Also in Allure... "The Beauty Tips We've Learned from Kate Middleton"

And here are the ones that I'm interested in:

"Emphasize one feature". "The rule goes: eyes or lips, but never both. Middleton takes this one to heart. She rims her upper and lower lash lines with black eyeliner and piles on the mascara. The look is always striking, but never complicated—there's no smoky effect or bright shadow."

"Embrace your brows". "Middleton's strong brows are neat but full. They balance her high forehead and draw attention to her eyes. She gets them groomed regularly at Richard Ward Hair and Metrospa."

Kate is know to use Bobbi Brown's Ink liner (pictured right), probably in "Jet Black" too.

To mimic Kate's brows, find a product that works best for you. Bobbi Brown carries many options that would probably also work well. Or, consider having your brows dyed to keep your makeup routine more simple.

On another but similar topic, Kate's eye makeup looks a bit softer as of late (see the pictures below compared to earlier snaps of her) - it seems that the liner along her bottom lashes is penciled or shadowed in, rather than being drawn on in that straight line that she was criticised for applying. Also, although she seems to still rim her entire eye with khol, again the line is softer and less noticeble, perhaps because she makes it thinner than before.

However, I think, either way, she always looks great, and her face makeup makes her look classic and striking - because her best features are highlighted.

Before:

Above: Canadian Tour 2011

Spring 2011 (prior to her wedding in April)

After:

Spring 2012

It seems as though the duchess is focusing more on her eye lid more than she used to, meaning that the eyeliner lining her upper lashes is more pronounced and defined - it seems to be thicker. To balance that look she appears to then soften the lower lash line by using a soft pencil or shadow instead of her normal Bobbi Brown Ink liner.

Also, Kate seems to be using shadow on her lid - a darker matte one - more than she used to. It seemed as though she used to just rim her eye, add mascara and be done with it, but now the look has evolved and softened.

This trend seemed towards a different eye makeup look seemed to start anytime during the summer of 2011 or fall 2012. Her experimentation with this other look could be seen to start while on tour in Canada and then more so as time moved on, like when she was at at the War Horse Primiere in the late fall/early winter, as well as charity associated engagements.