The Royal Wedding....

Royal Makeup?...errrrrrrrrr not so much!

Sad eyes :(

So the Royal Wedding Has come and gone (finally) and though I didn't see it, I was preparing myself for the next day on what her makeup will look like.

Most makeup artists already got wind that she decided to do HER OWN makeup for the day and hired a professional to teach her techniques for the day. hmm...While I do understand that doing your own makeup could be calming giving you some personal time....... why not just hire the same pro on the day?

 The result?................................meh...

She seemed to have aged herself over night, the foundation was too thickly applied along with the super harsh eyeliner that ages terriblyyyyyy and only enhances any eye wrinkles. It also made her eyes appear super tiny and sunken. The brows...oh dear...way to dark and were not shaped or defined correctly. Her lips could have done with a bit more to balance with the eyes being so heavy and harsh they seem to disappear.

Pucker up for the kiss!...a lot

I guess it could have been worse, but learning a few classes from a pro will never give you that magic that we have developed over doing this business for years.

I'm not sure how the makeup lessons went, but I would have suggested that she have the pro mua create her exact wedding look and teach her how to apply that look... If THIS WAS the look? ahhhhhhh *leaves*

Gorgeous in her dress

 Every bride wants to feel like a  Princess, looking extra special and magical on their day, and to me  ONLY a pro mua can do this.

For a real Princess like Kate, I find she just looked meh in the face..a shame really.

Her hair was nice and the dress was lovely, well suited to her frame with a classic silhouette.

What did you think?
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Saj Mack is a Professional Makeup Artist in Atlanta Georgia providing over 6 years experience in Beauty, Commercial, Film, Television, Special FX and more. See her work at www.makeupbysaj.com

My Wedding Face

So a few months ago I mentioned that I was trying to decide on how to do my makeup for a very special day...well that day has finally come ( and gone awww) and now it's time to share the end results with you guys :)

Wedding Day face yay!!!!! :D My wedding was in August and I was going for a very glamorous vintage feel for both makeup and hair.

Who else could I trust to do this but me :P ( my fellow mua's were so far away ) I have to say though... I did somewhat miss having someone there to help calm nerves and add that extra touch of pampering ( which I spoil all my brides with :) ), but I did have hubby close by whistling at me :)

Unto the makeup! While I wanted glam it still needed to be natural to an extent to keep my look fresh, here is the feature listing:

Eyes: Bronze Smokey Eye keeping it really dramatic and soft at the same time, I have naturally long lashes but I still added a few to the outer corners for added DRAMAAAAAA....no not that much drama really but I like the word.. :P

Face: My usual liquid foundation and powder and bronzer..... lots of bronzer.... I was MAJOR sick the entire two weeks before the wedding with the worst flu and I had a really pale sallow complexion by the day of the wedding, so I used bronzer to give me back a healthy glow.
( couldn't help the coughing tho :( )

Cheeks: I used a peachy bronzer keeping it soft 

Lips: A deep red to match my manicure and shoe soles ( I also did my bouquet this colour ) ( YAY!)

Hair: I had my extensions done 3 days before to give my face time to settle (LOL you kno that face lift you get) The night before I set little curls to create the waves with a Veronica Lake inspiration, I did the half over face bang but didn't like the overall look so I kept the side waves to the side as you see in the pic

And that's about it! Lasted through the entire evening...and um...cough...the night too :D :D

Loved it!.....and Hubby did too 

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Saj Mack is a Professional Makeup Artist in Atlanta Georgia providing over 6 years experience in Beauty, Commercial, Film, Television, Special FX and more. See her work at www.makeupbysaj.com