Professional make up as a wedding guest?

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Is this ok or would it be seen as trying to be too much like the bride/wedding party?

I'm not great at make up, still stuck in a bit of an 80s Rimmell phase but I put a bit on for work so I don't scare anyone on the train 😊.

One of my DD is also not into make up but paid £25 last year for a professional make over for her school prom. She looked amazing, subtle, not over the top.

Thinking of doing the same myself for a friend's wedding in the summer?

Not at all, go for it and feel fab

Great idea!! Go for it. I would have had mine done for a recent wedding I attended, but due to day and location, it wasn't possible.

I love having my make up done. It makes me feel great.

Why not? Just the same as getting your hair done. Go for it.

Go for it, nobody needs to know you had it done professionally, but even if they did, it's reasonable for wedding guests to want to look their best. It's not like you're wearing a bridesmaid dress!

Do it! You'll feel great and unless you're carrying a bouquet then I don't think anyone will think you're a bridal party wannabe!

I get my make up done for being a guest.

Definitely- why not?

Honestly I have only been to one wedding where I didn't get my make up done. It's a real treat, lasts all day and you feel great. Definitely go for it

Go for it, I’m going to a wedding this weekend and getting my hair and make up done professionally. A few of the guests are actually as it’s a Sunday wedding so there are about 8 of us as the woman doing it doesn’t work Sundays so there has to be enough of us for it to be worth her while to open her shop for us for a few hours.

Why not? will give you a boost. Enjoy the wedding.

Fab you've convinced me. It will def be a confidence boost.

I look at photos of me and friends on a night out (all late 40s/early 50s) and they all look so glam .... I look like I'm popping into the office for a bit of overtime.

Prob need to address this one day and perhaps go to a make up counter in a dept store?

I have a few times the hairdresser i used to go to had a beautician in house so hair and face was done I am rubbish at hair and face so why not eh, just do it

I'm at a wedding in August and planning on getting my make-up done professionally

Will be mine and DH's first day/night out together in a long time (baby due next month) so really looking forward to getting my hair and make-up done and putting a nice dress on and drinking lots of fizz

Do it!! You can also get makeup lessons or free tips at places like Bobbi brown if you want to learn a bit - just how to do something nice and subtle.

I love makeup and did the makeup for a few of my friends' wedding days (no pressure there then!!). My top tips are:

• Invest in good quality makeup but esp for foundation and mascara
• Spend time matching your foundation to your skin
• Don't just stick to one brand; shop around
• Use translucent powder on top of your foundation to "set" it in place
• Liquid or cream blusters can be soft and flattering - I love benetint
• Eyes are complicated because it depends on shape, setting, colour etc. But if you're going to mix your colours, remember to blend them.
• Watch out for creamy/liquid eye shadows if you have deep set eyes or any wrinkles - they just smudge off and sit in the wrinkles!!
• YSL volumising mascara is amazing
• Learn how to apply eye liner - the Bobbi brown gel ones are amazing as you can smudge them or have them sharp and they don't run - it's worth it. Try resting your elbow on a ledge or table to steady your hand

Whatever you do, have a fab day!

I get professional makeup done for loads of occasions, works Christmas party, birthday parties, always weddings!

If you are in the market for buying make up, you could book at a store that will give you a makeover for £x but then you get that amount off products.

Oh and don't worry about looking overdone - the bride and bridesmaids will usually be well made-up for photographs!

If it helps to give you an idea of what to use/buy, a crop of my eye makeup for a recent wedding that I went to is attached - that's nude/pinky eye shadow swept over the lid, a sort of aubergine shade with a bit of sparkle blended in from halfway along the lid to the outer corner and in the crease of my eyelid, a more sparkly white between crease and brow to lift them a bit, Bobbi brown "violet ink" eye liner on top lids, smudgy black pencil under lower lashes, YSL lengthening mascara (I bloody love the YSL mascaras, either volumising or thickening), and then a tiny bit of white pencil right in the inner corners (by the tear ducts). Takes about ten minutes.

And if you hate this look, it tells you exactly what NOT to buy

(If you click on the attachment you can see the actual eyes, not just the fringe )

my friend gets her make up professionally done everytime she goes to anything. she even got it done to go to a football match with her new boyfriend

Combine it with a spray, nails, lashes and hair and you'd fit right in, here in Liverpool.

In nearly 50 and still do all of the above, as a guest.

Go with whatever look you want and have a great time.

I have never had my makeup done and I dam well will now op if I ever get to another wedding good for you op

Thanks all, you've convinced me to go for it.

And thank you Cinderella for that advice, love the eyes! Just what I'm aiming for.

No problem with it at all. Go for it.

DD now does my make up if I'm going out and it makes such a difficult deference.

I refuse to remove makeup so one session can last me days

That would be difference of course.

Sigh.

I'd say go for it, and I wouldn't have been upset at all if a guest had their makeup done professionally for my wedding, even though I didn't wear any makeup at all on my wedding day because I never wear it.