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Posted by Colleen Shirazi, Friday, May 06, 2005 9:39 PM (Eastern)
Okay, we have covered department store eyeshadows for "green eyes, with overall neutral to warm coloring," along with a few products that work for all sorts of green eyes, in posts #1 and #2.
Now I would like to throw in some drugstore shadows, before tackling liners.
The first stop I would make in a drugstore, is Milani. Milani is targeted toward women of color. The shadows cost $3 per pan and some of the colors are really very good.
The prettiest Milani shadow for our coloring, to me, is "Golden Bronze."
It is not exactly green eye popping on its own...it is a coolish gold (not bronze at all). But it's an excellent foil for, say, your MAC Trax, your deep purple liners or shadows. Gold and purple work well together.
A nice crease shade is "Java Bean."
This is brown shimmer with a distinct plummy tone, a touch of red too.
For a very yellow gold, try "Sun Goddess."
For a look-alike to MAC Sable, check out "Spice."
Spice is really very similar, down to the coolish red shimmer. The MAC blends better, but check the Milani shade first to see how the color suits you.
These are my top picks from Milani, of the shadows I've tried. "Marooned" is a good color...deep reddish plum...but I replaced my Marooned with MAC Bordeauxline Powerpoint eyepencil, since this color is too dark to use as anything other than a liner, and the pencil form is faster to apply.
"Flare" is an interesting color...almost pure red, a little orange...if you're up to working with unusual colors, you might check this out.
"Moonlight" doesn't pop green eyes particularly but it's worth a mention as it is unusual: white with blue iridescence. Don't forget to wear a base under it; it fades quickly otherwise.
Some picks from other brands...
Annabelle is a Canadian drugstore brand. Do check out #1400:
This is a nice solid pink-gold-brown base shade. It lasts all day; no creasing.
Sonia Kashuk makes good shadows but they tend toward the cool. Here is a nice deep bronze they make, "Neutral Territory":
For $8, it's a good quality deep bronze that doesn't turn dark as the day goes on. The white shade in the duo is next to useless, so if deep bronze is your thing, you're probably better off buying MAC. For me though, the price is better since I don't wear deep bronze every day.
Worth a mention is their "Starlight" shadow. Not particularly green-eye-popping, but a superior ivory shimmer, as good as high end.
Liners will be covered next.
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