How to make a wedding makeup

A wedding for every girl is the best and responsible day in life. Nevertheless, any wedding dress cannot be imagined without wedding hairstyles and makeup.

The advantages of wedding makeup performed independently

Consider the positive aspects of independent wedding makeup:

• it is the bride like no other who knows about all the nuances of his skin, profitable sides and shortcomings that must be emphasized or hidden;
• makeup for the wedding is almost always performed in calm and classic colors, which can easily be done by yourself, without resorting to the help of makeup artists that will try to show a fairly fantasy;
• with wedding eye makeup, you can experiment at home as much as you like at a convenient time to determine the perfect option;
• you will not need a huge amount of professional cosmetics to perform a light wedding option;
• if the samples failed, then you can always contact a specialist.

Features of makeup for a wedding

There are some specific features that should be taken into account when performing makeup for the most important day:

• makeup is very rare, usually once in a life, and all the attention of guests and a photographer will be riveted only to you, so it should be perfect;
• since often the wedding can begin in the morning and end at night, the makeup for the bride should be the middle version of the evening and light daytime image;
• such a universal makeup should be more stable never before, because even with excellent weather, no bride is safe from her happy tears;
• makeup should be for photography and look perfect in the photo, hiding the flaws and emphasizing the pluses, so you should make a makeup sample and a photo of the house in advance;
• if the wedding is in winter, then it is necessary to use the base for makeup, a dense tinting agent and waterproof eyeliner and mascara;

• if the wedding is in the summer, then thermal water, light tinting explosion, corrector, light powder, waterproof mascara and eyeliner, matting napkins, are useful to you;
• for the lips, use persistent markers and lipsticks, and in winter also balm;
• for expressiveness, you can glue overhead eyelashes;
• do not do tattoo, masks, cleaning and peeling just before the wedding, so as not to damage the skin;
• choose only matte products and cosmetics for easy makeup, shine will give the skin the effect of fat content and swelling;
• choose makeup in the colors and colors of your wedding and dresses;
• do not forget about the preliminary correction of the eyebrows.

Step -by -step wedding makeup

Before applying makeup, you should cleanse the entire skin of the face and moisturize it with a cream or lotion with a light texture, a moisturizing agent should be absorbed, and after a few minutes the rest is blotted with a cloth. Consider step-by-step wedding makeup with photo receptions:

• Apply a primer and a consulter (to a tone lighter) to the skin of the face and, especially, to the area around the eyes. This will allow you to align and give the skin a matte color, mask all the shortcomings and make makeup more stable.
• We apply a light foundation (preferably on water -based), which perfectly coincides with the natural tone of the skin. By the way, if the dress is open, then the tonal base should be applied to the neck and chest so that there is no contrast of the tone of the face, skin of the neck and chest.
• Blue should be only delicate natural shades: peach or brown. It is very moderate to distribute blush on the cheeks and cheekbones, they can also emphasize the neckline.
• The highlighter should be applied carefully in order to avoid bright glare on the face when photographing. We highlight the forehead, nose and cheekbones, gently shaking the product on the face.
• We apply a thin layer of powder to problem areas of the skin to eliminate oily shine. Usually this is a T-shaped zone, that is, the forehead, nose and chin.
• Emphasize the line of your eyebrows by tinting them with a pencil or liquid shadows of a suitable color. Fasten the color with gel or light cream.
• We impose the basis under the shadow under the line of the eyebrow and along the upper moving and lower eyelids.
• Apply basic shadows of a natural color.
• The inner corner of the eyes and the zone under the eyebrows is highlighted with white shadows, you can slightly flicker.
• It will be better to select two shades of one natural colors for the eyes: light and dark. Apply a light tone on the inner mobile side of the century, and on the external one, the darker one, shaking the entire border between them.
• Draw a white soft pencil along the lower and upper inner part of the century for visual increase.
• There are two main techniques for wedding eye makeup:
• arrows are a classic of makeup, especially for the wedding. Use a soft pencil for drawing light arrow under the lower short eyelashes and liquid eyeliner for arrows above the upper eyelashes. Try to apply the upper line evenly and closest to the eyelash growth line without leaving gaps. Correctly and carefully draw the tail of the arrows at the end of the century, but directing it up and trying to lengthen and extend the eyes. Try to draw equally neatly and subtly;                                                                                                                                       
• banana is a popular technique for wedding makeup. Can be performed using a pencil or shadows. On the outer side of the eye we draw an arcuate line, starting the ends by the middle of the century from below and from above. Fill first in the outside and under the lower eyelid, and then in the internal. A round darkened bend will add mystery to the look, and the eyes will make a visually almond -shaped shape.                                                                                                                             
• The eyelashes can be slightly tied before painting and powder to give volume. Next, apply mascara (better waterproof) to the upper eyelashes three times: from the side of the eye, from the side of the century and again from the outside. Mascara is applied to the lower eyelashes. After drying, you can experiment with the beams of overhead eyelashes.
• We go to the makeup of the lips. It should be remembered that bright and dark colors will reduce the visually lips, and light will increase the volume. Drink your lips and outline the contour with a pencil. The color of the pencil should perfectly coincide with the color of the lipstick. It is better to use stable markers and lipsticks of calm matte shades. Apply them in two layers for color saturation. It is better to refuse shine, it can only be applied a little to the middle of the lips to increase the volume and prevent dryness.
• Complete the makeup by applying a repeated layer of delicate matte blush and general adjustment of the complexion of the face with powder.
• For makeup stability, you can purchase a special fixing makeup spray. The spray will be especially relevant for a summer wedding and long photography.

Wedding makeup for brunettes

Dark -haired girls can safely afford the use of darker colors in makeup. Tonal cream, blush, shadows and eyeliner, lipstick for makeup brunette is darker. The eyebrows stand out two shades darker than the hair, but the same color scheme. Do not forget that wedding makeup should not be bright and screaming, use calm tones.

Wedding makeup for blondes

Use delicate peach, not pink tones. The delicate colors of the foundation, shadows, pencils, blush and lipsticks should not contrast sharply with the natural shade of the bride’s skin. If you have chosen a classic version with arrows, you can choose a lipstick of a more juicy berry color.

Wedding makeup for red -haired

As a rule, red -haired girls have very bright skin. Therefore, special attention should be paid to calm shades of decorative cosmetics for wedding makeup. Coral, beige and brown colors are most suitable, and you should refuse pink and orange.

Wedding makeup for brown eyes

For brides with dark eyes, it is recommended to use eyeliner and shadows of dark colors. It is karim to the eyes that the blue wedding makeup or silver, lilac, pink, brown and beige shades are suitable. Use eyeliner and mascara only black flowers.

Wedding makeup for green eyes

The eyeliner and mascara are better to choose black, green or brown. Eye shadows should be selected calm tones of pink, green, brown. You can also experiment with coral shades.

Wedding makeup for blue eyes

If you are the owner of blue, blue or gray eyes, then you can use shadows of delicate tones of brown, peach, beige and silver. The eyeliner of gray or brown color will favorably emphasize the color of the eyes. The eyebrows should not contrast too much with the color of the eyes, and therefore, if you are not a brunette, then you should refuse a black eyebrow pencil.

Video makeup-Video lesson from L’Oreal Paris

A detailed video material from the professional makeup artist of L’Oreal will help you make the perfect makeup for a wedding, but you can use your cosmetics of any other company and manufacturer:

Tips for the bride

A few more general tips for the bride on pre -wedding days:

Makeup test. Be sure to train several times in advance with wedding makeup. Once it may look worthy, but it must be borne in mind that on the most crucial day you will not be able to repeat it due to excitement. If you are not confident in your abilities, it is better to seek help from a specialist or a friend who will be more calm on this day than the bride herself, discussing all the details.