Doing my own makeup?

I'm doing my own makeup. I sell mary kay so I have experience doing my own makeup. I do experiment a bit once in awhile and will probably do more once the date gets closer.

I did my own makeup! My mom’s friend sells for Mary Kay and she helped me practice and get pretty good at it.


My best recommendation is to do self-trials on yourself until you feel comfortable! I’d just do my makeup like this for date nights in the months leading up to the wedding so I could get the hang of it lol. By the wedding day I knew exactly what I was doing and exactly how long it would take!


Also, I had one of my bridesmaids (who is really good at makeup) on standby to take over for me in the event that I was too anxious and/or shaky to do it on my own lol. But it ended up not being necessary.

I’m doing my own I’ve been practicing and feel super confident. I’m gonna allot a lot of time day of though just in case I panic, and I have two bridesmaids who are experienced with makeup just in case I need a little help.

If you are confident and would prefer to do your own, I think that's fine! I'd do several trial runs at home to make sure it lasts long enough (6-12 hours depending on your wedding day), and that you can do fake lashes if you want them. I think having great quality products, good primers, and very moisturized skin helps too.

I'm also doing my own makeup! I only ever use eyeliner, mascara, a brow pencil, and maybe a lipstick or some eyeshadow for fancy occasions and I just didn't feel comfortable getting full-face of makeup for such a big day when I want to look and feel like myself. Articles I read said that you'd look "washed out" without any face makeup on for professional photos, but I quickly found that to be very untrue after having our engagement photos done. I've practiced the look I'm going to do a couple of times and made notes about each step so I know exactly what to do the day of instead of winging it lol

How do you normally do your makeup and what's your wedding day look inspo? I usually wear a full face of makeup every day so I'm thinking of doing my own as well except really going more with the pigmented shadow and lashes as I want it to look bold in photos

View Quoted Comment I usually do a full face of makeup every day as well. I'm hoping to do my usual but maybe make my eyes a little more bold. I love too faced and Naked palettes for my eyes 😍

View Quoted Comment Thank you! I'm just glad I'm not the only one doing it!!

I am because I'm afraid of not looking like myself. I used to do a full vintage look anyway, so I'm comfortable with a full face. I swear by Blistex before lipstick, Besamé Cosmetics classic color lipstick (vintage reproduction line; reds for everyone!), Bareminerals BarePro foundation, color correction concealers, and a beauty blender.

I'm doing my own! I'm fairly decent at it, and I can't stomach the idea of spending the money on something that I know I can do myself, exactly how I want it.