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Skin tones fall into 5 main categories Porcelain, Fair, Light olive, Dark olive or Dark. Click on your skin category below and discover which makeup colours for the face, lips and eyes best suit your skin tone for a glam-gorgeous party season.

Porcelain skin tone

Pale and flawless like Nicole Kidman, Keira Knightly and Gemma Arterton.

Eyes

For maximum drama create a sultry smokey eye using a spectrum of grey shades from pale through to the grittiest gun metal.

I recommend

Benefit smokin' eye makeover kit

Create a graphic outline to the top and bottom of your lash lines using the blackest of black eyeliner or liquid liner.

I recommend

Clinique eye defining liquid liner in black

For the perfect finishing touches... add a stroke of silver glitter to your smokey eye for a glamorous yet subtle look.

I recommend

Urban Decay heavy metal glitter eye liner in glam rock

Face

Pale skin is naturally flawless so keep foundation to a minimum or use foundations that claim to do this as you want to create a matte or dewy finish to the face.

I recommend

Lancôme Teint Miracle

For porcelain skin concealers are your best option to even out the skin tone and disguise any blemishes or dark circles.

I recommend

Yves Saint Laurent Touche Eclat

For the perfect finishing touches... aDust the face with a translucent powder to give your skin a beautiful velvety lustre.

I recommend

bareMinerals mineral veil

Cheeks

Cheeks should be kept bare but if you do want to give cheeks a flush of colour keep it subtle with soft pink shades.

I recommend

Clinique blushing blush powder

For the perfect finishing touches... Slightly dust the apples of your cheeks and up to the hairline.

Lips

Lip stains in subtle pink tones through to soft berry shades work best for your complexion. Avoid strong and vibrant lipsticks.

I recommend

Benefit Benetint lip and cheek stain

For the perfect finishing touches... Add a clear lip gloss to give lips a shiny fuller look. Alternatively, use a lip gloss with just a hint of colour.

I recommend

Natio moisturising lip gloss clear

Fair skin tone

A classic English Rose complexion like Kate Winslet, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kate Beckinsale.

Eyes

Fair skin tones can experiment with colour for the eyes to create a sexy and on-trend party look. Choose blue colours from electric blue, through to navy, sapphire and midnight blue or purple shades including a sumptuous deep violet.

I recommend

Dior 5 colour eyeshadow in mistic smoky or night dust

Using a coloured eye pencil that complements the shade of your eyeshadow choice, outline the top and bottom of your lash line.

I recommend

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-on eye pencil

For the perfect finishing touches... Add lashings and lashings of mascara.

I recommend

Lancôme Definicils Mascara in Noir

Face

Your skin is fair so don't go over board with foundation. All you need is to even out the skin tone. Liquid foundations work best as the texture is light creating a flawless, dewy finish.

I recommend

Estée Lauder double wear light

Use a concealer to even out the skin tone and disguise any blemishes or dark circles.

I recommend

Benefit Boi-ing

For the perfect finishing touches... Apply a light dusting of transcluent powder to set your base and give a beautiful velvety lustre.

I recommend

bareMinerals mineral veil

Cheeks

Give cheeks a flush of colour and keep it subtle with soft pink to peachy shades.

I recommend

Too Faced Brightening Blusher in Pinch My Cheeks

For the perfect finishing touches... Try a cream blusher and then dust over with light coating of powder blusher.

I recommend

Illamasqua Cream Blushers

Lips

Keep lips neutral or opt for soft pinks and peaches.

I recommend

YSL Rouge Volupte

For the perfect finishing touches... Add a clear lip gloss to give lips a shiny fuller look. Alternatively, use a lip gloss with just a hint of colour.

I recommend

Natio moisturising lip gloss clear

Light Olive skin tone

Pale skin with a tendency to tan easily for a subtle golden glow like Jennifer Aniston, Lucy Liu, Jessica Alba.

Eyes

For full on glamour create a sultry smokey eye using intense shades from grey through to browns and bronzes. Choose an eyeshadow that has a slight shimmer to it.

I recommend

Urban Decay NYC Book of Shadows Vol.III

Create a graphic outline to the top and bottom of your lash lines using the blackest of black eyeliner or liquid liner. For best results elongate the eye by taking the line up to the eye socket. Use a pencil first and trace over with the liquid liner.

I recommend

Lancôme Le Crayon Khol eye liner

For the perfect finishing touches... Coat the lashes with black mascara. Alternatively, get a false eyelash cut it in half and glue to the outer corners of the eyes.

I recommend

Eyelure Naturalites Intense 147

Face

Let the gorgeous golden tan tones of your skin shine through. Use a light liquid or mineral based foundation to create a flawless, dewy finish.

I recommend

Yves Saint Laurent Perfect Touch Radiant Brush Foundation

Use a concealer to even out the skin tone and disguise any blemishes or dark circles.

I recommend

Benefit Boi-ing

For the perfect finishing touches... Apply a light dusting of transcluent powder to set your base and give a beautiful velvety lustre.

I recommend

bareMinerals mineral veil

Cheeks

Cheeks should be kept bare but if you do want to give cheeks a flush of colour keep it subtle with the palest of pale pink and rose shades. Powders and cream blushers both work well.

I recommend

Diorblush - glowing color powder blush

For the perfect finishing touches... To accentuate your natural glow use a gold highlighter to the brow and cheekbones for a subtle glam finish that effortlessly complements your skin tone.

I recommend

Benefit girl meets pearl

Lips

Keep lips neutral or opt for soft pinks and peaches.

I recommend

YSL Rouge Volupte

For the perfect finishing touches... Add a clear lip gloss to give lips a shiny fuller look. Alternatively, use a lip gloss with just a hint of colour.

I recommend

Natio moisturising lip gloss clear

Dark Olive skin tone

Skin that tans easily for a more intense golden glow like Eva Longoria, Salma Hayek, Freido Pinto.

Eyes

Choose metallic shades in earthy shades such as green and brown or be daring and opt for striking gold and silver. Metallic eyeshadows have a shimmer to it for ultimate glam appeal.

I recommend

Urban Decay black eye palette

Create a graphic outline to the top and bottom of your lash lines using the blackest of black eyeliner or liquid or gel liner.

I recommend

Smashbox Jet Set waterproof eyeliner

For the perfect finishing touches... Add false eyelashes to all your lashes or just to the outer corners by cutting one lash in half.

I recommend

Eyelure Naturalites Intense 147

Face

Use a light liquid or mineral foundation. Apply heavier to the areas that need to be evened such as dark circles or any blemishes.

I recommend

Yves Saint Laurent Perfect Touch Radiant Brush Foundation

Apply concealer and dust the cheeks with a translucent powder to give your skin a beautiful velvety lustre.

I recommend

bareMinerals mineral veil

For the perfect finishing touches... If your skin is oily use a shine-stopping compact powder.

I recommend

Clinique Stay-Matte sheer pressed powder

Cheeks

Apply a cream blusher in neutral to nude shades to the apples of your cheeks and towards the hairline. Blend in well.

For the perfect finishing touches... Add a 3 dimensional glow to your cheeks by layering a bronzer over your cream blusher. Apply the bronzer around the sides of your face - start at the temples and work down to the upper cheekbones and towards the jawline creating a '3 shape' along the sides of your face. Then layer your cream blusher along the apples of your cheeks so it sits on top of the bronzer.

I recommend

Benefit Hoola bronzing powder

Lips

Keep the focus on the metallic eyes so avoid vibrant lipsticks and opt for neutral lipsticks.

I recommend

Chanel Rouge Coco

For the perfect finishing touches... Add a clear lip gloss to give lips a shiny fuller look. Alternatively, use a lip gloss with just a hint of natural colour.

I recommend

Natio moisturising lip gloss clear

Dark skin tone

A deeper and darker skin tone like Rihanna, Halle Berry, Beyonce.

Eyes

For full on glamour create a glamorous smokey eye using a mix of gold and brown shades. Opt for one's with a shimmer or metallics. Two-tone the look by blending brown shades to the inner socket and working out to gold. Remember to blend evenly.

I recommend

Clarins Barocco eye colour trio

Create a graphic outline to the lower lash line only using the blackest of black kohl eyeliner.

I recommend

Chanel Le Crayon Khol

For the perfect finishing touches... Volumise the lashes with a mascara or add false eyelashes.

I recommend

Yves Saint Laurent volume effect Faux Cils

Face

Use a light liquid or mineral foundation. Apply heavier to the areas that need to be evened such as dark circles or any blemishes.

I recommend

Black Up fluid foundation

Use a concealer to even out the skin tone and disguise any blemishes or dark circles.

I recommend

Fashion Fair concealer

For the perfect finishing touches... Apply a light dusting of transcluent powder to set your base and give a beautiful velvety lustre.

I recommend

Clinique Stay-Matte sheer pressed powder

Cheeks

Add some colour in cream or powder format to the cheeks. Rich burgundy or deep berry shades will work well to complement the brown and gold shades you've applied to the eyes.

For the perfect finishing touches... Use cream blusher first and dust over subtly with a powder blusher.

I recommend

Illamasqua cream blusher

Lips

Make lips the focus by outlining with a rich burgundy, brown or burgundy coloured pencil and then fill in with a deep berry or hot pink lipstick that gives a glamorous yet sexy vampy look.

For the perfect finishing touches... Add a clear lip gloss to give lips a shiny fuller look.

I recommend

Natio moisturising lip gloss clear