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You have spent years planning it in your head, months planning the actual big day and spent thousands of dollars…and now its time to look your best.
One universal truth about bridal make-up is that it needs to be a little heavier than you would normally wear it. Black and white photos and flash photography wash out the face and make-up needs to be heavy enough to ensure your features are clear. When you look at photographs of your wedding, you want to see your true beauty captured.
- Drink lots of water and stay out of the sun
- If you are having a fake tan applied, ensure a light coverage on your face so your body and face match.
- Get your last regular facial a week before the wedding. If you rarely have facials, don't get one within a month of the wedding.
- Have your eyebrows waxed (if that’s what you normally do) a few days before to avoid any puffiness or if you ‘pluck’ do this a couple of days prior.
- Practice a consistent cleanse and exfoliate routine in the months leading up to the day, however do not start one in the week of the wedding.
- Cleanse on the morning of the wedding and moisturize several times. (A well moisturized face is the key to long lasting make-up).
- Keep lips crack free and moisturized. A soft toothbrush can help to loosen dry skin on your lips and use a lip balm in the few weeks leading up to the wedding.
- Consider investing in a long lasting lipstick. These great products ensure lipstick doesn’t end up on your teeth or your new husband and generally only require one re-application.
These days most brides invest in having a hair and/or make-up trial prior to the big day. Brides like to know what they are going to look like on the day and to see if the styles they have seen in magazines suit them. Stylists like to conduct trials so that when we arrive on the day there are no surprises.
Hair Trial
Don't be surprised if the style you have been dreaming of doesn't actually suit you. Most likely it is not the stylists ability - more so your differing colouring, face shape, hair type or specific features. Trust your stylist to adapt the style you love to suit both your hair type and face shape.
Trials allow an opportunity to get to know your stylist. Your stylists can spend many hours with you on your wedding day so its nice to have a familiar face arrive at the door when you're a bundle of nerves yourself.
If you do decide on a trial the most important thing is to be prepared on the day. Have pictures of styles that you like either printed out or ready to access on your PC or bookmarked in a wedding magazine. Generally only one or two styles will be attempted at a trial so its important to have a clear idea of what you are looking for.
Some stylists make a general attempt at the style so that you can get an idea if it will work, others will go to great lengths to get the style as close to perfect as possible. In all cases the style will be 'almost right' but will require a few tweakes on the day. In this case, don't expect your stylists to dismantle the style to make minor changes.
All trials conducted by Reveal staff will be done as close to perfect as possible. However we generally won't use as many pins or as much hair spray as we would on the big day so if the style doesn't last quite as long after your trial don't be alarmed.
On the day of your trial please have your hair clean and dry. Preferably washed the day before. If you need to wash it on the day make sure that it is really dry, blow dry if necessary. Dry hair ensures that curls hold longer and having to dry hair prior to getting started on your style will limit how much time your stylist has to work on the specific style you are after.
Make-Up Trial
There is no doubt that a professional make-up artist should be an essential element in your wedding day planning. Professional make-up application can have you looking your very best on your big day, however there are a few things that you can do in the lead up to the big day to ensure your make-up looks perfect.
If you are having a make-up trial it is important to be as clear as possible about what you are looking for. Again have pictures on hand if you have found any. Like hair, once make-up is on it is difficult to remove products and start again. Please have your face washed and moisturised and free of any make-up.
If you have sensitive skin please make this known to your stylist upon her arrival. In most cases of sensitive skin we will request that a client's own make-up is used. Whilst our hygiene standards and products are of a high standard products react differently on people so it's safer to use products you have tried and tested.
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