Make-up Trend: Heavily Defined Eye Crease

Rani Mukherji stunned us on the cover with her gorgeous hazel eyes defined and absolutely smoldering on us cover of L'Officiel India cover this month. To get her look, rim your eyes with black eyeliner. Use a dark brown pencil eyeliner to get a smudgy look on the lower lid. Then get a light brown eyeshadow & start at the base of your top eyelid (near the inner corner lashes), & blend upwards about a half-inch past the crease of your eyelid. Then blend a chocolate brow eye shadow shade to the crease, & then take a dark brown eyeshadow & blend it halfway to the crease, to really intensify the look. Finish off with some mascara and you're all set.

Rec: Smashbox Master's Class: Ultimate Eyes in Hazel 

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Beauty India: Make Up That Suits Your Face [Jun 2010]

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Make-up Trend: Dark Eyes

At a recent awards function, Rani Mukherji showed us the key make-up trend for fall: eyes loaded with black shadow and liner, often with blue, brown, or gunmetal on the lids. With thick black liner, add one or two coats of mascara to really pull the look together. Smoky eyes and big lashes go hand in hand.

Rec: Kat Von D True Romance Eyeshadow Palette in Beethoven

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Make-up Trend: Bright Red Nails

After her breathtaking performances on Dance Premiere League, Rani Mukherji worked it at the Anandalok Purashkar Finale in bright red polish. If you've got tanned skin like Rani's, a scarlet shade has a gorgeous effect with anything you have on. I'm loving the way her polish stands out against the darker colors of her saree.

Rec: NARS Dovima Nail Polish

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Make-up Trend: Plum and Mauve Smoky Eyes

At Shilpa Shetty's wedding reception, Rani Mukherji stood out in a soft and subtle look that made her eyes pop like no other. To try her smoky eyes, blend a mauve colored eye shadow along the lid and up to the crease. Follow by working a plum eye shadow just above the crease and blend it to a fade. Apply black eyeliner in the waterline and add a few coats of black mascara on the top and bottom lashes to finish the look.

Rec: YSL 5 Colour Harmony For Eyes in 2 Indian Pink

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Make-up Trend: A Hint of Lip Liner

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.

Rec: M.A.C Lip Pencil in Subculture

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Make-up Trend: Purple-Lined Eyes

At the Toronto International Film festival Rani Mukherjee's eyes had a smoky purple touch to them. To try your luck with the look, rim your eyes with a black pencil, and use a soft brush to dab shimmery eggplant purple shadow along the top and bottom lash lines. Blend the shadow upwards, keeping it heavier on the lid, and fading along the brow bone.

Rec: M.A.C Nocturnelle Eye Shadow

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Make-up Trend: Matching Cheek and Lip Combos

Rani Mukherjee at Dil Bole Hadippa Promotional Event

Malaika Arora Khan at launch of The Perfect Bride

At recent events, Rani and Malaika sported a 'same cheek and lip combo.' A trend that I am loving is peachy-nude blush with nude lips a la Rani Mukherjee and pink cheeks and lips on Malaika Arora Khan. When wearing these hues on your lips, it helps to create cohesiveness by adding a sheer wash of the same hue to your cheeks. You can also dab the actual lipstick onto cheeks for a dewy, cream blush look.

Rec: Rani's look: Stila Mango Crush Lip & Cheek Stain; Malaika's look: Stila Pomegranate Crush Lip & Cheek Stain

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Hair Trend: Sleek Straight Shiny Hair

For long-lasting sleek locks like Rani Mukherji's, prep hair with a thermal-protectant spray, separate hair into 1/4 to 1/2-inch sections, then use a comb in front of your iron to make sure the hair is smooth and straight before you put it in your flat iron. Next, add a shine gloss made with silicone and finish up with a light-holding hairspray. This gives you gorgeous stick-straight hair that humidity can't touch.

Rec: CHI 44 Iron Guard Thermal Protection Spray

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Make-up Trend: Cherry Red Lips

Rani Mukherji shows us that cherry red lips can be both innocent and sensual, on this month's issue of Hi! Blitz. In Fall it's all about a satin finish for a classic look. Avoid lip liner, which can seem overdone, and tap the color on with your finger so the edges aren't too precise. Too vampy? Add a dab of clear gloss just in the center of the bottom lip. You want the lips to look juicy, not uber glossy.

Rec: Make Up For Ever Cherry Red Lipstick

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Make-up Trend: Bronzy Eyelids

In the forthcoming movie Dil Bole Hadippa!, Rani Mukherji's hazel eyes and dusky complexion get an instant boost from shimmering 24kt bronzy lids. Coffee-gold tones, which are warm and sensual bring out the greens in her eyes. This shade also brings out her highlights and complements the bright elements of her shalwar kameez and dupatta.

Rec: M.A.C Tempting Eye Shadow

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Make-up Trend: Blue Eyeshadow

When it comes to colorful eye makeup, there's a fine line between sexy and Mimi from the Drew Carey Show. To get it right like the sultry Rani Mukherji did in this month's Cine Blitz, first line your eyes with black pencil followed by a sweep of NARS China Blue Eye Shadow over your lids. Avoid getting close to the brows, which can look too theatrical. As a finishing touch, apply NARS Tibet Eye Shadow your brow bone and inner corners.

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