Q&A for How to Apply Eye Makeup (for Blue or Grey Eyes)

If you like the gray tone, which is very rare, you can use deeper gray shades to create a monochromatic look. If you want to play up the blue tones, choose warm shades like bronze or coral.

Gray eyes are one of the rarest eye colors. There isn't any solid data on exactly how prevalent they are, but I've seen estimates as low as 2% of the population.

Contrast is the key to emphasizing the tones in your eyes. To bring out the different shades in a blue-gray eye, try a makeup look that combines warm and cool tones like a blend of charcoal and gold or peach and navy.

Eye color doesn't technically change, but lighting, makeup, and clothing choices can affect how others perceive the color. This means you can choose to make them look grayer or bluer to others.

You can really bring out blue eyes if you use grays and browns. It makes them look icier. For a classier look, balance your purple eyeshadow with golden brown shades.

Different colors of clothing can make certain eyes pop. According to "Who What Wear", people with blue eyes should wear neutrals, pinks, dark blues, and lighter greens. People with green eyes should wear purple, dark green, coral, and pale yellow. People with hazel eyes should wear dark neutrals, orange, lavender, and burgundy. And people with brown eyes should wear khaki green, soft pink, rich blue, and gold.

For blue and gray eyes, go for cool-toned grays, browns and purples. If cool tones aren't your thing, then go for a bronze or gold eye look too.

The color of blush is based off of your skin tone. Maybe a peach would compliment your skin.

Brown is a shade that appears pretty neutral on most skin tones, so it's difficult to have too much of it, especially with eyeliner and mascara. However, eyeshadow offers the opportunity to bring in some other colors along with the brown. For instance, you could blend a brown eye shadow in the outer corners of your eyelid with a purple, gold, bronze, or taupe color on the middle part of your lid. It's always a good idea to use at least two colors or shades of eyeshadow to create more variation.

I have blueish green eyes and the colors that work the best are neutrals, browns, and coppers.

It depends on the look you're going for! In my opinion (as someone who has worked on many different eye, skin, and hair colors/types), I think it depends on the undertone of your eyes. If you have cool gray eyes, go for cool colors (Naked2 or Milk Chocolate Bar are great cool toned neutral palettes). If you have warm gray eyes, go for warm colors (Naked1 is my fave warm toned neutral palette). Or, you could rock both warm and cool toned if you want! Naked Smoky and Chocolate Bonbons have a good neutral mix of both. As for mascara, if you want to go the normal route, brown (for those "no makeup" makeup days) and black work the best. You could also use navy blue which also looks pretty cool.

Reach for eye makeup colors like red-brown, pink, wine, maroon, plum or purple. The contrast of the red and violet tones with the green (and yellow) in the iris will make the green stand out. You can try apply eyeshadow that's in one of these colors.