There are few brown-eyed chicks who can “rock a blue eye like nobody’s business,” as Stiles puts it. Gwen Stefani is one of them; most of us are not.

The good news is, bright blue really isn’t that bad; it just detracts most from brown eyes’ natural hotness. If you wanna go for it, keep the rest of your face neutral like Gwen’s; otherwise default to a more flattering navy blue.

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