While my eyes are a blue-green blend, Dior’s Backstage Eye Shadow Palette is one of my go-tos. These powders are silky smooth, and I love that there is a variety of finishes, which leans heavily to my inner experimental Aquarius soul. The shimmers are velvety, not glittery, and I love using the darker matte shades with an ultrafine eyeliner brush for a cohesive lined look. —M.E.
- Finish: Matte, shimmer, multichrome
- Shades: 28 shades (11 matte, 5 multichrome, 12 shimmer)
- Size: 0.05 oz.
Best for Brown Eyes: Diorshow 5 Couleurs Eyeshadow Palette in Soft Cashmere
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Original photo from Micaela English testing Diorshow 5 Couleurs Eyeshadow Palette
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Diorshow 5 Couleurs Eyeshadow Palette
“Plum is a great shade for brown eyes,” says Soriano, and this Dior palette features a range of browns: taupes, champagne, bronzes, and a warm plum chocolate. Formulated with cornflower extract for a creamy, comfortable finish, these five shades offer a wardrobe of options with finishes like shimmers, metallics, and mattes. The powders work as liners, allover washes of softer hues, inner-corner highlights, brow-arch highlighter, and high-drama evening looks with a mix of deeper hues.
- Finish: Matte, shimmer
- Shades: 13 shades, with 5 colors in each
- Size: 5 x 0.2 oz.
Best for Women Over 60: Ilia Eye Stylus
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Designed with a unique slanted tip, Ilia’s buttery cream shadow stick resembles an art tool you’d find in a painter’s tool kit. One key ingredient is antioxidant-rich grape extract, adding skin care benefits to soften fine lines, and nourishing it with hydration while still offering the payoff of color. “I appreciate a cream eye shadow stick because I hate fallout, when product migrates around the eyes. This is especially important, because as we age, our close-up eyesight begins to go and seeing all the fallout becomes more difficult. The ease of this Eye Stylus, with a few swipes and a smudge with a fingertip, is delightful,” says Denno, who likes to use it on her mature clients. The formulas are long-lasting, crease-resistant, and waterproof. For an all-over-lid effect, Denno suggests applying the Eye Stylus along the lash line and then smudging up with a brush.