Professional Make-up Application: Why You Should Consider a Professional Wedding Makeup Artist
More and more, brides are seeking the advice of a professional make-up artist to help them look their best on the big day. It’s a once in a lifetime event, so investing the money to hire a professional artist is a good investment if it’s in your budget. Here are some great reasons to hire a professional (versus self-application) and some tips on finding a professional make-up artist that can work well with you and make you feel special on your wedding day.
Why Hire a Professional Wedding Makeup Artist
While it may be tempting to get everything done in one place, or saving some money to having yourself or a friend do your make-up for you, it is generally a good idea to hire a professional if you can afford it. A professional make up artist will have not only the knowledge, but the products to make sure you stand out (in a good way!) in your wedding photos. You wont look shiny or blotchy because of flash photography, which can happen when you use regular makeup products and they aren’t evenly applied.
A professional can set up an appointment with you in advance and do a trial run of your makeup to make sure you look they way you envisioned. He or she has done this literally hundreds or thousands of times, and you will feel more confident knowing that what you see at your trial appointment will look exactly the same a few days later on the big day! You can choose from a large selection of themes, and they can specialize your look to match your skin tone, undertones, and bone structure.
Professional artists can use a wide variety of tools and accessories to customize your look so that you look your best. They can apply liquid eyeliner, false eyelashes, or sculpt eyebrows with ease. Have you tried to apply liquid liner with a shaky hand, which you more than likely will have on your wedding day? That can bring disastrous results! Avoid nervously over plucking your brow-line or other make-up mishaps by hiring a professional who will be calm and soothing on your day. Many brides have found that having a third party in the room while they are preparing can remove some of the nervous energy that even your friends and family can unintentionally perpetuate on your wedding day.
Another great thing about professional make-up artists, is the convenience of hiring someone who comes to you on your day. You will not have to run from salon to salon rounding up your entourage. They will come to you, and often you can arrange for an artist to be at your wedding and stay on through the reception to provide you with touch ups or changing your makeup to compliment a change of clothes if you don’t intend to wear your wedding dress to the reception.
Tips on Hiring a Professional Wedding Makeup Artist
If you have committed to hiring a professional for your wedding event, here are a few tips to help you hire someone with whom you feel comfortable.
- Look at his/her portfolio. Whether its a binder or an online album, professional make-up artists will have pictures of the brides they have assisted. What you re looking for is a variety of styles and colors, even application, and make sure they are able to work with your skin tone.
- Ask for References. Your potential makeup artist wont be offended at all if you ask who they have done work for in the past and should be proud to provide you with letters of reference, or testimonies of satisfied brides. Also, as your friends, relatives, and anyone else you meet at wedding expos, etc. who they have heard about or will be using.
- Ask them what brands of makeup they use. There are several options, and you not only want to make sure it’s not something you are allergic to, but also ask if it’s a mineral powder that wont clog pores should you sweat, or High Definition makeup that, while much thicker, is best for photography and video recording.