Weddingbee Blog

I’ve been having a hard time contacting hair and makeup vendors in Columbus. Basically… I email them and they ignore me. It’s been rather fruitless. Luckily my mother remembered that a friend of brother Funnel Cake that is a hair stylist, so I asked her if she would do my hair for the big day and that’s set. But makeup… makeup, makeup makeup… what shall I do for that?

Having recently started working in the beauty industry where appearance is key, I decided to use this as an excuse to order my very first haul from Sephora. (Which meant shipping to my mother’s house in Ohio, since they don’t ship to Switzerland and then having her repack and send to me.) I went a little crazy and bought myself a ton of brushes, which I’ve never owned before, and all the necessary tools for Mrs. Rainbow’s Ace Your Face tutorials. After reading and re-reading Mrs. Rainbow’s guides, I went off practising and here are the results! (You can tell I ignored Mrs. Rainbow’s brow tutorial for now…)

Look #1:

Left - No makeup.

Right - Foundation and powder.

Left - I tried contouring. Not sure if I was successful.

Right - Smokey eyes and lush lips.

…and the results:

I’m pretty happy with this look, but let’s see another trial.

Look #2:

Left - No makeup. (And God, I look horrible! Trying the flash out to show what horrible things the camera can do to you.)

Right - Foundation and powder

Left - Another attempt at contouring. Is it more noticeable when the flash is washing everything out? I mean… god look at those hollow cheek bones I have!

Right - Blush and subtle eye colour

Add some sassy lipstick and mascara!

….now the results:

This is a much more “nude” look on the eyes.

So, let’s compare:

Look #1 above and look # 2 below.

I’ve still been playing with my new eyeshadows every day when I get ready for work and I may do a few more “trials” before the big day. Which look do you prefer?

*All pictures personal unless noted.