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Praise the cosmetic gods! The new make-up palette allows you to forget the blahs and have some fun -- with face tattoos

On this page Nicolet’s wearing a natural hair wig with subtle colour overtones. Make-up artist Prabir Kr De applied frosted green eye shadow on the upper lids and the lower lids (close to the lashline) to highlight her eyes. For some shimmer, he dusted a skin toned shadow over the green. He lined the lids with a black liner and toned down the sharpness with some black shadow, extending up to the inner and outer corners of the eyes. (The rest of the make-up is the same as in the ponytailed look.)

Does summer have you in the mood for a new look? No Oscar de la Rentas or Manolos for this do-over; just a few brush strokes, courtesy make-up artist Prabir Kr De. He’s got ideas to rescue you from the clichéd ‘strong eyes and played down lips’ — just tie your hair into a ponytail and get ready to refresh your look with a new make-up accessory — self-drawn facial tattoos! You can draw just about anything — a half-moon, a big flower going upto your jawline, a butterfly, whatever...

To set the base — a combination of Kryolan and MAC in a skin tone was used on young Nicolet, a recent Bollywood find, courtesy the director duo, Abbas-Mastan. Prabir worked with a dab of MAC studio fixer over the base for a more translucent and luminous effect. For Nicolet’s eyebrows, it was a mix of brown and black eye shadow to reshape her arch. Some pink and peach eye shadow covered the upper eyelids, with a dusting of a flesh toned shadow to further highlight them. He blended them well for a smooth finish and then outlined her eyes with a black Lancôme liner. Some MAC black and more of pink was worked on the upper lashline, and blended well, going right upto the outer corners. A Kryolan black kohl lined the insides of the eyes, and a few lashings of transparent mascara gave her lashes an elongated look.

Prabir brushed the apples of Nicolet’s cheeks with a pink, going up to the temples. Her lips were lined with a Chambor pink lip liner and filled in with a Clinique pink. A dab of a frosty pink gloss made her lips look perky.For the look on this page, Nicolet’s hair was combed straight and tied into a ponytail, and her fringe swept to the side to cover her broad forehead. Prabir smoothed on some L’Oréal shine serum to pep up the style. To add some kudos and cool, he drew out a flower with a Kryolan aqua black, and filled in with a green for the leaves and red for the flower, and added glitter for some razzle dazzle.

Oomph in a bit!

Coordinated by Jeena Mitra Banik
Photographs: Rana Bose
Model: Nicolet
Make-up & Hair: Prabir Kr De
Designers: Malini Ramani
Location: The Park, Kolkata