Are you or your friends looking for a cost effective and personalized makeup look that rocks a special occassion? I would take a page out of my friend’s book.
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This is my friend, Mamatha. She recently tied the knot. But when it came to getting her makeup done for her wedding, she decided to have me do it instead of going to a professional MUA. MUAs are quite expensive and not everyone is as good as the cash they demand (observed opinion).Unless you do your research well, I suggest not investing blindlyin a MUA who does not have their work showcased.
If you are good at applying makeup then you can help a friend save on money, especially when wedding expenses are involved, which are usually high. This can be your gift to the bride. A beautiful makeup look for free ?
Mentioned below is our story and my experience while I was putting Mamatha’s wedding look together.
Mamatha is always game to be my canvas when I want to practice my makeup applying skills. We have done many looks together. That is why I agreed to do her makeup. Wireless utility mac yosemite. I have applied makeup for her before, though not for such a big event, so my nerves were edgy.
How I got started on Mamatha’s look
I started by asking her questions that helped me put her look together. I asked her details about the outfit she was wearing. I also asked her to share pictures of the outfit. I then asked her about the look she wanted to achieve.
She said she wanted a look that was not too made up, yet had a subtle hint of glamour and classiness to it. Her wedding outfit was a beautiful pink with white stones and gold threadwork. So, I decided to go for a bollywood look and incorporate the colours of her outfit into her eye makeup. She has the most beautiful shade of brown eyes and most warm colours suit her complexion well. So the eye colours I chose had shades of gold, maroon, red and black. This paired with falsies, a slight cat eye and oodles of mascara gave her dramatic eyes that drew attention.
Mamatha has quite clear skin so we did not need too much makeup and she was against slapping on thick layers of foundation.
How I achieved the look Mamatha wanted
- I used a thin layer of foundation to cover a few blemishes after priming her skin, followed by a pat of concelor under her eyes and on blemishes. I locked these in with a finishing powder. All these face products were from MAC and Benefit and they are listed below.
- After that, I contoured her face with a matte bronzer from the Balm, I then applied blush on her cheeks and highlighter on her cheekbones, bridge of her nose and cupid’s bow. I then lined her lips and coloured them. For blush and highlighting, I used liquid and then powder products to keep the makeup in place for longer.
The final look
Some of the products we used
Benefit’s ‘That Gal’ Primer
MAC Studio Fix Fluid in NC 44.5
MAC Select Coverup Corrector in NC 45
MAC Studio fix compact powder in NC 40
Scott Barnes Chic Blush Palette in Brandy/Wine
Benefit’s High Beam Highlighter
MAC Gana Frost Highlighter
The Balm – Bahama Mama Bronzer
Benefit’s ‘Bad Gal’ Mascara
MAC False Eyelashes
Coastal scents 88 warm and colour paltettes
Revlon’s Kohl eyeliner
Summary of the experience and my opinion
The whole look worked out to be quite cost effective as my friend only had to invest in her shade of foundation, concealer and powder compact.
In the end, my friend was happy with the final look.
If you know how to apply makeup and think you can use your creativity to save you or your friends a few bucks, try a DIY bridal look. But, I would suggest doing your homework and practcing the look a couple of tmes before the wedding, like I did. This will ensure you are prepared for a beautiful professional looking madeup bride.
Have you done anything similar and have experiences to share? Write to me, because I would love to know what you did.
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Mac Studio Fix Fluid N4 5.1
Choosing a foundation can be really daunting, but it’s a key part to our makeup and can make or break a flawless face so it’s important to get it right. Many clients ask me about the labelling of MAC foundations as they don’t understand what NC and NW means and how to colour match themselves. Mac tools customer service.
In colour theory, we’re taught that cool undertones are reds, pinks and blues and that warm undertones are yellow, peaches and golds. However, in MAC labelling, the undertones are the opposite.
NC: Neutral Cool – golden beige undertones.
NW: Neutral Warm – red, pink or blue undertones.
N: Neutral – beige undertones.
C: Cool – Yellow, golden or olive undertones
So a person with yellow, peach or golden undertones would be suited well to an NC foundation whereas a person with red, pink or blue undertones would be better suited to an NW foundation. A person with a beige undertone would be perfectly suited to an N foundation.
You might have heard that some ladies use an NC foundation but have been given an NW concealer, this is because the pink undertone of an NW concealer helps to cancel out dark green under eye circles. For blue tinged under eye circles, you could cancel them out with an NC concealer.
My client Nina has warm undertones (reds in MAC terms) with cool under eye circles (yellow). I used MAC Studio Fix in NC20 over her face to even out and correct the redness and NW10 concealer to correct the dark circles
The number that follows each NC, NW, N or C is simply the colour of each foundation. Sharon, from Sharonthemakeupartist.com explains this perfectly:
“…there are some odd numbers peppered along the way in some of the foundations. For example there is an NC27 or an NW18 in Studio Fix Fluid . These colours don’t have quite as strong an undertone as those that end in 5 or 0. These odd numbers have more of a neutral undertone. So an NC27 is not as yellow as an NC25 but it is a little bit darker.
Conversely there are also plain C’s and plain N’s. These have a stronger yellow or pink undertone than their NC/NW counterparts. Very few of the foundations in the range now have these strong undertones, it’s mostly the old school formulas like Face and Body, or Studio Fix Powder.”
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The shade I wear myself is NC15 – this is much more flattering to my skin tone and helps to cancel out any unwanted redness over my cheek area. This is my personal preference too and I find that the NC blends seamlessly into my skin. I find that with the majority of my clients, an NC foundation always looks better and evens the skin tone beautifully.
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The most important thing is to make sure that your foundation matches with your chest and looks natural. If you are still struggling, don’t be afraid to ask a counter makeup artist for advice and a colour match. Makeup is all about having fun so there is no wrong or right way to wear your foundation, as long as you have a good match and avoid the dreaded ‘tideline’ around the neck, you’re good to go!
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