It’s your big day and understandably, you want to look your very best. After all, it’s not every day that you get married. Every girl has dreamt of her wedding since she was old enough to know what a wedding was. Thanks to fairy tales, all girls grow up thinking that they can have a perfect wedding, just like in the stories. There are many factors that go into your wedding and making you look great. Wedding makeup is very important.Before you decide on your wedding make up, let’s take a close look at all of the other elements of your complete wedding look. This will determine what make up style is appropriate. You also need to take into consideration what time of day your wedding is being held and the location as well.

If you’re going with a very traditional wedding gown, perhaps one that belonged all or in part to your mother or grandmother, you will want your makeup to be soft and not overstated. Try wearing soft earth tones so that your makeup doesn’t distract from your gown. If your wedding is in the evening, you can go a bit darker but just don’t go overboard.

When you’re wearing a formal but contemporary gown, you may want to use more modern looks to complete your wedding makeup. Smoky eyes are very popular. You will want to use a black or gray eye shadow, black eye liner and black mascara. You can find tips online that will help you smudge in the right places and achieve the perfect smoky look. When you are trying to achieve this look, a deep shade of lipstick goes perfectly with the smoky eyes.

When you’ve got an evening wedding, you may want to wear darker shades of eye shadow and lipstick. Black and white weddings are absolutely stunning and you can get a little bit more adventurous than you normally would on your wedding night. Red lipstick or deep burgundy shades can compliment the wedding colors.

If you’ve got an outdoor or beach wedding, you may opt to go minimalistic. The sun and the sand are enough to contend with, don’t overdo eye make up or bright lipstick. The wind on the water tends to kick up every fleck of dust on the beach. Make sure your wedding photographer is experienced with beach weddings or you could end up with plenty of shots of you with your eyes partially or fully closed.

Regardless of what color scheme or style you choose to go with for your wedding makeup, make sure that you’re comfortable with how you look. If you’re doing your own makeup, make sure you have waterproof mascara and eye liner on. No matter how strong you feel before the wedding, it’s very customary for brides to become emotional and tear up. Even if you don’t go into a full blown cry, you could end up with streaks if you’re not wearing good waterproof eye makeup.

Remember to take good care of your skin in the weeks before your wedding. If you wake up on your blessed day with a break out, not to worry, there are plenty of tricks you can use to reduce or eliminate redness. Just sit back and enjoy the greatest day of your life and choose wedding makeup that compliments all aspects of your wardrobe.