Make-up Trend: Aquamarine Eye Shadow

On the latest issue of Adorn, Neha Dhupia accented her eyes with a neat swipe of striking eye shadow around her eyes. While winter hasn't quite ended, the urge to wear color is coming on strong. A dash of bright liner on the bottom lashline only is a perfect remedy for the mid-season blues. Shades of green, blue and purple are all more versatile and quite wearable than you might think—keep the rest of your makeup soft and rosy to complete the look.

Rec: Sephora Colorful Mono Eyeshadow in Stephane 38

Make-up Trend: Spring Red Stained Lips

Spotted looking oh-so-chic and totally ready for spring at a recent the Elle Race Cup was Neha Dhupia. To wear red the right way this spring is to look for a shade that has warm undertones. Also, skip matte formulas which can feel too stiff, a swipe of sheer balm over a stain will give bold colors a lightweight feel.

Rec: Stila Açaí Crush

Make-up Trend: Smoky and Nude

Nude has never looked so good! This month's Grazia India cover girl Neha Dhupia shows us nude is anything but boring! To get her smoky eyes and nude lips combo, line your upper and lower lash lines with charcoal eyeliner. Next, blend charcoal and black eye shadows, and brush them over your eyelids, starting at your lash lines and stopping at the creases, next flick the ends out to give it a cat eye kinda effect. Dab a peach cream blush on the apples of your cheeks, and blend up and out toward your temples. Apply a flesh toned lipstick with a clear gloss on top.

Rec: Too Faced Smoky Eye Palette

IIFA 2010 Make-up Trends

Kareena Kapoor: neutral smoky eyes

Lara Dutta: metallic smoky eyes

Neha Dhupia: neutral smoky eyes with nude lips

Bipasha Basu: winged cat eyes with bright pink lips


Sophie: Dramatic winged smoky eyes with a nude pink mouth


Diya Mirza: Neutral eyes to enhance her gorgeous eyes with a peachy pout


Kangna Ranaut: nude smoky eyes with baby pink lips

According to M.A.C Senior Artist Vimi Joshi, for this year's IIFA Awards "think bright vibrant Colors...glitter and crystals... In pure Bollywood style." 

Make-up Trend: Ageless, Glowy Complexion

As Neha Dhupia arrived to judge the Femina Miss India Preliminary Round her skin was anything but dull. To give yours an instant tone-up, look for two-step anti-aging systems that use bioelectricity to generate skin renewal. Even if you're in your twenties/thirties, the nourishing ingredients in the serum and cream formulations will leave your complexion radiant and glowy.

Rec: NEUTROGENA CLINICAL™ with ION2 COMPLEX™ Technology

Neha Dhupia's Beauty India Scans

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Make-up Trend: Dark Lips

This spring it's all about dark lipsticks. A darker lip shade will add edge to spring's new pastel trends for clothes. Neha Dhupia is in tune by pairing her bold cranberry lips with a gray Salvatore Ferragamo dress, channeling a vampier vibe for the evening. And if you've already started buying into spring's lighter fabrics and nude hues, then nothing looks more striking than a contrasting dark lip shade. Keep your colors matte and apply with a lipstick brush for a soft and perfect pout.

Rec:  NARS Rouge D'Enfer Lipstick

Make-up Trend: Fresh Skin

At a special screening for her upcoming movie Raat Gayi Baat Gayi, Neha Dhupia kept her make-up simple to accentuate her beautiful features, while keeping that simple and effortless. To get your skin to look flawless and airy, blend a lightweight foundation and apply a rosy blush on your cheeks. To finish and seal your look apply a mist of hydrating spray. It sets the makeup and gives a finishing glow.

Rec: Evian Mineral Water Spray

Make-up Trend: Nude Lips

Ready to get naked? There's nothing indecent about it, at least not when it comes to a flesh-tone lip color like Neha Dhupia rocked on this month's FHM cover. Apply a lip gloss like NARS Turkish Delight and get creamy nude lips right away! The undertones of pink and peach make it a universally flattering nude lip on even the most pigmented lips.

Rec: NARS Turkish Delight Lipgloss

Neha Dhupia's Beauty Drinks

What's Neha's secret to flawless skin? She says she drinks plenty of juice. “A concoction of veggies like spinach, coriander, tomato, carrot and radish, with fruits like orange, anar, apple or grape juices makes me glow,” she says.

Make-up Trend: Tans All the Way into Fall

Nothing looks better than a glowing faux tan, seen here on Neha Dhupia. But unlike other objects of beauty, spray tans don't age gracefully. To get yours to last, take cool showers and blot (not wipe) yourself dry with a towel.

To prolong your tan, smooth a light body oil, like Neutrogena, over your body before you shower.

Rec: Neutrogena Body Oil

Make-up Trend: Contoured Features

You don't need to be a sculptor to chisel your features. Adding a few subtle shadows in the right places gives you angles that make your bone structure look elegant and defined.

Stroke a face powder two shades darker than your skintone along the sides of the bridge of the nose (from below the eyes to the tip) using an eye shadow brush.

Rec: M.A.C Sculpt and Shape Powder in Warm Light/Definitive

Make-up Trend: Bright Pink Cheeks

Bollywood's lovelies like Neha Dhupia have a royal flush to match. There's a fine line between a Raggedy Ann doll face and really rosy skin. Neha gets it right every time by emphasizing just the apples of her cheeks.

Tap your blush brush over your wrist to remove excess powder blush before swirling it over cheeks in a circle. Focus on the upper cheek bone for a more fun, young look; aim for the middle of the cheek for a more sophisticated vibe.

Rec: M.A.C Beauty Powder Blush in Sweetness

An Interview with M.A.C Make-up Artist Vimi Joshi

Vimi Joshi

Start in make-up
1994

On the art of make-up
Makeup is a form of self-expression that enhances the beauty within.

Creative influence
Celebration of cultures, people and life itself!

Most important tool
Imagination

Favorite Technique
Blending

Favorite M.A.C product (Consumer)
Smolder Eye Kohl and Zoom Lash Mascara

Favorite M.A.C product (M.A.C Pro)
Reflects Glitters

Favorite feature
Skin

Most admired make-up artists
Val Garland, Mickey Contractor, Sharon Dowsett

Most respected designers
Gucci, Versace, Elie Saab, Manish Malhotra

Vimi's Tips on the latest M.A.C Stylistics Collection:
Celebrate femininity and emphasize the sensuality of your lips. Smoldering colors are used on the lips like Stylistics Lipstick in The Scene with Stylistics Lipglass in Tastemaker for that Femme Fatale mouth. Then define by using Burgundy Lip Pencil to give you the ultimate pout.

Some gorgeous faces Vimi has worked on:

Rani Mukherji

Katrina Kaif

Preity Zinta

Neha Dhupia

Shilpa Shetty

Make-up Trend: Dewy and Glowy Skin

Nothing is sexier than a radiant overall sheen. It's a great alternative to shimmer or frost, which can look unnatural in warmer to cooler months, when you're prone to shininess. Blend one pump of Nars Brightening Serum with a pea-size drop of foundation, then spread the mixture over the face with a makeup sponge.

Highlight your décolleté in the evenings by rubbing a few drops of brightening serum into your shoulders, collarbones and neck.

Rec: Nars Brightening serum

Make-up Trend: Turquoise Eyeshadow

I love this color because when you look down, people get a flash of this gorgeous color. Wet your eyeliner brush and stroke the eye shadow along your upper lashlines and dust a sheer, pale version of the shade over lids.
Keep the rest of the face simple with nude lips and soft, peachy blush, which goes great with turquoise.
Rec: MAC Eyeshadow in Electric Eel

Make-up Trend: Coral Lips

Celebrities like Neha Dhupia are rocking the springtime coral-lips trend. To keep the look fresh, opt for sheer glosses instead of a waxy lipstick.
If you love a shade of lipstick, but it's too thick and waxy, dab it on with your finger/lip brush and top with lip balm/clear lipgloss.
Rec: MAC Plushglass in Big Kiss