New Beauty Looks ... Traditional to Modern: 5 Dresses, 5 Styles
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Wedding Day Tips
General Makeup Concepts
"When doing hair and makeup, I try to visualize the ideal of a film star or a princess for a perfect bridal look," says Janine McMahon, who also explains she tries to avoid the prom queen type, which she feels tends to look predictable or "stale."
Make sure you use a foundation that "exactly" matches your skin. If you have good skin, only use foundation sparingly to bring out your features. Then powder.
Always blend well, I can’t emphasize this enough!
Make sure all colors you use are somewhat in the same family, and that the first blush color you put on is the one that most closely matches you. There’s no worse makeup faux pas than using the wrong basic colors.
Kara has a peachy complexion, so the first blush is peachy. From there you can add pink, red, or rose to the apple, or the most prominent part, of the cheek as an accent color. Clinique has some good blushes that inwclude one soft color and a bright accent color to put on the apple of your cheek.
Match your accent blush color to your lipstick— so pink lipstick, pink accent; bronze lipstick, bronze accent; and so on. Add a little of this accent color to your eyeshadow as well.
When choosing your lipstick, remember that when you wear red lipstick you should wear a little more blush, otherwise you’ll look "Goth," which is not a bridal style.
Kara’s face shape is square. so I applied blush to the corners of her face in order to soften its edges. I used a taupe shadow under her cheekbones and on the sides of her forehead and jaw.
This should be done just along the edges, but make sure that it’s a pale taupe and blend it well.
Janine McMahon, 917.664.7319, jebeenie@hotmail.com
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1st Look | 2nd Look | 3rd Look | 4th Look | 5th Look
Wedding Day Tips
Wedding Day Tips
I like a white lip-gloss such as L’Oreal’s for pictures. If you wear lip-gloss for hours, though, I find it tends to dry out the lips.
You want to choose a lipstick that will keep your lips moist. I usually tell the brides to bring their favorite lipsticks with them and use one of those, because once I leave they are on their own.
I recommend bringing powder, a lip brush if you are wearing a darker shade of lipstick, and a small can of hairspray.
If you have oily skin, you may want to have blotting papers with you. Blot your skin without moving the paper around, so as not to smear your makeup, then powder.
Also, keep in mind that red lipstick can get all over everything and everyone. I don’t often use red lipstick on brides in real situations. Instead, I use a peach or rose pink with a plum or spice lipliner, as I did on Kara in the last few photographs.
Finally, make sure ahead of time that you are not allergic to any of your makeup, otherwise scratch or finger marks will show and ruin the effect. Like your mother said, don’t touch your face! Above all, remember, it’s your day, have a great time!
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First Look
This hairstyle works really well for someone with fine, straight hair. It allows you to gently comb the ends without disturbing the backcombing at the crown of the head.
Sweeping the hair across the forehead is great for someone with a high forehead.
In this shot, I matched Kara’s lipstick with the deep reds of her roses. The lipstick is a slightly darker red with a high gloss. If you want to attempt this yourself, use a lip brush, not a pencil.
However, if you do use a pencil, use a neutral color such as Mac spice and blend with your pinky finger very carefully.
Do not use a brown or red pencil unless you have a lip brush to make a clean line.
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1st Look
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Second Look
In this shot, I kept Kara’s hair the same, only drew the sides tightly back.
Her makeup is the same, as well, with the taupe shadow to soften the edges of her face, red lipstick, and high gloss.
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2nd Look
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Third & Fourth Looks
These photographs show two different ways to play with the same hairstyle. Both renditions of the style are trendy, with little, uneven sections pulled back from the forehead.
But the ornaments help make the hairdo in the fourth shot more elaborate, while the headband used in the third shot is a bit simpler.
I used a very small amount of hair product, just to smooth over any flyaways. I always use Kiehl’s silk groom and mix it with a setting gel. I don’t like to use just a setting gel, because alone it tends to get flaky. The general ratio is one-third Kiehl’s to two-thirds gel. I mix them and then apply the combination to the hair.
Pins hold the sections together, and are hidden carefully under the twists. Then a band can be placed on top. This band has a comb to keep it in place, or hair ornaments can be placed haphazardly throughout the twists.
To keep the ends looking great, I set the hair in rollers and blow it out. Always use rollers; don’t just blow dry. The set will stay in much longer, especially for straight hair.
The makeup in the last few shots is lighter than the first two. To match the lighter, frostier lipstick, I applied a little frost under the eyebrows and added a touch at the center of the eyelid.
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3rd & 4th Looks
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Fifth Look
This hairstyle is the piece de resistance, so to speak. I would recommend this look only to go with an unusual gown, such as this one.
In other words, if your gown is simple, so goes the hair. If the gown is formal, your hair should match in style.
If you feel that you look best with your hair up, you should wear it up. Or if you have "bad hair," putting it up will help you look more stylish and elegant.
But remember, it’s a lot easier to maintain a style that is simple or a little "messy," than a stiff, formal one.
This style, as well as the others, can be done even if you have shorter hair. It will, however, be more high maintaince, especially when it comes to keeping the pins hidden.
It’s always tough when you are running around and people are hugging and touching you because your hair can shift and the pins can begin to show. You may want to have a small sample size of hairspray on hand for a quick fix.
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5th Look
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