skin care and make-up - how and how much?
I figured that I would need to spend $250+ for
all the skin care and make-up stuff I'm supposed to buy for a "natural"
look. This amount seems rather excessive, expecially since the wedding
will be a rather mellow (hopefully!) and informal outdoor affair. Also, I
don't wear any make-up now, don't know how, and don't expect to wear it
often after the wedding. However, I would like to have a little more
"polish" or "finish" for the wedding, so I would like to wear at least
some make-up.
I would really appreciate hearing how other brides and brides-to-be
handled or are planning to handle skin care and make-up for their
weddings. For example, are you planning to do your own make-up on the day
of the wedding, or hiring someone else? If you did your own, what kinds
and how much did you use? What do you think is the best way to learn how
to use make-up?
You have several options. 1. Buy the make-up and skin care products and spend a fortune.
Then spend more money having someone showing you how to put it on. This doesn't seem like
the right idea for you especially since you will not be wearing the make-up after the wedding.
If you were planning on getting more use out of it, I would suggest to purchase the make-up.
2. Have a cosmetic salesperson (Mary Kay, any department store makeup counter) do it for you.
I interviewed a couple of women who sold cosmetics. I was originally planning on just going
to a department store (or having a Mary Kay rep come to the church) do my makeup. Most of them
agreed to do it if I purchased something. You could get away with possibly buying a lipstick.
However, the majority of these salespeople are just that - salespeople. They are not professional
make-up artists, and a lot of them will leave you looking like a clown (not the look you would want).
3. Hire a professional make-up artist to do it. This is the option I am going for. I called a
full-service beauty salon and made an appointment with their make-up person. This particular
salon requires two visits for brides (a good idea anyway). The first visit is a trial run,
and the second visit is on your wedding day. It is less expensive than buying all of the make-up
and doing it yourself, and it is less risky.