Make-up Trend: Bride & Beautiful (Vogue India)

With the wedding season in full swing, we're sure all brides-to-be are experiencing last minute jitters. Looking picture perfect on the most important day of your life can seem like a daunting task. They key to let your inner bride shine is to plan in advance to avoid any beauty emergencies on your big day. Every bride should plan her beauty kit keeping in mind the quality, longevity and actual use of the products. Your wedding day is not the time to try anything new, instead make sure you invest in tried and tested products which have worked well for you in the past.

From a basic hydrating moisturizer to a perfecting foundation primer, invest in high end products which are known for what they do. Avoid becoming the ghastly, pale over-foundation-ed bride and instead look for a foundation that offers sheer-natural coverage with a boost of light-reflecting particles. Because most Indian brides go the red-maroon route on their D-Day in terms of their attire, you should take time and find the perfect shade of red lipstick for your skin tone. Thoughtful planning can mean fewer touchups. After all you wouldn’t want to waste the most important day in your life worrying about non-waterproof mascara.

Make-up Trend: A Chocolate Affair (Vogue India)

As desis we have always been partial to brown. Blame it on our gorgeous skin colour, brown is officially the most popular shade in Indian vanity boxes. From that dark cocoa lipstick in your mum’s purse to that latest matte chocolate eye shadow you’ve been eyeing, there’s something about this shade that warms our heart and makes its way into our makeup kits. The smoky caramel eyes at Shantanu and Nikhil and Cavalli, the pale beige lips at Ekru and Chloe and the bronze and gold at Oscar de la Renta, this season celebrates the comeback of The New Brown.

For your eyes: use soft brown shades like toffee and caramel for an au natural, daytime look. Add a little sweep of bronze and gold and you’re ready for an evening out. We love Guerlain Écrin 6 Couleurs Rue Des Franco in Bourgeois, a 5 shade eye shadow palette with scrumptious shades in the brown family.

For your lips: a glossy pale beige lipstick is your best bet for wearing make up at work. Use a deeper, darker mocha or chocolate lipstick for a look that will take you from AM to PM. If you’re looking for the perfect matte brown lipstick we suggest YSL Rouge Volupte in Divine Mahogany.

For your nails: Bright colored nails are passé. For autumn paint your talons in shades of mushroom, sepia and cocoa. Try OPI’s Tickle My France-y or Leighton and Denny’s Brief Encounter and join the brown brigade.

Make-up Trend: Smoke & Sparkle (Vogue India)

This season saw the smokey eye transform into a whole new avatar. Out with the goth matte blacks and in with intense sparkly-smoky eye. “It's disco in a very, very modernized way”, says make-up artist Lucia Pica at Roksanda Ilincic. Whether it’s sexy and smudged at Gucci and Christian Lacroix or heavily charcoaled with metallic finish at Lanvin at Anupama Dayal, we just love this dazzling take on the classic smokey eye.  

Get the look: go from bland to glam with this intensely captivating look. Bottle greens, navy blues and deep charcoals are the key to this hot party look. Layer blue or green eye shadow over a matte black base. Sweep sparkling silver eye shadow in the inner corner of your eyes to finish the look. Alternatively, blend some emerald-green shimmer underneath like the models sported at Diane Von Furstenburg or do a full-on smokey with a deep burgundy shadow as seen on the catwalks of Roberto Cavalli. Make a shimmer stick your new BFF and use it on your lower lash line over your usual smoky eye for some heavy duty drama.

Make-up Trend: Copper-Gold Eye Shadow

Copper gold eye shadow is an instant eye brightener during the winter months. To key in to the trend, try dusting your lashlines with a copper tone on your lids and gold along your brow bones like Deepika Padukone did at Sa Re Ga Ma Pa. You'll be surprised, the versatile metallic hue is flattering on nearly every skin tone.

Rec: Sephora Enchanted Eye Palette

Nail Trend: Bright Orange Nails

If you're mourning the last sweet days of summer, take a tip from Sonam Kapoor who painted her nails in a day glow orange shade at the Galliano Eyewear Event. It's the perfect hue to transition your nails from summer to fall since, orange is the it color of the season!
 
Rec: Sephora for O.P.I Nail Color in Hi Def

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's New L'oreal Ad

Aishwarya is wearing L'oreal Excellence Creme in 4.25

Make-up Trend: Eggplant Nail Polish

Before you break out the holiday red nail polish you'll be wearing all season, take a cue from Rachel Roy at the Accessories Council ACE Awards in New York City and test drive a suitable transitional shade: deep, shiny purple. This hue tends to darken when dry, so select a color that's a little brighter and more magenta in the bottle. And as always, keep your nails short and rounded to avoid looking too goth.


Rec: China Glaze Nail Polish in Eggplant Creme VIII