Every girl dreams of looking like the perfect bride on her Big Day. However, looking perfect is not as easy as it sounds. The stress and strains of all the preparatory days that have preceded your wedding leave you looking and feeling drained, exhausted and tired. In order to look ethereal on your wedding day, you have to get the right kind of wedding day makeup.
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There is a fine line between looking absolutely gorgeous and absolutely garish with your wedding makeup. You need to know the basics rues of bridal makeup in order to look your best, when you are tying the knot with your groom-to-be.
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Here are some of the fundamental wedding day makeup dos and don’ts, which are bound to make you look like the bride you had imagined in your dreams.
Dos
1. Start taking care of your skin before the wedding
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The first thing that you need to know to have the perfect bridal look, is that whatever product you are going to use, is going to go on your skin, which needs to be taken care of. If you look dull and dry and unhealthy, no amount of makeup is going to be able to save your tired face. Avoid sugary, fried, and starchy foods for at least a week before your wedding. Consume lots of vitamins, water, and fruits to ensure that you wake up looking fresh and with supple, soft skin. You can even check out some skin brightening and rejuvenating natural face masks.
2. Try out your makeup routine before your wedding day
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You might have a certain picture of how you want to look like on your wedding day. However, when you are actually putting on your makeup, you might not look like the vision that you had imagined, for which you need to do some trials before you can perfect your look. Try on your makeup a couple of weeks beforehand, instead of keeping it for the last minute when you are all nerves and butterflies.
3. Perfect the shade of your spray tan before your wedding day
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Pale brides like it when they have a little color on their skin when they are getting married, especially because it looks gorgeous in pictures. However, in their enthusiasm to get tanned, they tend to go overboard with the amount they spray on and the shade they choose doesn’t suit their natural skin tone. Choose your shade carefully, and wear a white t-shirt while you’re at it, so that you can see how it offsets the paleness of your clothes.
4. Use the right foundation for your skin tone…or a shade darker
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If you are not one for too much foundation, you have to get out of your comfort zone for a change and check out a foundation that is absolutely perfect for your skin tone, or even a shade darker. Remember that you have to keep your makeup looking flawless throughout the day, and not just for a couple of hours. Also, because you are wearing all white (in most cases), you need to highlight your face with just a little color from your foundation.
5. Do not be afraid to use references
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A lot of brides are afraid of offering their makeup artists with a picture of a makeup routine they want recreated when they are getting ready for their wedding. However, do not be afraid to look up pictures, online images, and catalogues for reference, and by all means, use them if you have the right skin tone and type for it. You might find some things which you might not have otherwise thought of.
6. Go all out with your eye makeup
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A lot of things should be understated and subtle when you are getting married, in terms of your makeup, but your eyes are definitely not a part of that. Go for a nice, dramatic smoky look, and do not be afraid to add those fake, long lashes, which will give your eyes added depth and emotion.
7. Take advantage of the magical effects of setting spray
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As I have mentioned before, you need to ensure that your makeup looks flawless throughout the day, and not only for a couple of hours that it takes you to complete the ceremony. To keep your makeup in place, you can make use of the wonderful creation that is setting spray, which is basically like hair spray, but for your face. It will help you look like you have just applied your makeup, throughout the day. FIY, you can even make your own setting spray at home.
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Don’ts
1. Don’t try out your makeup in places with hard lights
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You might be smart enough to try out your makeup routine before your wedding day, but one common mistake that people make is to try it in places which are awash with bright, fluorescent lights. This not only changes the appearance of your skin, but also misleads you, because this way, you will not be able to see whether the makeup you have put on suits you in all kinds of lighting. Look at yourself in normal white light or better, in sunlight, so that you know exactly what you will look like on your Big Day.
2. Do not indulge in glossy shiny makeup
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Another rookie mistake that people make when they are applying their wedding day makeup is using shiny, shimmery, glossy makeup, especially on the mouth and nose. You have to keep in mind that as the bride, you will be the centre of attention for the people, as well as for the cameras which will be flashing away incessantly pointed directly at you. Unless you want light reflecting off the surface of your face, keep your makeup restricted to matte bases and colors.
3. Do not cover your whole cheeks with blush
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In your over-enthusiasm to come across as the blushing bride, you might apply too much blush on your face, which might look like an absolute disaster, considering that you will be looking at cameras throughout the day. Take your brush and apply your blush in upward strokes, right on your cheekbones, which you can reveal by making a pout by sucking your cheeks in. If you want to further highlight it, add a little bronzer under your blush lines, so that the pink gets highlighted, without looking garish.
4. Do not forget to apply makeup on your neck and collarbones, and even your neck line
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There are several reasons why you need to apply makeup to your neck and bust areas. Firstly, because you need to ensure that the color of your face is the same as the color of the rest of the skin that is exposed. Also, if you are wearing sleeveless or off-shoulder numbers, or even dresses with deep necklines, you need to highlight your collarbones and the like, so that you can look fabulous in your dress.
5. Do not get a facial just before your wedding
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Super confused about this one, right? The science behind this statement is that when you get a facial, you basically rejuvenate your skin and facilitate the opening of all your facial pores so that your skin can breathe. What you don’t want is for those freshly opened pores to be immediately covered up with layer upon layer of makeup which you have to keep on for hours. A healthy skin routine is all you need for a great makeup base.
6. Do not hurry through your makeup routine
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The worst thing that you could possibly do is hurry through your makeup, even if you have practised it before, on your wedding day. Bridal makeup requires patience, care, and a lot of time, so make sure that you have devoted at least an hour, or an hour and a half while you are applying your makeup. Let each layer dry before you apply the next, so that you make fewer mistakes, and also so that your makeup lasts longer throughout the day.
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7. Do not forget to choose the right kind of makeup
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Your makeup also depends on your plan of action for the day and also the location where you will be spending the maximum part of your day. For one, you have to use waterproof mascara and eye makeup, because on one of the most emotional days of your life, you are bound to shed a few tears, and you don’t want to look like a mess by the end of the day. Also, waterproof wedding day makeup also helps when you are likely to sweat, when you are outdoors. However, it is best if you carry an emergency kit full of the basics, for those inevitable touch ups throughout the day so that you never cease to look perfect.
These are some of the most essential dos and don’ts which you can take into account when you are decking up for your big day, so that you can live up to your own expectations of being the perfect, blushing, glowing bride!
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