Wedding Day Makeup

I've never felt more beautiful than I did on my wedding day, and this was largely thanks to my friend Kristina and her fantastic makeup skills. I received more compliments on my makeup that day than I can count, so I figured, why not start this blog off on the right foot and do a full out review and breakdown of my look that day?

I purchased most of the products ahead of time, which allowed me to have some control in my makeup.  My friend is the manager at Clinique, so she has been doing faces forever, and being a product junkie myself, I follow a bunch of makeup artists on Instagram who are always recommending new things to try, so naturally I had to go buy them all.

WEDDING DAY MAKEUP

• Benefit Stay Flawless primer- my face makeup really did look flawless all day- I only touched up once... because I was sweating so bad. Ugh. Apply with fingers and make sure to put both caps back on immediately so it doesn't dry out.
  
  
  
• Clinique foundation in Champagne- great coverage, perfect color match.
  
  
  
• Clinique shadows and blush- unfortunately, I don't know what colors she used. I wanted a glam, smokey eye, but my face tends to turn a little red and gray shadows make me have raccoon eyes, so she stayed with diff shades of brown, but blended them in a way that gave me the smokey eye look.
  
  
  
• Clinique eyeliner- black, in a pot with an angled brush.
  
• Benefit High Brow- apply in a straight line under brow and another straight line under tail. Smudge into eyebrow for a great highlight.
  
  
  
• Benefit Browzings in Light- I tried both the dark (too dark), the medium (too red) and the light (just right for my black eyebrows, as I like to knock them down a shade so they're not so harsh). Wipe both sides of brush in wax and then powder. Apply in straight lines at the bottom of the brow and tail, then brush upward.
  
  
  
• MAC false lashes- Apply after eyeliner but before mascara.
  
  
  
• Bare Minerals Waterproof Flawless Definition mascara- Apply over false eyelashes once they have dried. My mascara didn't run all day!
  
• THE LIP!!! I was in love with my crimson lip, which is hard to see in these photos as it had worn off before the photo was taken. I used MAC in Dubonnet with MAC liner in Auburn. It was striking and gave me that vintagey, old Hollywood feel. Absolutely loved it, and it showed up great in the other photos.
  
  
  
  
  I couldn't have been happier with my makeup that day- every bride should feel like a celebrity on their big day! All products purchased at Macy*s.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Currently listening to: "Still Into You" by Paramore