In every culture, summer seems to be that time of year when you'll get all your wedding invitations. Sometimes it's hard to figure out what makeup is suitable for a wedding guest, you don't want to look too made up but at the same time you want to look glamorous. Being asian I have gone for a traditional asian attire for this post, and created a simple makeup look to match.
I tried to keep the makeup simple but glamorous, so I used three shades of browns from the Urban Decay Vice 2 Palette. The key is to make sure you have one shimmer, one matte and one lighter matte to blend everything together. This is the best way to create a easy smokey eye. Of course you can use more colours to create depth but in this instance I was in a massive rush and so needed to keep things short and sweet.
I really felt like playing up the pinks in my Sari, its always good to pick colours from your outfit and try and create a element of it this in your makeup hence the pink lips. I've used MAC Supreme Sheen Lipstick in Zen Rose. It's vibrant, but because of its sheerness it doesn't seem so dressed up. Adding lashes really made the whole look stand out, but it's not something that you'll need. The best way to keep things looking polish yet understated is to keep your skin looking as natural as possible. In order to achieve this I used Makeup Forever Face and Body foundation for a sheer finish and only used powder in the t-zone of the face.
So, three tips to help you create your own wedding guest makeup:
1. When doing an eye based makeup, try to keep it to 3 shades of the same colour one matte, one shimmer and one lighter shade.
2. Keep the skin looking as natural as possible
3. Try and incorporate some element of colour in your makeup that matches your clothes
I've really enjoyed writing this talk through tutorial for you, hope it helps. Now that it's wedding season I can't wait to try out lots of colourful outfits and styles. I would love to see what you guys are wearing as wedding guests so comment below! See you guys soon
I'm starting to get a little used to all these makeup poses! If you've ever seen me on a night out you'll know I'm a sucker for bronzed makeup. This is my all time favourite type of look mostly because it can be worn to almost any event. I used two shades of MAC studio finish concealer to create the contoured effect. This is the first time I've used YSL touché eclate and I have to say even though its 25 pounds it's totally worth it. The main focus of this look was keeping the skin natural and contoured. This makeup is good for a night out, dinner date or anything really. I chose to not wear lashes to keep it a bit more natural, but lashes can take it that extra bit further on the glamour spectrum. Also for some reason I wasn't really into using liquid liner this time, but I do think it would compliment this eye makeup really well. I have these moments when I completely go off eyeliner, and then I'm in love with it again haha. Anyways, here's a list of the products I used:
Face:
MAC Prep and Prime Skin Visage Primer
Makeup Forever HD Invisible Foundation - 153
MAC Studio Finish Concealer - NC40, NW45
YSL Touche Eclate - 3
Sleek Blush - Life's a Peach
MAC Lustre Drops - Pink Rebel
Bourjois Delice de Poudre Bronzer - 52
MAC Prep and Prime Finishing Powder
MAC Studio Fix + (all over face, 2 sprits)
Eyes:
Urban Decay Primer Potion
MAC Cream Colour Base - Quite Natural
Urban Decay Vice 2 Palette - Smoked, Ambush, Rewind
MAC Eyeshadow - Tempting
Urban Decay Naked Palette - Half Baked, Blackout
Rimmel London Brown Pencil - Dark Brown
MAC Zoom Lash Mascara
Lips:
Rimmel Lip Liner - Tiramisu
MAC Lipstick - Cosmo
