Stress-Test Your Bridal Look Before It Fails You

You already have picked the best outfit, secured your makeup guy, and even had your wedding bridal makeup made. But this is one of the facts that brides often forget: what is perfect in cool, air-conditioned studio, may not withstand the passions and emotions, heat, long hours of an Indian wedding. Unless you have your make-up ready to face the challenges of your big day, you might end up constructing smudges rather than memories.

Why a Trial Look is not always the Real Look

The overwhelming majority of makeup tests are pretentiously smooth. You are not pressurized, stressed and the setting is regulated. Likewise, that is not your wedding day. The real experience can be an endurance experience of early mornings, emotional events, congested places, changing weather and non-stop hugs. You should test your wedding bridal makeup not only the way it looks but also how long it can hold under such conditions.

Makeup which looks fantastic in clean studio lights can behave in a totally different way when it has several hours on, under the lights of heat, sweat, and tears, and also camera lights. A lipstick which appears luxurious and colorful may bleed after meals; a foundation which appears homogenous may appear white in the DSLR camera. One of the mistakes that brides can make on their wedding day is relying on their impressions on the trial day, which they only realize once they are in the mandap.

The Wedding is Not a Photoshoot, It is a Stress-Test

It is not all about beautiful moments in your wedding. It is a sort of embarrassing, tense, stressful ceremonies that take a lot out of your makeup. It is just the climate that is spoilsport. It is not uncommon to have outdoor weddings in India where a combination of bulky garments, the density of people and 30 degree temperatures provide less than an optimal environment to keep cosmetics intact.

Then the feelings. By the time you enter the bidaai, there is always crying. Independent of how waterproof your mascara says it is, there is no other way apart of a real-life test, to verify whether it does or it does not. There is an additional difficulty brought on by flash photography. That which appears exquisitely matte in real life might turn abnormally white like a ghost in your photobook when the foundation formulation does not respond well with the camera flash. This is not a little mistake, this is a blunder that will also appear in all the memories you will recall over the years.

Pre-Big Day Stress-Testing Your Look

In order to test how long your makeup would last on your special day, you must test it beforehand to give an estimation of your wedding conditions. Once you have been trialed with the makeup, leave it on the face to wear it through several hours as you continue with your day. Go outside, exercise and sweat as you normally would at a sangeet or pheras. This little exercise will demonstrate the capability of your foundation and your eye make up as the skin will warm up and water will settle in.

Then put to test emotional endurance. Wear artificial tears or tenderly rub your eyes to produce crying. It will soon get to know whether your under-eye concealer is creasing or if your kajal is smudging or flaking off under pressure with the mascara. Speaking of the camera preparedness, shoot in different lighting conditions, warm bulbs, fluorescent lights, or the technical lighting and test with both the mobile and DSLR cameras. Otherwise beautiful photographs can be ruined by flashback of SPF-heavy products or poor contour blends. Lastly, experience a typical evening by eating, smiling, talking and laughing. Check whether you apply too many lines of lipstick thus feathering; whether your blush lasts or fades off or your smile lines crack the foundation.

Conclusion

A wedding is not moment but is a marathon. Consider your wedding bridal makeup as important as the trousseau or guest list. Practicing under pressure will not only make you look good but make you remain beautiful through each embrace, tear and spotlights. Being ready is better than being perfect. And when everything is going on and your makeup lasts it all through, so does your confidence.