Your Wedding Makeup Should Still Look Like YOU

Wedding makeup should enhance you—not turn you into someone you don't recognize.

Your wedding day is not the day to look like a completely different person.

It's the day to look like the very best version of yourself.

That might sound simple, but with endless Pinterest boards, Instagram inspiration, celebrity bridal looks, airbrushed photos, and makeup trends everywhere you look, it's easy to lose sight of what actually feels like you.

And here's my biggest piece of advice as a professional wedding makeup artist:

If you look in the mirror and don't recognize yourself, it's not the right look for you.

Maybe you normally wear very little makeup.

Maybe you love a full glam look.

Maybe you're somewhere in between.

There is no single definition of "bridal makeup." Your wedding makeup should reflect your personality, comfort level, dress, wedding style, and—most importantly—you.

If you never wear a bold red lip, your wedding day probably isn't the best time to suddenly decide you're a red-lip bride.

If you barely wear makeup but feel uncomfortable with dramatic contouring and a full set of lashes, you don't have to do it just because it's popular.

And if you love a glamorous makeup look and want to go all out? Absolutely!

The goal isn't to make every bride look the same.

The goal is to make you feel beautiful.

Pinterest Is Inspiration—Not a Requirement

Pinterest and social media can be wonderful places to find wedding makeup inspiration.

But there is one little problem.

You're looking at someone else's face.

A makeup look that is gorgeous on one bride may not feel right on another. Face shape, skin tone, eye shape, features, personal style, and even the lighting in a photograph can change how a makeup look appears.

That doesn't mean you can't bring inspiration photos to your makeup trial. In fact, I encourage it!

Just think of those photos as a starting point, not an instruction manual.

Your makeup artist can take the elements you love and create a version that works beautifully for your face.

You Should Feel Confident—Not Disguised

There is a big difference between feeling glamorous and feeling disguised.

Your wedding makeup should make you want to look in the mirror.

You should be excited to see yourself in your wedding photos.

You should be able to laugh, cry, dance, hug your people, and still feel like the woman who walked into the makeup chair that morning.

Because years from now, you won't want to look back at your wedding album and think:

"Wow. Who was that?"

You want to think:

"Look at me. I felt so beautiful that day."

Don't Let Trends Choose Your Wedding Makeup

Wedding makeup trends come and go.

What's considered the "perfect" bridal look today may look completely different a few years from now.

Your wedding photos, however, are forever.

That's why I love creating timeless wedding makeup looks that enhance your natural features instead of hiding them under trends.

You don't need to follow every bridal beauty trend.

You don't need to have the same makeup as your favorite influencer.

And you definitely don't need to choose a look simply because someone told you that every bride should wear it.

You get to decide what beautiful looks like.

Your Wedding Makeup Should Still Look Like YOU