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Wearing no make up as the bride

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OnMyWayy · 18/05/2024 18:10

I get married in August and everything is arranged perfectly however, everyone keeps asking me who I've booked to do my make up on the day/suggesting MUA.

Its something I hadn't thought of as I don't and never really have worn make up beside some mascara and eyeliner during my teenager years. I wouldn't even know where to start!

Did anyone opt out of wearing make up for their wedding day? I just feel like it wouldn't be very me but most of my friends have said its a must and its an excuse to “be glam”.

If you didn't, do you regret it?

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Ladyj84 · 18/05/2024 19:28

I got the same question and the same answer was given every time I'm going as myself as I usually do and I did and hubby was very happy with me and that's all I cared about

qwertyqwertyqwertyqwerty · 18/05/2024 19:29

Just do what you usually do, you will look great.

umami86 · 18/05/2024 19:30

Also OP r.e. not knowing where to start, you can Google MUA's and look at their portfolios. See what kinds of styles you like.
Some specialise in 'glam', others natural, the one I used was the latter. Most of her clients weren't daily makeup wearers.

The other thing to consider is whether you can do your daily 'looking nice' routine fast enough, on your wedding day.

BoxFoxSocks · 18/05/2024 19:31

I didn't wear makeup. I never do so never even thought about it to be honest.

PermanentTemporary · 18/05/2024 19:36

I did wear some makeup on my wedding day but honestly by the pictures I think it had all worn off. I don't 'feel glam' in lots of makeup, I feel anxious and self conscious because I touch my face a lot and because i don't trust it - it smears and can look very different in different light.

I do think that brides can look great in makeup but if you don't want to, don't.

ChangeAgain2 · 18/05/2024 19:40

I think it's best to look and feel like yourself. However, it might be worth trying a MUA and asking for a natural look. Just a more polished version on normal.

LilianaVikavanovich · 18/05/2024 19:40

I did my own make up , as I wanted to be me on my wedding day , and not someone else’s version of myself

just ask someone to carry a lipstick for you

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OnMyWayy · 18/05/2024 19:49

Thank you all for your replies.

I think I may consider allowing one of my friend to do my make up as a trial and see how I feel and look. But I'm almost certain I will feel odd.

I also have visions of it being extremely hot and sweaty and having streaks down my face which I think will look a lot worse than my natural face 😂

While we will be “dressed up”, its still very casual compared to most weddings, so I don't think id look out of place with no make up. And for the most part, I have taught myself not to compare myself to others, so I don't think I will be jealous/upset of anyone who comes to my wedding looking “glam”.

I think me wearing a dress alone will be a great shock to my partners system, cant imagine how he'd react seeing me in full glam make up 😅

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Guiltyaboutwork · 18/05/2024 19:51

I don’t wear make up but I see people just reapplying a bit during the day. Would OP need to do that? I wouldn’t wear makeup even for a big occasion as I wouldn’t know how to look after it.

mitogoshi · 18/05/2024 19:54

I've not booked make up up because like you I don't wear much. I will put on lip colour, mascara, perhaps a little eyeliner

ClairemacL · 18/05/2024 19:54

If you don’t wear a little bit I think you might regret it when you see the photos.

KnittedCardi · 18/05/2024 20:02

I never wore much, but did my own, and added extra. But not that much more. So mascara, blush, a bit of eye shadow, lipstick. Nothing else. No foundation or heavy brows etc. Definitely no fake tan. Just me, only a bit embellished! I also did my own nails. Only thing I got done was my hair, and actually regretted it. Should have just left it down, rather than an updo. Ah well.

BiddyPop · 18/05/2024 20:18

I was already wearing some makeup for work etc, but never tended to go OTT. Fairly natural look.

On the day, I did my own as it was mid winter and a white dress and I didn't want to fade into it all. But it was the normal amount of my normal makeup - foundation, powder, blush, eyeshadow, lipstick. No mascara. No eyeliner. No toning/blending/whatever that thing is. No fake tan.

I was glad I did as I tend to be washed out. But I was also glad I stuck to what I know and how I like to look normally rather than a MUA vision.

DSis had an MUA for herself and her bridesmaids, which included me, and I felt like it was caked on, both in weight and in glam, and didn't look like me at all (and I didn't think I looked very nice). Whereas for my own, it was much lighter and much more how I wanted to look. Just barely enhancing my natural look (I still go to work many days with no makeup).

MrsSkylerWhite · 18/05/2024 20:20

You and your husband to be love each other as you are, yes?

No brainer. Don’t get sucked into the “bride” shite.

WarningOfGails · 18/05/2024 20:37

I don’t wear make up so I didn’t wear it for my wedding day either. I don’t regret it, I think the photos look fine.

DrCoconut · 18/05/2024 21:00

I had a makeup trial with an artist and I looked like a clown after. Thick orangey foundation, bright red blusher, massive spidery eyelashes. It was awful. For my wedding I did my own, just as if I was going on a posh night out and it was fine.

saraclara · 18/05/2024 21:00

I've never worn make up other than a bit of mascara when I was younger. My mum actually cried when she asked about make up for my wedding and I said I wasn't going to be wearing any 🙄

I told her that my husband had never seen me wearing make up, and if, at the ceremony, I arrived at his side with make up on, he'd wonder who I was!

saraclara · 18/05/2024 21:01

ClairemacL · 18/05/2024 19:54

If you don’t wear a little bit I think you might regret it when you see the photos.

Why? I presume she's seen photos of herself make-up free before.

missshilling · 18/05/2024 21:06

Subtle eyeliner and eyeshadow was all I used. I don’t normally wear anything. Never have.

SharonEllis · 18/05/2024 21:09

Be yourself - you don't want your husband not to recognise you.

Bobbybobbins · 18/05/2024 21:14

I don't normally wear make up. I did a trial and ended up with a light mineral style powder style which gave me a subtle look but I found comfortable. Do whatever you feel comfortable with.

Whatevershallidowithmylife · 18/05/2024 22:34

If you don't normally wear make up then don't wear any. That is the face your fiance fell in love with and the one you say hello to every morning when you clean your teeth. That's the face that should be in your wedding photo's.

Cakeandcardio · 18/05/2024 22:38

I think it's good to wear some make up as it makes the photos a bit better. But I could never wear a big thick coating like MUAs do. I just wore a wee bit more than usual.

Justrolledmyeyesoutloud · 18/05/2024 22:48

I felt like an oompa lumpa at my wedding, never worn foundation in my life til then and hated it

uncomfortablydumb53 · 18/05/2024 22:58

I've always worn a light touch of make up and my wedding day was no different
Concealer, powder and pink blusher with a pink/ mauve toned lipstick
I wanted to look less knackered.
I was 10 weeks pregnant with DS1( who's now 30, and I'm happily divorced)

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