Vimi Joshi's Make-up Breakdowns

Nude doesn't mean that you wash all makeup off your face, and leave it plain without any. It means makeup so soft, glossy, and shimmery that no one notices you are wearing it. The idea is to look natural yet chic. In fact, most guys say they hate their girlfriends all caked-up! The trick is to use makeup to hide imperfections and to bring out your best features, subtly.

A dollop of moisturizer
Nude is about plump, soft, glossy skin. So moisturizing. Says Vimi Joshi, M.A.C, “I can't stress moisturizing enough. To make your skin look glossy and full of health, just apply a dollop of your favorite moisturizer and smooth it in, till your skin feels dewy!”
Vimi's favorite: M.A.C Lightful Daily Moisturizer

A flawless complexion
Stand in front of a brightly lit mirror; scrutinize your face carefully. Skip the foundation to avoid a caked-up look. Go with concealer (M.A.C Select Moisturecover) instead, and using a brush, dab it over each blemish (if any) and blend it in with your fingers. Now, for a soft glow: Use a luminizer (M.A.C Strobe Liquid) and dot it on the areas you would like to highlight, such as cheekbones and brow bones. Apply a soft pink blush (M.A.C Mineral Blush in Dainty) to the apples of your cheeks and apply a bronzer (M.A.C Mineralize Skinfinish in Gold Deposit) to the hollows of your cheeks as well as places the sun naturally hits first—your brow bones, nose, and collar bones. For all over radiance, dust the blush lightly onto your forehead, tip of the nose, and chin.

For soulful peepers
A nude look for the eyes to dazzle in the daytime: Kohl-lined eyes with just a plain cream-based eyeshadow base (M.A.C Cream Colour Base in Fawntastic); Pink or beige eyeshadow from the M.A.C Classic Eyes Palette, with mascara (M.A.C Plush Lash Mascara) to open up your eyes dramatically; Soft gold shimmer (M.A.C Goldmine Eye Shadow) on the eyelids, with or without mascara; Soft silver shimmer (M.A.C Silver Dusk Iridescent Loose Powder), with some kohl and no eyeshadow, but softly lined eyes in green, blue, black or gray (M.A.C Minted, Hyacinth, Smolder, Phone Number Eye Kohl).

A nude look to dance the night away
Smoky eyes, but not just in black. Create smoky in different Says Vimi, "Begin with lining your eyes with kohl (M.A.C Smolder Eye Kohl), lower and upper lid, for a dramatic effect. Now add color of your choice to lower lids: Navy, emerald, bronze, purple and of course black (M.A.C Naval, Humid, Espresso, Contrast, Carbon Eye Shadow). Using a Q-tip, the shadow from the outside corner in. Add more black and smudge it in for a darker, edgier look, some mascara (M.A.C Plush Lash Mascara) and soft beige on the upper eyelids (M.A.C All That Glitters Eye Shadow)... and you're done." Another look you could try is by applying shimmer on the upper and lower eyelids with a bronze eyeliner (M.A.C Rich Ground Fluidline) and silver shimmer on the eyes (M.A.C Silver Dusk Iridescent Loose Powder) with a grey smoky (M.A.C Print and Carbon Eye Shadow) on the lower lid.

For a kissable pout
Pink, beige, golden (M.A.C Lipglass in Nymphette, C-Thru, Instant Gold), use gloss in any of these shades, but keep it soft and shimmery. Dab an extra bit in the middle of your pout to add volume. It will create an illusion of fuller lips and give you that perfect nude look.

M.A.C'S NUDE LOOK

What happens when we get Vimi Joshi of M.A.C to describe her perfect nude look? Pure magic! Here’s her version of fashionable nude!

1. Vimi begins with Studio Fix Fluid Foundation to make the skintone even. Then perfect the face with dabs of Select Cover-Up Concealer.
2. Line the eyes with Smolder Eye Kohl, lightly smudged them for a smokey look. Fawntastic Cream Color Base adds gloss to the upper eyelids, and then Zoom Lash Mascara gave a dramatic and yet nude look.
3. Contour the with Mineralize Skinfinish Duo in Dark/Natural And Shimmer.
4. For the lips, use Pretty Plush Plushglass.