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| Photo by James Sotirakis www.jsimagedesign.com |
How do brides want to look on their wedding day? Most would say they want to look beautiful and flawless, but without a lot of heavy makeup. Being a makeup artist, the tricky part is putting enough makeup on for the photos, but not too much to where is looks overdone in the lighting of the actual wedding and reception. Here is how I did our bride’s makeup.
I began by prepping her skin with a light moisturizer mixed with a face primer, MAC Skin Base Visage. She had very few minor skin imperfections that needed to be covered with concealer. For redness, I used Ben Nye Red Neutralizer #2. Under her eyes I used Make Up For Ever’s Camouflage Cream in N13.
Brides like for their makeup to last all day and night, no matter how much crying, laughing and dancing they do. This is why I usually airbrush foundation and blush on brides. Dinair foundation in Light Golden Beige was sprayed lightly on the face to achieve the perfect coverage. I also sprayed a little on her neck and chest area to make the skin look uniform. Dinair Peach Beige Plum was used on her cheeks. Most airbrush makeup requires very little powder so I dusted her with a small amount of translucent powder.
Our bride’s eyebrows were enhanced with a neutral taupe/brown powder and combed through with a clear brow gel to set them. MAC’s Shroom and Charcoal Brown eye shadows were used to compliment her blue eyes. For her eye liner, I used MAC’s Fluidline in Blacktrack on the upper lash line and on the lower lash line I used Make Up For Ever’s Aqua Eyes pencil in 2L, which is brown.
I love false lashes and always recommend them for brides, just not the gigantic showgirl type. After curling the lashes and applying a coat of waterproof mascara, good old Maybelline Great Lash in Very Black, I applied Revlon’s false lashes in Flirty.
On her lips, I used a neutral spice colored lip liner, lining the lips and filling in completely to create a lasting base for the lipstick, Cover Girl’s Lip Perfection in Soulmate.
Do you have to use these exact products to achieve perfect bridal makeup? Of course not, there are countless substitutions that can be made. I just list what I used as examples of colors and textures to give you an idea.
The final result looked beautiful in person and photographed very well, making an extremely happy bride.
Copyright of all photos: Tracy Sotirakis, with the exception of top photo.
