DO you prefer smoky eyes with a soft glossy mouth or minimal eyes with a red lipstick? Whatever your preference, it can speak volumes about your personality. Let's look at some of the classic make-up styles and what they may say about the person that wears them.

Classic

Celeb example: Catherine Zeta Jones

This is a woman who is most comfortable with well-defined eyes, groomed brows and some eyeliner. If she wears eyeshadow, it will be more to do with shaping than shimmer and sparkle. Her most important piece of make-up is her lipstick, most likely red. Glossy lips aren't really her scene: A bit too frivolous. Her make-up is not so much adornment as part of her image. This look is stunning with both a business suit and an evening dress, and is perfect for women who often go from office to evening without a break.

Romantic

Celeb example: Preity Zinta

Think pastels. Her favourite make-up colours are pink and peach. Shimmer is good, as is gloss. This make-up personality enjoys applying her face but will never wear too much... a little goes a long way. Her make-up is flirtatious and girlie, but without ever pushing the boundary. If any item of make-up screams out and draws attention to itself, it probably won't appeal to a romantic make-up personality. She doesn't wear hard lines, and has such great skin that a concealer is completely unnecessary.

Dramatic

Celeb example: Rekha

For our dramatic make-up personality, the old rule of only focusing on either the eyes or lips is a load of rubbish! Why cheat one feature when you can trowel make-up onto both? She likes heavy eye make-up and strong lips. Lots of liner and leaving the house without mascara is tantamount to leaving the house naked! She loves make-up and enjoys experimenting with colours. She most likely has enough make-up to open a small shop. She is also most likely to be meticulous about making sure her make-up looks as good at the end of the day as it did at the beginning. For the dramatic... pretty much anything goes.

Gamine

Celeb example: Winona Ryder

Make-up for the gamine is a give or take. Sometimes she will, sometimes she won't. If she does wear it, it could be anything from a slick of lipgloss to a smear of luminous hot pink shadow. Because gamine girls tend to be quite angular and elfin, they suit quirky make-up. Even the most outrageous trend will look fine on our gamine, though she probably won't bother to put on the entire make-up... just the piece she happens to be in the mood for! Oh, and by the way, she is not wearing it for you, it is for her, so if you don't like it she isn't going to lose any sleep over it.

Ditzy

Celeb example: Kariena Kapoor

Our ditz loves make-up, but the only qualifier is that it must be exceptionally girlie. Sparkly, shimmery, glittery, glossy, whatever the going offer is. Matte? Not on your life. And should fun textures be saved for evenings? No way. She is probably also going to be wearing high heels with her jeans, and sequins in the daytime. Bless her. We love the ditz and she is usually not only the life of the party, but the comic relief in any situation... and we mean that in the nicest of ways. She loves life, and make-up is all a bit of fun. It's about colour and textures, and if it ain't fun, why bother?

Hussy

Celeb example: Mallika Sherawat

Are you surprised? Make-up is her weapon. If it doesn't give the power to kill, the weapon is not effective. This make-up personality likes black liner, black mascara, strong lipcolour, and enough lipgloss to float a boat. She also doesn't mind foundation looking like foundation. Make-up is not a subtle illusion. Sometimes, this make-up personality will actually be another personality in the daytime... keeps 'em guessing, but usually a hussy is a hussy - day or night!

Natural

Celeb example: Meg Ryan

Make-up? What's that? If we are lucky, for a big evening out, the natural make-up personality might put on a tinted moisturiser, a lick of mascara and some clear gloss. Otherwise her make-up bag consists of mascara and a case of lip balm. Sometimes this is because she simply doesn't need it, but other times, it is because she just can't be bothered.

Glamour Puss

Celeb example: Yana Gupta

Think movie stars and limousines. She looks like a 1940s film star, with perfect skin, black liquid liner, false lashes and plum lipstick. Everything will be applied with the utmost care and stay looking picture perfect until the paparazzi turn off their flashes.

The glamour Puss never leaves the house without her face on... actually she might not even answer the door! Make-up gives the illusion of perfection whether it is for coffee with her best girlfriend or a film premiere. She likes the same sort of look with a tailored suit or an evening gown.

Unfortunate

Celeb example: We're not telling!

For our unfortunate, make-up is not really going to help, now, is it? Whatever she puts on, she will still look like she fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down... twice! Then bounced. Sad. Save your money, dear, and put it away towards some surgery.