It is a well known and accepted fact that the bride is usually the center of the wedding ceremony. The groom is also part of it, and a key player in it, to be sure. But in most cases, the attention tends to be shifted to the bride: ‘it’s her day;’ you will hear her girlfriends and relatives saying. And seeing that a wedding is supposed to be a beautiful day, and that the bride is supposed to the center of attention during the ceremony, it is well appreciated one of the keys ways to make it (the wedding) beautiful is by exquisitely beautifying the bride. Otherwise, you may have the most beautiful wedding imaginable, but if the bride comes out seemingly drab or plain in some way, the beauty of the rest of the ceremony would be greatly depreciated.
Basic elements of Bridal makeup
Now asking any wedding planner, you come to realize that one of the most difficult things in wedding organization is that of getting the Bridal makeup right. Incidentally, when we talk about Bridal makeup, we refer to the whole set of things that are done in an effort to make the bride look her very best, in readiness for the big day. Some of these will be procedures performed on her body (application of color, hairstyling, manicuring and so on). Others will go beyond the body, so that issues like the bridal dressing also get highlighted at this point.
Getting Bridal makeup right
One of the most important keys to getting Bridal makeup right in an Indian wedding (as indeed in any other sort of wedding) lies in keeping the overall theme of the wedding in mind all through. When you start thinking of the wedding theme, what you are trying to think of is the terms along which you would like your wedding to be remembered, in posterity. Would you, for instance, want people to always say that so and so had a remarkably beautiful traditional Indian wedding? Or would you like people to always say that so and so had a remarkably ‘modern’ wedding, a well pulled of Christian wedding, or a proper Islamic ‘Nikkah’ ceremony? Whatever your thematic choice, once you make it, you need to undertake Bridal makeup which makes that theme come out clearly. Indeed, you need to keep it in mind that Bridal makeup is one of the ways through which the thematic underpinnings of a wedding manifest. So you cannot afford to take it lightly.
The cost of Bridal makeup
Contrary to what many of us have come to believe, Bridal makeup need not cost a fortune. Of course, if you have more money, and you deploy it effectively, you could end up with truly remarkable results in terms of Bridal makeup. But if you are short on funds, there are still some good substitutions and eliminations you can make, and still come up with good Bridal makeup results. The end result is a situation where for as little as 1,000 rupees you can get Bridal makeup done, but where as much as 100,000 rupees can still find application in Bridal makeup; inasmuch as you can raise that much money.
But in this case, being flawlessly beautiful isn't the bride's goal: that's for the photographer to shoot.
In addition to a bridal makeup artist, there are other things you should consider when selecting the makeup artist to help you with your wedding makeup.
Makeup artists should be knowledgeable about different types of makeup, skincare, and hair care products.
But if you have dark spots on your skin, such as freckles, you'll want your makeup artist to know how to properly apply concealers and foundation to hide them.
With eye shadow and lipstick colors, it's important to find someone who can match your eye color with the color of the dress.
You may also want to ask if the makeup artist can help you on special occasions.
