On the cover of November's issue of Harper's Bazaar India Suzanne Roshan's smoky eyes popped right out. The look consists of well-applied bronzy and gold shadow, but it's her liner that stands out the most. Choose a super-creamy black pencil and draw directly over your lash line working from the inner corner outwards. Glide the pencil along the inner rim of your bottom lid for a sultry and very sexy finish.
Skin
While promoting her new movie, Kurbaan, Kareena Kapoor was spotted with rose-colored lids. Reddish shadow applied too close to the lashes can make you look clown-like. Instead, line your eyes with a subtle gold eye shadow around your entire eye, then add a wash of sheer rose-colored shadow all the way up to the brow bone.
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With skin so flawless, dark brown eyes, and free flowing waves in her hair, Katrina Kaif could not look more ethereal on November's issue of Vogue India. But instead of going for the soft pink lips she's usually spotted with, Katrina's make-up artist Subhash Singh opted for a coat of a warmer, rosier shade—which hit just the right note of sophistication. To try the look, choose a gloss with slight orange or beige undertones.
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Heads up winter brides throw away that whitening foundation and embrace your natural bronzy goodness! On the latest issue of Bride & Style Magazine Chitrangada Singh shows of a gorgeous midsummer glow. If powder bronzer doesn't give you enough color, try a tinted moisturizer and pearlescent body lotion. You'll get a more vivid, uniform looking color. Just be sure to rub in evenly to avoid looking streaky.
Sonam looks awful in the first photograph. Her eyes have BAGS under them. Her make-up looks oily and uneven as well. Awful, just plain awful. I did not expect this from the L'oreal team, especially since renowned photographer Chou Chiang took these pictures. Though, I have to admit she looks stunning in the second picture.
The fresh, laid back appearance of the models at Rajesh Pratap Singh came from the minimal eye make-up, bold lips and tousled hair that is a cinch to create at home. Make-up artists Yatin and Jojo to understand more about the look. "The look was avant garde—we wanted undone, unruly hair with different textures but not bed-head hair. It's a look that is new to the eye; flat on top, but with plenty of width for a contemporary form and bounce that really suits Rajesh Pratap's collection," explained Jojo. "For make-up, we focused on pink-orange lips, minimal eye liner and coats of mascara! Orange is going to be the new red in spring summer 2010... Orange nails, orange lips and orange eyes!"
Kareena's latest movie, Kurbaan had her sporting kohl-rimmed eyes. They make Kareena's green eyes stand out like no other. Line the upper and lower lids with a black pencil, smudge into the lashes with a small brush, then finish by coating the inner rim of the eye with color, too. (A pencil that's soft but still sharp works best.) This look plays up her eyes while letting her naturally glowing face speak for itself.
At the launch of Louise Cruises Malaika Arora Khan showed off some of the fullest, shapeliest brows ever. Keep your well-maintained brows from looking sparse by filling in with a brow powder as the last step of your beauty routine. Pencils can make the shape too defined, but brushed-on powder will subtly shade and disguise areas with fewer hairs.
At the All The Best Promotional Event at Cinemax, you can't help but notice Bipasha Basu's luminous, gorgeous skin. To bring out your own dewy finish, don't use a matte powder, use a sheer tinted moisturizer instead. You'll get just enough coverage to even out your skintone—without dimming your natural glow in the process.
Pale pink may be a soft and subtle color, but at Karan Johar's Fashion for HDIL Couture Week, Preity Zinta showed us it could brighten up your entire face. Choose a shimerless formula, but don't be afraid to use a heavy hand when applying: A few extra coats will create a slightly opaque effect that draws attention to the lips.
Would anyone believe that Giselle is Brazillian? We sure can't. You know what makes her so desi looking? Her charcoal shadow and kajal combination. To try the look, use a soft brush to blend flat slate shadow all the way around the eyes, below the entire bottom lashline, and out past the edges.
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At the Loomba Trust Honoring Award Show, Preity Zinta brought the drama—with her lashes, that is. Looking at the picture above, it looks like she has incredibly thick long lashes. To make your lashes look as lust-worthy as Preity's, dust your lashes with translucent powder before curling them and adding mascara. It makes them look bigger and longer, and gives the mascara something to cling to.
Sometime in the '90s lip liner got a bad rap—but on the latest issue of Brit-Asian Rani Mukherjee shows us she's come a long way since her first movie back in '96. To try the new, subtler look, rim just inside the natural line of your lips with a neutral pink, and top with a sheer nude lipstick or lip balm. The effect is sophisticated, controlled and entirely 2009.
The look in the pictures is the same for the exception of the lips in pictures one and three. The lips are M.A.C Fuchsia Lip Pencil with M.A.C Girl About Town Lipstick.For picture two, the lips are M.A.C Spice Lip Pencil with M.A.C Half 'n Half Lipstick and a dab of M.A.C Select Moisturecover Concealer in the center of the mouth.
A Gujarati girl brought up in the U.K. in a thoroughly conventional family, M.A.C Senior Artist, Vimi Joshi was training to be a doctor, not that she wanted to. At one week-end stint as a group dancer for pop albums, Vimi was fascinated at how makeup transformed pop sensation Lulu from the girl-next-door to the diva. “I found my true calling,” remarks Vimi who found it difficult to convince her mother to allow her to chuck medicine and become a makeup artist. “Finally she agreed to give me one year. If I did not succeed in that time, I promised to return to medicine.” But, with her first client being none other than Tony Blair, Vimi never looked back. In the last 12 years, she has worked her magic on Richard Gere, Oliver Russell, Amitabh Bachchan, Trudie Styler; has worked on MTV Europe Music Awards, Kingfisher calendar 2005, IIFA awards 2008; and also done collections for DKNY, Kenzo, Michael Kors.
Tips from the pro
Hear her speak about right-here-right-now makeup trends. “After the in-your-face, bold makeup of the last couple of seasons, The natural, squeaky-clean beautiful look is back as the autumn-winter 09 makeup trend. Actually, the dewy-fresh skin, clear-eyed, pink-lips look can never go out of style. It is timeless. One may wear loads of makeup but if the skin beneath those layers is haggard and tired, the entire effort is down the drain. I’d first tell all girls out there to follow the cleansing-toning-moisturizing (CTM) routine to the T. “Next, nothing works better than a sheer tinted moisturizer or a perfect foundation to enhance that carefully nurtured skin. It is imperative to choose the perfect shade of foundation to keep skin from looking yellow or gray. The trick also lies in blending foundation perfectly, with one’s fingertips or a clean sponge.”
What’s in?
For the skin: It is a time for skin to be contoured, highlighted, pampered…pay attention to detail. Colors like caramel, terracotta, honey, sepia and taupe are hot. The emphasis is on making the look as natural as possible but not allowing it to be sloppy or half-done.
For the eyes: Black gets several personalities this season: matte, waxy, glossy, frosty, shiny' While the smoky eye look is still in, it is not the messy, just-out-of-bed smoky look. Rather, it is created by shaping and defining the eyes with shades of black complimented with colors like green, fuchsia, gold and peacock blue!
For the cheeks: Blushes are applied to enhance the natural angles of one’s face, a la 1980s sans the shocking bright colors, is a must-do. Fairer skins, opt for the baby pinks and roses whereas those blessed with that amazing caramel-colored skin-tone can experiment with fuchsia and magenta. The aim is to ‘lift’ a face with an expert sweep of a blush coupled with a dash of lip-gloss and mascara.
For the lips: The lips stand out exceptionally in a tribute to the wild 1980s; in fact, they take center-stage in the A/W’09 trends. Lips are now more triangular than ever and painted in far-out colors like magenta, pink, orange and even neon green! Lip liner is back this season but more to ‘form’ a lip than merely outline it.
As you see, it’s all about combining the innocent with the brazen; dewy-fresh with the been-there-done-that. And trust me; it makes for an explosive, head-turning look in the chilly, gray winters.
If fall means berry stained lips and cheeks then, Dimple Kapadia is dead set on changing the trends this season. Looking like the true diva we all know her to be, on the cover of the latest issue of Hello! she is rocking a youthful bronzy glow. If a powder bronzer doesn't give you enough color, try a cheek stain for a more natural dewy looking glow.
Freida Pinto's peachy-pink lips and sheer flushed cheeks left her looking glowy and gorgeous at Louis Vuitton's Pret-a-Porter Show at Paris Fashion Week. What made her make up really stand out was her light, understated eye makeup that didn't steal the focus from the rest of the face. If you feel too naked wearing nothing at all on your eyes, try a wash of shimmery nude shadow and just a few swipes of black mascara. Your lips should be the highlight.
Everyone likes a variation of a smoky eye—which is why Kajol's black and silver smoky eye was so refreshing in the pages of the latest Vogue India issue. To get a similar look, rim all around your eyes with a creamy black pencil, then, using a soft brush, dab loose metallic powder under your bottom lashes and the inner corners. The pairing is undeniably luxurious and completely fresh.
Here's a first look at Freida Pinto's new L'oreal ads. She's promoting the new L'oreal Renewal Lash Serum. So what do you think? Does she look good?
Bipasha Basu at one point was all about her eyes, in recent times we've seen a more toned down and mature look which just happens to be one of the reason she's known as the sexiest woman alive. But at the Big FM studios, we couldn't help notice her shiny lipstick in a neutral—not nude shade. To try the look, test lipsticks to find one that closely matches the natural color of your lips. The rich pigment will give you a boost of color, but still leave you feeling natural.
Vimi's tweet tip of the day: What a beautiful look to do! Mix Studio Sculpt Foundation with the new oils make the skin look incredible. Its my new favorite technique.
Known for her breakthrough performance in Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Genelia D'Souza is also known for being a fashionista and for her gorgeous make-up. At the Do Knot Disturb premiere, her complexion was dewy and fresh. But no matter how well you care for your skin, the right foundation can do wonders. Use a creamy solid cover stick to even your skintone to give you timeless perfection.
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