MAC Gray eyeshadows look blue>> WHY !?

[blackmetalmist]

I have noticed a few times that any gray eyeshadows (such as MAC Knight and Print) end up looking blueish on my eyelids. Why does this happen ?! By the way, i use soft ochre as an eye base before applying shadows. I am NC 37-40.

 

[xLongLashesx]

it happens bc print and knight are blue-greys, I have knight and can see blue in it in the pot.

experiment with layering over or under other colours depending on what sort of grey you want. I saw an awesome FOTD with Print as a base for satin taupe with carbon in the crease.. so pretty!

 

[LC]

Most colors change when they oxidize on the skin. It's unfortunate. Try more Brown-Greys like copperplate, concrete and cocquette. showstopper, mineralize , behold, innuendo (these last 4 are discontinued but maybe you can find them online)

<3LC

 

[starrynight0127]

Try layering them over a brown eyeshadow, it should help neutralize the blue tones.

 

[Nepenthe]

The Soft Ochre should act as a neutralizer.. yellow <-> blue ..but the yellow tones in your skin (surrounding the eyes) will contrast it and bring it back out.

 

[tthelwell]

Same problem here....all my greys and silvers look blue on my skintone. As Nepenthe said the yellow in our skintone brings out the blue in the eyeshadows. I have found no solution yet...so I roll with it

 

[starangel2383]

it happens to me as well, when i put a silver eyeshadow on top of another shadow and my sister wants to see what i have created for the day, she tries and guesses what colors that i use and she always says blue for the silver area.

 

[portrait_artist]

Quote:

Originally Posted by starrynight0127 Try layering them over a brown eyeshadow, it should help neutralize the blue tones.

This!

I've found that if I lightly use a really neutral brown (Corduroy's my favorite), it definitely cuts down on the blue. Oddly enough, I tried using Vanilla eyeshadow (not pigment) underneath Electra and Knight Divine the other day and that also helped, though not as much as a brown does.

Mac's grays always look at least somewhat blue on me as soon as I put them on (even Copperplate seems to have blue undertones on me). Heck, even Black Tied looks blue-ish on me if I blend it out directly on top of my skin! I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed this... for the longest time I thought it was just me and my super pink skin.

 

[sheaspearl83]

Try using Bough Grey over Bare Study, Silver Ring over Blacktrack blended before application or combined with Electra.

 

[MizzMelroseMood]

Grey always looks blue on me too, I never thought it was because I have golden undertones. Maybe a neutral colored light brown concealer would work underneath as a base rather then brown shadow to help tone out the blue.

The last time I did a full-on grey eye,10 minutes later it looked like I had blue shadow on, I was like omg I have to wash this off now, I'm not into blue eyeshadow esp. in the daytime.

 

[Jackie O]

hmm I've never experienced that before myself. I have golden undertones. usually when I'm working with blacks, grays and silvers, I'm going for a dark smokey eye, and I use a black base. NYX jumbo pencils in black bean is the one I swear by the most. trust me, under a black base, I dare that eyeshadow to turn blue!!

even with your frosty/lustre colors, I've often times used a black base under colors like Deep Truth and Steamy, even Humid to really intensify them.

 

[PlatinumV]

Of course each colour changes once you put it on your skintone. The best advice I can give you is to try the eyeshadow on your skin before buying it! Try it, try it over a base, try it in different places on your arms and maybe also under your chin. So you can see how it would show on your lids!

 

[erine1881]

sadly, all of mac's greys are blue-based (with the exception of knight, which was LE). the blue is more noticable on darker skin tones than light skin tones.