Bridal Make-Up

BRIDAL MAKE-UP TIPS:

Make-up for the Bride:

When it comes to bridal make-up, there are a few questions you can ask yourself, before you decide what make-up look you would like to wear for your wedding

• Do you know where those products should be applied to create the best possible illusion for your look and features?

• What time of day is your wedding? Morning and midday wedding make-up can generally be applied more naturally. Afternoon and evening wedding make-up can be applied in a more glamorous application.

• Consider your wedding theme when it comes to your make-up. For example if you have chosen a 50s theme for your wedding, a 50s make-up look would enhance your over all look (red lips, strong arched brows and liquid liner), but if this style of the make-up does not suit your features, you would not be able to choose this make-up look. Even though the wedding theme is 50s.

• Try not to experiment with make-up on the actual day of the wedding. Rather prepare before hand and have a make-up trial with your make-up artist, to select shades and your application. If you are applying your own make-up have a few practice rounds before the big day.

• If the colour scheme of your wedding is say golds and creams for example, and you know goldy shades of make-up don’t suit you. Rather wear shades that do suit your face, there is no rule saying everything must match 100%.

• Many brides would like to wear a natural make-up look on the day of their wedding, which is perfectly acceptable, however this does not mean you will leave out any stages of the application. In order to achieve a groomed and almost airbrushed affect to the application, you do need to follow the step by step guide on this website. One product relies on another to achieve a blended, long lasting look.

• Use waterproof mascara.

• Friends, family and most importantly your husband to be will want to recognise you. Try to avoid being over creative on the day.

• Touch up your make-up – like lips, powder and eyeliner once you are finished with the ceremony, before your photos take place. If you were crying during the ceremony, you may need to touch up using concealer and a little loose powder under your eyes.

• Carry a few tissues rolled up behind your bouquet, this way if you start crying, you will have tissues on hand to catch the tears before they destroy your make-up.

• Have a good meal 3 or 4 hours before the wedding and a small snack one hour before. Opt for foods that are easy to chew, because you won’t feel like eating. I have seen many faint brides. Eating is a good decision to keep you looking and feeling your best.

• Make sure you ask one of your bridesmaids to carry a small hand bag of your beauty touch ups: perfume, hand cream, lipstick/gloss/lip liner, concealer and powder. Breath mints, tissues, small hand mirror and a few extra hair grips and clips if necessary.

• Give your digital camera to a friend who can take photos for you.

• Order of the day. An example of the timing from approx. 5 hours before the wedding: eat a full meal, have a shower, brush your teeth and apply your lotions and potions. Have your hair done, then your make-up done, get dressed and have the start of your photos in the room. You will need an approximate time of 1 hour for hair, 1 hour for make-up and approx 40 minutes to get dressed, eat a snack(you won’t feel hungry – just eat a yoghurt or something) apply final body glow products, perfume and accessories. Plan your times carefully. Remember your wedding is supposed to be remembered, be in the moment and enjoy it, worrying about what might happen, will just spoil your day. Do yourself and your stylists a favour - make it quiet clear that you don’t want any family and friends in and out the room. Give your cell phone to a bridesmaid. If your bridesmaids have their own room to buzz around in, it will give you time to focus on yourself. Make sure you have music you like playing in the background.

* Many brides want to know how to make their make-up last on the day of the wedding: Firstly apply the products that hold all the make-up products on – this is your foundation, concealer and powder. Using a professional brand of make-up with high quality eye shadow and blusher shades, ensures a blended and long lasting application. Applying your make-up using make-up brushes also ensures a blended and long lasting application. You will need to powder and apply lipstick/lip gloss frequently thought the day.