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Shimmery Eyeshadow Swept the 2025 Golden Globes Red Carpet — Here’s How to Get the Flattering Makeup Look.

Stars like Kristen Bell, Selena Gomez, and Anya Taylor-Joy opted for soft metallics at the awards show.

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elle fanning, anna sawai, and anya taylor-joy wear shimmery eyeshadow on the 2025 golden globes red carpet

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At the 2025 Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 5, 2025, stars hit the red carpet in their fineries — dressed in custom designer gowns and dripping in jewels. While those fashions may not be at your fingertips, the celebrities’ makeup looks certainly are. One of the leading Golden Globes beauty trends was all about accentuating the eyes by way of shimmery shadows, a flattering choice seen across stars of all ages and skin tones.

Shimmery eyeshadows creates a subtle luminesce that swath the lids in light-reflective pigments, ideal for camera flashes to bounce off of for an eye-opening effect. Better yet, this eyeshadow finish comes in nearly every shade under the sun, allowing plenty of room for hand-selecting a shade that suits your skin tone. For the 2025 Golden Globes, we saw stars opt for peachy-pink shimmery shadows, true gold tones, and nearly-translucent options that simply give the skin some sheen.

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Quinta Brunson, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Anna Sawai wear shimmery eyeshadow at the 2025 Golden Globes. Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic; Photo by Michael Buckner/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty Images Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images

Stars like Quinta Brunson, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Anna Sawai favored the latter, selecting eyeshadow shades that slightly enhanced their natural skin tones without reading overly flashy or painted-on. Rather, just a hint of color added depth to Brunson’s minimalist glam, while Sawai’s lids were veiled with what looks to be a dusting of finely-milled, pearlescent glitter. Taylor-Joy’s peachy shadow melded with her cool, fair skin and light pink lipstick.

Similarly, we saw Kristen Bell, Elle Fanning, and Kate Hudson reach for shimmery pigments in varying shades of pink, peach, and rose gold. Both Bell and Fanning teamed their shadow looks with defined eyeliner and soft berry lips; Bell’s eye look came courtesy of Chanel’s Les Beiges Eyeshadow Palette, while Fanning wore an $8 eyeshadow from L’Oréal.

Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images; Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images;

We also saw celebs go for the gold with true metallic eyeshadows. Eiza Gonzalez’s golden eye look featured a subtle cat eye flick, adding a glamorous touch to her defined cheek bones and nude lip. Leighton Meester’s lids were covered in silvery flecks of shimmer that popped against the bronze eyeliner used on her waterline.

Eiza Gonzalez and Leighton Meester wear warm-toned shimmery eyeshadow at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 5, 2025. Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images; Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

Other celebs made waves not just with the iridescent finish of eyeshadow, but with its placement, too. Take Emma D’Arcy’s edgy application of the trend, wearing a bronze shade all over her eyelids and smudged beneath the lower lid. Here, minimal eyeliner and mascara let the shadow’s color do all the talking.

English actor Emma D’Arcy arrives for the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on January 5, 2025. Photo by Etienne Laurent / AFP) (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images

Others, like Alexandra Daddario and Selena Gomez, chose more classic placement, with Daddario wearing a pop of icy shadow on her inner corners and Gomez sporting a touch of sheen just below her brow bone.

Alexandra Daddario and Selena Gomez wear shimmery eyeshadow at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards. Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImage; Photo by Gilbert Flores/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty Image

With 2025 Awards season upon us, take inspiration from the year’s inaugural red carpet with a shimmery eyeshadow look. As we saw at the Golden Globes, the effect can range from subtle to statement-making, and the finish doesn’t require expert precision to ace an intriguing look. Simply grab one of the below eyeshadows, wield a fluffy eyeshadow brush, and take a shine to the celeb-approved beauty look.

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Claire Sullivan is the Senior Beauty and Lifestyle Commerce Editor for Footwear News and WWD, where she writes and edits beauty, fashion and lifestyle stories. She has over eight years of experience as a writer and editor for national media outlets including Martha Stewart Living, Martha Stewart Weddings, InStyle, and Byrdie. She keeps her finger on the pulse of all things related to beauty and wellness, as well as the latest shopping trends and clothing brands. Sullivan regularly reports on red carpet beauty trends.

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