The pastel makeup trend: our 10 tips for adopting it
Did you know that the color of the year 2025, elected by Pantone, is none other than yellow? A color full of pep, warm and sunny☀. A bit of good humor and sweetness after a gloomy year… Long live colors and cheerfulness!
From decoration to fashion, in 2025, pastel colors are coming to your interiors and dressing rooms. They are making their big return to the forefront for your greatest pleasure! Blue, yellow, green, pink—all these shades come under the sign of pastel.
The world of makeup is no exception. And that’s good! Ready to climb to the top of the rainbow? Immersive dive into the pastel makeup trend and its colorful universe.
Know the play of colors!
Are you not inclined to wear fuchsia pink or emerald green on your eyelids? Pastel is a good introduction to familiarizing yourself with colors. Pastel colors are much softer but easier to apply than bold colors.
First, depending on the color of your eyes, choose colors in harmony with your iris. Indeed, certain colors will highlight your eyes better than others.
To understand how to achieve colorful eye makeup, it is important to understand the play of colors using colorimetry. The color wheel is an essential tool for understanding colors. Observe the color of your iris and choose its complementary color.
And, to discover our makeup tips based on the color of your eyes, read our article on the eye makeup color that will best suit yours.
A multitude of pastel variations arise from the primary colors: lavender blue, baby blue, pistachio green, mint green, water green, sugared pink or powder pink, parma or lilac…
We make your life easier. In summary, it looks like this:
Green eyes will opt more for baby blue, lavender blue, or even pink or lavender tones.
Blue eyes will stand out more by using warmer shades, like apricot or peach.
Do you have brown eyes? Maybe you didn’t know it but it could be an advantage! Especially in makeup? Indeed, brown eyes can wear any color! Green shades like pistachio or almond green and yellow or orange shades will highlight your eyes particularly well.
Now that you know your complementary color(s), you can have fun.
Monochrome makeup for the shy
For simple, easy, and colorful makeup, the pastel makeup trend can be tamed by choosing only one shade for a monochrome look. You will then work it in halo.
Have you set your sights on a pretty peach?
Makeup Tip 1: First, take the color from the tip of your brush. then apply it to your mobile eyelid. To diffuse the material, work it by moving back and forth from the inner corner of the eye to the outer corner. Here you are with simple, quick, and effective makeup to familiarize yourself with pastels.
Makeup tip 2: For fans of natural shades, first apply your nude eyeshadow (brown, for example) to your eyelid. Then, add a luminous dimension to your makeup with a touch of iridescent pastel in the inner corner of the eye! A discreet touch of color will add light and dimension to your makeup✨.
And if you need a little refresher or to learn (it’s never too late?), find out how to do your eye makeup.
A duo Pastel makeup for creatives
For the more daring, take the pastel makeup trend up a notch by combining two colors.
The simplest exercise is to combine two eyeshadows of the same shade. A pastel shadow is combined with a bolder-colored shadow.
Makeup tip 3: Apply, for example, a khaki shadow to your mobile eyelid and intensify your eyelid crease with a pastel green, anise, or almond. Or vice versa, a pastel color on the mobile eyelid and a bolder color in the crease. Are you sure you’re not making a mistake?
Do you want 100% pastel makeup? You are spoiled for choice! Baby pink and sea green, baby blue and peach, lavender and pale yellow—the combinations are endless!
Let your imagination and creativity work.
Makeup tip 4: For colorful eyes, apply, for example, anise green to your eyelid using a flat brush. Then, take a lemon yellow color with your blending brush and place it in the crease of your eyelid while blending it and stretching it towards the outside of the eye. A stunning duo for stunning makeup!
Need a little refresher on who is who and what it is for? Read our article on makeup brushes.
Makeup tip 5: For those who are more daring and gifted with a brush, you can, of course, combine more than two colors. Three or four for makeup aces! Indeed, a pastel rainbow on the eyes can be the most beautiful effect! But it’s better to know how to handle your brushes well and have the eye of the tiger to combine colors.
A little extra for an intense look? You can hem your lower lash line with a peach, lavender, or green.
Highlighted makeup for the daring
A pretty-colored organic eyeliner can make all the difference for makeup pros.
Makeup tip 6: For a graphic look, opt for a felt-tip liner or brush. Indeed, a beautiful lemon yellow or mint green water-based liner will highlight your eyes and change from your favorite everyday black or brown liner.
Makeup tip 7: For a softer look ☁, apply eyeshadow in the pastel color of your choice along the upper eyelashes. Then, with an eyeliner brush, draw the color to the outer corner of the eye.
The eyeliner then structures the look and allows you to obtain doe eyes that are glamorous and colorful!
For the more daring, why not a pastel lip? A touch of boldness that will emphasize your lips?
Attention, rule n°1: a little exfoliation of the lips is recommended so that your mouth is very smooth. Wouldn’t you like your little imperfections and dead skin to spoil your work of art?!
Makeup tip 8: Be careful; pastel colors are unforgiving! We advise you to outline the outline of your mouth beforehand with a lip liner. So your lip contour will be perfect and the material will be applied with precision?
A pretty tangerine or raspberry will be perfect for soft and tangy lips.
In addition, the more extroverted, less conventional shades, such as lilac or almond green will add a touch of originality to your look. A hint of gloss at the heart of the lips will give this frosty and delicious sorbet effect to chew on ❄.
And for the more discreet?
Makeup is not your strong point or do you simply want to stay natural?
Makeup tip 9: Then opt for a peach or tangerine blush, which will add a healthy glow to your complexion. You just need to apply the material to the top of your cheekbones using your brush. Then, blend it using small circular movements on the cheek. Pastel blush brings a fresh look to the complexion.
Just not used to facial makeup? You too can still adopt the pastel makeup trend because, good news, the pastel boom extends to nail polish?!
Makeup tip 10: A touch of lavender blue or sea green on your nails will brighten up your look and that’s it. So, on the hands or feet, pastel will be your colorful summer ally ☀.
Color and softness go hand in hand; pastel invites itself into your make-up kits! So, it allows some people to become familiar with color and others to have fun while being creative. Suffice it to say that pastels can conquer the hearts of each of you. So, convinced by the pastel makeup trend? Have you ever tried? Don’t hesitate to tell us in the comments!
