Rock a natural or intense look this fall with L'Oréal! Contest!

L'Oréal Paris Beauty Experts, Eddie Malter and Eric Del Monaco have come up with a couple of fall's hottest makeup and hair looks inspired by the magic and diversity of the city with its uptown appeal harmonized with some downtown edginess:

Fall's Natural Look - Starts with a flawless complexion: primer is applied to the skin before foundation, an illuminating concealer is applied underneath the eyes and over top of foundation for a radiant, wide-eyed look.  Cheekbones are delicately contoured with a neutral shade of blush.
The eyes get a monochromatic smokey eye by using a light dusting of a sandy eyeshadow applied on the top eyelid stopping just above the crease line and swept along the bottom eyelid stopping midway.  No mascara is used in this natural look, as lashes are natural and beautifully lush thanks to a daily application of a lash boosting serum.
Lips are bold with vibrant orange.  The hair is a 1960's inspired ponytail with volume at the crown - medium-to-long length hair is teased at the crown for the head using hairspray to create texture and volume and then gathered in a ponytail at the back of the head.  Finish with hairspray to hold style in place.

Get the  Natural Look!

Face:  Studio Secrets Professional Magic Perfecting Base
True Match Touche Magique Illuminating Concealer
True Match Roller
True Match Super-blendable Blush in N 1-2

Eyes:  Wear Infinite Color Smokes Eye Shadow Quad in Amethyst Smoke
Concentrated Lash Boosting Serum

Lips:  Colour Riche Colour Intense in Orange Fever #293

Hair:  Elnett Hairspray
Feria Multi-Shimmering Haircolour

Fall's Intense Look - Also starts with a perfect complexion:  for perfect skin apply a primer underneath foundation.  use an illuminating concealer over top of foundation to hide imperfections and highlight certain areas of the face including the top of the cheekbones, underneath the eyes and the bridge of the nose.  Cheekbones are delicately contoured and a dust of pink blush is added to the apple of the cheeks.  The eyes get an edgy smokey eye - a grey eyeshadow is applied to the top eyelid stopping just above the crease line.  A deep violet shade o eyeshadow is blended along the outside corner of the eye in towards the crease just stopping at the centre of the eyelid.  use a black eyeliner to line the top and bottom lash lines taking the two lines out past the outside corner of the eye without connecting them into a traditional "peak".  Mascara is applied to the top and bottom eyelashes.  Lips get a creamy shade of deep violet or reddish brown.  Hair - old Hollywood inspired loose, voluminous hair looks with smooth, cascading waves - apply volumizing mousse to dry or damp hair and set in large Velcro rollers to create large, voluminous waves.  Once hair is set, unravel hair from rollers and gently smooth waves with a brush to frame face and set with volumizing hairspray.

Get the Intense Look!

Face:  Studio Secrets Professional Magic Perfecting Base
True Match Touche Magique Illuminating Concealer
True Match Super-blendable Foundation
True Match Super-blendable Blush in C 1-2

Eyes:  Wear Infinite Color Smokes Eye Shadow Quads in Blackened Smoke
HIP Metallic Eye Shadow Duo in Sculpted
Telescopic Eyeliner in Black
Extra-Volume Collagen Mascara in Blackest Black

Lips:  Colour Riche Colour Intense in Deep Violet #289 or Fever Brown #291

Hair:  Studio Line Silk & Gloss Volumizing Mousse
Studio Line Silk & Gloss Hairspray
Feria Multi-Shimmering Haircolour

Before you go running off to the store to buy it, how would you like to win a few items to help you achieve your own fall natural look?!  We want to give you a Studio Secrets Professional Magic Perfecting Base, a True Match Roller, a Wear Infinite Color Smokes Eye Shadow Quad in Amethyst Smoke, a Concentrated Lash Boosting Serum and a Colour Riche Colour Intense Lipstick in Orange Fever!

Want in?  It's super easy!  This contest is open to everyone, everywhere. All you have to do is join Beauty Crazed as a follower if you aren't one already.  You can either do it through Google or through Networked Blogs on Facebook - you can find both signups on the right hand side of the Beauty Crazed site.  Once you belong to our crazy family just leave a reply to this post letting us know you want in and which look you thinks suits you better - natural or intense.   If you give the contest link a tweet and/or post it on your blog, there's an extra entry in it for you! Including an e-mail address would be extra helpful and you can write it like this - info(at)beautycrazed(dot)ca - so the bots can't find you but we can.  If you prefer not to leave your info on a public post, please leave a post saying you want to enter and then e-mail us your info - info@beautycrazed.ca, please put "L'Oreal Contest" in the subject line.  Winner to be decided by random drawing and you have until October 1st to enter. 

- Lisamarie -