Blinging Bride: The Best Long-Wearing Makeup for Your Wedding Day
It’s your special day. Insure that you are picture perfect with long-lasting makeup that will keep you looking fresh from the moment you walk down the aisle to the moment you cross the threshold of your Bridal Suite. We have picked out favorite products that we have used and tested, not only on use, but bridal clients as well.
1. Primer for Face & Eyes
The proper preparation for makeup starts with primer.
Try: Smashbox Photo Finish Oil Free Foundation Primer Pore Minimizing $39
A primer and pore minimizer that lasts for up to eight hours.
Try: BUXOM Stick Around™ Eye Primer $20
A long-lasting eye primer fully committed to crease-free lids.
2. Foundation
Perfect skin with foundation that matches your tone, doesn’t appear “ghostlike” on film and lasts for hours.
Try: Lancôme Teint Idole Ultra 24H $45.50
A 24-hour wear, oil-free foundation that achieves medium to full coverage and leaves a velvety, matte finish.
3. Concealer
Pre wedding day jitter guarantee that you will surely need maximum coverage concealer on your special day.
Try: Laura Mercier High Coverage Concealer For Under Eye $28
A unique three-in-one concealer to cover, de-puff, and brighten dark under eye circles, while nourishing and smoothing skin.
4. Blush
You are the blushing bride — go with a blush that lasts through your last dance of the night.
Try: Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush $26
A long-wearing, solar-baked blush that lasts up to 12 hours.
5. Highlighter
Proper lighting is the photographers job. Perfect highlighting is your makeup artist job.
Try: BECCA Shimmering Skin Perfector™ Pressed $38
A creamy powder luminizer that absorbs and reflects light for a superb natural glow.
6. Eyeliner
Your eyes are the focus of the day. Define them with black liner.
Try: Kat Von D Tattoo Eyeliner $19
Achieve eye perfection with this high-pigment, waterproof liner that stays put all day for a fade-, melt-, crack-, and run-resistant finish.
7. Eyeshadow
Subtle shadowing that goes the distance is your best friend.
Try: Lorac Pro Palette $42
PRO Palette contains 16 Eye Shadows and a Mini Behind The Scenes Eye Primer for stay-true color that lasts, a PRO must-have!
8. Mascara
Get lashes that look like faux lashes with water resistant mascara.
Try: Tarte Lights, Camera, Flashes™ Statement Mascara $23
This long-wearing, vitamin-infused formula emphasizes length and volume while conditioning lashes for a dramatic look that won’t dry out, flake, or budge.
9. Lip Color
From your first kiss to the last, keep your color fresh with a lip stain.
Try: Josie Maran Lip Color Coconut Watercolor Lip Stain & Shine $22
A double-ended,14-hour wear lip stain and gloss infused with hydrating coconut water and argan oil.
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