Thursday, March 13, 2014
How to Bridal Make Up
Everyone, meet my beautiful friend Amy. She got married this past weekend (our trip to Maine over the past few days for the wedding was why Ive been absent from your lives here, and for that, I am deeply sorry) and asked me to be her make-up artist for the ceremony. Ive never been proposed to, but Im pretty sure thats one of the best questions you could ever be asked. The whole "will you do my make up" thing, I mean.
It goes without saying that Amy is a naturally gorgeous human being. Youll be equally jealous to know shes as nice and sweet a person as she is beautiful. So really, she didnt need any make-up on her special day, but as we all know, make-up isnt a matter of need, its a matter of LIFEeEEEE!!!!!!!! That said, I wanted to enhance Amys natural radiance as much as possible, while making her feel elegant, timeless, and I mean, lets face it, sexy for her wedding.
I think its imperative that a bride think about how she wants to look in pictures. After all, youll have them the rest of your life and you do not want to look back and wonder why you look so pasty or how in the hell you decided to sport a unibrow and red lips.
Make up for pictures is NOT the same as make up you wear to like, work, or your cousins bat mitzvah or whatever. But just because you might wear more make up than normal doesnt mean you have to look like this drag queen. It mostly comes down to the following:
- A lightweight but full coverage foundation set with loose powder
- Eye primer so as you weep with happy tears your eye make up doesnt drip down your face
- Ditto for a waterproof mascara, but only if you use lash primer--otherwise theyll be too crusty. Sick.
- A soft flattering lip color without shimmer. Shimmery lips dont photograph well.
So, we went with a simple but dramatic eye, fresh and dewy skin, and a soft pink lip.
{A few tools of the trade}
Face
Bare Escentuals Prime Time Primer
Sephora Instant Radiance Foundation
Smashbox High Definition Concealer
MAKE UP FOREVER Sculpting Palette
Sephora Blush in Peach Fusion
Coty Loose Powder
Eyes
MAC Paint Pot in Bare Study
NARS Eye Shadow in Blondie
Sephora Kohl Waterproof Liner in Keep Black
MAKE UP FOREVER Shadow in Slate Gray
Smashbox Full Exposure Mascara
Ardell Half Strip False Eyelashes
Lips
Revlon Colorburst Lipstick in Soft Nude
YSL Rouge Volupte Lipstick in Lingerie Pink
Sephora Lip Liner in Native Nude
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