On your wedding day, you want to look your best. If you choose to wear makeup then you’ll definitely want it to last. This task is tough enough on a normal wedding day. With COVID-19 regulations face masks have become required accessories, which can affect your makeup look.
Here’s how to make sure your face stays on throughout the day, even under a face mask.
Tip 1: Use a sticky primer
Pass up your moisturising and glowy primers in favour of a sticker consistency. A strong-hold primer will help grip onto the foundation and make it last longer.
Tip 2: Use a brush to apply foundation
A brush deposits a lot more product than a beauty sponge, which will soak up most of the product and result in a thinner coverage. Remember, you want as much coverage so that it will last longer. A thin layer is more likely to wipe onto your mask. After using a brush, you can go in with a dry sponge to even out the finish and remove brush strokes. This also helps to press the product into your skin and make it last longer.
Tip 3: set your face with a translucent powder
Setting your foundation with a translucent powder will help firm it up and remove some of the moisture that makes it easy for it to wipe off. It essentially acts as a barrier locking that moisture in. A translucent powder won’t affect the colour of your foundation and also helps to mattify your skin.
Here are some helpful tutorials to give you a step-by-step guide:
We love updos! If you have long hair, why not opt for a sleek, finished look? Your hair will be out of your way, so you can play! You can add a touch of glam with decorative hair pieces, hair clips, bands and beads.
Take a look at all these brilliant bridal updo styles.
We all know the makeup makes the look. Don’t hold back on the lips! From bold and bright to subtle and toned down, anything goes. Speak to a stylist about what works with your hair colour and skin tone to make sure your pout stands out.
Nature-lovers can infuse the beauty of the outdoors into their big day in many ways. From your decor to your dress, Mother Nature can be your most special guest.
One’s bridal hairstyle is an aspect people often forget can help in extending a wedding theme. If you’re going for a relaxed boho feel, pull it off by incorporating some flowers. The blooms you choose depend on your wedding colours and the flowers you include in your bridal bouquet.
Here are some ways to add blooming beauties to your bridal hairstyle:
On your wedding day, you’ve got to be dressed to the nines from head to toe. Your bridal hairstyle helps complete your look and adds to the overall vibe you’re going for.
If you’re a lover of the boho aesthetic, extend it to your tresses. Well-placed sprigs of flowers and unique hair accessories, as well as fun braids and twists will take you bridal look from drab to fab.
Bride-to-be’s have dozens of nightmares leading up to their wedding day, but your hair doesn’t have to be one of them! A bad hair day on your big day can be avoided by following these 5 easy steps.
Step 1: Plan Ahead
When booking your appointment with a hair salon, make sure to mention if the appointment is for a specific occasion, so that the hair salon can make sure they have adequate time for the perfect consultation. A perfect consultation will help your hairdresser select the best suitable hair colour and hairstyle for your big day. Your eye colour, skin tone, hair history, current hair condition and facial shape plays an important role in this decision.
Find a Wella Professionals hair salon near you HERE.
Step 2: Prepare your hair at home
Moisture and hair condition is critical! So you should invest in a professional home care treatment range, such as the Wella Professional Fusion Range, which is an instant and long-lasting hair care recovery regimen. It contains Silksteel Technology that provides 95% more resilience against breakage. Creating a soft as silk and strong as steel hair texture. Also, give your hair a break from heat styling for a while, before your appointment.
Dark to light – This can be a tricky process. It is important to be honest about your hair history with your hairdresser and make sure to have realistic expectations, because the end result might not be achieved at the first appointment.
Wella Professionals Color Renew is a zero-damage colour reducer that optimises and prepares your hair for a new colour, by removing the current colour from your hair, without affecting your natural hair colour. This service can be performed more than once on the same day, depending on the colour build up in the hair.
Wella Professionals WellaPlex is another great treatment option to use when going from dark to light. It works as a bond multiplier, which links the bonds inside the hair, reducing damage during the lightening process.
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Ask your hairdresser about Color Renew and WellaPlex, should you want to change your hair colour.
Light to Dark – This desired result is far more achievable with your first appointment. Wella Professionals KPME+ will provide you with even, pure colour results with natural depth and shine and it requires very little prep and salon time.
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It is also important to invest in a good professional home care range to ensure your colour stays true to tone and does not go brassy. The Wella Professionals Brilliance Range is pH optimised, which means that the low pH formula helps to de-swell the cuticles after colouration, ensuring up to 7 weeks colour protection.
Shop the Wella Professionals Brilliance Range HERE.
Remember, having a visual reference with you is another great tool for the hairdresser to use, because everyone sees colour differently!
Step 4: Know your stylist
Certain colour changes, such as removal of unwanted tones, are more difficult and should be handled by a true colour expert. Stick to one hairdresser for the duration of your wedding journey and make sure you understand each other.
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Step 6: Book a post-colour appointment
Schedule another appointment 1 week after your colour change for a Wella Professionals Illumina Glossing Service. This will add an extra glow and shine to your locks, before you say ‘I DO’! This is a quick and super easy service to add shine and refresh colour all in one.
The time leading up to your big day can be very emotional and stressful. Be sure not to leave everything for the last minute.
Find a Wella Professionals hair salon near you HERE.
On your wedding day, absolutely everyone will be looking at your ring. That means your nails are in the spotlight!
Don’t get caught without the perfect set of nails to finish off your look and make your ring stand out. From next-level nail art to keeping it neutral to splashing out in colour, choose something that is you. Remember, every detail matters.
Take a look at these to-die-for nail sets to get inspired.
Tears are inevitable at weddings, but we wouldn’t want your makeup to be ruined. Try these 5 stunning mascaras that won’t run no matter how much you turn on the waterworks.
Easy on your purse, but still gives you the best possible lash lift. Who said lashes on a budget weren’t as fabulous (in all honesty, no one would ever know!)
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Best luxury item
Chanel Le Volume De Chanel Waterproof R650.00
When you think luxury, Chanel is that brand. Their waterproof mascara will not budge for anything. Spoil yourself if you can, it is your big day after all.
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Best voluminous intensity
Lancome Monsieur Big Waterproof Mascara R360.00
If you are all about the volume, in this case bigger is better. Maximum volume and thickness to your lashes without the smudge.
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Best extra length
Bobbi Brown No Smudge Mascara R440.00
Lashes are all about the length, and this mascara is perfect on its own or layered with another one of your faves. It defines the lash and adds that extra length to give us that extra boost of confidence.
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Best of everything overall
Maybelline Colossal Big Shot Waterproof Mascara R149.95
Taking price, volume and staying power into consideration, Maybelline’s mascara comes out on top. It’s no wonder they’ve been around for so many years!
If you’re planning a winter wedding, make sure your makeup look is exactly right. You might hope your wedding date is still safe from the coronavirus, or you may have changed things a bit and opted for a Zoom wedding, or private home wedding. Either way, your look is everything and we’re here to help you get it perfect.
This winter, sultry, edgy and bold is the way to go. Colder temperatures call for warmer looks. However, you don’t have to go for the cliche dark red lips. You can even go for the icy snow queen-look and opt for nude lips. We’re seeing a lot of plum, smokey rose and bronze-nude. Take a look at these fabulous lip looks:
Whether your girls are wearing their hair up or down, a chic hair accessory will complete their final look.
From subtle, to timeless, to something Carrie Bradshaw wore on her first wedding day in the SATC movie, here are some hair accessories to consider for your bridesmaids:
