Trends: S/S 2012 (Part 2) -> Extreme Smokey Eyes albeit Navy Blue, Nude Lips and Sporty Cheeks

Well well well if it isn't the weekend already! :) And well last night I went totally overboard with makeup. In a span of half an hour I did a total of 4 looks! Wow it was like the Godess of make-up had entered me and was making me whip out some super HOT looks one after another ;) LOL... Yup I know I have some serious humility issues :P

So anyways, its Saturday today and I am back with another set of trends that are well trending with S/S 2012 season :) So here goes...

Blue Smokey Eyes, Nude Lips and Bronzed Cheeks :)

1. Extreme Smokey Eyes (GUCCI)
    Surprising or not surprising, smokey eyes are super in :) Yup I am one happy girl this Summer ;) But there are a few pointers to be kept in mind... Like forget black and embrace Navy Blue this season for a "cool" smokey look. You needn't be neat, but that doesn't quite mean that you can go overboard with just any kind of strokes :P You need to cleverly understand how to make it look beautiful even when the blending is uneven ;)

2. Sporty Cheeks (DKNY + Tommy Hilfiger)
    Now this is one trend that has been gracing runways a lot! With sporty cheeks, I mean your cheeks should "glow" and looked flushed like you have just finished your workout! :) It should be natural and yet conspicuous! Confused? Go figure! :P
This season pink cheeks are out... You might want to go for Orange, bronzed or peachy blushes :)

3. Nude Lips (CAROLINA HERERRA)
    Runways this season have also seen a lot of nude makeup, which is not surprising seeing that it is the Summer season we are talking ;) And well since nude lips complement smokey eyes so well that the following look totally turned out to be a complete package :)

Yup! It goes beautifully with specs as well ;)

LOTD: Welcome New Year 2012, Look1

I am yet to finalize my plans for the new years eve party this year and like every year for the past 5 years, I am sure we'll be hanging out with old friends at one of our apartments for drinks and then head to a restaurant for dinner, which is why I have decided to wear a pair of black skinny jeans with a blingey-glittery silver top and a pair of killer black heels :)


Now comes the makeup part... I am thinking of two kinds of looks... One would be with Red lips as many of you would have expected :P and the other would be a smokey eye look, which again isn't really a surprise for you guys ;)


So anyways, I did a silver smokey eye look today for you guys to tell me if it looks good enough for the new years eve party :) Let me know of your honest opinions girls :) I am counting on you all!

Silver Smoky eyes and Gossy Nude Lips

Silver Smoky eyes and Gossy Nude Lips

Let me know how you all find it :)

How To: Match My Makeup With My Outfit...

Has it ever happened to you when you very excitedly decide on an outfit that you want to wear for an occasion but are at a complete loss of the kind of makeup palette to choose? Have you ever been left at the curb wondering if a blue eye-shadow with a blue dress would seriously be a good idea? Let me talk about how I prefer choosing my makeup palette with the color of my outfit... It is in no way the only way or may be the most correct way to go about but it sure helps me out of sticky makeup situations ;)

My mantra is COMPLEMENTING. I in no way ever go about matching the colors in my dress to the color of my eye-shadow or liner or lipstick. All I do is decide on the colors that complement the colors in my outfit. This is a rule that I follow in general but I do have some exceptions to this rule of mine. Also do note that the colors in my make-up do follow a certain rule where the occasion or the time of day is concerned. For example my color palette for work certainly revolves around neutrals, taupe, browns and subdued greys for the eyes and natural pinks, nude and light browns for the lips. But come a wedding or a night out in the club and I unleash the drama queen that I am through my makeup :P

So anyways, coming back to complementing colors, what I mean here is that rather than blindly going for a matching-matching contest between the outfit color and the eye-shadow color, it is preferable to choose your lip color or eye color that would complement your dress. For example, if you are wearing a red dress, I would refrain from going for a Red Lip... Rather I would go for a say smoky eye and a neutral lip look, or if I am wearing a Navy Blue outfit, I would go for golden eyes and red lips. Imagine it and I am sure you will get a hang of it ;)

Here is a little chart that would help you understand my thought process while deciding on my makeup according to occasion:
1. Indian Weddings and similar functions
    Your outfit be really bright and colorful with a lot of either golden, silver, bronze of copper... Would suggest you to go for dual eye shadows blended well out of which one should definitely be either golden, silver, bronze or copper matching your outfit and the other shadow should be of the color that is least present in your dress. Lips should either be pink or Orange or Red according to the family of colors present in your outfit.

Copper eyes with Red Lips

Golden and Cranberry Eyes with Fuschia Lips

2. Formal Evening Occasions
    Either go for nude shadows and bold matte lips that complement and not match the outfit, or go for bold eye makeup and nude lips.

3. Casual Occasions
    Nude lips with bright complementing eye shadow shades or a bright lippy with slightly defined eyes :)

4. Work Wear
    Accented eyes and nude lips :)

Defined eyes and nude lips

Let me know if you would like to me to write about any specific occasions, functions or outfits... I would love to suggest you on them too :)