Would You Get Married Barefaced?

I don't normally wear much, if any, makeup so if I had to, this wouldn't have phased me. It was nice getting pampered with hair and makeup the morning of the wedding though so I'm glad I chose to get makeup done.

I wore makeup for my wedding (hired a makeup artist), though did not wear makeup for one of our engagement photo sessions, and I still absolutely loved the photos. I don't wear makeup any other day of the year, so if I needed to, I think I would have been fine not wearing makeup on my wedding day.

Totally could! I’ve spent a lot of time and money on laser treatments to get healthy, youthful skin, so I go bare faced nearly everyday. When I do wear makeup, it’s usually just mascara and lip gloss.

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Nice! Would your big day have felt any different sans-makeup?

View Quoted Comment Not at all! The whole day, I really wasn't thinking about how I looked. I was more focused on those around me and walking down the aisle with my husband. I feel most like myself without makeup, so I honestly don't think I would have missed it if I didn't wear it on my wedding day.

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Beautiful! I personally didn't wear my daily makeup. Bridesmaids and I went barefoot in our robes!

Personally, I don't think I could. When I was in school and had more time in the mornings, I got really into makeup and would do a full face just for fun a lot of the time. I still do a regime of eyeshadow, eyeliner, mascara, lipstick, and usually blush for workdays, and I'll do a full face for nicer events.

I don't mind going to the grocery store or the gym barefaced, but I do feel a lot more confident and put together with makeup than without. I also look super washed out in pictures, and if I'm going to pay an arm and a leg for those pictures on my wedding day, I want to look my best lol.

The marriage event certainly is significant enough in our lives to deserve the greater attention to details than almost any other thing that could happen. So we should do the best we can toward that event. But it could be that doing this without makeup would still work out fine.

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If there was no other way, would you still like the pictures?

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Ehh I mean, probably since they'd be my wedding pictures. But if I somehow found myself in a position where I lost the hours of time I had blocked off exclusively for the bridal party, the moms, and I to get hair and makeup done, I'd probably just take a detour to my place on the way to the ceremony and DIY my makeup quickly.

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In your situation it sounds more important. It is like doing videos with the camera lighting ... people's faces appear without much features -- all washed out -- if they don't use makeup for it.

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Would the pics really look worse without makeup?

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Knowing how I photograph without makeup, probably. My natural eyelashes are really light, and my bare lips are pretty pale. Add in camera flashes, spotlights, etc., and I wind up looking like a ghost.

I wouldn't like the pictures as much since I have a tendency to look super tired without at least a little makeup on, but I would go down the aisle barefaced in a heartbeat if that was the only way I got to marry my fiancé. Good pictures are nice but honestly he's far and beyond the most important part of the day to me.

Absolutely I would with one condition, I'd need lash extensions. I've had micro blading for brows, so that's all I would need. To be fair, I don't usually wear much makeup anyway.

I don't wear makeup but will be for my BFFs wedding as well as mine. I am very pale and don't want to look washed out in photos I paid thousands for (or she paid thousands for)

No not me. Only doing this once, I want to be dolled up.

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If you didn't have a choice wouldn't you still get married with no makeup on?

View Quoted Comment Yes I would with no other choice.

I am not going to wear makeup on my wedding day. The most makeup I have ever worn was a dark lipstick so I could look different and avoid somebody, but I hated it the whole time. It'll be a great wedding though.