Wedding Makeup

First off. One month left until the big day!!!!!!!

Now like alot of things I am attempting to do myself, makeup is one of them. Well me and one of my bridesmaids Bekah has offered to help.

I am starting to wonder if I should have just hired someone for this, but both Bekah and I are pretty good with makeup so hopefully we can work it out. One of the things that pretty much everything I read says if you are doing your wedding makeup yourself make sure you PRACTICE it several times. So far we have one practice run down.

Now we've already done one thing wrong based on the tutorials I've been watching. We used shimmery eye shadow pretty much everywhere. Apparently it is better to keep the shimmer to a minimum and keep it on your lower lid so that in pictures you don't get a glare on your upper brow. So already I know I need to get some matte shadow. Also we did not try out the fake lashes on this trial run amd I need to invest in some waterproof mascara. I also definately need to figure out a different lip color. I know I want to stick with a lipstick rather than a lipgloss, because I really hate how sticky lipgloss is. I'm sure Zach doesn't want to kiss me with lipgloss either! I know he doesn't want glossy lips!

In my search I found this website which has 101 makeup looks including links to tutorial videos. It is by far the most helpful thing I have come across. I particularly liked number 5. I thought she explianed things really well, plus it was with MAC cosmetics which I love. I am considering going to the MAC website and going on the forum to ask a specialist for ideas. Bekah also suggested I go to her website for Mary Kay and use this virtual makeover to test looks out. So maybe I will do that!