im not sure on the palettes, but i know for a fact the cream cheek blush will show up great, i have a friend with darker skin who bought one of canmakes blushes and it shows up on her skin beautifully! so dont worry about that at least

I need a natural reddish palette for my dark skin so bad

Lorissa Turner and Vanessa Renee are pretty good resources. I’d also recommend trying the color pop Jelly Much shadows. It’s basically a one swipe and you’re done application, and it wears beautifully. If you like the one color all over look it’s definitely something to look into.

Are you applying a primer first? Do you apply a base color to your lid? Both of those techniques assist in retaining the shadow and blending the color better. You should also do a swatch test on your arm to check the quality of the shadow pigments. Some shadows are highly pigmented so that you can reflect the color better. If the shadow has weak or patchy pigmentation, you’ll have to apply more or use a lighter base. Some people use NYX milk pencil for that. NYX is very affordable

Check out YouTube or r/makeupaddiction for further details.

I love Jackie Aina on youtube, she has a few hooded eye tutorials

Mented Cosmetics is a beauty brand based in Harlem, for black women, by black women. They make an eye shadow palette of nine neutral/nude shades explicitly for pigmented skin with none of those powdery, ashy, dusty undertones. I'm not an expert in make-up or color, but the tones are warm, and have a very subtle orangy/coral undertone, even the lightest shades. They're very pigmented, so a little product goes a long way. It's $28, but it's a very generous portion. Here's a photo of mine with a tube of classic Maybelline mascara for size comparison.

Edit: they do a lot of one-day pop-ups around the country -- I went to the one in Harlem -- and you can try all the shades before buying, chat with the owners, etc. Check their socials for details: @mentedcosmetics

Elf ones are great and they show up on my lids pretty well! Apart from that Juvias berry / neutral ( 6pan ones are great to begin with) they’re long lasting and huge pans so it will last you a while. Miniso also has great eyeshadow sticks! I w pi ek suggest using a primer which would neutralise your eye lids a bit to make colours pop out. I have pigmented lids and primers help.

So, I'm not dark toned so I'm unsure if this will work for you. But I recommend the Morphe Ice Fantasy Palette. It's such a gorgeous pastelish palette. It's beautiful but doesn't work the best with my light skin. I definitely think this palette would make your shadow pop and stand out. 💙💙 and As another said Age of Opulence is gorgeous 😍 and I recently came across the most beautiful Natasha Denona palette. It's her Lila palette, so gorgeous 😍

Okay Bear with me lol

I will be suggesting Palettes and sharing my review/swatch/eye looks as well.

Mars Fantasy 15 Eyeshadow palette:

Swatches: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CXLu2HzoKqR/?utm_medium=copy_link

Eyelook: https://www.instagram.com/p/CWIuXOkI-uj/?utm_medium=copy_link

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CWqSGxfIJgB/?utm_medium=copy_link

Swiss Beauty Quicksand Eyeshadow palette:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKbn6IwD5ff/?utm_medium=copy_link

Look created: https://www.instagram.com/nehas_nattering/p/CT3y0lkoZZt/?utm_medium=copy_link

Okalan Eyeshadow palette (available on MYNTRA)

https://www.instagram.com/p/COCboUTp0NL/?utm_medium=copy_link

Eyelook created: https://www.instagram.com/p/CQIX8QUnFLz/?utm_medium=copy_link

Nicka K Oh Honey

Swatches and review

https://www.instagram.com/p/CU3-IwVI-gi/?utm_medium=copy_link

Nicka K eyeshadow palettes - very affordable, & you'll find plenty of American dark skin folks giving them a positive review.

Viseart Addict palettes will for sure show up on dark skin, they're super pigmented. Viseart Dark matte palette is very day to day friendly for dark skin.

BH cosmetics 16 pan palettes have fantastic pigment, they show up really nicely on dark skin.

Forever52 palettes are quite pigmented, those & Europe Girl palettes (from what I've seen on ig tutorials)

Your best bet however is to use a light concealer as base for any eye look, that way the colours will pop more.

Check out KIKO Milano eyeshadow sticks if you're not one to use too many shades, they have all kinds of finishes & even the pastel shades show up great on tan skin.

The beauty bay age of opulence palette - has a mix of neutrals and colourful shadows. Just Stunning!

Check out Bare Soul by Kay Beauty. It's a neutral brown palette with two shimmers.

HUDA beauty naughty nude eyeshadow palette!

Huda nude palettes - check out medium and deep

Too faced sunset strip !

Looks good but i only worry if they’d pop nicely on my brown skin tone

Im pale, cool toned, brownish hazelish eyes. Brown eyeshadows always look horrible... like dirt on me. Reds and oranges somehow look amazing for my eyeshadow but orange lip shades do not compliment me at all. For blush, light pink shades look super natural with my skin tone. Bronzers and orangey blushes look horrible.

I'm learning about darker skin tones since I want to be a makeup artist one day. I've heard Rare Beauty blushes are very dark skin friendly and they have a very wide range of shades.

If you’re open to cream blush, your fave lipsticks can be worn on cheek and lip!

Fenty, Uoma, BLK OPL, Juvia’s Place all have good options.

-Maybelline fit me blushes have a pretty good range

-The Milani cheek kiss blush in merlot moment and blushing berry are pretty on darker skin

-Juvias place blush duo (they sometimes have 50% off on website)

Hi OP! 🤗

I am a MAC NC50/Fenty 420/Maybelline Warm Coconut.

I will list the ones that I have and will check as I go along to make sure they are all still available. Very often the toughest Blush Shade to find for Deep/Dark Skin is Brown, so I will list as many of them that I have that are still available.

Warning: This will be a looong List, lol - all Blushes are Matte unless specified.

Black Radiance Artisan Blush in # 8315 Brick House (this is more of a Warm Plum)

Black Radiance Artisan Blush in # 8306 Toasted Almond (muted Terracotta)

Nars Quirimba (it is a Bronzer but I use it for a Blush)

Sephora #6 Ibiza (also a Bronzer that I use for a Blush)

Make Up Forever Artist Face Color # S404 (Deep Purplish Brown)

Make Up Forever Artist Face Color # S400 (Medium Deep Reddish Brown)

Make Up Forever Artist Face Color # S118 (Medium Deep Neutral Brown)

Make Up Forever Artist Shadow Color M-600 (Pink Brown)

MAC Cosmetics Film Noir (Deep Chocolate Brown)

MAC Cosmetics Raizin (Meduim Deep Reddish Brown)

MAC Cosmetics Burnt Pepper (I consider this to be a Coolish Terracotta)

Ben Nye Powder Rouge - Desert Coral # DDR - 71 ( Deep Cool Terracotta)

Ben Nye Powder Rouge - Dark Tech # DDR - 9 (Burnt Orange)

Ben Nye Powder Rouge - Red Brown #DDR - 17 (Red Brown)

Ben Nye Powder Rouge - Chestnut # DDR - 10 (Deep Cool Reddish Brown)

Ben Nye Eyeshadow - Raisin # ER 72 (Deep Brown with slightest touch of Violet, the Violet almost imperceptible)

Ben Nye Eyeshadow - Black Plum # ER - 75 (Very Deep Brownish Purple)

Cover FX Monochromatic Blush Duo in Rich Mulberry (the Blush is more like a Muted Medium Deep Violet)

Beauty Bay UK (they ship to the US) Beauty Bay Bronzer in Oak (Golden Brown)

Beauty Bay UK Blush in Merlot (Very Deep Reddish Purple)

Revolution Beauty (aka Makeup Revolution) Makeup Obsession Violet Palette (Quad) Shades of Orange, Medium Pink w/ Gold overspray, Fuschia, Deep Reddish Brown, more Red than Brown)

Revolution Beauty (aka Makeup Revolution) Blushed Duo Blush and Highlighter in Baby (Blush is Medium Deep Reddish Brown, contains a very Nice Highlighter)

L'Oreal Paradise Enchanted Scented Blush in Charming (Muted Deep Peach, one of my Favs)

L'Oreal Paradise Enchanted Scented Blush in Fantastical (Another Peach, this one is brighter in colour)

Lorac Buildable Blush in Cinematic (Pium-ish Brown)

Milani Baked Blush in Corallina (Peach with Golden Highlights) this one on my skin is a cross between a Blush and a Highlighter

Milani Baked Blush in Red Vino (warm Magenta with Gold Highlights) I can't find this on their Site but it may be available on Ebay or other Places Online - the next best thing if you cannot find Red Vino is the next one:

Milani Baked Blush in Cherry on Top aka Cherry Baked Blush (this is Deeper and Redder than Red Vino. Don't now why Milani changed the name of the Blush but because of the packaging colour (Red bottomed Case), I am certain Cherry on Top is the same as the listed Cherry Baked Blush on their Site.

Milani Baked Blush in Sunrise Serenita (Satin Orange with Gold Highlights)

Milani Baked Blush in Cocoa Felicita (this is the Deepest of all of the Milani Baked Blushes, it is a Plum Brown matted Satin)

Milani Baked Blush in Sunset Passione (this is a Medium Deep Terracotta matted Satin Blush)

Milani Baked Blush in Luminoso (Peach with Gold Highlights) this is only an honorable mention because on my skin it is more a Highlighter than a Blush.

NYX Sweet Cheeks - These came in both Matte and Glow Versions, I have all Matte except for Boom & Bloom in which I got in both versions:

NYX Sweet Cheeks Blush in Fig (Muted Mauve, I love this one)

NYX Sweet Cheeks Blush in Boom & Bloom (Very Deep, Dark Plummy Purple)

NYX Sweet Cheeks Blush in Summer Breeze (Medium Deep Terracotta)

NYX Sweet Cheeks Blush in Totally Chill (A muted Burnt Orange)

Moira Beauty Signature (Ombre) Blush in # 05 Orange Blossom (Orange to Red Orange)

Moira Beauty Signature (Ombre) Blush in # 07 Ruby Flush (light muted Warm Pink to Deep Reddish Pink

Moira Beauty Signature (Ombre) Blush in # 08 Soft Berry (light Mauve to Deeper mauve to Deep Reddish Mauve

Well, that is all that I could find in my Collection that are still available! 🤗

I hope this is helpful, 'cause I know the Struggle, heh.

I'm sure a lot of these could be found on Amazon, Ebay and also on the Company Websites.

Happy Shopping! 🛒🛒🛒🤗

I use the Elf blush palette in dark. I’ve seen it in walmart and target. It was 6$ when I got it years ago

if you’re talking SHIMMER then urban decay moondust shades are beautiful and so gorgeous on the eyes

Brown eyes will look stunning in purples or silvers

For micro-fine glitter that shimmers with light from all directions in an ethereal way, I love the Urban Decay Moondust shadows. Space Cowboy is a favorite for me, as the champagne color really works with the green in my hazel eyes. I have a couple of Moondust palettes because I'm a big fan of it, but I generally use it to top most eyeshadow looks. I haven't tried Diamond Dog, their solo brown, but that might be interesting to try. Cosmic always works as a nice topper being a sheer white.

Hourglass' Scattered Light Shadows are similar, but they can go from sheer to more built up for an intense look. They don't have many color options on Sephora though. Might be worth checking out Kulfi's similar Zari Eyes shadow.

If you're looking for foils, I don't have any good recommendations right now!

To enhance your brown eyes, you could play with colors similar or adjacent on the color wheel (so browns, oranges, reds) or complementary, which would be blue/purple. That's not exhaustive and certainly not the only approach. I love using pink and peach on my eyes because I just love the way those colors look. I've always been a barbie girl :)

I like the colourpop duochromes for this. I don’t think they have them at Sephora tho.

Maybe not quite brown enough, but Victoria Beckham’s Lid Luster in Velvet is a shimmering bronzy olive green. I love the one I have in a different color - easy to work with and very shimmery.

phytosurgence came out with a bunch of new eyeshadows and they look fantastic/what you're describing you want. You can also msg them for info re: shade selection; they're SO helpful!

Such a pretty MUG collection! They had some good options 😔

I tend to like taupe and bronze colors that are smoky for fair/light skin but blend in with my natural lid color.

Half Magic Wet Pebble.

Klaavu Glam Brown.

Moira Eureka or Muse.

Sydney Grace has some beautiful cool neutral metallics, e.g. Troops, Safari. They also have a great range of mattes.

ColourPop That's Taupe palette might have a few good options.

Maybe Hourglass Scattered Light in Smoke.

Maybe Kaja Beauty trios in Forest Night or Cold Brew.

Take a look at Mac high dimension eyeshadows and the dazzleshadows. Metallic or sparkly finishes in a variety of neutral tones.

Urban Decay “Moondust” has several choices and gold/metal tones. I live by all of them. My fav is Solstice, but sounds like u may love Lithium.

OP we've got pretty similar colouring! i'm a fair-light neutral-cool olive with a bit of yellow tone, and fairly bright colouring and high contrast (dark hair, dark eyes); i can get a bit tan and veer neutral-warm, but beyond that i mostly burn.

it helps to break down the components of your colouring. i enjoy purples/berries and cool greens because they work nicely with the olive in my skin; pastels makes everything 10x more wearable because the base blends well with my light skin, and this is usually my preferred way to mute colours (over a brown/grey base, which can look dusty/heavy on me fast); i like jewel tones because it plays well with my brighter colouring and high contrast; because of my neutral-cool colouring i can wear neutral-cool, neutral, and neutral warm tones, but very warm tones are a big no-go and sometimes tones that are too cool are tricky too. application style (for example soft edges vs. clean lines) and texture also makes a huge difference in how something shows up.

i really recommend trying to find celebrities, makeup artists, or beauty influencers that have similar colouring to you and seeing what they use! sue me, but i actually get tons of my fav makeup inspiration from kpop MVs (that's actually glamorous AND flattering, and not just some weird 'editorial glam' makeup they throw onto the token asian in magazines), and for more colourful makeup, from 小红书. i used to think bright/unusual colours weren't for me, before i realized it was just the application style that messed it up.

here are my favourite kinds of eyeshadow colours:

• for soft browns, i absolutely love milk tea browns. peach milk tea, taro milk tea, caramel milk tea, rose milk tea. the milky quality makes it so soft and wearable. taupes with grey in them are also nice, but can get heavy on me easily so i always have to go with a light hand; they are good for contour though.
• for darker browns, i love deep cool browns with hints of burgundy, plum, red, rose. i also preferentially defer to browns over blacks for liner, though sometimes i'll do black for certain looks.
• for shimmery browns, i love an intensely sparkling, slightly rosy bronze; jeweled pale golds are also quite flattering if i'm going for a slightly warmer look.
• my most flattering colour is a soft dusty pink or rosy beige. this always gets compliments. to be honest, almost any shade of pink works on me (except those shades that are marketed as soft warm pinks but end up pulling straight orange on me... looking at you charlotte tilbury pillow talk) soft rosy mauves are also very flattering, but better for 'deepening'.
• pastels!! pastel lavender and pastel pink is very very wearable; pastel coral/peach is also very very pretty and gives a lovely spring fairy vibe, it's also the only way i can wear orange - they have to be a bit bright and have plenty of white base, tho; my absolute favourite is pastel blue, which gives the most perfect dolly effect and is one of the only shades my east asian eyes can wear as a true one and done. pastel mint can also be very pretty, but pastel blue works better on me; i think those with a pinker skin tone would prefer mint.
• deep jeweled/metallic/glittery blackened teal green. this is another of my very best colours, it plays beautifully with my colouring and always gets compliments as well. it always puts me in a good mood, whether it's all over my lid or just a liner. i can wear royal blue or cool blue mattes too, but i prefer pastel blue.
• deep blood reds, berries, and burgundies. red is my best colour and it makes a gorgeous statement on the eyes as well. dark purples are also nice, but for some reason, even on the cheeks or lips, i can't go too blue; i like a slightly more reddish purple. also, layering a grungy dusky green duochrome topper over a burgundy matte? perfection.
• for multichromes/duochromes im partial to, anything with a pink base goes, but i have an especial soft spot for muted warm pink bases with a brilliant pale blue flip. for sheer toppers, pink is my fav, but i also love blue and lavender, and i can do a sort of mint/chartreuse sometimes.
• for neutral highlighting shades on the eyes, i prefer a more ivory or pinky tone, but light champagne works nicely for warmer looks too.
• for textures, i love mattes (i consider satins as mattes too), textured intense shimmers with a scattered sparkling finish, and sheer pearlescent finishes.

here are colours (and textures) i cannot wear:

• greys and silvers. nope. it doesn't play nicely at all with my bright colouring and makes me look dusty and sick or like i faceplanted into a fireplace. the only exception i've found is if i can perfect the texture of slick wet metal, then i can sort of pull of silver.
• yellow. i look jaundiced and sick, which weirds me out since i have some yellow tones in my skin?? but oh well. yellow isn't one of my favourite colours anyway.
• olive green. another weird one, since i have olive in my skin, but it gives the effect of a black eye on me. i can just barely pull it off if i try really hard, but i've mostly given up on it, though i love a gold and olive eye look on others :( i think this works better on warmer, muted olives.
• warm browns with orange undertones. this is a hard, hard, hard no. i cannot wear strong yet muted warm tones like this. i love pastel coral/peaches and i can just about pull off a super vibrant reddish coral, but that's where i draw the line. i can't go anywhere near this territory without looking sick af.
• i can't wear soft shimmers or soft metallics. they look very crepe-y, dusty, textured in the worst way on my eyelids. it only kind of works if i buff them really well into my skin, or if i can get a really molten liquid effect from the metallic (ie. using tom ford's wet-dry formula with a LOT of water).

here are a few of my favourite eyeshadows/eyeshadow palettes:

• peripera kitten beige. i prefer it over stila's kitten karma for a gorgeous, slightly rosy, just the right depth of sparkling glimmering gold.
• mac soba. a soft, gently warm, gently luminous caramel brown. extremely natural on my skin.
• etude house look at my eyes jewel or203. the prettiest summer fairy coral peach with a glimmering gold duochrome.
• clionadh oculus or innisfree g14 for a dark blackened teal with a molten vs. glittery finish respectively. so beautiful.
• clionadh grisaille, abrasion, or tom ford pretty baby for that rosy base with a stunning blue flip; grisaille is the brightest and prettiest, abrasion is the purple-est, pretty baby is the warmest/most muted/everyday wearable.
• rom& dry rose. the peach milk tea shade is possibly my all-time favourite eyeshadow. clio simply pink also has lots of very pretty soft pink beige tones.
• 3CE some def. beautiful neutral-cool palette of soft neutral mattes with some rosy, beige, lavender, grey undertones; it's my go-to neutral palette, along with pmg divine rose, which can be a bit dusty/muted on me, but it has a very lovely rosy black honey shade.
• huda new nudes for all my rosy mauvey lavender berry dreams, and mercury retrograde for those pastel ice cream cake vibes with the pastel lilac and mint and rose and jeweled golds and that delicious blood burgundy and that blackened teal...
• colourpop blue moon, my gateway to blue eyeshadow, i will never stray -- two beautiful pastel blues, and an array of other glorious tones in a very easy to work with formula.
• i shattered mine rip but etude house caffeineholic has a beautiful array of soft caramel, rosy, bitter cocoa brown tones (tho i mostly religiously involve the few more orange brown shades). by comparison the cult favourite 3CE overtake made me look like i faceplanted into a pumpkin patch. rosy browns my ass.
• don't own it yet since i'm saving it to gift to myself for christmas/my birthday after my one year no-buy ends, but im convinced pmg huetopian dream is about to become my new favourite palette.

I'm fascinated by how different your (and other commenters) colours of choice are from mine, and it makes me more certain I'm a strongly warm olive! I love rusty oranges, warm browns, olive tones, turquoise and teal, muted yellows, burgundy and plums, and occasionally peachy pinks...

I'm NC 20-25 neutral muted olive (warmer as I tan). My most used eyeshadow is kevyn aucoin medium contour powder. I wear neutral brown/grey eyeshadows 95% of the time. I like muted greens and reds. A little warmth is ok but too much isn't flattering. I'm still looking for a bronze eyeshadow that isn't too warm. Orange and peach (and often pink) don't work which pretty much prevents me from buying most palettes (that burnt orange colour that has been in 80% of palette in the last few years). Purples usually make me look jaundiced.

Favourites I can think of:

• Urban Decay mushroom
• By Terry eyeshadow stick in misty rock
• Chanel desert rouge
• Revlon cream eyeshadow caramel
• Shu Uemura ME472
• Laura Mercier caviar stick cocoa

I really like the deep muted reds in Tartelette in Bloom. Natasha Denona Glam palette was a great purchase for me. I have a few beautiful Nabla duochromes that I haven't decided about yet (unrestricted, daphne, absinthe). Next on my list to purchase are Addiction singles - especially the pearl formula. I'd also like another Chanel quads.

edit: I'm wearing absinthe right now and it's making me happy. It is kind of orangey/peachy but the petrol green shift is so gorgeous.

Dusty rose everything for me

I am a WARM light olive and I have extensively searched this topic in my make up life for the past year. What I have learned is that I can wear darker colors as a liner, but other wise darker colors are just not that good for me on the lid. Best colors are lightly warm toned neutrals (colourpop wild nothing), light warm salmon pinks and peaches, light gold, muted browns etc. I have learned that worst colours for me are burgundy’s, stark strong colors. Burgundy being one of the worst shade is actually quite hard cause quite a few palettes have actually these dark reddy browny shades (think like ABH Modern Renessance or Huda Naughty palette). These colors are just not that good for me - too dark, too cool, too red.