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Natural beauty
Everyday makeup is all about a radiant and healthy complexion. Get it with tinted moisturizer, cream blush on the apples of your cheeks and sheer pink gloss on your lips. With all the sheer textures, bronze shadow and mascara make eyes glam, not makeup-heavy.

Next: Watch as this day look easily transforms into a more dramatic one by adding three new products ...

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Chic sophisticate
"We've been seeing the smoky eye for a few seasons, but this fall it's all about gunmetal shadow," says Chantel Miller, M·A·C Pro makeup artist. To amp up your workday look, just add pressed powder, gunmetal-colored metallic shadow and a nude lipstick for a more sultry, smoky finish.

Next: Here are the exact products you'll need, and how to use 'em:

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Mattify your skin
"Skin is definitely where a trend starts, so when it comes to fall, kick it off with a modern matte base," Miller says. A simple dusting of translucent powder like M·A·C Mineralize Skinfinish Natural ($24.50, maccosmetics.com) will give your face a polished, matte finish. When layered over the cream blush from your daytime look, it creates the appearance of a subtle, under-the-skin flush.

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Smoke-ify your eyes
The look is about a metallic, dark gray eye -- heavy on the liner -- for nighttime. "Even with these dark shades, metallic textures give it a light feeling," says Nars makeup artist James Boehmer. Create dimension and depth by layering a gray shadow like Bourjois Ombre a Paupières Eyeshadow in Gris Delicat (14) ($14, sephora.com) on top of the bronze shadow you used in the a.m., Miller says -- and go strong on the lash line and crease.

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Lips go nude
"The nude lip is back again this season," says CoverGirl makeup artist Molly Stern. But there's a fine line between nude and ghostly. Apply a nude lipstick like Prestige Lipstick in Pout ($4.25, find drugstores at prestigecosmetics.com) to give lips definition, then dab a bit of your daytime gloss in the center of your lips to add dimension and to keep your look from being too drab.

No need to do a full makeup reboot when you need to go from the office to a swanky dinner. We asked makeup pros how to go from a basic everyday face to a sophisticated night look by adding a few (three, to be exact) new products.
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