Friday, 27 July 2012

Your wedding make-up

A bride has to look perfect on her wedding day, so its very important to get your make-up right. For ladies who cant do their make-up themselves, you should employ a make-up artist or a friend to help out. But considering cost and all,its not also bad to do it yourself. its not so hard as well........read these tips:

Your skin tone
It doesn't matter how big your eyes are or how glossy your lips look, if your skin looks blotchy or oily, you won't look your best on your wedding day. Your first priority should be making sure your skin looks great, then move on to your eyes, cheeks and lips.




Pick Your Eyes or Your Mouth

A basic rule of makeup is to either play up your eyes or your mouth. Play up both and you risk looking like a clown. So if you decide to go all-out on your eye makeup, keep your lips light with a gloss or a light pink lipstick. If you want to play up your full lips, do so with a bright or deep color, but keep your eyes relatively light.

This is the Day to Whip Out the Eyelash Curler

Unless you're one of those people with such amazingly long eyelashes,you'll benefit from an eyelash curler. Curling lashes will make your eyes "pop." Some women with super short eyelashes go the false lashes route. I'd advise getting them professionally done. Two Words: Waterproof. Mascara. Perhaps you will be in that 5 percent of women who don't tear up at some point at their wedding, but if you're not, today is the day to whip out the waterproof mascara. And ask your maid of honor to carry a tissue for you. Also, if you have light skin, don't wear black mascara, brown is your better bet.


Invest in a concealer

The makeup artist's secret. Although it's called a concealer, it's really a highlighter. Trust me, nothing brightens the face more. Apply a bit under the eyes, above the brow, in the creases of the jowls (along your nose) and under the chin. Pat in with the pad of your finger. One great tip is to look in the mirror with your chin down. Apply to the dark, shadowed spaces. There are many highlighters on the market, so be careful what you buy.

  
Ur lips
  •  The morning of the wedding, exfoliate lips by slathering them with Vaseline. Scrub them in a circular motion with an old toothbrush.
  • When you apply makeup, fill in lips with a lip liner.
  • Apply lipstick or gloss over this. The lip liner is key to keeping color locked in place.
  • Keep your lip liner close at hand so you can refresh your lips a few times during the evening. Better yet, put one of your bridesmaids in charge of lipstick/gloss duty.

Thou Shalt Not Wax the Day Before Your Wedding

It's best to wax no less than 48 hours before your big day. You may be able to cover up a red upper lip or brow with a thick concealer, but trust me the redness will wear through at some point. The same goes for your bikini line. Unless you get regular bikini waxes and know how your skin reacts, give yourself at least 48 hours before your wedding to get a bikini wax or Brazilian wax. If you're a newbie at waxing, take 2 Ibuprofen at least an hour before your appointment. The more waxings you get, the less painful they are.

Oily Skin? Carry Blotting Sheets

To keep your oily skin at bay, definitely set your makeup with a loose powder before you walk down the aisle, but don't keep overpowdering skin as the day and night wear on. Instead, carry blotting papers. This way you don't have to keep powdering your face all night long. The blotting papers soak up the oils leaving your makeup in place.

Say "I Do" to a Classic Manicure and Pedicure

 A classic look for a wedding is a soft pink or nude, anything with a natural texture. On the other hand, am always sad when I'm told a bride is not going to paint her nails for her wedding, even if you have no interest in painting your fingernails at least get them professionally shaped and ask to have them "buffed." As for your toes, a pedicure will make you feel spiffy even if the only person to see your toes on your wedding day is your husband.

Exfoliate in the Weeks Up to the Wedding

To make sure your skin looks its best, exfoliate your face and neck once or twice a week a couple months before the wedding. You can make your own facial scrub by mixing a generic white sugar with coconut oil, grapeseed oil or even olive oil or you can buy one.  The days before your wedding, I always recommend treating yourself to a professional facial (give yourself at least 48 hours for the skin to calm down) or do your own at home. It's easier than you'd think. 

Shape your eyebrow

Get you eyebrow professionallly done few days to your wedding, and then check for strays two days before. you could create a redness or irritation if you do it the wedding morning.

Pack the Deodorant

You may find you are so excited or nervous that your sweat glands go into overdrive. If you're the sweaty sort, pack baby wipes and deodorant on your wedding day. Why the baby wipes? It's best not to apply deodorant to moist skin. Wipe your armpits with a baby wipe first, let it dry and then re-apply deodorant.

Just Say No to the Gum

Another good item to pack is breath strips. Today is not the day to be chewing gum or sucking on mints.

Finally, A Quick Tip About Your Hair

Most brides' prefer their hair in a updo position, its fine if you can pull it off, but if not, you can still loook pretty with you hair down. ensure that you hve enough pins and spray, you dont want your hair all up in your face or your updo even falling during the wedding.

1 comment:

  1. this is what i call 'DETAILED INFO'. I WAS considering getting a make up artist but with ur article i can do it on my own. all i need do is to practise. Thanks so much.

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