Are you on trend for the holidays, at least when it comes to your eyes? Check out the best ways to make use of Clarins’ incredibly decadent and eye-candy of a Passion Holiday Makeup 2011 collection, which will have you reaching for your pocketbook in less than five seconds flat.

Passion Face Palette

This very festive collection features museum pieces, much along the lines of the Rouge Prodige and Barocco Collection that was so pretty last year.

The Passion Holiday 2011 Makeup Collection features:

– The Passion Face Palette which is a lightweight and soft magically compact powder ($55);

– The Eye Quartet Mineral Palette 07 in Smokey Passion ($40);

– The Rouge Prodige True Color and Shine Lipstick ($24);

– Instant Mascara in Black ($24)

Clarins Eye Quartet Mineral Palette

Obviously the new items in the holiday collection itself are the Passion Face Palette and the Eye Quartet Mineral Palette. Here are celebrity makeup artist Pati Dubroff’s tips on how to wear the eye palette. Dubroff is a top Hollywood makeup artist, having worked with the likes of Naomi Watts, Julianne Moore, Megan Fox and Eva Mendes.

Silver Lids: A dramatic look that shows off this season’s hottest trend: metallic makeup

Use the black tone to line close to the lashline with a small wet eyeshadow brush to intensify the hold. Sweep the copper tone in the crease of the eye, and then pack on the silver shade over the lid. Add lots of black mascara on the upper lashes.

Smokey, Shimmering Eye: A modern smokey look that takes years off the eyes

Using a black or dark grey pencil, smudge close to the lash line and up onto the lid. Use the pencil to add depth to the crease of the eye and underneath if you want more intensity. Top with blach shadow close to the lashline, blending up and onto the lid. Use the grey shadow on the lid and the bronze one through the crease. Add a spot of shine on the inner corder and center of lid with the silver. Use a black pencil to intensify the water line )inner rim upper and lower and finish with lots of black mascara. By penciling in the crease to create depth, you can erase years from your eye be re-creating the contour. Conversely, applying light shades on the brow bone ages the entire face.

Tell us your thoughts on the Clarins Passion Holiday 2011 Makeup Collection. A yay or nay?

– Charu Suri

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