Wedding Makeup on a budget?
My dear cousin and his bride are on a budget that makes me wonder how they survive each month. They are getting married and she needs to feel beautiful on her special day. I don’t think going to department stores is a good idea for makeup like I did. I think I paid a few hundred dollars to Lancome for my stuff.
I use e.l.f. (www.eyeslipsface.com) for my glosses and nail polish. I even bought the DVD on how tos. The model looked amazing afterwards but I am worried.
I found this page that is the bridal recommended products: http://www.eyeslipsface.com/predesignedKitsDetail.asp?dept_id=&product_id=10337 Has anyone used these? Or can recommend whether they think e.l.f. will stay fresh for the 5-6 hours she will be hosting the reception?
(Oddly enough I found a coupon on a blog for 50% off up to 15 bucks using RADIO in the coupon code box. Looks like it will work. I typed it in and gave me the 7.50 off)
If your first reaction were “Oh, this is no problemm at all . . . it’ll be a breeze!” Then I would say go for it! However this is one day you don’t want to mess up.
Now what I heard from Clinique was that you have to buy three products with them when you have a bridal makeover . . . not $200 worth of stuff. I think that’s fair. Make sure this is true. And if so maybe you could accompany her to the appointment and treat her to some quality foundation, blush, and lipstick from them. That would be a sweet present. I say foundation and blush because they do look better when professionally matched, and lipstick because the bride will probably need touchups on her lips throughout the day.
The other option you could try is to call your local cosmetology schools and see if they offer makeup application. At mine it only costs 12-16 dollars. Which isn’t bad. And I figure they’re being trained “right now” so they really have the process in their head for applying correctly. And they have to have a professor check off on their work before they’ll let you leave. I would not be worried one bit.
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