Make up trial

Suggested to my gf some months back to do a make up trial before her actual wedding day because the look that the make up artist came up with for her photoshoot was rather passe. And she complained to me that the make up artist used eyeliner on her lower lids despite her objecting to it. Seriously, either you are aunty or Captain Jack Sparrow, this liquid liner on the lower lids is dated. Unfortunately, she didn't do a trial before her photoshoot.

Thank goodness she agreed to my suggestion and I accompanied her to do a trial yesterday. Again the make up artist insisted on liquid liner on the lower lids. I knew it would turn out horrendous but agreed to let the make up artist try it so that we could all be convinced that it ain't gonna work. After that I suggested to her to use eyeshadow instead and it came out much better. But before we settled on the right colour she kept using the darker colours which didn't suit my friend because it emphasized on her eyebags. The whole make up didn't come out fantastic but it was probably the best the make up artist could do. For an old school bridal studio with an aunty lady boss, I think we can't expect too much.

Then we went on to the hair. The earlier hairstyle was all let down and with the frills on the shoulder area, it appeared a little too heavy. So I printed a few hairstyles which I felt were suitable and showed them to the make up artist. It was a simple loose / messy style that is combed to one side. Relatively simple actually, I did a few of such styles on my own before by referring to Japanese magazines I bought. But she took a pretty long time to figure it out. The techniques she used were quite old school too. Not quite what I wanted, but the final outcome turned out alright. Definitely much much better than what was used for the photoshoot.

I think I can do a much better job on the make up and hair as a non professional. And I personally think that it is very important to engage the right make up artist and photographer. The photographer seemed to have over photoshop the photos.

I hope the make up artist remembers what she did yesterday and replicate it on the wedding day :)