The Best Eye Makeup Products of 2021

The tinted, plant-based microfibers in Kosas Air Brow Tinted Volumizing Treatment Gel create heft by adhering to hairs; conditioners give brows a natural sheen.

The ridges built into the rim of every pot of Benefit Powmade make it impossible to overload your brush. The tinted formula makes it impossible to believe you ever over-tweezed.

Available in four shades, Joey Healy Luxe Brow Powder accentuates the natural shape of your brows with a believable, featherlight finish.

We had to go back and count how many times in a row RevitaLash Cosmetics RevitaBrow Advanced Eyebrow Conditioner & Serum has nabbed an award (hint: it's a lot). The potent peptides strengthen brows, erasing evidence of past damage and protecting against future missteps.

YSL Beauty Radical Volumizing Mascara has more than one trick up its slim, golden sleeve. Supple oils and a slightly tapered brush allow us to build maximum volume and target minuscule areas, so we can have doe eyes one day and cat-eyes the next.

Maybelline New York Falsies Lash Lift Ultra Black Mascara concentrates color at the roots and curls our ends to the high heavens, mimicking the surreal appeal of fluttery strips.

Infused with oils, CoverGirl Lash Blast Clean Volume Mascara glides to the extreme tips of your lashes for an elongated fan with no end in sight.

Maybelline New York Lash Sensational Sky High Mascara has the bustier of brushes: Flexible and conical, it lifts, sculpts, and defies Mother Nature with weatherproof, budgeproof color.

Similar to swim floaties, Blinc UltraVolume Tubing Mascara forms a water-resistant sleeve of pigment around each lash, creating the illusion of girth. When it's time to remove, the airy formula slides off without tugging.

With an adjustable brush that tilts to a right angle (literally, 90 degrees), Meloway Your Way Mascara in Mint Crème (or Cherry Cola) lets you coat every last lash in unexpected color — cool pistachio and deep violet, respectively.

The vitamins and conditioners in Lancôme Cils Booster XL Super-Enhancing Mascara Base form a glossy base that resists clumping, stiffness, and flakes, even if you're an overzealous applier of pigment.

Neutral pencils that fade into the background are kind of... pointless. With creamy depth and built-in richness, Kulfi Beauty Underlined Kajal Eyeliner provides noticeable, eye-opening definition.

When we want to shift far out of neutral, Gucci Stylo Contour Des Yeux Khol Eyeliner comes in shades like Bordeaux, Amethyste, and Céleste, a dreamy powder blue.

Stila Stay All Day Dual-Ended Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner is capable of drawing the finest of lines and the fattest of flicks in the blackest of mattes.

Deck of Scarlet Dual Drama Liquid Eyeliner comes in an iridescent array of colors (plum, teal, violet, bronze). One stroke of the super-narrow brush bestows a supernatural gleam.

A case of love at first sight, Wander Beauty Double Date Eyeshadow Duo in First Kiss/ILYSM pairs the perfect chestnut cream with a shimmery champagne powder for extra sheen.

Depixym Cosmetic Emulsion brings out our inner Bob Ross with a range of opaque shades in aluminum tubes. Brushed across lids or traced along lash lines, the vibrant colors resemble an art project gone terribly, terribly right.

Whatever your mood, there's an Urban Decay 24/7 Shadow for that. Vegan in formula and velvety in finish, the 25 hyperpigmented shades won’t sink into creases or drift toward your cheekbones.

About-Face Daytripper Matte Fluid Eye Paint performs a sort of mini metamorphosis right before your eyes: The creamy fluid transforms into a powdery wash, draping lids in pastel color with an intense matte finish.

One swipe from the doe-foot of Danessa Myricks Beauty Twin Flames delivers a holographic, multidimensional gleam.

Colourpop Fade Into the Hue Palette delivers so much saturated brightness and unadulterated joy, it's as if a Care Bear stared it into existence.

When you're feeling more down to earth, Sweet Street Cosmetics L.A. Lady Eyeshadow Palette contains a spectrum of silky and glimmery neutrals — plus the perfect matte black to seal the deal.