Mature eyes are more sensitive to light, so they need more intense colors to show up. It can be difficult to find the right eyeshadow for older eyes, but there are some tips to follow that will help you get the perfect look. Here are some of the best eyeshadows for mature eyes.
$36.50
Love this eye product. Blends out almost matte. It’s beautiful on the eyes. ...By the way, I’m not young anymore and if this works with older eyes, it sure will work with young ones.
What it is:
A super long-wearing eyeshadow pencil that provides intense color in satin and matte finishes, precise lining, and primes lids for all-day wear.
What it does:
This 24-hour wear, waterproof, neutral eyeshadow pencil highlights the face’s high points, including the cheekbones, tear ducts, and brow arches.
Size: 3 x 0.03oz / 0.8g·ITEM: 2434413
Color: Les Nuits - noir/rich black, vin rouge/warm burgundy, champagne/iridscent pink
$120.00
These are perfect eyeshadows in color and formula. They glide on and leave my eyes with a soft glisten. ...Les Jours Eyeshadow Pods...They give a sophisticated sheer eye look. They can be built up as well. The formula is has a cream bounce like texture.
What it is: Clean, cream-to-powder eye shadow trios with a velvety, buildable formula and a weightless finish.
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Rice Starch: For smooth application and unique fluffy sensation.
- Coconut Oil: Provides luxurious slip and blendability.
- Naturally Derived Pigments: Impart instant luminosity and radiance.
Ingredient Callouts: These products are gluten-free and cruelty-free.
Size: 0.24 oz/ 7mL·ITEM: 2201473
Color: Rose Gold - light pink
$47.50
Having mature skin and a hooded eye, I tend to gravitate towards cream eyeshadows. ...This is a beautiful, mature skin friendly product.
What it is: A long-lasting cream eyeshadow that features an easy, non-creasing formula.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.
What Else You Need to Know: This water-infused shadow is enriched with soothing vitamin E and has a liquid-cream texture that is effortless to apply. The soft-focus pigments blur lines and imperfections for a visibly youthful finish. It also features an easy glide-on formula in a striking high shine.
ITEM: 2335743
Color: Sous Le Sable
$122.00
With mature eyes, the quality of the shadow and ability to blend are very important. ...The pros: beautiful formula glides on and blends easily, the shimmer is like a gleam that flatters even mature eyes. The cons: except the white, the colors in Virgin Orchid look nothing like the photo or like the description on my fair skin.
What it is: A palette of coordinated eyeshadows that comes in a range of finishes designed to create iconic, soft-to-bold TOM FORD eyes.
What Else You Need to Know: With this palette, you can achieve multiple looks from a bold, smoky eye, to a sexy splash of color, and everything in between. The four luxurious finishes—sheer sparkle, satin, shimmer, and matte—are formulated with advanced color processes and offer a spectrum of intensity and effects. Two custom applicators are also included.
Size: 0.05 oz·ITEM: 1780840
Color: Golden Bronze - deep bronze sugar
$46.00
I have mature skin and I had no issues with this eyeshadow on my hooded lids. ...After always using loose powder eye shadows I am so happy that I tried this. As I have gotten older I noticed my eyelids have become more oily and my beloved powdered eye shadows just aren't able to fully cover or last all day.
What it is: A bestselling cream eyeshadow stick that glides on with ease and lasts for up to 24 hours.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, phthalates, mineral oil, sulfates SLS & SLES, and triclosan. This product is also vegan.
What Else You Need to Know: Prime, define, or highlight with buildable eyeshadow shades and finishes to complement all skin tones, eye shapes, and looks. This creamy, blendable stick glides on tug-free. The waterproof, long-lasting, color-true formula stays put for up to 24 hours without settling, creasing, smudging, or flaking.
Size: 0.18 oz/ 5.1 g·ITEM: 2182566
Color: Pillow Talk
$74.50
The glitter eyeshadow is not pigmented and not show on the eye,not not worth it ,the matte eyeshadow is good...I will say the shimmers are not the subtle “eye highlighter” formula to be found in older quads like Exaggereyes.
What it is: A four-step eyeshadow quad with buildable, non-creasing formulas and pigmented shades for day to night.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This palette contains four harmonious eye colors: Prime, Enhance, Smoke, and Super Pop. Create a smooth base for your eye look using the Prime shade; build up definition with Enhance; add drama with the Smoke shade; and finish your dazzling look with the shimmer Super Pop shade.
$81.00
I would imagine this palette perfect for anyone who has more mature eyelids. So happy I picked this one up, the size is very travel friendly for on the go....Amazing creamy powder formula. So flattering on mature or wrinkly eyes! A beautiful satin matte finish.
What it is: A nude eyeshadow palette with two easy-to-wear, satin-matte eye looks—one cool, one warm—with a creamy, velvet formula that is smoothing and flattering for all.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also gluten-free and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This palette includes three cool, caramel-brown shades and three warm, bronze shades for a universally flattering nude-toned, smokey eye look.
Size: 0.056oz·ITEM: 2706919
Color: Fizzy Frosé - rose gold
$35.50
I find the matte eyeshadow stick is difficult to blend. Unlike the shimmer finish, the matte needs a brush. ...Perfection in an eyeshadow stick...Also, my eyes are sensitive and I was recently told that I have eye allergies and Fenty eyeshadow sticks do notaggravate my eyes.
What it is: An intensely pigmented, blendable eyeshadow stick to define every eye shape and flatter every skin tone, available in matte and shimmer shades.
What Else You Need to Know: Expert-level eyeshadow just got easy. Create endless eye looks with these long-wear, twist-up eyeshadow sticks that deliver high-impact color intensity. It comes in a slim, twist-up stick for easy application and is easy to blend. The matte and shimmer shades resist creasing, fading, sweat, and heat, and are transfer- and waterproof.
Size: 0.13 oz / 3.9 mL·ITEM: 2799625
Color: 70M Sakura - light matte pink
$52.00
Easy applicator and blends well. Works great on mature combination skin....This is a beautiful shimmer product that works wonders for more mature eyes and does not budge!
What it is: A long-lasting, crease-proof liquid eyeshadow in multiple finishes with up to 16 hours of buildable color and a lightweight feel.
What Else You Need to Know: This liquid eyeshadow features pure color pigments in a water-infused formula for buildable, high-impact color that glides on smoothly and blends easily. The multipurpose applicator allows for a variety of bold eyeshadow, eyeliner, and smoky eye looks—no primer required.
Clinical Results: In a study conducted in 2013 with a panel of 65 women ages 20–50, for a one-week duration in France:
- 86.7% of women agree the product does not smudge after 16 hours of wear
- 92.3% of women agree the product has luminous color
