Makeup Advice- doing it myself?

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Re: Makeup Advice- doing it myself?

@DrMrsAaminaMohsin

Hey guys,
I am getting married this December 2015. My nikkah was in 2012, now it will be the barat and walima in shaa Allah. I just wanted some advice. The makeup I had gotten for the nikkah, although well done, made me look much older than I am and in some photos made it look like I was sweating/ it was too shiny. Now, for my wedding in December I kind of want to do my makeup myself for the three days (mehndi, barat, walima. I have some pretty expensive makeup (mostly Sephora or Mac) and am capable of doing it very well (atleast I think so). I would just want someone to do my hair and mehndi on my hands/arms/ feet. I was wondering if anyone had any experience in doing their own makeup for their wedding? How was the experience? Would you advice for or against it?
Thanks

I did my own makeup for my mangni and will be doing my own for the mehndi. I can do my own for the wedding if I REALLY wanted to, but I like the idea of just sitting there and letting someone else deal with my face for the day.

Make sure the foundation you have does not have SPF in it because it’ll cause a white cast on your face when photographed and make sure your makeup is a lot heavier than you normally do because it’ll still photograph very subtle.

Mehndi I want minimal makeup anyways and so I wanted to do it myself because I feel very caked on when I get it done professionally. My suggestion would be, before you completely disregard a professional MUA (who are pretty good at doing what photographs well…usually), go for a trial or two and THEN make your decision.

Where are you located? I’m sure someone here can recommend some MUA.