Remember, my prices are still extremeley reasonable and I still have some dates available for this year. Although, as you have probably discovered the cost of your wedding can easily escalate and you suddenly find yourself thinking how am I going to make some savings so I will let you into a few secrets if you are doing your make up yourself.
Although you want to look your most fabulous on your wedding day the weeks leading up to your wedding are also very important in making your skin look as good as possible so a good diet, skin care routine (although don't drastically change a routine just before your wedding day) and plenty of water are a must. It can be pretty stressful leading up to your big day as pulling all of those last minute arrangements together can be a bit of an anxious time and may lead to a bit of a breakout. Please don't be tempted to pick as this can be trickier to cover up if the skin is broken.
Groomed eyebrows are big this season and an absolute must is a good eyebrow shape. There are some fabulous products out there to enhance your brows if they are thinning, you have over-plucked or just for grooming. Most every day make up ranges now have a "brow kit", - Although my favourite is Bobbie Brown you can buy these from Benefit, Urban Decay and even Superdrug's GOSH range have a very good kit.
You want your make up to last you all day so therefore a good primer is a must and my preferred choice of base is a mineral product (long lasting, great coverage as you build it up and use more in the areas that you need) and if applied correctly can give you that completely flawless look.
I am not going to give you all of my secrets, but I will give you one more pointer: -
Lips - the one thing that is not going to last you all day and night, so once you have decided on the shade of lipstick you are going for line your lips in the same colour pencil and then fill in the whole of the lip area with colour, then apply one coat of lipstick, blot, then apply another and then gloss if you want it. Lipstick can then be topped up at appropriate moments.
One more piece of advice, get one of your bridesmaids to bring an "emergency kit" for you small scissors, (the number of times I have seen bridesmaids running around trying to find scissors because they still have labels on their dresses) needle/thread/safety pins, tissues, small hairspray crochet hook (weird, I know, but fabulous for doing up tiny buttons if you have them on your dress!) wipes for making sure hands are squeaky clean before helping you into your dress, and of course your lipstick!
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