Experts Talk Fall Make-up Collections: Shiseido, Clarins, YSL

Come fall and the make-up palette overflows with dramatic, sensuous colors. Velvety hues in smoldering mauves, purples, golds and reds make an eye-catching statement. Experts to tell you how to pull off this magical look.

Shiseido Fall 2008

“Glamorous, chic and confident sums up the look for this season. It focuses on the eyes and has strongly defined, rich, sumptuous tones. Create this chiaroscuro effect with a dramatic interplay of soft color, contrasting shadow and shimmering light,” says Dinaz Jehani, brand manager, Shiseido.

Clarins Fall 2008

Meeta Awatramani, training manager, Clarins, recommends pinks, peaches, corals, reds and oranges for the lips and cheeks combined with foundations with pink undertones and greens, plums, magentas and pinks for the eyes for fair skinned girls. “For wheat and dusky girls, shades with orange pigments like corals, bronze, deep red, brick tones and auburns accentuate lips and cheeks. Intense greens, smokey greys and bright cobalt blues make the eyes pop,” she elaborates.

For a stunning evening look, Jehani advises pink tones and discretely highlighted vividly colored lips while the sexy, modern look comprises elegant tones of browns blended with warm, golden tones. For an easy, natural day look, Awatramani suggests just a hint of color on the cheeks with the Clarins Powder Blush in Cinnamon and Clarins Perfect Plum Eyeshadow with Clarins Brown Eye Pencil for defined peepers. A chic evening look would entail using the Clarins True Comfort Foundation to impart a sheer, velvet finish, eyes go smokey with the Clarins So Chic Quartet, graphite gray and black combination followed by lashings of mascara. For the lips, Clarins Hazelnut Joli Rouge completes this look.

YSL Fall/Holiday 2008

Charmaine Rao, make up artist, YSL recommends using the Perfect Touch Radiation Brush Foundation and the Poudre Sur Mesure to get a radiant complexion. “For the day, go with subtle eyeshadow and a bold lip shade but for the evening do the opposite. Play up your eyes with lashings of mascara, kohl and smokey hues but keep the lips nude with just a hint of gloss,” says Rao. Leave hair tousled or lightly scrunched to get pretty waves.

One tip to keep in mind irrespective of the skin color? “Do not overdo it ever. Make-up should be used to look your best in the easiest way possible – never over accessorized,” cautions Jehani. Instead ensure your eyes and lips complement each other. If the eyes are intense and glam, keep lips simple and vice versa. Always cleanse, tone and moisturize the skin before applying make-up and set foundation with loose powder, advises Rao. “To prevent the eyeshadow from spilling on to the cheek, create a barrier of loose powder below the eye that can be dusted off once your make-up is done,” says Charmaine she also recommends blending blush well to avoid looking liking a clown.