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Bridal Beauty:
Bridal Beauty Counsel
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Answers to your most important bridal planning
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Its our step by step guide to bridal
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Bridal Beauty
Bridal Beauty Counsel
By Suzanne Patterson, Foreverwed Beauty Expert
Dear Suzanne~
My wedding is coming up soon and I have very little experience with
makeup. I think I am going to do my own wedding makeup, but how do I
know what kind is good for me and what isn't? How do I pick colors
once I know?
First of all, I would strongly suggest that you work with a
professional makeup artist in selecting your foundation and color
palette for your wedding. This is going to be one of the most
important days of your life, and captured forever in your photos and
video, and you want to be sure that your look captures the best of
your features, beautifully and naturally, through the right kind of
makeup. This isn't the time to be learning first hand all about
makeup, and to be proficient enough to apply it without undue stress
on your wedding day! Your professional artist will help you find
products that are compatible for your skin, while creating a color
palette that will enhance your natural coloring, features and
undertone. A good artist will also require a consultation session with
you for this very purpose prior to the wedding, so that you can have
trial run with your wedding makeup. Learn all you can in this
selection and application process, and have the makeup charted for
you. This way you can have a reference for the future to build upon as
you pursue a more personal experience in makeup selection.
Even if you decide you still want to do your own bridal makeup, I
still strongly suggest you take some lessons from a professional, to
learn how to select foundations and colors that are best suited to
your skin type and undertone, and learn basic application techniques.
It will be the best investment you can make in your bridal beauty
regimen. Trial and error can be so time consuming and expensive, not
to mention frustrating if you bounce around from makeup counter to
makeup counter, getting conflicting advice and product choices from
sales people. It is best to go armed with a clear understanding of
your undertone, and range of colors that will be best suited to
enhance your own natural coloring and features. You will be a lot more
successful in your product selection and application technique if you
work with a pro first.
Dear Suzanne~
Help! I have these terrible dark circles under my eyes, an inherited
characteristic from my mothers side of the family, and I am so self
conscious about them. I am getting married in a few months, and I wish
I could find a more effective way to hide them besides using the usual
concealer route! Is this possible? Please help!
This is a problem that I often come across in my professional work as
well, so you are not alone! You first must determine if this is a true
skin discoloration or eye socket structure that does not reflect light
naturally in that area. If it is skin oriented then I would try using
both a neutralizer and concealer in the area. Depending on the scale
of gray in the area, I would use a pink to peach range of colored
neutralizer (this can be either a cream or powder based product) and
sparingly cover the area. Then follow with a concealor that is at
least 2 shades lighter than your foundation, and sparingly layer that
over the neutralizer. If you find that the discoloration is more
bluish then go for a light orange to reddish orange coverage in your
neutralizer. Finish with your foundation and powder. Please understand
that this cannot completely eliminate the discoloration to the human
eye, but at least reduce the look of it considerably. In photo media
it can trick the camera eye to visually cancel it out completely, so
that is your best goal!
If your problem is more eye socket structure, then a light reflecting
type of concealer works best, to bounce more natural lighting in this
eye area. In this case I would apply a concealor on top of the
foundation and powder, and one that sets well and moves with the
makeup without becoming too dry. Make sure this concealor is no more
than one to one and a half shades lighter than your foundation, for a
more natural finished look.
Dear Suzanne~
I have scars and some pitting on my face from my teenage years of
acne. I am not happy with anything that I have tried in the past to
cover them up. With my wedding coming up soon I wish that I could find
a method of coverage that would help me look my best for my wedding
day. Any ideas or advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you!
First of all, have you looked into the new methods that have been
developed in dermatology for skin planing? There are so many new and
proven techniques available now for reducing and even eliminating acne
scars and pitting that leaves skin with an uneven texture. This is
truly worth reviewing with a dermatologist into if you are wanting a
long term solution to your problem.
There is no way to cosmetically take out the "texture" on skin that
scarring creates short of the medical removal mentioned above. There
are methods that can be used to visually reduce the look, and even out
some of the texture of acne scarring on the face. But, it is best left
to a professional artist that is trained in some basics of paramedical
makeup, and can apply these products and methods most effectively for
your wedding. One effective method involves using a special type of
skin plastic in very tiny amounts, then a sealer is applied and then
covered with a special type of camouflage cream. All this is done
before you apply your foundation. Again, this is a very advanced
makeup technique that is best done by a professional artist. I have
found this method for covering scars to be extremely effective in
coverage for a film or photo shoot. This is something that I would not
recommend for every day usage, but just for very special occasions
such as a wedding.
In addition, there are also highly pigmented professional makeup
concealers and camouflage products available that can reduce the
visual effects of any discoloration caused by acne scarring. I
strongly recommend you work with a professional artist in learning how
to find and apply these specialized products for your particular
needs.
Do you have a beauty, makeup or skin care question, or just want to
share an opinion or comment? I'd love to hear from you! Email me at:
CreativeArtistry@aol.com |
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