How to Apply Wedding Makeup

A wedding is a very important day and many photographs are taken. Looking your best on your day is crucial. Here are some tips on how to apply wedding makeup.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

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   Wedding makeup is special because a bride wants to look her best and still look like herself. A natural, dressed up look is a great way to go when applying wedding make up.
   
   Look through bridal magazines to get ideas on how you would like your makeup to look. Do anything too dramatic or trendy. Your wedding pictures will last a very long time.

2. Start with your natural foundation. Apply evenly, check for any lines around your jaw bone. You can mix a little foundation into some face lotion and apply to neck and chest to even out skin tone on your neck and upper body. Be careful not to get any foundation close to your wedding dress.

3. Traditionally, bridal makeup should be a natural for a day time wedding and can be a little more dramatic for an evening wedding.

4. If you are going to wear different makeup than what you usually wear, like long lasting makeup, try it out before your wedding day.
   
   In case the long wear makeup smudges easier, or cracks after wearing a while, you have time to adjust how you wear it before your big day.

5. Do a trial run (or two) of your wedding makeup to make sure you will be able to get it just right.
   Ask friends and or family to critique your look.
   Take pictures to see how you look with your wedding hair and makeup.
   
   Do these trial runs a week or so before the wedding day so you have time to fix anything you are not completely happy with.

6. If you are not comfortable doing your wedding makeup yourself, ask a friend or family member to go it for you. Just do a trial run to make sure you are happy with how your friend/family member's work.
   
   You can also hire a wedding makeup artist to apply your wedding makeup. Many offer a free trial run after booking and can create a few different looks for you to choose from.

Tips & Warnings

• Make sure you are happy with the way you look, there will be hundreds of pictures taken on your wedding day.
• Have a close friend and/or bridal party member to carry some touch up makeup for you and ask them to check your makeup from time to time to make sure your eye makeup hasn't smudged and you don't have lipstick on your teeth!

[sonni57]

on 10/14/2009 Great advice for wedding makeup.

[godfather25]

on 10/10/2009 Good wedding makeup tips for women.

[amysmarts]

on 10/10/2009 Great article on how to apply wedding makeup. This is great advice and great tips for the bride to be. Thanks. 5*

[grove]

on 10/9/2009 These are excellent wedding makeup tips. 5*

[ramblin62]

on 10/9/2009 Love the idea of glancing through magazines and also having bridesmaids be in charge of touch up make up. The wedding day can be stressful enough without worrying about cracking or melting face before those important pictures! tx.