Bridal makeup | Consultation

 

Monday I had the pleasure of working with this sweet bride to be! She was such a doll and seemed as though she waited on Mr. Right! She had such a great personality and brought her Mom along as well who was just as sweet.

She had some pics to show me that she had pinned to Pintrest. I have a lot of brides who seem to pin their inspiration looks there. The look she showed me on Pintrest had mainly gold on the lid. She also showed me different lip looks she wanted. She didn't want a bold lip but some pink. I will insert a pic of the first look we did with the gold.

After seeing the gold it wasn't quite what she thought it would be and I had showed her several different golds to choose from, including some from all of the Urban Decay Naked palettes. She wanted to add some mauve/pink to the gold. I showed her Buzz from the Naked 3 palette and she said that was it! We added it to the outer V, half of the lid and to deepen it some I added Bitten by Makeup Geek and she loved it! She also loved the lip choice. I used Cocomo lip liner by Milani and MAC's Please Me lipstick. It was the perfect pink nude pout! I like to pick lip colors for my brides I can purchase to add to their touch up kits if need be or a lip choice that isn't hard to duplicate or find if they ever wanted to continue to wear the lippie after their wedding.

 

Her Before

The Gold look

The final look

A Happy Bride to Be!!

Here are a list of products I used(per my notes):

 

Highlight eye rice paper/saddle

Embark crease

Gold mac lid

Down brown transition

Nw50(foundation)

Buzz naked 3

Bitten makeup geek...outer v

Coccomo lips

Please me MAC lipstick

213 lashes

Smolder eye liner

Waterproof mascara

Highlight nc50&nc45 set with Carmelo powder by Ben Nye

Improper copper cream base as a highlight

I think the end result says BRIDE!! Lol. Needless to say...Guess what?!.....She booked me on the spot to be her MUA for her wedding!! I will add she was referred by a previous bride from 2013. My last Bride in fact! I look forward to working with her on her special day! I almost forgot...she is also booking me to do her and her Moms hair and possibly a bridesmaid as well! Woohoo!
If you all haven't guessed yet, I love doing brides! I love behind the scenes work but I really enjoy working with Brides! I'm looking forward to bridal season!!

 

Bridal consultation

Whenever I get a call about a bridal consultation I get excited and nervous all at the same time! I love doing brides! But at the same time I want to give them the best consult/trial they have ever gotten. Also I want them to love it!

Favorite Lip Gloss

I have heard great things about the Victorias Secret lip gloss!  I had to give it a try and I must say that I'm very impressed.  It's not to thick to the point where it becomes too sticky on the lips.  They also come in a range of colors. 

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Hey everyone! I'm back! I've been researching on how to build a better bridal business and came across this article I thought would be perfect for my readers. Before I decided to use my make up skills as a business I did mainly Brides! Well looking back on it which it's been some years ago. I now know some things that I did wrong in the Bridal business. In 2011 it's so much more to just doing make up for a wedding. 1. What are you offering your Brides? 2. Do you consultate with your bride prior to the date? 3. Are you offering any type of discount to the bride for a certain amount in her party? 4. What are some of your marketing ideas for reaching brides? 5. Do you follow up with the bride after a consultation just to make sure you all are still on the same page? There are so many things to consider when trying to please a bride to be! I've just listed a small amount of things to take into consideration. But much more to be explored. I will try every week to do a column on Bridal business. I find that bridal business is a booming business for MUA's when handled correctly. Any comments? Leave below! XOXO