Makeup is a way to enhance your best features. This fall, there are some stand-out makeup trends that will have you looking beautiful in no time. Here are our picks for the most beautiful and wearable fall 2006 makeup trends to try today:

Red Lips: Red lips give you retro glamour that's always in style. If you decide to go with red lipcolor, keep your cheeks neutral with a swipe of peach blush and your eyes gently defined. Brush brows and hold in place with a bit of brow gel. Sweep champagne colored shadow over lids, line top lids with a thin application of black liner, and finish with black mascara. For the perfect red lips, take your skin tone into consideration. Warm skin tones look great in yellow-based reds, while cool skin tones can pull off blue-based reds. Always use a nude liner to prevent lipstick from feathering and define your lip line. Or, try one of the sheer red glosses on the market today for a sheer wash of cherry colored shine.

False Lashes: False lashes have come a long way. The choices on the market today are designed to naturally enhance the lashes you've got without looking unnatural. And because so many of them are self-adhesive, it's never been easier to flutter and flirt with your lashes! When wearing falsies, make sure to use black liquid liner, mascara and curl your fake lashes into your real ones for the most natural look.

A Hint of Shimmer: To enhance your features, try a bit of opalescent or sheer gold shimmer on cheekbones, browbones, and painted carefully above the Cupid's bow of your lip. The shimmer refracts light and gives the impression of fuller lips, higher cheekbones and wider eyes.

Smoky Shadow: The smoky eye is back in fashion, with an updated twist. Rather than using dated shades of gray and black, try shimmering browns or dark purple to create the most modern look. After applying dark shadows to the eyelid and crease (never the browbone), line top and bottom lids with black liner, curl lashes and apply two coats of black mascara. To keep this look balanced, keep cheeks and lips defined yet neutral and soft.

Bright Liner: One way to wear bright makeup shades is with eyeliner. Electric blue, bright purple, shimmering silver and emerald green are all fantastic liner colors that look great paired with a neutral beige shadow and muted cheeks and lips.

Glowing Cheeks: For a just-in-from-the-cold glow, try the new gel blushes on the market today. Tarte Cosmetics makes a fantastic gel blush/lip tint that comes in a variety of natural shades. For the most authentic flush, go for a clear red, which is a shade that suits warm and cool skin tones alike.

Dark Tips: The unexpected beauty trend this fall is that of very dark nail polish. Nails are short, shaped into a square oval, and adorned with polishes in shades of dark red, purple and surprisingly, black. Even Hollywood starlets have been photographed sporting black nails on the red carpet!

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