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A bride's make-up should be natural, long-lasting and waterproof - and appear great in pictures! Here, acclaimed make-up artist Victoria Murueva gives some top tips on wedding make-up that will create a stunning look on the day, and describes the style selected for the amazing star of the wedding pictured in this article

All brides need to start a very good healthy skin care plan in the months running up to the date. Get into the habit of cleaning, toning and hydrating. Exfoliating is important if you want smooth flawless skin. Exfoliate the skin at least 2 times weekly. It will remove any dead, dried-out skin and makes the skin look a lot more refined. When the skin has got any kind of dry sections at all, a foundation will make all these zones more visable. Don't use anything but products created for the facial area, as the body exfoliator will be too harsh.

On your wedding ceremony (and every other day) it is essential to wear the proper colour of foundation. Your face should be the similar hue as the body. Wearing a foundation that is definitely too dark for the skin tone might be ageing and it'll be more difficult to create the skin look new and faultless. There are additional options warm-up the complexion with a natural effect, ie blush etc. I select the most suitable shade of foundation for any bride-to-be by testing one small bit on the area just underneath the mouth area and in between the chin and jaw. This is actually best place to run a test it. The color ought to nearly go away. This is how you're sure it's the right tone. If you see the colour sitting on the skin it's almost certainly too dark or too light.

Foundation is actually best applied with a brush. You obtain the very best from your foundation this way. It gives amazing coverage and does work the foundation into the skin and gives it more staying power. It's not essential to use a extremely heavy foundation in case you are prone to some breakouts in some areas. Lots of women realize that they've breakouts across the chin area. Normally, this is hormonal. It doesn't necessarily mean you have to use an extremely heavy coverage foundation. You may still wear a light to medium coverage and use a concealer to supply extra coverage simply where it can be necessary. A little bit of concealer below the eyes will remove any kind of darkish shadows and disguise any indications of a sleepless night. A concealer works much better than a foundation under the eye as the skin is finer and more transparent and needs a small amount of additional cover. Concealer contains extra pigment so you only a need a little. I use concealer on the eyelids too to take down any uneven shade. I set the concealer by using a powder to get ready it for eye make-up. The powder holds the eye make-up in place and stop any kind of eye shadow from creasing.


Best tips

Apply lip definer with your mouth closed to avoid the liner bleeding. Opening the mouth will mean the lips are over stretched and an excessive amount liner is going to be applied, hence the bleeding.

Use lipstick on your big day in opposition to gloss in order to save lips looking colourless and washed out.

Use a more dark tone on the out parts of the eyebrow to be sure it looks like you have a full brow on your wedding pictures.

Contour with a bronzer and use blusher on the apple of the cheek.

Take advantage of lip definer to line and fill in lips as helps lipstick remain in place for longer.

Don't go over sparkly using eye shadow and do not apply within the brow bone because it give too much of a flashback effect on your wedding pictures.

Hold mascara off the bottom lash line as it creates a line of shadow on your pictures.

Rather then black or brown eyeliner select bronze or graphite as they reflect light and are significantly less absorbing.

Read about Victoria here or visit her website. She's one of the best Irish bridal make-up artists based in Cork