Bridal Make-up

The beautiful Katherine modeled for my bridal make-up, luckily, she had a gorgeous white graduation dress! The veil I used was from a Halloween outfit I wore a couple of years ago! (Shhhhh!)

So firstly, the before picture....

I started with a Prep and Prime primer by MAC to smooth out katherine's skin, starting from the nose and blending outwards. I then applied MAC face and body foundation (C3 tinted with white face and body). I mainly applied the foundation to Katherine's T-zone, it is nice to leave the cheek bones and U-zone quite product free to leave a dewy glow. I rolled translucent powder on the T-zone (Rolling the powder sets the make-up better, especially on oily skin.)

I then began the eye make-up. I used a beige base all over the lid, a light pink shimmer shadow on the inner corners of the eye lid, blending out. I used a deep purple matte shadow and followed the socket line and blended upward towards the brow bone. I added  deep purple powder eye liner on the upper and lower outer lash line. A little highlighter on he brow brow and lastly, some volumising mascara. I used an angled brush and natural brown eye shadow to fill in Katherine's brows, I just defined the line under the brow.

I used a soft pink powder blush on Katherine's cheek bones, giving her a really fresh look. For her lips I used a deep soft pink lipstick and a shimmery pink gloss, very natural colours, so if the make-up fades throughout the wedding day, it won't be so noticable.

A few tips for Bridal make-up:

• OBVIOUSLY, use water-proof mascara!
• Try to avoid glittery, or overly shimmery eye shadows, as they can crease!
• Primers/foundations with SPF should be avoided, as in photo's they can cause a shine on the skin!
• If you're using a deep shade of lipstick, make sure the bride has that exact lipstick with her throughout the day!
• Highlight the areas of the face that stand out, e.g brow bones and cheek bones.