4 New Ways to Use Your Eyeshadow Palette

Neutral shades with a light shimmer help brighten your eyes and make them look more open. To start, dust the gold all over your lids, fading it to just above the creases, then graze the pink over your brow bones. Use a fluffy shadow brush to blend the line where the two hues meet using small, circular motions.

Try this softer take on smoky eyes: Apply the brown across lids, then work the pink into creases. Then, dip a damp eyeliner brush in the brown and use it to line your top and bottom lashes. Give the lines a minute to dry, then grab your shadow brush and skim the gold directly over them. Top it off by using your ring finger to press the gold at your eyes' inner corners.

A grayish light blue like the one here is nice and understated. Swipe it all over your lids, then lightly blend the navy into your creases for definition. Next, sweep a tiny bit of gold on lids to just past the creases in a windshield-wiper motion, which tones down the blue just a little. A touch of pink at your inner corners completes the effect.

When you want to do it up, this blue-based combo is sophisticated and hot. First, cover your entire lid in the navy, then dot the light blue at the inner corners. Work the brown into creases to anchor the look. Finally, use a damp eyeliner brush to trace the navy along your top and bottom lids, connecting the two lines at the outer corners for a hint of cat-eye glamour.