With its enticing array of unique color combinations, opening an eyeshadow quad can feel like lifting the lid off of a delicious box of chocolates, and it’s true when they say that you never know what you’re going to get.

One of the benefits to buying shadows in a pack versus mixing and matching single pots of pigment is that the colors have been carefully selected to coordinate according to the eye of a creative professional. These skilled artists may easily have thought of a combination you would never have come up with on your own, so venturing into new territory can be a rewarding enterprise.

Too Faced carries an Eye Shadow Insurance Policy Collection that, according to its name, is a safe bet you’ll be looking fantastic. Packed with bright shades of bronze, emerald, cerulean and more, these colors are all tied together by their life-affirming qualities.

For those that love to glow in neutrals, Jane Iredale has a Daytime Eye Shadow Kit that has the best of beige, gray and cream-white offerings.