Make-up Tips for the Perfect Day

Your make-up can make or break your wedding day photographs. Is our recommendation that you hire  professional make-up artist and that you have a test make up with him or her. Make sure you are not allergic to the make up and that the same one it is used for your wedding day.

Also, do not use tanning booths or use a spray tan the day of the wedding. Be careful if you have a beach wedding and sunburns. They can all leave marks and color cast on your skin that cannot be easily remove or not at all.

If you are going to do your own make-up or have a friend do it here are some important tips.

1. BLEND, BLEND, BLEND. You can use your everyday make-up, but use more than you normally use every day. Many makeup professionals use airbrush makeup. the method of choice for high-definition TV, because it’s lightweight, waterproof and gives flawless coverage.
2. SOMETIMES LESS IS MORE. Use less makeup for a day wedding and more for evening. You can get dramatic with eye makeup.
3. DON’T SKIMP ON CONCEALER. Use a moisturized concealer on the thin, sensitive skin under the eyes. If your concealer isn’t moisturizing, blend it with a skin cream. For blemishes, first treat them with a natural or over-the-counter anti-inflamatory, then cover with concealer.
4. DO A MAKEUP TRIAL RUN. It’s the only sure-fire, stress-free way to make certain your makeup will look beautiful, judge how long it will last and if you are allergic to any of makeup. This tips is very, very important and applies regardless if you use a professional makeup artist or do-it-yourself.
5. NOT ALL MINERAL MAKEUP IS CREATED EQUAL. Titanium dioxide, a chemical used as sun block, can reflect flash, giving the bride a ghostly appearance. In 2009 makeup artist Annie May launched a line of mineral makeup especially formulated for photography called Advance Mineral Makeup. May promises it won;t white out the bride under the flash.
6. USE WATERPROOF MAKEUP WITH STAYING POWER. You don’t want to spend your reception in the bathroom reapplying your makeup. Foundation, eyeliner and mascara all should be waterproof. And in case you cry (and you probably will), have  a tissue or handkerchief handy to gently blot your tears right at the eye.
7. KEEP YOUR LIPS MOISTURIZED AND COLORED. Dry lips look dreadful in photos. Have someone carry your lipstick for you and touch up often. Matte and gloss lipstick both photograph well, and be sure to use blended lip liner for enhanced definition.
8. DON’T FORGET THE GROOM. If the groom is red faced due to too much sun (or drinking), a little powder can help. That goes for shiny heads, too. And it’s a good idea the slip a tube of Chapstick in the groom pocket for his dry lips, as well as a handkerchief to dab well-wishers’ makeup smudges off his suit.
9. DON”T SPRINKLE ON GLITTER. In photographs, it tends to look like little white spots, as if there’s something wrong with the camera.
10. REMEMBER to apply foundation and powder to your neck, shoulders and décolletage – you want your head to look like it belongs to your body.