Big Lal Bindi Look

The classic big red bindi look has been the go-to look for brides for ages. A makeup look that is built around the beautiful big red bindi, this look is absolutely timeless and its beauty never fails.

Copper & Champagne Eyes Look

Warm coppery and champage tones make for a soft and warm yet powerful look that goes amazingly with the red lehenga. This is a great choice if you want to look posh yet soft, as the look can do both fierce and simplistic.

Smokey Eyes Look

This look is for the bold and fierce brides out there who want their beautiful eyes to be the centre of attention. Dramatic, theatric and perfect for brides who aren’t afraid of a strong and captivating look.

Glitter Eyes

If you’re someone who is all about glitz and glam, don’t be afraid of going for a glimmery and glittery look on your wedding day. This makeup idea is gorgeous, girly, bold, bright and just every adjective that a bride wants to hear. Go fulfill your fairy tale dreams with some pixie dust on your eyes!

Popping Red Lip Look

This look is immensely popular among brides. The whole makeup look is built around the bold red lips. If you have gorgeous red lips and aren’t afraid of showing them off and making them the center of attention, do consider this one!

Above are makeup ideas you can never go wrong to go with red lehengas. Which look is your favourite? Please let us know in comments

If you’re looking for more bridal makeup inspiration articles check these out: 8 things a bride should know before finalising her makeup artist

No matter how much your friends and family members try to help you, its only you who knows how exactly do you want to look on all the events of your wedding, after all you have been dreaming about this for years. But if your head is buzzing with all the work, then let us help you out here. Let us discuss 8 must-know things that you should know before finalizing your makeup artist for the wedding.

Book In Advance…If Needed Then Wayyy In Advance

When every bride’s dates are finalized, important bookings are the first thing that they do and so should you, so that there aren’t any problems at the last moment. Also, if you are planning to hire someone very popular and renowned, then you should probably check their availability at least a year prior to the wedding.

Now What Kind Of Makeup Do You Want

Here by the types of makeup, we mean Airbrush or HD makeup?

Airbrush makeup is done with help of an air gun which is used to spray the makeup all over your face. Starting from the foundation to the blush and eye shadow, all of it can be done using the Airbrush makeup technique, however, in this technique it is very important that the makeup artist has some prior experience because this technique needs some time and practice to master.

The second type is the HD makeup which is done manually with brushes and blenders. This kind of makeup gives you a flawless natural look and hides your blemishes and skin spots to an extent that even the camera lens cannot capture it.

So, it is very important that you decide what you want beforehand so that you are not confused by the options on the wedding day.

Check The Makeup Artist’s Portfolio

In the world of Instagram, it does not take much time and effort to check out someone’s portfolio. Just go their Instagram page and you will find their previous works with other clients. This will give you an insight into their work and see if it matches your requirements and also check if they are capable of delivering what you are expecting.

Check Their Fees And Your Budget

The next thing that you should is check their charge. The cost for your wedding day makeup will be higher in comparison to the other small functions. So make sure that you check out how much they charge, their payment system and also how much advance they take. Also, while checking the charge, see what facilities does the bridal makeup package offers.

Generally, bridal makeup package offers-

1)Makeup

2)Hairstyle

3)Dupatta Draping

4)Nail Polish (this one depends on the makeup artist)

So make sure that you are discussing all these details before hand to avoid any last minute problem.

Ask For A Trial

Surprises are super adorable but not on your wedding day, right? Taking a leap of faith is okay when the makeup artist has been recommended to you by a close friend or relative or if they are really famous with a spectacular portfolio but if your makeup artist doesn’t meet either of the above categories then you should ask for a trial.

Now, there are three kinds of trials-

1)The first type is when they give you a makeup trial and latter adjust the price in your actual cost for the wedding makeup. That this, they might not give you a free trial but they can certainly give you a discount.

2)The second type is a paid trial which means you will have to pay for it separately apart from your wedding makeup charges.

3)The third is the free kind, bur honestly speaking free trials are not that common with bridal makeup artists, especially if they are established.

So, again keep in mind that when you discuss a makeup trail with her make sure you clear out the payment structure point so that there aren’t any misunderstandings later.

Always Know The Person Who Will Do Your Makeup, Not The Brand

This will not be an issue if you are dealing with a freelance makeup artist or a solo makeup artist but let’s say you have contacted a beauty salon for your wedding makeup then make sure you know who from that salon will do your makeup. Is it the head or their assistant and how many people will be there. Know all the details by heart.

Let Them Know About The Venue And Ask If They Are Comfortable With Travelling

For wedding makeup we always recommend to choose someone who stays near the venue or your house. The reason behind this is that wedding makeup can take up a lot of time and you certainly don’t want someone who stays so far that she might get stuck in the traffic and get late. Time is something that you just cannot compromise on when its your wedding day.

Also, if you are having a destination wedding ask her how comfortable she is with travelling with you to the venue. Have all these discussions beforehand to avoid last minute complications.

Discuss The Lighting Beforehand

This is something that you will have to keep in mind even during the trial. Lighting is an important part of bridal makeup and all your wedding pictures depend on that. So make sure that the makeup is finalized keeping the lighting in mind. Also, ask them if they will bring the makeup lights with them (this is a preferable option), if not then how should you arrange for it and what should you keep in mind while getting one.

Now these were the 8 things that you should know before booking a makeup artist. But wait, there’s more! Let’s briefly talk about what other things you should keep in mind.

• Make sure everything has been decided beforehand. Starting from the color of the eye shadow to the shade of foundation, everything should be discussed before.
• Make sure your makeup artist has seen your outfits, after all the makeup will have to match with that.
• Do not really on a verbal contract, its safer to opt for a written contract.
• If you are planning to arrange makeup for your family as well through the same makeup artist, ask about the time management and all specific requirements.
• Make sure you have either used the makeup brand they are planning to use before or you do a patch test before applying it to ensure you are not allergic to it.
• Ask them if they recommend any prior skin or hair treatments.

So this was all that you had to know before finalizing your makeup artist for the big day. We hope all your doubts have been cleared and you are all set to dazzle on your wedding and all the other events surrounding it.

We wish you all the best bride-to-be!

Things You Will Require

• Makeup brushes
• Moisturizer
• Primer
• Foundation
• Concealer
• Face Powder
• Eye Shadow Palette
• Kohl Pencil
• Eye Liner
• Eyebrow Pencil
• Contour Powder
• Blush
• Highlighter
• Lip Liner
• Lipstick
• Bindi

Base Makeup

1)Moisturizer

The first step for your bridal makeup is moisturizer. Take a moisturizer of your choice and apply it evenly all over your face with your fingers. The moisturizer will help you spread your foundation and will also prevent your makeup from cracking.

2)Primer

After the moisturizer, select a primer and apply it evenly on your face. You can also use a brush to make sure it blends well. The primer will serve as a base for your foundation. It acts as an extra layer between your skin and your makeup to make sure your makeup lasts longer. It also helps smoothen out your skin and add a glow to your face.

3)Foundation

After primer,grab a foundation and make sure it matches your skin tone. Apply a few drop of it on your cheeks, forehead and nose and use your hands to mix it evenly on your entire face. Foundation is very useful to cover up flaws and it also gives you an even skin tone .

4)Concealer

Next goes the concealer. Apply the concealer under your eyes and on blemishes that you want to hide and blend it well. Whether you want to hide pimple marks and spots or cover up your dark circles, concealers come handy in every case. They cover up all the imperfections and give you that flawless look.

5)Face Powder

Finish off your base makeup with a dab of face powder. Face powder helps you settle your makeup and makes sure that your layers of foundation and concealer does not crease. Dab your fluffy brush in some face powder then apply it evenly on your face. Use the brush to blend it well and brush off the extra powder.

Good Job! Now you are done with your base makeup and your face will look something like this. After this, we will move on to your eye makeup.

Eye makeup

1)Eye Shadow

Next, we will start with your eye makeup. First, you will apply a light brown shade as the base for your eye makeup. Use a flat eye shadow brush and apply it well along your crease as well. This will give you an appearance of bigger eyes.

Next you will pick up a bronze shade and apply it well over the brown shade without crossing the crease. Once you are done with this, use the same brush to blend the two shades well.

2)Kajal

After the eye shadow, apply kajal on both of your waterlines. Kajal really helps in making your eyes look more prominent and accentuates your eye makeup. Considering the emotional moments of a wedding, we recommend you use a waterproof kajal.

2)Liner

Once you are done with your kajal, take your black eye liner and apply it along your lash line. You can keep it simple or do a thick winged or cat style liner, that’s completely up to you. In case you don’t feel that comfortable using a liquid liner, feel free to use a liner pencil and make a neat stroke.

3)Mascara

Finish off your eye makeup with a flick of mascara on both of your lashes. Do not use extra mascara because that will make your lashes clammy and you don’t want that right?

4)False lashes

Now, this is optional. If you are a fan of long dramatic lashes that after you apply the mascara. Get a pair of false eye lashes and stick it carefully on your real eyelashes.

TIP- In case you want to accentuate your lashes without using fake lashes then before you apply mascara, grab a eyelash curler and curl your lashes. Then, apply mascara on both of your lashes. This will make your lashes look long and thicker and add drama to your eye makeup.

5)Eyebrows

Finish off your eye makeup with a eyebrow pencil. Grab a black eyebrow pencil and make an outline of your eyebrows. Then slowly start filling up your brows with light strokes along its length. Make sure you don’t over do it and make your brows extra dark, try to make it look as natural as possible.

Tadaa! Once you are done with your eye makeup, you will look something like this. After this, we will finish off your face makeup. Let’s go!

Finishing Your Face Makeup

1)Contour

We understand that if you are not a professional then contouring can be difficult but not if you are just using a contour powder. Grab a fan brush and apply the contour shade along your cheeks to highlight your cheekbones and along your jaw to make your jawline look more prominent. Contouring makes you’re your features look sharper and more sculpted.

2)Blush

Once you are done with the contour, we will go for the blush. Pout your lips and and apply the blush along your cheek bones. This will add a very sweet glow to your skin.

Make sure you blend it well with brush to avoid the prominence of two separate colors( one of the blush and the other of the contour) on your cheeks.

3)Highlighter

The last part of your face makeup is the highlighter. Apply it on your cheekbones, nose bridge and under your eyebrows to add a glow and shimmery feel to your bridal makeup.

Lips

1)Lip liner

Now that you have almost completed your bridal makeup, we will start with your lip makeup. Grab a lip liner that goes with your lipstick shade and make a thin outline around your lips. Lip liners are very important to keep your lipstick intact throughout the long hours of the ceremony and prevent your lipstick from bleeding.

TIP- You can also use your lip liner as a base for your lipstick to make it last longer

2)Lipstick

Finish off your gorgeous bridal makeup with a dark red lipstick to make your lips look bold and stand out. Fill up your lips with a dark red shade and your easy DIY bridal makeup is complete!

TIP-In case you are wearing a maroon lehenga, we recommend you use a matching shade of lipstick. For all the other colors, you can go with red.

So here is your very gorgeous and perfectly done bridal makeup! Wasn’t that easy? Let us know if you try this at home and do share your experience and pictures with us because we are eagerly waiting to hear from you.

All the best!

Image Credits- Nykaa

Model- Ankita Chaturvedi

1) Moisturize Your Skin Before Your Fancy Bridal Makeup

One of the most important part of your bridal makeup starts from the base. Before you start applying your makeup make sure you skin is moisturized because dry skin is going to make you look dull and cracked and trust me ladies, you are going to have a hard time trying to settle the makeup

2)Choosing The Correct Foundation

It all starts with the wrong foundation. You know what’s the most common mistake we women make? We test the foundation tone on our arms. Ladies, our face has a lighter tone in comparison to our arms so when testing the correct shade, test it on your face and make sure it goes with your skin tone. You go wrong at this step and bam! your entire makeup is ruined!

3)Do Not Use Too Much Foundation And Concealer

Again, speaking of foundation and concealer you don’t want a three shade difference between your face and neck, do you? The common saying, “ the more the better” doesn’t go for makeup. Don’t go overboard with your foundation and concealer . Let the first layer settle and blend well before you go for a second only if its absolutely necessary.

4)Filling Up Your Eyebrows Properly

Eyebrows play a really essential role in giving you that perfect eye makeup and just a few strokes wrong can spoil your entire makeup. The most common mistake that women do with their eyebrows is filling them up way too dark and making them pop out of their forehead. Remember, try to keep it as natural as possible.

5) Be Careful With The Eyeliner

Oh here we go again! A bad eye makeup is a disaster to even the prettiest face but you don’t have to worry about this because we can help you avoid all those rookie mistakes.

First of all, Never apply eyeliner on your water line, always opt for a kohl pencil. Also, if you have small eyes then you should only  apply a thin stroke of liner because thick liner strokes are going to make your eyes look smaller. Considering all the emotional moments during the vidaai we think you would like to use a waterproof eyeliner

6) Going Wrong With The Lip Liner

After your beautiful eyes, your lips are the next first thing that people notice about you. Remember that the only purpose of  lip liner is to prevent your lipstick from bleeding and it should blend perfectly with your lipstick shade. After all, when you check out your wedding album, you don’t want to see your lips popping out with a dark colored border around it, right?

7) Remember To Focus On One Part

The secret behind the perfect makeup is to focus on just one part. You either play it up with your eye makeup or focus on your lips. Do not do both!  Experimenting with both your eyes and lips is going to make your face look like a mismatched color palette and we certainly don’t want that to happen, right?

8) Moisturize Your Lips Before Applying Lipstick

Dry lips are so not attractive and dry lips with lipstick is a huge makeup disaster. Never forget to moisturize your chapped lips before you put on your lipstick. Also, considering the long hours of the ceremony you would probably want to opt for a matte lipstick but we suggest that you go for a creamy matte. In that way you can be assured of long lasting lipstick without the fear of dry and chapped lips.

9)Get The Contour Correct

We understand that the idea of contour can be quite exciting but if not done right, it can be a complete nightmare. Now, while contouring you have to make sure that you don’t end up choosing a shade that’s way too dark for your skin. Trust us, contour will only work if you invest into the right shade and brush and blend it well. Make thin proper strokes and keep blending it with a good blending brush before you move on to the next step.

10) Do Not Use Too Much Highlighter

We understand its fun to use highlighters. After all, just a tiny pinch of highlighter can make you a look stunning but that’s were most women go wrong. We have to understand that highlighters should be used as less as possible just in the corner of your eyes, cheeks or nose. After all, with all the cameras flashing at you, you obviously don’t want to end up looking like a disco ball, do you?

11) Have A Makeup Trial

Another serious makeup mistake we often make. Get this straight ladies, your wedding day is not the best time to experiment and see what works for you and what doesn’t. Before the big day, you need to have at least one makeup trial to see if your makeup artist can give you what you want and if the makeup you chose looks as good in real as it does in those tutorials.

So these were the 11 things that you should know about bridal makeup before you start preparing for your big day. After all we want your special day to be picture perfect including your makeup.

We wish you all the best for your big day!  

Let’s get started!

1.A Smooth Cat Liner

Easy and Elegant. A neat flick of cat-liner can transform your entire look in just a few seconds. Just one smooth stroke and you look like a Bomb on your wedding day.

2.Classic Winged liner

Winged liners are pure love. This simple easy to do eyeliner style can do so much to enhance your eye makeup and make your eyes stand out in just one quick stroke.

3.Winged Liner With Soft Smudge

Soft dramatic smudges are the new trend! Step up your regular winged eyeliner style with a soft smudge at the ends or even above the liner and you are all set to make heads turn.

4. All Around Liner

Wanna make your big eyes stand out? Try this all around eyeliner style. The jet black stroke of black liner with a equally dark partial stroke of kajal on your waterline makes your eyes look bold and super sexy.

5. Make it colorful

If the traditional all black liner style doesn’t fit your colorful nature then add some colors and enhance your eye makeup. This beautiful bride has decided to opt for a tiny hint of green below her waterline and she is totally slaying it!

6. Thick Winged Liner

Love a thick stroke of liner? Go for the thick winged eyeliner style. The thick stroke of liner along with the winged end makes you look smokin’ hot and your eyes steal away all the attention.

7. Classic Bar Style

Not a fan of eye liner? We got you covered. Just a thin stroke of black liner along the curve of your eyes and you can have the rest of the space to work like magic with your eye shadows and brush.

8. Experiment With Colors

If you are bored with the regular black liner then make a switch! Try out a colored liner. Match it up with your outfit or stick to a silver or golden shade, its all upto to you and how you plan to steal the show.

9. Use A White liner

Ladies, white liner are so in fashion right now! All the brides-to-be out there swear by this liner style. Just a thin stroke white liner and you are ready to sweep your husband off his feat.

10. Classic Bar Style With Smokey Effect

We women are really not able to get over the smokey effect. So here is another elegant liner style with a smokey twist to it. Apply a think flick of bar style liner and a hint of smokey effect on the sides and you will be good to go.

11. Double Flick Liner

The double flick eyeliner style, also known as the fish-end eyeliner style is the new hot entry in the list of eyeliner styles. We recommend that you use this only during the night functions as the glamorous nights brings out the best of this style.

12. Experiment With The Glitters

Bring out your inner shine with the glitter liner. Use this to replace your black liner or use it along with your black liner, no matter how you decide to use it, this eyeliner style screams about your impeccable taste in makeup.

13. Black Stroke And A White Waterline

This glamorous bride certainly stole our heart with that beautiful white waterline. Ditching the regular style of applying kohl on the waterline, she opted for neat stroke of white liner and we all can vouch for it that she is rocking the look.

14. Long Line Liner

Oh how beautiful that smooth liner stroke looks!  This is perhaps the easiest way to make your eyes look big and beautiful. The simple extended stroke of liner gives you that gorgeous look without being too dramatic. Just how you always wanted it.

15. Double Side With A Little Drama

For the drama queen in your heart who is best friends with dramatic eye makeup, we present to you this gorgeous eyeliner style. If you want to make your eyes stand out and grab attention then this one is definitely for you.

So this was our list of top 15 must know eyeliner style. Let us know which one you like the most, we are eagerly waiting to hear from you.

We wish you all the best for your big day!

1)Bold Smokey Eyes

No list of popular and amazing eye makeup ideas can ever be complete without the smokey eye makeup/ This eye makeup can literally go with any outfit of any color. The smooth dark smokey effect along with the shade of black on the upper crease does justice to smokey effect while the thick stroke of liner with a flick of mascara gives you that glamorous and badass look.

2) Semi smokey eyes

If you feel that smokey eyes will make your eyes look smaller, go for a semi smokey eye makeup. The sparkling shade of sober orange is carefully balanced by the soft smokey effect on the side and the smart use of highlighter makes your eyes look bigger and enhances the overall look. No wonder women love this style so much.

3) Classic Bar Liner Style

Maybe you don’t want to overshadow your beautiful eye makeup with a thick flick of liner, that’s okay, we have a perfect style for you. Try a classic bar eyeliner style. Just a thin flick of black liner and flaunt your shimmery eye-shadow carefully balanced and enhance with bold transition shades.

4) Winged Smokey Liner

Love experimenting with liner? Try this smokey liner look. We understand that no matter how much you love the traditional smokey eye makeup you would definitely want to experiment a bit on your big day. If its true that eyes can speak a lot then your eyes are definitely going to nail it.

5)Monotonic Shade With Cat Liner

A perfect liner stroke makes you happy? This one is for you. Try this look with any color you want. All that you have to do is match the color with your outfit or pick up a silver or golden shade , add a thick winged liner and a think stroke of shimmery eyes shadow below your lower lid and tadaa! Your simple yet elegant eye make up is ready.

6) Monotonic Glittery Shade

In case you love the sparkling shades of shimmery eye shadows, you should check this out.The shimmery golden eye shadow is beautifully enhanced by a soft touch of a shade of maroon on the upper crease which adds a unique touch to the look. Experiment with different colors and complete the look with a classic bar eye liner and a tiny hint of highlighter in the inner corner and you are ready to steal the show!

7) Dark Stroke Along Crease

For all the make up lover brides-to-be, this is definitely going to make you happy. This is not your regular bridal eye makeup, the thin stroke of dark gray along the crease makes it stand out. So when hundreds of eyes will be on you, we will make sure that yours are the best.

8) Contrasting Colors

Have you ever drooled over those neatly done eye makeup with a contrasting color transition fading at the end? Well, here is the one for you. The sharp contrast of the shimmery pink against the dark brown fading at the end might look difficult to nail but its definitely worth the effort. Complete the look with mascara and flaunt your elegant and glamorous look.

9) Tri-Section Smokey Effect

Bored with the usual smokey eye makeup? Try the new tri-section smokey style. With a thin stroke of classic bar liner style, you have all the space for your makeup brush to work with the eye shadows. The glittery shade of golden goes well in contrast with soft smokey effect on sides and is surely going to make you look like a diva right out of a fashion show.

10) Natural Style With A Nude Shade

Not a big fan of heavy makeup? We have something especially for you. The best part about monotonic shades of nude colors is that it gives you that glam no makeup look. You get to highlight your eyes and make them beautiful without tampering with your natural beauty. Complete this look with a thin stroke of liner and you all ready for your big day!

So this was our list of 10 brilliant eye makeup ideas for this wedding season. Do tell us which one you like the most, we are eagerly waiting to hear from you.

We wish you all the best for your big day!