5 Reasons to hire a Professional Makeup Artist for your wedding

For the Brides who are considering doing their own makeup for their biggest most important day or having a "friend that's good at makeup" do it for you, please consider these 5 reasons why you should hire a Professional Makeup Artist.


1.  The Tools and Products

My kit contains the most desired MAC makeup brushes, a wide spectrum of professional foundation colours, eyeshadows, lipsticks and blushes perfect for photography.  If you don't wear a lot of makeup to begin with, why spend all your money on product that you'll most likely never use again? Even if you do wear makeup on a daily basis, why wear the same look for your wedding that you would everyday?  This is your one day to be the most beautiful that you can be, and I can bring your vision of the perfect you to fruition with my professional makeup kit and tools.

2.  Prepping & Priming

Do you know the difference between prepping and priming the skin to ensure your makeup lasts all day as opposed to just putting makeup on for day to day?  I use foolproof, reliable skincare that enhances your foundation when applied to the face and primers that help to smooth out the skin and stabilize the makeup when it's applied on top to ensure that it stays on all day into the night.  The same is done for eyes, lips, and cheeks.


3. Contouring & Highlighting


Makeup's not just about putting on foundation and adding eyeshadows and lipstick, it's also about creating dimension to the face by sculpting and highlighting in the right areas. It's something most people don't think about when doing makeup.  There's the difference between a makeup application that looks great and  then there's breathtaking!


4.  False Lashes

I think every Bride should wear false lashes for their wedding day.  It makes the eyes more defined and looks beautiful in pictures.  Trying to apply false lashes on yourself when getting ready on your big day is a reason in itself to hire a Professional Makeup Artist.  The slightest misplacement after your perfectly applied makeup is not something you want to mess with, not to mention that you'll need to ensure that it's properly secured with the right amount of glue to prevent the disaster of a lash falling off during your ceremony.  Need I say more?


5.  The Investment

Last but not least, after months of picking out the perfect wedding gown, shoes, accessories etc. your most important investment is how beautiful your face is going to look.  This is going to be one of the most photographed days of your life, let a professional make you look your best.  At the end of  the day your guests aren't going to be talking about how great the food was or how touching the speeches were, they're going to be talking how stunning the Bride looked : )