Beauty India: Cover Story [Kangna Ranaut] July 2010

Make-up Trend: Plum Eyes, Lips and Nails

Looking plum-licious on this month's issue of Verve India, was none other than Lara Dutta. To recreate her all plum look, apply a plum-brown eye shadow from your upper lash lines to just above the crease (it really makes dark brown eyes pop!). Apply black eyeliner along your upper lashes and inner rims, and smudge a slate gray eye shadow onto your lower lashes. Apply two to three coats of mascara to your lashes. For the cheeks, dab a peach cream blush on the apples of your cheeks, and blend toward your temples. Before the lipstick apply a moisturizing balm to keep the lip color from bleeding. Then, beginning from the center, use a lip brush to apply a matte, deep plum lipstick. For the nails, apply a few coats of a deep plum nail polish to get a high-gloss and glam effect.

Rec: Eyes: M.A.C Blackberry Eye Shadow, M.A.C Typographic Eye Shadow. Lips: M.A.C Diva Lipstick. Nails: M.A.C Vintage Vamp Nail Lacquer

Make-up Trend: Grungy Smoky Eyes

At a special screening for I Hate Luv Storys, Sonam Kapoor sported some grungy smoky eyes. To get her look, blend a matte black and a shimmery gray eye shadow over your lids with a small eye-shadow brush, starting at your lashes and moving just beyond the crease. With the brush, line your lower lashes with the same color combination. Starting at the inner corner of your eye, trace a line of black eye liner along your upper lashes. Leave the lashes bare. Finish off with a pale pink lipstick.

Rec: M.A.C Print and Carbon Eye Shadows