noun

• A coloured cosmetic applied to the eyelids or to the skin around the eyes to accentuate them.

  ‘Blue eyeshadow painted her eyelids while dark ebony traced her closed eyes.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘She took out some foundation, lipstick, lipgloss, mascara, eyeliner and eyeshadow and looked at my face for a minute.’
  • ‘I scrabble frantically for concealer and eyeliner, lip gloss and eyeshadow.’
  • ‘She went through it carefully and then picked out black eyeliner, a skin tone colored eyeshadow, and a light pink blush.’
  • ‘I just throw on some powder foundation, blush, tan shimmery eyeshadow, mascara and a neutral colored lipgloss.’
  • ‘She put on black eyeliner, reddish eyeshadow, and black lipstick.’
  • ‘She had used a light blush to make Mila's face pinker and a shimmery goldish-brown eyeshadow for her eyelids and dark, but not too dark, pink lipgloss for her mouth.’
  • ‘Her look was completed with a touch of lip gloss and eyeshadow.’
  • ‘Her eyes were heavily made up with black and grey eyeshadow, her skin was dead white, and her mouth was matte and black.’
  • ‘I stood perfectly still while Lexie brushed on eyeliner, eyeshadow, and mascara.’
  • ‘She had lined my eyes and dusted some sparkly purple eyeshadow on my eyelids.’
  • ‘I was wearing silver eyeshadow, silver lip-gloss, and my nails were painted silver.’
  • ‘His lips were smeared with black lipstick and heavy pink eyeshadow and glitter covered his eyelids.’
  • ‘For a shimmery, personalized lotion, crush bronzer or eyeshadow into fine particles and stir it into the lotion bottle.’
  • ‘Then her eyes hadn't looked right, so she'd needed mascara and eyeshadow.’
  • ‘I'm not stupid; I know that with blue eyes, pale skin and dark hair, I shouldn't wear really warm eyeshadow colours.’
  • ‘I only bring out the blush, eyeshadow, and mascara on special occasions, or when I feel inspired!’
  • ‘A little mascara and a dash of silver eyeshadow, then a touch of shimmery lip gloss and a quick brush of face powder and she was done.’
  • ‘After her sister complied, Rebecca twisted her brown hair up and clipped it against her head, dabbing on some lip-gloss and eyeshadow.’
  • ‘She had violet eyes that were done up in heavy mascara and eyeshadow.’

  Synonyms

  cosmetics, greasepaint