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Are you more comfortable in brights or neutrals for eye makeup?


Are you more comfortable in brights or neutrals for eye makeup? Equally comfortable in both? Share!

These days, I’m most comfortable in neutrals and softer shades, but I am comfortable wearing both!

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Lisemarie Visnic Avatar

Color •color •color! Jewel tones are my faves, I always keep a few neutrals around for contrast but I am not really represented at all with the neutral trend. Poo.

zainab Avatar

I’m happy in both, it just depends on what else I’m wearing. I probably do slightly more neutral and/or gold looks just because they’re easier to do when I’m in a hurry.

Adhit Avatar

I think neutral suits me better. I dunno how to wear bright colors. Like probably my color sense is just a big null. I love neutrals because it is wearable and doable when I am in a hurry~
Maybe one day I will try out brights~

Ryou Avatar

I’m prone to creasing/fading/patchiness, so I tend to prefer wearing neutral eyes paired with a bolder lip. The reason is because with neutral eyes, it’s the creasing/fading/patchiness tend to be less apparent.

Other than that issue, however, I’m quite comfortable wearing both neutrals and brights for eye make-up.

Sophia B. Avatar

I like brights, especially sea foam greens and purples but my style is generally casual. I wonder if there is a way to wear brights without looking really made up. It feels especially difficult for me because I have really really pale skin so bright shadows really contrast with it and I end up looking really glamorous. Is bright and laid back impossible?

bella Avatar

I pretty much only wear neutrals, probably a lot because I don’t wear a lot of makeup for work but also because I have so little lid space it looks kinda funky :/ I like wearing colour on my lower lashline though sometimes 🙂

Mariella Avatar

No question – neutrals. It’s not just that I’m more comfortable in them, I actually like them better than heavy duty brights. Those looks you did the other day with the new UD palette/pigments – it was very interesting to see but had absolutely no appeal at all to me. Totally a personal preference but when I saw those I thought “Interesting but I would never want to leave the house looking like that”.

Jade Avatar

These days it’s definitely neutrals, and it has been trending that way for a while. I rock the hell out of bright blue (any shade!!) but I rarely wear it now. I also love bright lips and statement blush now, so I find that with bright/dark eyes, it ends up looking “too much”.

Kat Avatar

Hmm. I think I’m more comfortable in brights, actually. I’m terrible at neutrals. My eyes end up looking like I just smeared dirt, but for some crazy reason — I guess because I can see better — I blend brights like a pro. Weird, huh.

KaseyCannuck Avatar

Both. I like a neutral lid with a bright eyeliner during the week, and my weekends are for playing around with brighter eyeshadows.

Chanel Avatar

I feel comfortable in both 50/50 I cant commit to just one because I love makeup so much its fun to experiment with everything. But I have no problem rocking neon colors in 1 look or subtle browns in another.

fancie Avatar

Both. I prefer neutral shadows though because they’re a little less maintenance. I feel like everything has to be blended to perfection when using bolder colors because they’re so much more noticeable lol. But I still live for a nice pop of color to balance things out

Lauren S Avatar

I tend to wear neutrals on my eyes 95% of the time but I am comfortable wearing bright eye looks too! In high school I’d wear bright eye makeup nearly every single day since we had to wear uniforms it was my way of showing a little bit of my style.

Lauren // Lipstick & Lacquer

Wwendalynne Avatar

It depends on my mood and what I am wearing and where I want the focus to be–eyes versus lips–,etc.. I love to combine understated neutrals with brights actually. Last week I did an eye in a charcoal grey and red which turned out very interesting and a bit edgy. I would say I am equally comfortable in both. I love colour and experimenting with combinations that vary in tone and colour temperature. If I am rushed, I stick to something simple.

patsyann Avatar

Neutrals for sure….but then again, I like to change it up sometimes…I was wearing a soft green Inglot shadow yesterday. I have brown eyes and tend to wear cool toned shadows.

amy Avatar

If the situation/environment permits, I do like color, brights & jewel-tones alike. However, I turn to neutrals most often, as they are most suitable for where I am in my life. Either way, I’m personally comfortable, but I still prefer a balance of both. Also, if I’m in a hurry, it’s easier to lay down some neutrals, and add color later if I want.

Cami Avatar

This one is difficult for me because I do more neutral looks on a day to day basis, but when I take out my bright colors and do looks with that, that’s when I get the most compliments. But sometimes I feel like the colors are too crazy to just be going to the mall or to lunch, but I think the brighter colors are more intriguing to people, especially in the beauty industry. As long as you know how to apply them, of course. 🙂

kellly Avatar

Neutrals. I tend to wear pretty distinct eye makeup at work, more than most people wear, so to avoid being too outrageous I tend to stick with neutrals most of the time.

Veronica Avatar

I’m a consummate neutrals girl when it comes to my eyes, but I’ll wear a bright eye if I’m feeling adventurous. I really prefer playing up a bright lip, though, so sometimes the eyes take a back seat. 🙂

Beth Gasparini Avatar

Neutrals for me! I do however sometimes like a pop of color on the lid next to my lash line as highlight, but then it’s toned down with the neutrals.

Dana Avatar

I love and prefer brights, but usually stick with neutrals for the workplace environment.

As a teacher, I work long days with minimal time for “tune-ups” throughout the day. Twenty 8-year olds can be demanding!

I will never forget a few years back when we were doing our parent-teacher conferences after school and I tried to glam it up a bit with some brights so I would look fresh at day’s end. Huge mistake! I noticed Mom and Dad looking at me a bit strangely across the conference table, but otherwise, things went well. I had a few moments after they left for my next conference and ran into the restroom only to be completely stunned by my clown-like reflection in the mirror.

Ouch. OK, the going away lesson for me was to keep it simple, classic, low-key and neutral. It just looks better for my light skin tone and my work environment!

But I would love to rock some of those crazy electric Nars duos sometime (outside of elementary school) if I could ever work up to that!

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