It’s time to discover the most flattering cool winter makeup colors once and for all. This color season is also often called “true winter.”
Our mission is to make this color journey incredibly simple so you can quickly start to wear the right colors with confidence.
We’ll break down all of your flattering cool winter colors for foundation, lipstick, blush, eyeshadow, mascara, eyeliner, and more!
Cool Winter Color Season Characteristics
Let’s quickly reflect on the cool winter color season characteristics.
This color season is dark, cool, and clear. However, there may be a complementary light feature in the mix. For example dark hair and eyes and lighter skin or darker hair and skin and lighter eyes.
Cool winters have cool toned gray, brown, and black hair. These hair colors include: gray, ash brown, brown black, and cool black.
Eye colors are cool, bright, and clear and include: ice blue, cool hazel, cool brown, and black.
Lastly, skin tones range from fair to to deep with cool undertones.
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Cool Winter Wardrobe Color Palette
Cool winter makeup colors can also be found in the wardrobe palette. You’ll also spot a few complementary colours added to the makeup mix.
Plus, if you already have a favorite cool winter clothing color, chances are, that color just might be your new favorite makeup color, too!
Note: This wardrobe color palette is pulled from our full cool winter color season analysis. It’s broken down into our “power three” system. It includes light, medium, and dark shades to help you spot and shop for your perfect colors, faster.
Cool Winter Makeup Colors
Now, to the part you’ve been waiting for! Here’s a quick dive into this beautiful cool winter makeup palette.
Keep in mind, a consistent theme you’ll see for all of these colors is cool and clear to compliment darker and brighter features. (The dominant factor is cool.)
Cool Winter Eye Makeup
You can create endless cool winter makeup looks. In this case, we’re showcasing our favorite winter color combinations based on the unique features of this color type.
- Ice blue eyes and gray toned hair- together, blue and gray are power colors. This medium cool gray shadow really helps the ice blue color pop. Also, adding a darker cool gray liner and a charcoal mascara helps pull in all together beautifully.
- Cool hazel eyes and ash brown hair- cool hazel eyes with greens, blues, and browns pair brilliantly with red tones. Compliment the ash brown hair with a darker slate liner. Black liner may overpower the lighter eye coloring.
- Brown-black eyes and cool brown hair- Both the hair and eye color are cool and dark. We chose to add to this using the coolest color of all – blue. The darker, neutral shade contrasts just enough to create an overall stunning combo.
- Black eyes and cool black hair– Both brows and eyes the darkest tones for this color family. We chose to use dark tones across the board to create a beautiful blend. Dark gray shadow, dark liner, and dark mascara.
Eyeshadow
The cool winter makeup colors can sure create a gorgeous eyeshadow palette. (In fact, you’ll find these tones in almost every winter eye makeup palette.)
You have a wide variety of cool and clear color options. When it comes to choosing eye shadows look for cool tones like grays, pinks, blues, and cool reds.
The cool winter season is dominantly cool and this is the same for the eye shadow colors. Avoid warmer tones like rich golds, oranges, and yellows.
Eyeliner
Eyeliner colors for cool winter range from beautiful dark neutrals to medium and darker fashion purples, blues, and greens.
Again, the consistent trend here is cool and bright. Avoid warm, dull tones.
Mascara
Traditional black mascara can look great on this color season, or a toned town gray black. (Other experts sometimes recommend shying away from stark black mascara, but we embrace it when paired with the right cool shadows and liners.)
However, if you prefer a lighter option, we also recommend choosing a darker charcoal mascara. (Mascara tones are often the darkest options on your wardrobe color palette.)
Avoid golden tints or shades that are lighter than your natural hair color.
Brow Filler Colors
Your eyebrow pencil should match your natural hair color. Unfortunately, this sometimes mean you might need to mix and match a few shades to get that perfect shade.
The color listed on the brow filler should have cool, medium, or dark listed on it. For example cool black, medium charcoal, or dark gray.
Cool Winter Makeup Colors for Face
Your natural skin tones will be an easy guide to help you find the perfect foundation and blush colors.
Cool winters have cool skin undertones. This means you’ll want to look for C on bottles for face makeup.
Foundation
When a makeup artist color tests you for foundation, one thing they look for is undertone. When color testing a cool winter , you’ll have noticeably cool tones.
Foundation bottles almost always have undertones clearly marked on the bottle. If you’re a cool winter, you should look for the C one the bottle to confirm it is cool toned.
Blush
When choosing blush colors, you’ll again want to look for colors you would describe as cool and clear. (Don’t let this vibrant image scare you away from picking these beautiful colors. Apply lightly and build to your comfort level.)
You’ll also want to gravitate toward cool shades like cool pinks, plums and and even cool corals. Avoid golden and orange heavy tones.
Cool Winter Lipstick
The best lipstick color for cool winter is going to have noticeable cool tones.
Colors like nude reds, cool pinks, and plum reds.
Avoid very light colors with warm tones like light golden nudes or orange tones.
Conclusion: Cool Winter Makeup Colors
Cool winter makeup colors are bright and cool. (Cool being the most dominant factor.)
These pinks, reds, and gray makeup colors compliment cool winter features such as ice blue, cool hazel, brown-black, and black eyes. All the makeup palettes also highlight this color seasons cool ash hair tones and cool and cool skin tones.
Next Steps
Check out the best makeup products in your winter colors here.
Not sure if you’re a cool winter? Visit our full color analysis here or take the color season quiz.
