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Abroad Wedding Make Up

Victoria Hayes • 4 April 2019

What make-up to change if you're getting married abroad

If feels very odd writing this when its 1 degree outside and snowing! But I've been asked several times as a make-up artist, 'What make-up do you recommend for an abroad wedding', so I thought id write a post on it and share it with you all in the hope it might help any future brides or guests.

Firstly lets start with skin prep. If you want your make-up to last all day, look smooth, skin to feel hydrated and spot free, I'd suggest you have a facial or several, once a month in the lead up to the wedding to get your skin in top condition. A skin therapist will advise you on the best facials for your skin type and concerns if you have any. Or if you're on a tight budget or time short, use a facial exfoliator (nothing too abrasive) followed by a face mask once a week as a skin booster and moisturise twice a day. Also book to have your eyebrows shaped. Your eyebrows frame your eyes and will make a big difference to how your makeup will look on the day.

In the morning of the wedding, if you're prone to dryness and/or flaky skin, exfoliate first before you start any make-up application, and moisturise with an oil free moisturiser. For an oilier skin type, a serum will be enough.

Next step, primers

There are plenty on the market to suit your skin type and to help with skin concerns, such as helping to smooth enlarged pores and lines, to give radiance, colour correcting and mattifying ones. Primers will help makeup longevity and correct a skin concern, but don't use it all over the face, use just in areas where needed. I like the vast array of Smash Box primers and the Mii Smoothing Face Prep (£21.00 for 30ml) for a silicone based smoothing primer. Eye-shadow primers will also help stop eye-shadow from creasing and moving, I love the Nars, Smudge Proof Eye-shadow Base, (£20.00 for 8g) especially for oily eyelids or the NYX Waterproof Eye-shadow Primer (£6.00 for 7ml) is a good one for a budget option.

Foundation

Your base is a very personal one. Some love a heavy coverage, which looks good on photos but not always great close up, and likewise too light of a coverage won't give you a flawless complexion, so try different ones before you buy. Look for heat resistant foundations, such as Estee Lauder Double Wear (£33.50 for 30ml) for a full coverage or Double Wear Light (£33.50 for 30ml) for a medium coverage. Silicone based foundations are also great, such as Airbase (£36.00 for 30ml) because they're heat and humidity resistant and will stay put for hours. I use Airbase foundations for weddings for that same reason, they last all day and photograph beautifully. I would steer clear of mineral make-up and high SPF contents as this will give you flash-back on photos and will make you look pale!

Eyebrow products.

Brows have become big business recently, with the rise of the bold, over drawn dark brow! (shudder!) If you're in a hotter climate opt for a brow mascara instead of a pencil or powder as these could sweat off easily. Brow mascaras will fix brows in to shape (a bit like hairspray), and will add some colour definition. I personally use Mii Sculpting Brow Builder (£14.95) on my brows every day. I like it because it doesn't feel hard (and crusty but trying to think of a better word ;-/) and lasts until I take my make-up off.

Eye shadow

Opt for a cream shadow such as Charlotte Tilbury, Eyes to Mesmerise (£22.00) or eye-shadow crayons such as Bobbi Brown, Long-Wear Cream shadow stick (£23.00) or Mii Forever Eye Colour Crayon (£17.00). I've tried and tested these products whilst on holiday and once set dry, they really don't budge.

Eyeliner & Mascara

Waterproof liners are widely available, however you can use your preferred pencil or gel liner, let it dry and apply eye-shadow over the top to seal it in. This will keep the liner in place in any heat. With mascara I feel its always a personal choice, depending on the look and your budget. But no matter how great your waterproof mascara is, if you cry it'll still clump together. If you want to avoid this, try semi permanent lashes that'll last for 3-5 weeks or tube mascara such as Blinc mascara (£22.00) to stop lashes from sticking together.

Lipstick

There's so many good brands of lipstick, from high street to high end, I couldn't choose between them. Its important to get the colour right so again, try before you buy and see how it wears. For the application you could go for either a filled in lip liner with gloss over the top or a semi matt texture as these wont fade fast or feel too dry. You could also use Lipcoat lipstick sealer (£3.69 from Boots) to secure the colour in place.

Blusher and Highlighter

I love a good cream blush and highlighter, and I'm particularly loving the Trinny London Flush Blush (£20.00) and The Right Light highlighter (£25.00) at the minute. I find with cream to powder formulas, once set they don't move and if we're talking hot weather we need products to last. For powder lovers you could still apply over cream products to give it more stick.

Setting powder

Finally, once makeup has been applied, set it with a finishing powder. This will absorb oil, stop shine, keep foundation in place and give an airbrushed softness. Apply to the T zone areas or if you're oily apply all over. I like finely milled powders like Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Finish (£33.00) or Mii Illusionist Translucent Powder (£24.00).

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