushrooms; the color of mushrooms in their many varieties is a tangible way for me to envision it. Sometimes you can have a shade that’s more brown than gray but still more taupe than either brown or gray; other times, it’s almost gray with a hint of brown.
Is it me or are many taupes limited edition? The five picks below are all permanent shades, just to make it easy, but there are many other fantastic shades that have come and gone over the years.
- Make Up For Ever #2 Aqua Cream
- MAC Keep Your Cool Pro Longwear Eyeshadow
- Bare Escentuals Wanderlust Eyeshadow
- NARS Bali Eyeshadow
- Giorgio Armani #4 Eyes to Kill Intense Eyeshadow
I love it when colors look “duo” depending on how much you blend out the edges…so pretty!
thanks for this. i love taupe eyeshadows!! don’t have any specifics that come to mind, but i think i have a few ot try in some new palettes i bought; the balm and the beautiful and nyx smokey eyes.
MAC Satin Taupe! It’s my HG taupe crease color.
I love taupe eyeshadows but sometimes I feel like they make me look tired or ill.
Agreed. Totally.
Urban Decay “Stray Dog” 😀
MAC Satin Taupe!
I love “Satin taupe” by MAC on the eyelid with a “Scetch” in a crease:)
OMG I wear satin taupe the exact same way lol.
I shall have to try this! Sketch is one of my very fave. MAC shadows.
Ooo these are gorgeous! I have very recently learnt that it’s not because I’m pretty warm-toned that slightly cooler taupe shadows can’t work on me. It’s hard to imagine from how the Giorgio Armani one looks in pan that it’s actually a taupe though!
Why don’t cooler taupes work on you?
Keep your cool looks pretty pretty pretty!!!, but I didn´t get it only because I already have Unflappable wich is rather similar and will last me for a lifetime I think….
I have the same stuff and love them both … and a backup of unflappable (don´t know why)
I love taupe eyeshadows. The Nars Bali looks gorgeous! I’d maybe pair it with Vanilla from Mac.
I LOVE taupes! My favorite taupe is Chanel’s single eyeshadow in Safari!
I LOVE taupe eyeshadows.
sometimes brown is too warm and grey is too cool, but taupe is perfect.
my faves are;
Bobbi Brown shimmer wash Stone
MAC Omega
Giorgio Armani Greige from manta ray collection
Bedhead Cosmetics Mono Eye shadow in Taupe.
Haha, I think of taupe as a “know it when you see it shade” too! My fave taupes are Wet n Wild Nutty and MAC Satin Taupe.
I LOVE WnW nutty too! its a beautiful color, long wear, water proof, and cheap!!!
Inglot# 402 – hands down!
For me is Satin Taupe by MAC a typical taupe shade. But I agree with you Christine, taupes are hard to describe. I probably wouldn’t describe the Aqua Creme Nr. 2 as a taupe, it is more a grey with a brown touch. I love to combine the mentioned Aqua Creme Nr. 2 with Smoke and Diamonds (MAC, but sadly LE) these two look so so pretty together as a soft smokey eye.
What I don’t like about taupes, especially Smoke & Diamonds, they are hard to combine with a neutral, highlight color. I mostly feel, there is something wrong, not working well in combination. Sometimes the lighter color looks to cold, sometimes to warm, to yellow, to pink.
Do you have any suggestions making a taupe and a neutral color work?
I don’t have any issues combining taupes with neutrals – like they always work? I wish I could be more helpful! I use shades like MAC Shroom with Smoke & Diamonds.
Thanks for your answer, Christine.
Maybe I should go to my MAC store with my Smoke & Diamonds and try to combine it with neutral/highlight colors, I don’t own yet. Maybe I own the – in my opinion – wring colors.
By the way, I love my Satin Taupe with Shroom and a little Juxt, for a little color.
Not a very original answer, but I love MAC Satin Taupe. It really is a gorgeous, flattering shade.
I would consider benefit’s where there’s smoke to be a taupe. It is my favorite hands down!
I have MAC satin taupe, one of the few shades that I have and one of the shades that I like from MAC….I have Nars Bali….is it really taupe. Looks more like expresso brown to me.
I LOVE taupe! It’s my go-to eyeshadow colour. My top picks:
Urban Decay YDK
NARS Ashes to Ashes
and of course…Mac Satin Taupe
YDK is fantastic, I highly highly recommend it!! Don’t let how it looks in the pan deceive you!
I agree! I love YDK! I’m on my second eyeshadow! I wear it almost everyday.
I love Mally beauty shadow duo in taupe and stone. taupes are my favorites.
Ooooh – I love taupe shadows. My faves:
MAC Prepped for Glamour (total all time favourite)
MAC Satin Taupe
MAC Keep Your Cool
Wet n’ Wild Nutty
Too Faced Glamazon or TheBalm Insane Jane
Taupe fanatic here!!! And yes, there are tons of limited edition taupes. The Pink Sith posts them all the time to make us all suffer!!
Favorite Post Ever!
Le Metier de Beaute’s Corinthian eyeshadow is my favorite so far.
I absolutely love taupe colours!!! I wear them all the time and have many. Infact I’m wearing a taupe eye today. Some of my favourites are MAC Satin Taupe, Urban Decay Sidecar, Urban Decay YDK, theBalm Insane Jane, Lancome Chic. They’re all amazingly gorgeous <3
i agree on the limited edition part! (and loving taupes 🙂 ) my favorite color EVER is a MAC limited edition color called “smoke and diamonds” and i’m afraid to wear it because i’m always waiting for special occasions because i love it so much!
Many years ago, Revlon had a color called “Taupestar”….it was my go to eyeshadow…looked good with everything….went with my skintone perfectly….Alas they discontinued it.
The last eyeshadow image caught my attention instantly!
I love taupe. One of my top favorite colors to wear. ^^
I love taupes too! My favs are MAC Satin Taupe, Inglot #444, UD Mushroom (in powder form from the AIW Book of Shadows), and MAC Keep Your Cool
Vasanti’s Stockholm is like the Platonic ideal of a taupe. Wonderful colour and fantastic formula. It slays me that Vasanti doesn’t receive more attention in either Canada or internationally.
I second Inglot’s 402. I also love Estee Lauder’s Pure Colour Platinums and Lap Dance from the Too Faced Natural Eye palette
Urban Decay Mushroom…it’s one of the first UD eyeshadows I fell in love with 🙂
MAC Satin Taupe!
Ohhhh I love Benefit’s Creaseless Cream shadow in Skinny Jeans!
Paula Dorf’s eye color glimmers in Mercury. A gorgeous taupe that lasts all day.