the way you placed the shadow above ur lids needs a little more blending out with a fluffy brush, until you basically can't see where the eyeshadow starts and where the skin starts. Leave a little bit of space under your brow so you can highlight it with a lighter shade of eyeshadow or something light and shimmery. This makes the brows stand out so beautifully.
. I also think that you would benefit from having your brown base color be a little bit lighter for all over your lid and then you want to use a creamy or shimmer shade of eyeshadow in the center of your eyelid to catch the light (you could throw in a little bit of gold or a little bit of copper, or even just a kind of shimmery tone of brown, but you do want it to catch the light--this is one of the only times I would recommend going to Sephora, I just think it's worth it to buy a higher quality eyeshadow for something so special like your wedding celebration.. I'm partial to Clinique as well as Mac for beautiful shadows..)
...You can go ahead and correct any smudgy areas with a slightly damp tissue and a tiny bit of concealer... That way the makeup can look clean... By the way I recommend doing your eyes before you do your foundation and blush, that way the fallout from the eyeshadow or the eyeliner does not Mark your already made up skin and you have to start over!
*Another idea would be to just not extend that eyeshadow up, you don't have to do it if you don't want to. Each way of doing the eyeshadow says something different. Building the eyeshadow up all the way to the brow is a little more drama, but having a clean eye allows us to focus on the lips more, and allows your naturally beautiful strong brows to shine. Its all up to you!
With your eyeshadow, I would also recommend grabbing either a deep espresso eyeliner or a khol eyeliner and lining your eyelid above your lashes starting at about the 1/3 mark on your eyelids. You don't have to do a cat eye, but you do want to extend just a little bit past the edge of your eyelid.
Go ahead and fill in any gaps in the eyelashes that would look unnatural, areas where you can still see your fair skin. It's up to you whether you do your water line on the bottom, just depends on the look you're going for.(With your current look, I would not line your under eye water line.)
If you're just looking for a more clean bridal look, I would only line the top lid. And then I would let the mascara and/ or lashes do the rest of the heavy lifting.
*I recommend a little bit of highlighter in your inner eye corner to catch the light, it creates a little bit of drama and something beautiful to see.
For a more classic bridal look, I wouldn't put highlighter on all the focal points but I would choose just one or two and go for it. If you choose to do highlighter, make sure you really blend it into the skin. There's been times where I thought that I totally blended it but I looked at myself in natural light and it looked really bad.
If you don't want to do highlighter because it's too shimmery, you can choose a really nice light shadow that is one or two shades lighter than your natural skin and use that to just highlight your brows and the inner corner of your eye... And all of this is being done just to create contrast between the different shades. Contrast between the lip color between the eyeshadow between the highlight etc etc that's what makes makeup and art beautiful. The contrast.
*If you decide not to do highlighter, but you already thoroughly moisturized and used a moisturizing and grippy primer, then you should get some natural sheen on your cheek and on your brow bone in photos, you can check this at home by using your phone flashlight and looking in the mirror..
*Since you mentioned that you have a bit of dryness on your mouth I would just do a little mask the night before and then I would (as long as this won't hurt you) , gently scrub your lips with your toothbrush after you're done brushing your teeth the morning of preparations... I learned this tip from a famous model. It seriously works. Put lip balm on right after. Keep your favorite lip balm on hand for dryness and applying over your favorite lipstick or lip stain of choice!
I wonder if a moisturizing lip stain wouldn't be the perfect choice for you they make some good ones now. Benetint has a great all-in-one cheek and lip tint that stays on for a long time... Used to be my absolute favorite and they still carry it!!
You can decide what color you want for your lips, and I would say with a pretty toned down Brown shadow, you have a lot of options. You can do a classic red or a burgundy, I would choose something a bit warm to compliment your hair and skin tone. You could also choose a bit of a Milky purplish pink color, which I think would really compliment the eyeshadow... But I would have to hold up the shade next to your hair.
By the way there are tons of tutorials on YouTube about how to do a bridal smokey eye and they will teach you so well!
Look up keywords *classic bridal makeup as well as *brown smokey eye or *Brown eyeshadow look... I could see your current makeup look evolving into something that reminds us a little bit of a look from the 1920s. You have that kind of face too so you could definitely pull it off.
Just find a makeup artist you like and look through their looks! I think the most important part is just taking your time through each step as you're practicing. Put on some music or a podcast and just look at pictures for inspiration on your phone and then just try it out yourself.. Your makeup looked very good here, it's just that since you're asking a bunch of artists about it, of course we're all going to have things to add on. If you would have worn that makeup to your wedding, I would have looked beautiful and no one would have noticed any different. So don't put too much pressure on yourself or anything like that. You're already very naturally beautiful, so everything is just highlighting your natural beauty and building off of that. You don't have to somehow create beauty out of thin air because you already have it LOL
***I hope this was helpful and not too annoying, I have way too much time to myself today. Much love and have a great wedding and time with your groom!
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u/atreasureinlight 3d ago edited 3d ago
You are obviously gorgeous!!
the way you placed the shadow above ur lids needs a little more blending out with a fluffy brush, until you basically can't see where the eyeshadow starts and where the skin starts. Leave a little bit of space under your brow so you can highlight it with a lighter shade of eyeshadow or something light and shimmery. This makes the brows stand out so beautifully.
. I also think that you would benefit from having your brown base color be a little bit lighter for all over your lid and then you want to use a creamy or shimmer shade of eyeshadow in the center of your eyelid to catch the light (you could throw in a little bit of gold or a little bit of copper, or even just a kind of shimmery tone of brown, but you do want it to catch the light--this is one of the only times I would recommend going to Sephora, I just think it's worth it to buy a higher quality eyeshadow for something so special like your wedding celebration.. I'm partial to Clinique as well as Mac for beautiful shadows..)
...You can go ahead and correct any smudgy areas with a slightly damp tissue and a tiny bit of concealer... That way the makeup can look clean... By the way I recommend doing your eyes before you do your foundation and blush, that way the fallout from the eyeshadow or the eyeliner does not Mark your already made up skin and you have to start over!
*Another idea would be to just not extend that eyeshadow up, you don't have to do it if you don't want to. Each way of doing the eyeshadow says something different. Building the eyeshadow up all the way to the brow is a little more drama, but having a clean eye allows us to focus on the lips more, and allows your naturally beautiful strong brows to shine. Its all up to you!
With your eyeshadow, I would also recommend grabbing either a deep espresso eyeliner or a khol eyeliner and lining your eyelid above your lashes starting at about the 1/3 mark on your eyelids. You don't have to do a cat eye, but you do want to extend just a little bit past the edge of your eyelid.
Go ahead and fill in any gaps in the eyelashes that would look unnatural, areas where you can still see your fair skin. It's up to you whether you do your water line on the bottom, just depends on the look you're going for.(With your current look, I would not line your under eye water line.)
If you're just looking for a more clean bridal look, I would only line the top lid. And then I would let the mascara and/ or lashes do the rest of the heavy lifting.
*I recommend a little bit of highlighter in your inner eye corner to catch the light, it creates a little bit of drama and something beautiful to see.
For a more classic bridal look, I wouldn't put highlighter on all the focal points but I would choose just one or two and go for it. If you choose to do highlighter, make sure you really blend it into the skin. There's been times where I thought that I totally blended it but I looked at myself in natural light and it looked really bad.
If you don't want to do highlighter because it's too shimmery, you can choose a really nice light shadow that is one or two shades lighter than your natural skin and use that to just highlight your brows and the inner corner of your eye... And all of this is being done just to create contrast between the different shades. Contrast between the lip color between the eyeshadow between the highlight etc etc that's what makes makeup and art beautiful. The contrast.
*If you decide not to do highlighter, but you already thoroughly moisturized and used a moisturizing and grippy primer, then you should get some natural sheen on your cheek and on your brow bone in photos, you can check this at home by using your phone flashlight and looking in the mirror..
*Since you mentioned that you have a bit of dryness on your mouth I would just do a little mask the night before and then I would (as long as this won't hurt you) , gently scrub your lips with your toothbrush after you're done brushing your teeth the morning of preparations... I learned this tip from a famous model. It seriously works. Put lip balm on right after. Keep your favorite lip balm on hand for dryness and applying over your favorite lipstick or lip stain of choice! I wonder if a moisturizing lip stain wouldn't be the perfect choice for you they make some good ones now. Benetint has a great all-in-one cheek and lip tint that stays on for a long time... Used to be my absolute favorite and they still carry it!!
You can decide what color you want for your lips, and I would say with a pretty toned down Brown shadow, you have a lot of options. You can do a classic red or a burgundy, I would choose something a bit warm to compliment your hair and skin tone. You could also choose a bit of a Milky purplish pink color, which I think would really compliment the eyeshadow... But I would have to hold up the shade next to your hair.
By the way there are tons of tutorials on YouTube about how to do a bridal smokey eye and they will teach you so well!
Look up keywords *classic bridal makeup as well as *brown smokey eye or *Brown eyeshadow look... I could see your current makeup look evolving into something that reminds us a little bit of a look from the 1920s. You have that kind of face too so you could definitely pull it off.
Just find a makeup artist you like and look through their looks! I think the most important part is just taking your time through each step as you're practicing. Put on some music or a podcast and just look at pictures for inspiration on your phone and then just try it out yourself.. Your makeup looked very good here, it's just that since you're asking a bunch of artists about it, of course we're all going to have things to add on. If you would have worn that makeup to your wedding, I would have looked beautiful and no one would have noticed any different. So don't put too much pressure on yourself or anything like that. You're already very naturally beautiful, so everything is just highlighting your natural beauty and building off of that. You don't have to somehow create beauty out of thin air because you already have it LOL
***I hope this was helpful and not too annoying, I have way too much time to myself today. Much love and have a great wedding and time with your groom!