Different pieces and factors come together to produce a successful wedding event. But what is a wedding without the bride, and what is a beautiful wedding without a beautiful bride?
It is no longer news that many people wear makeup on their wedding day, which usually is not the regular day makeup; this kind of makeup is known as bridal makeup, and it is usually not limited to just the bride. In addition, people wear bridal make-up on special occasions. The difference between regular day-to-day makeup and bridal makeup is that the latter is usually heavier and more pronounced than the former.
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As a bride, you would not love to ruin your big day and your memories by not investing in having a good knowledge of how bridal makeup works and how you can maintain a look that is not dented on your big day.
Best Bridal Makeup Tips For Every Bride
It is good that you understand everything that stands to contribute to your entire outlook on your big day. You do not want what you perceived as little and neglected to ruin all you have envisioned. Since makeup is a major contributing factor, the following tips will help you pay attention to the necessary things and set you on the right track.
1. Research and Book a Professional makeup artist
Unless you plan to glam yourself up, or have a tested and trusted artist, ensure that you book a professional artist. Especially if you are having your ceremony in a town that you are not so familiar with, ask around, work with referrals, request their portfolio, be double sure and ensure to reserve a booking. All these measures are to be put in place well before the big day to avoid unnecessary pressure and rush when on the big day. Be sure that they offer quality, and have expertise in dealing with your skin type(that matters)
2. Consciously prepare your skin beforehand
As early as you can, begin to take excellent and conscious care of your face and skin. If you are dealing with acne, try to get rid of them and cultivate a good skincare routine. Some options are using vitamin C serum, face cleanser and toner, face cream, moisturizer, and sunscreen (as deemed fit). You do not want to rely on makeup to patch things up for you and alter your look instead of enhancing it. Good and healthy skin is a good base for makeup to skin in.
3. Assign a bride’s maid for the purpose
Having an initial plan and arrangement for your bridal look goes a long way in achieving your desired look. Stress can smear your makeup quickly, and having to bother yourself about certain things will make your face messy even on arrival. It is advised that you have a bride’s maid at your beck and call while having your makeup fixed and yonder. Some people assign their chief bride’s maid to this duty, but at times they are too occupied to carry this duty out effectively. It is advisable that if you have quite a number of them, there’ll be no harm in making it the sole responsibility of one of them.
4. Let your makeup be a priority
As a bride, the styling of hair and the making of your face is usually the priority. Some brides want their hair made and laid on the day of the event. You should only put the finishing touches to your hair (if possible) on the D-day so the beauticians can have time to focus. Wearing accessories and the dress takes a lot of time, coupled with the face beat.
5. Define your space
Make sure that you create a section for your bridal makeup. You do not want people frolicking around your beauticians or their products, nor do you want things to get missing in the cause of putting your bridal makeup together. Not defining your space is one of the tiny foxes that spoil the vine. In the bid to get every other thing on track, brides get overwhelmed and put little to no concentration on the arrangement of their glam squad. Therefore, you should get a big enough space to accommodate all that you will need for the process from start to finish to avoid omissions and errors in all forms.
6. Be calm
Some of the things that do not resonate with makeup are sweat and stress. When sitting to be glammed, you need to caution yourself to be as calm as possible. Your pores could begin to open up and release sweat if not adequately primed or if you don’t get enough air, the makeup will get ruined. Stress in itself gives your face some kind of wrinkle, and your smile line could begin to break while you start fitting your dress, even before the occasion commences. Also, when you are not calm, you make the artist prone to error. There could be mistakes in blending, highlighting, brows, or shadow.
7. Opt for a complementing hairstyle
The hairstyle you wear is a significant contribution to your bridal makeup. It is essential that you meet with your hairstylist beforehand, ask for recommendations from them, and do your research. Different hairstyles fit different head shapes, and there are also different hairstyles for other occasions. Also, if you will be getting an extension, you need to know and be prepared for it. Diamond, rounds, ovals, triangles, rectangles, hearts, and squares are different face shapes. Side parted pixie, bangs, waves, and bob fit almost all face conditions. However, for a wedding, they might not be the best option.
8. Avoid touching your face
There is usually the urge to touch your face when wearing bridal makeup, and sometimes it could be a result of an itch on the face. However, resist the urge to give in to the irritation because it will only cause your makeup to look rough, and your smile lines might begin to break if care is not taken.
9. Get your nails done
To ensure a complete bridal makeup look, manicure and pedicure must not be exempted. They seem less visible than the hair and face, but they add color and brighten the entire look. A well-trimmed and painted set of nails will bring an ounce of elegance. You can use false nails or paint your natural nails, depending on your preference.
10. Be intentional about your lips
You must be aware of the kind of lip color that gives you confidence, as you want to look and feel your best as a bride. However, if you do not know what suits you best, you can opt for a nude blend, and if you are confident enough, you can go for red. Also, it is advised that you go matte; if there is any need for gloss, ensure that it is minimal. Finally, for your comfort, put into consideration your hair and veil.
11. Make provision for touch-ups
When contracting your beautician, do well to agree with them on touch-up sessions. Touch-up is done during the cause of the ceremony, just a slight adjustment here and there to ensure that everything remains intact.
12. Make your lashes pronounced
Lashes help make the eye work done by the beautician more evident and beautiful. However, some people do not find false lashes comfortable and can not stand wearing them. If you fall in this category, do well to inform your artist beforehand so that they can make provision for a good mascara that will keep your natural lashes pronounced and visible.
13. The clamor for quality products
This depends on the artist you hire; ensure you are convinced that the products are of high and good quality. It saves you from stress, as it means fewer touch-ups. Do your research well, do not go for the ridiculously cheap service in the bid to save money.
14. Clean your face gently
If you ever have any cause to clean the sweat off your face, you have to do it gently. Do not run the pieces of cloth over the face; just loosely place it on the affected area and mop gently, do not wipe.
15. Ensure you go for fittings and runs
As much as you want to look good on your big day, you still wish your friends and family to recognize you. So to avoid disappointments and eventualities, do well to try on everything you’d be using as though it were the occasion. Prior runs and fittings will help you know all that needs to be fixed or added.
Considering doing your bridal makeup?
Not everyone enjoys having a beautician do their bridal makeup; if you are in that category, you might want to consider doing your bridal makeup.
To achieve this, you must have been able to apply typical day-to-day makeup successfully, and then you can proceed. You need to put in place the following:
Get All the Materials Needed
You don’t want to start your bridal makeup and stop halfway due to the unavailability of one material or the other. Some of these materials are; moisturizer, primer, highlighter, contour, concealer, foundation, powder palette, glitters or graphic liner, setting powder, brow pencil or filler, mascara/false lashes, setting spray, eyeshadow palette, set of brush, beauty blender, Blush, bronzer and some others.
Pick a good space
In performing DIY, you should prioritize your comfort. Pick a space that enables you to sit well and gives you room to place all your materials visibly. Also, you want to choose where you can have access to proper lighting, either natural light, ring light or LED light. Doing makeup requires that the place is appropriately lit so that you won’t have difficulty picking colors and blending shades.
For foundations and concealers, they are produced in very close shades, and any mistake in shade will produce a different outcome.
Get a mirror
It will be sad if you’ve had a wrong application from the first step and get to know at the final stage. Casualty is avoidable with the use of a mirror. It constantly keeps you in check and gives room for correction, saving you so much stress.
Take breaks
Since you are the one working on yourself, it is inevitable to get tired. However, it is not a crime to take breaks and passes. Taking breaks helps to replenish the body and also keep the body relaxed. There are instances where you could get teary; for example, the pupils could get irritated when trying to apply your eyeliner (upper and under the eye). Just take a break, calm down, and then pick it up. When applying false lashes, also be careful so you don’t get the glue into your eyes. It also gets irritating.
Get good ventilation
Good makeup and proper ventilation go hand in hand. If you get sweaty from the inception of a makeup session, then the entire look is dead on arrival. Likewise, your moisturizer and primer to sink well into the skin require good ventilation.
Your comfort as the artist and the muse is dependent on how much air you get in the process. Make sure your space is adequately ventilated with natural air, a fan, air conditioner, or other means. Ensure that nothing spurs you to sweat during and after the process. Proper ventilation helps the makeup to stay pretty and last longer.
Do you want to do your own wedding day makeup?
As a bride, many responsibilities are lined up for you on your big day. For example, deciding to do your own wedding day makeup is a lot of work that requires adequate planning beforehand. You have to ensure that you look good in terms of your makeup, keep a check on your countenance and also enjoy your big day. This kind of decision must have been taken long enough before the wedding day so that it could be hitch-free and prosperous. However, you would need to put some specific measures in place; these measures include:
Get all your materials ready before the big day. Trying to purchase a product on the big day might be a disaster. So ensure you make your purchase beforehand to avoid eventualities.
- Test the products to be sure that they will give the desired look. You don’t want to end up with a product that won’t serve your purchase or not match your skin tone.
- Don’t be anxious. Anxiety could creep in when trying to attain perfection, stay calm and just be you, and wake up early enough to avoid rushing.
- Have your brows shaped or get Microblading done before the big day. This will save To save y a lot of time and energy.
- Consider having a temporary lash extension. If you have difficulties fixing false lashes yourself, you might want to consider the temporary lash extension. You can wear it on a daily basis until it wears out.
- Keep your face and lips moisturized. For your face, stick to your skincare routine judiciously; it will ease your work because the makeup will quickly sink into the skin. For the lips, apply balm frequently.
- Gather all your materials in a bag for organization. Ensure your things aren’t all over the place so that you don’t have difficulty finding them when you need them. Failure to get them organized could lead to frustration, which is a terrible ingredient for DIY.
- Be weather conscious. Study the weather to know how much of each material you should add. Your face shouldn’t be too heavy on a sunny day; it could get disastrous and frustrating.
- Apply good primer. It will keep the pores in check the sweat produced will be minimal.
- Ensure your foundation matches your color. Do your research well; the tone of your face and body shouldn’t be uneven.
- Apply blush and bronzer in moderate quantities. Too much of everything they say is wrong. You don’t want to appear as a ghost on your wedding day.
- Set the face well. After applying all that needs to be used, never forget to add the setting spray. The spray will help to keep all other products intact and fixed.
- Get an assistant. The work at hand is tedious and voluminous; get someone to assist you in picking brushes and arrangements.
- Keep your work area restricted and open to a limited number of people. It will help organization and concentration.
Do not overdo it. To achieve the DIY bridal makeup look, you must have a mirror. One that captures the entirety of your face and makes it elegant
