How To Wear Colored Eyeliner: Our Best Tips

Hey Babelline, looking to switch things up a bit with your eyeliner this season? EYE thinks adding a pop of colorful eyeliner is a great start! Colored eyeliner like orange, yellow, or pink eyeliner is a wild and wonderful approach to your look, not to be taken too seriously. It’s fun makeup meant to be experimented with for fashion and flair! Pair color eyeliner with blue mascara for a significant look, or with black or brown mascara for something more subdued. Your look is totally up to you, so just have fun! Luckily, when it comes to eyeliner colors, Maybelline New York offers lots of colorful options. Read more for our favorite colorful eyeliner looks and get some pro tips from the experts!

Once you define eyes with the perfect winged eyeliner look, you’ll understand why it’s so fly to get these wings.

Throwback your style with this 90’s-inspired look and morph into a delicate beauty!

Surround your eyes as blue as the sky for a bright, colorful way to make eyes pop!

Give this style a flick for a graphic look floating on air!

A subtle version of the classic cat-eye, kitten eyeliner is all the rage for giving a fearless roar!

Upgrade your eyeliner look by using any colorful liners to create this fun and trendy star eyeliner look.

Who knew lining your upper waterline could make such a bold eye statement!

The beauty of colored eyeliner is that a little goes a long way—even a little slash of color along the upper and/or lower rims of lashes adds a real edge to classic looks. You can also line your eyes with classic black or brown eyeliner as you would normally, then layer a bit of colorful liner like a colored gel eyeliner just at the inner or outer corners of the eye for a balance of definition and color.

Colored eyeliner enhances eye color in a way no other makeup can; it's super-close to the iris and sets off your eye hue in the most flattering way. Specific eyeliner colors bring out certain eye hues best, so if you’re wondering what color eyeliner is best for blue or brown eyes, we’ve got you covered! Discover the best eyeliner for your eye color: