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Your wedding day is one of the most memorable days of your life! Paying a photographer to catch all the best moments is basically waste if you do not look every bit the belle of the ball. Your makeup should be applied and set to work flawlessly with the lights of the camera or kiss of the sun. Make sure to be ready for your close-up! Here are a few tips:

Hiring a Professional or DIY?

You've hired a caterer, a baker, a florist, a stylist, a planner and many other wedding professionals. Why would you leave the best part to an amateur? Hire a professional makeup artist. They will know how to apply your makeup in a way that best defines who you are. If you stayed up too late the night before visiting with family or partying with friends, a makeup artist can erase all the evidence of the previous evening. If you plan to leave this part out of the budget, there are a few things you probably did not know you needed to know. Here is a list of steps to take to ensure perfect makeup whether you or a friend are doing it or you've hired a professional.

Practice Makes Perfect

Make sure to practice your makeup application before the wedding. This gives your makeup artist a chance to get to know you and what works best for you as well. It also gives you the chance to perfect your skill if you are applying makeup on yourself that day.

Strong Foundation

Do not apply foundation to bare skin. Moisturizer or a foundation primer will protect your skin and give your foundation more of a chance of even your skin tone and going on smoothly.

Airbrush or Hand Brush

Airbrush makeup has staying power and feels very lightweight on the skin. However, without a great deal of experience, the artist can make you look a bit washed out or overdone. Hand brush applied makeup is much more artistic and in the hands of the right person the brush can produce results similar to models in all those wedding magazines you've been perusing.

Primed and Ready

Matte vs illuminating primers and foundations are very important to understand. If you are getting married outside a sweet glowing face is best. Make sure your primer or foundation has a chemical not a physical sunscreen in it if you will be outdoors. Physical sunscreen reflects light from camera flashes and can make you look like a ghost! If your ceremony and reception is all indoors try a matte foundation for great pics with less camera light reflection.

Stunning Colors

Think Stunning! Romantic even. Colors for today's bride are rich and even bold. Whether you are having a handmade wedding or a traditional ceremony your makeup should reflect your style and everyday look but amped up times 10. If you wear no makeup or only natural colors, then you should choose neutral colors. These colors will be within your comfort zone, but applied properly they will enhance your features and define your face. If you have chosen a themed wedding such as a pin-up wedding, have your makeup match that theme.

Brow Power

Having your brows shaped and sharp the day of your wedding is important but do not run into the local wax bar any less than a week before your big day. This way allows time for redness, bumps or swelling to dissipate and even for hair regrowth if your waxer went a bit too thin. And certainly do not forget to have them filled and defined with pencil, powder or gel the day of your nuptials.

Luscious Lashes

Plan to have false lashes or get extensions! False lashes make your eyes look bigger, appear brighter and long luscious lashes are just so romantic. When you look back at your wedding day pictures you will be so glad you had them on. Extensions require no mascara so you will not need to worry about waterproof mascaras or those unseemly black smudges trailing down your face. False strip lashes will be applied the day of your wedding and can be removed whenever you're ready.

Love Your Lips

Using a lip liner on the lips is a must for the final step in your color application and at the altar. Lip liner used to line and fill the lips will give any color or gloss staying power. Try to stay away from all day wear lip colors as the usual dry out the lips or flake away. You need kissable, pouty lips for that seal at the end of your vows!

Seal the Deal

Always make sure to protect your final look with a finishing powder and spray. Finishing powder is basically airbrush correcting in a jar. It softens your whole look and hides your pores creating smooth flawless finish. Finishing spray is a light mist that protects your masterpiece and even has advantages of skin care and anti-aging effects.

Everyone describes an amazing time on the largest day of their lives, and we certainly hope our 10 Bridal Makeup Tips for the Perfect Bridal Look help you achieve your dream wedding.

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Source by Les Blythe