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How to create the autumn/winter make-up look
Beauty for autumn/winter 2005 reflects the new womanly, alluring style seen on the catwalk. To match the hourglass silhouette that's achieved with structured tailoring, you need to aim for a more grown-up look than we've seen in the past few seasons. Think Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly and you'll have a good idea of the level of sophistication in beauty this season. Click on the product links to buy direct from QVC.
Central to this look is flawless, porcelain skin, and the final finishing touch is colour.
Create a perfect complexion
Perfect complexion
For autumn/winter, anyone can achieve complexion perfection. The ingredients and formulations in today's make-up are thanks to sophisticated developments in the skincare industry, allowing you to hide imperfections far more easily than ever before.
After summer, the results of a fading suntan combined with the drying effects of central heating can leave your skin looking a little lumpy and bumpy - not an option for this season's flawless finish. An application of Smashbox Photofinish Foundation Primer, available exclusively from QVC (£30.00) resolves this in an instant and leaves you with skin that feels as soft and smooth as a peach, giving you a smooth base to work from.
Next, to banish dark circles, spots and blemishes, you need to use a colour-correcting palette such as Models Prefer Hide, Sculpt & Correct Make-Up Compacts (£14.98). This compact contains three shades of concealer to disguise any imperfections as well as a palette of the make-up artist's favourite colour-correcting shade: pale green. Apply green sparingly to red patches, even angry-looking spots, then cover and blend over concealer and see your imperfections disappear.
The next stage is foundation and it's crucial that the shade is exactly right for you. Models Prefer Perfect Match Moisturising Foundation (£24.25) contains a clever combination of collagen for a fresh-faced finish and hydrating benefits, to make sure colder weather outside and central heating indoors don't dry skin. The dial-up shade selector means that the foundation can be mixed to suit every skin tone as your summer tan (real or fake) fades away.
These are all my personal 'hero' products that will help you to create this season's clean, flawless finish, combining 1970s-style complete cover with current cosmetics technology to ensure a fresher finish.
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