Top 10 A/W make-up essentials

Achieve this season's biggest trends with our edit of the best new beauty products to launch on a high street near you.

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Top A/W make-up must-haves

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Achieve this season’s biggest trends with our edit of the best new beauty products to launch on a high street near you. From the latest lipstick, to our favourite nail shades and must-have eye shadow palettes revamp your make-up bag with these designed-to-make–you-swoon beauties.

The trend: Earthy tones

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This new eye shadow palette from Urban Decay has all of this season\'s most desirable nude, copper and gold shadows in one handy place. Plus it contains one of their famous eye liners so you can add a dramatic finish to daytime eyes.

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Urban Decay Naked palette, £24, Debenhams nationwide.\r\n

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The trend: Matt nails

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Deep plums and emerald greens are hot property this season. These new Revlon polishes put a spin on other brands with their trendy matt finish.

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Revlon Matte Nail Enamel in Ruby Ribbon and Emerald City, £6.99, nationwide.\r\n

The trend: Bitten lips

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Paint your lips with shades of burgundy, plum, red and maroon for a pout worthy of the A/W catwalks. This creamy No7 beauty is hydrating, highly pigmented and super-stylish.

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No7 Soft Matte Finish Lipstick in Deep Plum, £10.25, Boots

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The trend: Honey highlights

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It almost, almost, looks too good to use but once you get past the beauty of this palette the soft honey bronze colours will prove your new A/W best friend. Dust on cheekbones, brow bones and even use it as an eye shadow.

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The Body Shop Cheek & Face Powder, £16, selected Body Shop stores and thebodyshop.co.uk\r\n

The trend: Alluring lashes

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We are hooked on this new mascara; the grow-lash complex helps strengthen and grow lashes and the blacker-than-black formula will instantly give you long, black wow-factor eyes. We saw results in days.

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Rimmel Lash Accelerator, £8.99, nationwide and superdrug.com

The trend: Bold eyes

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No one knows trends like Topshop so take a peek at their new make-up range deigned to get you noticed. This soft crayon will allow you to create dramatic lines or smudge into a rich bold eye shadow colour in a wearable metallic grey finish.

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Topshop A/W Bold Liner in Gun Metal, £6, selected Topshop stores and Topshop.com

The trend: Understated glamour

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Lancôme have produced two of our favourite new season products; a creamy nude lip gloss and a pretty shell pink nail varnish for that minimal, polished look.

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Lancôme Le Vernis in Metropolitan Beige, £12; Colour Fever Gloss in Metropolitan Beige, £17.50, Lancôme counters nationwide.

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The trend: Winged eye liner

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This new liquid eye liner pen from make-up maestros MAC will glide on and stay on – seriously it doesn’t budge - allowing you to create flicks and lines in a deep metallic navy colour.

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MAC Superslick Liquid Eye Liner in Signature Blue, £17.50, MAC counters and maccosmetics.co.uk

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The trend: Smoky violets and blue hues

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A daytime nude shade, shimmery grey, glittery lilac and a smoky violet make this Givenchy eye shadow quad a must, must, must for this season\'s new smoky eye.

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Givenchy Le Prisme Yeux Quatuor in Midnight Look, £33, department stores nationwide.
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The trend: Complexion perfection

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Invest in a new season mattifying foundation like this new MAC Pro Longwear Foundation that will leave skin even and shine free. Add colour to cheeks and highlight with this new Philosophy Mineral Blush Duo. They are perfect complexion companions.

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MAC Pro Longwear SPF 10 Foundation, £22, MAC counters and maccosmetics.co.uk; Philosophy Mineral Blush Duo, £18, qvcuk.com\r\n

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