This past year has been a very difficult year due to a number of factors, the most significant being a number of health problems that have been leaving me nauseated throughout the day. I've kept myself from getting a number of things done because I kept waiting for things to get better, but since it is a slow process I figure I can't keep waiting.
Today I decided to do a makeup trial for the wedding in May. I decide against having a makeup artist, but I am still debating on having a hairstylist. In the past when others have done my makeup I've always hated it. I think it's partly because I don't wear much makeup other than eye shadow, eye liner, and sometimes mascara. I never wear foundation, and the same with concealer. I kept reading in a few wedding forums how it's important to have a completely made up face for wedding photos so I went out and bought a few recommended products and went through a makeup trial today.
Here's me without makeup:
My everyday makeup:
The full faced makeup trial, please excuse the hair, I wanted to test out retro hair for a separate photo shoot:
The makeup looked fine in indoor light, but when I stepped outside into natural light it looked so unnatural to me. I also tried a couple common photo editing effects used for wedding photography to see how things look. I'm still debating whether or not I really need a full face of makeup. I'll give it another shot sometime this week with more contouring and highlighting since I think my face looks a little flat with makeup.
On the bright side, I was updated that my custom wedding dress is almost complete. I saw a few photos of it yesterday and I'm excited about how it turned out.
UPDATED
I tried mixing my primer with Graftobian HD foundation and what a difference it made vs applying primer first than foundation. This morning I put on my makeup, skipped primer on my eyelids, though I normally use Urban Decay Primer Potion. After running errands all day and doing some light weight lifting, I took a photo of my makeup and I love the look much better than when I applied it for the photos above. I splashed a little water on my face after setting the foundation concoction with loose powder and it helped make everything look much more natural. What a relief.
For the actual day of I'll most likely add a little more blush and highlighter, more concealer for red areas, add a little more drama to my eye look, and use false lashes only for the outer two thirds of my eyes.
Now that makeup is figured out, just need to work on everything else!
Today I decided to do a makeup trial for the wedding in May. I decide against having a makeup artist, but I am still debating on having a hairstylist. In the past when others have done my makeup I've always hated it. I think it's partly because I don't wear much makeup other than eye shadow, eye liner, and sometimes mascara. I never wear foundation, and the same with concealer. I kept reading in a few wedding forums how it's important to have a completely made up face for wedding photos so I went out and bought a few recommended products and went through a makeup trial today.
Here's me without makeup:
The full faced makeup trial, please excuse the hair, I wanted to test out retro hair for a separate photo shoot:
On the bright side, I was updated that my custom wedding dress is almost complete. I saw a few photos of it yesterday and I'm excited about how it turned out.
UPDATED
I tried mixing my primer with Graftobian HD foundation and what a difference it made vs applying primer first than foundation. This morning I put on my makeup, skipped primer on my eyelids, though I normally use Urban Decay Primer Potion. After running errands all day and doing some light weight lifting, I took a photo of my makeup and I love the look much better than when I applied it for the photos above. I splashed a little water on my face after setting the foundation concoction with loose powder and it helped make everything look much more natural. What a relief.
For the actual day of I'll most likely add a little more blush and highlighter, more concealer for red areas, add a little more drama to my eye look, and use false lashes only for the outer two thirds of my eyes.
Now that makeup is figured out, just need to work on everything else!
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