Weddingbee Blog

love it. i did my own too!
did you get the foundation brush? that’s my favorite.

Beautiful! You look like Uma Thurman.

Depending on the look you are going for, you could try a little stronger eye, maybe some dark brown liner very close the the upper lashes, and blend it upwards just a little.

My only tip is not to do the metallic body powder thing. It can look like sweat in photos, and it looks especially weird if it’s on the body (sparkly/sweaty) but not the face (powdery matte). Sometimes this is seen in celebrity photos — looks like a doll with the wrong head or something. Same goes with bronzing powder — the face should blend in with the neck, etc.

Thanks for the tips Iris!

And I totally don’t get the Uma Thurman thing, although I’ve heard it a million times. Just don’t see it!

Anyway, there actually is some dark brown liner on in the pics! Hehe but I guess it must not be doing that well if you can’t tell. As for the body powder - good to know. The bronzing powder was actually one of the things I didn’t get because I honestly could not tell the difference before and after. So I’m just going to stay away from everything with bronze &/or metallic in the name I think. Ooh except eyeshadow, gotta have that.

I’m a lot like you - before college, I knew next to nothing about makeup. Two years in, I still know very little, but because of choir (read stage makeup) I’ve learned a little!

My best advice is to get eye color sets. I have a great one made by Wet N’ Wild (cheap! at wal-mart) that has three colors and explains how to apply them. Another tip a friend told me is to find a cheap lipstick (she uses N.Y.C., again, cheap! at wal-mart) as blush. It costs less than the blush sticks and lasts just as long. My and one of my best friends favorite makeup brush is from the dollar store. It’s cheap, replaceable, and it’s compact. I guess it’s fairly obvious I’m a student - I’m all about the deals.

If you have a friend who is good at makeup you could always ask them for help. That’s what I plan on doing.

your makeup looks fabulous! it could even be a little more dramatic if you feel daring enough. =o)

i went the diy makeup route as well, not by choice. (i got married in jamaica..) it was frustrating at first because i was new to makeup application and was horrible at it. but after i mastered it, i really think diy is the way to go! now i have the makeup and skills to glam myself up for the rest of my life.

btw, do you plan on having the side-swept bangs? they really suit you! =o)

Thanks Mrs Ant! I am sooo not daring enough to go bolder, haha. I already felt SO made up, I couldn’t believe people weren’t staring at me walking down the street. But thanks about the bangs too! In my hair trial pics you can get the gist of it…side part but not quite the same look.

Jann - I definitely spent more on products than I would have just hiring a person to do it. Theoretically I can reuse all this crap a lot, but I dunno how much I’ll actually use of it since I’m so not makeup-y in general.

I definitely had a great experience at the MAC counter; my guy was super nice and intuitively KNEW exactly what I wanted without me really explaining much. I can’t guarantee that would happen to everyone but I felt like he instantly had a grasp on my coloring and based on what I told him about my dress on the whole style of the wedding etc, and just picked the perfect look based on very little. As I said though… I would totally pay someone to do it if there were people around where I’m getting married; I just trust that they know a lot more about how to do it so that it looks nicely and goes together etc than I do.

As an aside, my guy VASTLY underestimated how much my makeup would cost. I honestly believe that he was trying his best and just didn’t add it up right, but it was still quite a sting at the register.

You look lovely! When you get a chance, do you think you could let us know the exact color names of the lipstick, lipgloss and eyeshadow? I like how your lips look very natural… I’m lovin the colors, although our skin colors aren’t similar at all, haha.

i see the uma thing! you look very, very lovely.

Okay, I looked it all up for you guys!!

Lips: “Fresh Brew” lustre lipstick, covered with “Lust” Lipglass

Eyeshadow: eyelid in “retrospeck,” brow highlight in “phroof,” crease in “honey lust,” inner eye corner in “orb”

whew!

And thanks Mrs Bee & Jen!