With Kanval of Impressions
Top 10 Hair and make-up tips
1. Test your foundation on your jaw line.
“I would say look at what your neck and your body colour is and test it on your jaw line. Make sure it doesn’t go orange, too dark or too light. It has to be spot on – the perfect match.”
2. Bring out the natural tones of your eyes.
“Brown eyes are quite versatile and tend to suit greens, browns and greys. Blue eyes should stick to greys and blues – those kind of shades – and if you’ve got green eyes you can go for browns, coppers and blacks.”
3. Focus on eyes OR lips.
“If you’re wearing dark lipstick go for lighter eyes and if you’ve got darker eyes go for lighter lips. Otherwise it can make you look quite old. The trend just now is definitely more eye make-up than lips. Unless you have the perfect pout, I wouldn’t advise really dark red lips or shocking pink.”
4. Pop on concealer at the very end for a flawless look.
“I put concealer on right at the end because it gives you a cleaner look. When you’re using so many eye shadows you tend to find that a lot of it falls and so what I do is clean up afterwards and put the concealer on right at the end. Set it and then the eye make-up is perfect.”
5. Know your skin.
“If you’ve got oily skin you need to put on block powders and shine removing papers. If you’ve got very dry skin you need to make sure that you’ve moisturised enough beforehand. You can even buy little tubes of moisturiser that you can apply onto your foundation if you’ve got eczema or something and just blend it into your really dry patches. With a little powder setting it should be perfect for the rest of the day. If you’ve got very dry skin and you used an oil-free dry foundation it’s going to look very powdery on you and as if it’s flaking off.”
6. Invest in a backcombing brush.
“The sixties beehive style is very fashionable at the moment. To create the look you need a good backcombing brush and you need to have a mirror at the back and the front because it might look fine from the front but you need to make sure it’s just as neat at the back.”
7. Go easy on the hairspray and pins.
“The look is not to have it over-pinned – just have enough there to hold up your style. When things get over-pinned it starts looking quite grannyish. Pick a hairspray with a slightly flexible hold and don’t freeze-dry your hair into that place where it looks a bit unnatural and starts looking greasy. Apply the spray place the natural hair over the top. If you over-spray you’ll probably have to wash and start again.”
8. Let someone else experiment with your look.
“I think the best looks are the ones where I’m allowed to take control. If you’re used to doing a look in a certain way then somebody who looks at you in a different light will make the best of your features. If you’re used to doing your eye liner a certain way then you’re not going to look any different on your wedding day if you make the make-up artist do the same look that you do.”
9. Take a photo of your completed look before popping out.
“Taking a quick picture to see how your make-up comes out will give you a better idea of your look than using a mirror. Some brides ask for very little make-up thinking it seems a lot but when they see it on camera you can’t actually see it and so sometimes I advise them to go slightly heavier than normal. I will show them that the camera kind of absorbs make-up and so you really need to go slightly heavier.”
10. Apply blusher to match your face shape.
“If you’ve got quite a slim face then put blusher on the apples of your cheeks and blend it out towards the ears. If you have quite high cheekbones then blend it more up towards your temples to slim your face down.”
Face: First the face was totally cleansed, toned, moisturised. A primer was applied before the foundation – I chose NW 25 because she has quite a lot of pink tone in her face – and set with studio fix powder. Add concealer to cover up freckles for a flawless complexion.
Products: Mac studio fix fluid foundation in NW25, Mac studio fix finishing powder.
Cheeks: A tan tone blusher was applied to give her a bronze effect.
Products: Mac tantone blusher, golden bronzer.
Eyes: Her eyebrows were neatened with an eyebrow pencil and an eye shadow base was applied on which there was greys, blues, navys and blacks all blended together to bring out her greyish blue eyes. Start lighter and go darker and darker, from the inner corner. False eyelashes were applied to give her a cat-like look.”
Products: Mac eyeshadows in blue, navy, black and grey.
Lips: A very light pink lipstick was applied and topped with gloss.
Products: Mac creamcup lipstick, clear gloss, lipliner in subculture.
Hair: The hair was backcombed really high. Jewellery was set in it and it was twisted back to create a very graceful look.
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