Makeup Guide – How To Do Your Makeup for Engagement Photos

Looking good on camera doesn’t require a lot of makeup, but professional makeup tips help. Professional Makeup Artist can enhance and bring out your best features with a beauty application.  Even if you prefer a natural look, the camera tends to exaggerate flaws and create artificial ones.  these camera friendly makeup tips focus on makeup application that enhances rather than detracts from you looks.

Makeup tips for the camera include an array of corrective and dramatic effects as well as enhancing one’s natural appearance.  The key is that images are two-dimensional, so shadows and hightlighted areas may need to be emphasized, de-emphasized or even simulated, for the best overall effect.

Consult with your Makeup Artist which applications will be best for your Engagement Shoot.  Let the Artist know your photo shoot destinations and your attire styles and colors.

Most Engagement shoot consist of casual attires, which your makeup and hair should coordinate with the style.

If you prefer to style your own makeup, below are some camera friendly makeup tips for the Engagement Session.  Focus on makeup application that enhances naturally your looks.

Skin, The Canvas:  Before you apply makeup, start with smooth, toned and moisturized skin.  If necessary, give yourself a facial or scrub treatment.  This minimizes uneven or artificial-looking makeup application and promotes a healthy, glowing look.

Minimize Shadows:  As photos are two-dimensional, the camera ages subjects by enhancing dark, fine lines and wrinkles. To compensate (if need), apply a gentle lighter shade of concealer to darker areas: under eyes, crevices and expression lines.  Follow by a light foundation application, which matches your natural skin color.

Bronzer or Contour Blush:  Various makeup effects can be achieved with contour blush. Bronzer makeup powder is widely successful and produces a natural or lightly sculpted look, depending on its application.

Powder Blush:  Apply lightly to cheekbones.  Pull color slightly to the back for a more dramatic effect.

To apply powder blush:  Blow off excess from the brush and apply gently to cheekbones and above the outer corners of eyes to the temple.  For  a makeup application guide, makeup a wide peace sign with a hand.  Rotate 90 degrees towards your nose.  Palms out, place the point of the “V” at your hairline and align with the corner of your eye and the bottom finger resting on the cheekbone.  Focus color at or one finger below this area on the cheek, and at or above around the eyes.  Apply a second thin layer on cheek and blend lightly at edges as needed.

Highligher Powder:  Use a smaller brush to dust a little lighter powder or highlighter along the tops of your cheeckbones to bring them forward.

**Additional makeup tip: Contour Blush makeup can also be applied to the sides of the nose to minimize width.  Define your jawline and slim down our neck by blushing the darker powder along the length of your jaw and around your chin.  And, a draker shade of blush applied under the cheekbones produces more definition. For smaller forehead appearance, dust the darker powder up into your hairline until blended seamlessly. Than bring the powder down towards your temples.

Eyes and Lines:  Unless you like the look or have the eyes for it, avoid harsh or thick lines, it makes the eyes look smaller and deeper set.  Try a smoky colored eyeliner pencil, and smude a bit if necessary.  With liquid eyeline, an option is to dot the eyeliner next to the eyelash base rather than create a solid line.  For a different look, limit liquid eyeliner application to the top eyelid and/or the outer corners of the eyes.  Smoky eye shadow applied above the eyelids and blended with the outer corners of the eyes also creates a desirable effect: a highlighted brow area enhances this effect.

Red Eyes:  To brighten the whites of the eyes and minimize redness. Line the inner lower eyelid with a nude eye pencil, or white eye pencil for a more dramatic effect.

**Additional makeup tip:  To soften lines, lightly brush the lid and brow area once or twice with a powder makeup brush dipped in lighter natural matte shadow.

 Eyebrows:  Before applying makeup ensure that the eyebrows are properly shaped as they affect facial expression.  For a guide, aling a pencil vertically along the edge of nostril and inner corner of the eye. Do the same for the outer corner of the eye.  This makes a good start and endpoint for the eyebrow.  If the eyebrow arch needs help, align the pencil with the edge of the nostril and the outer edge of the iris to determine the highest point of the arch.  Tweeze stray brows outside these areas and use an eyebrow pencile for even  more definition.  owever, it is best to avoid significant tweezing just prior to applying makeup.

Lips:  Let’s start with a lip moisturizer.  Define your lip with a lip pencil.  For a natural but polished look, use a lipstick or lip gloss shade close to your lip color.

Finishing Powder:  Apply a light dusting of  clear translucent powder over your face to avoid shine and set makeup.  Concentrate on the T-zone as necessary, and apply sparingly to lined or dry areas.

Wardrobe Guide – What to Wear For Engagement Photos

We will have specific recommendations depending on the location that you choose.  However, it’s best to wear clothing that showcases your personality.  It’s all about styling and planning.  The more time you invest in selecting a wardrobe for your photo shoot, the happier you will be with the results.  Leaving the details to the last minute creates stress and takes the fun out of the day.  Don’t hesitate to consult with us on options for colors and accessories.

Dress:  As general rule, wear solid colors, as stipes and patterns draw attention away from your face.  Avoid wearing turtlenecks and large loose clothing, as these often makeup the neck seem nonexistent, and the body looks wider than it is.  Shorts or capris have a tendency to makeu plegs appear shorter than they are.

Colors: Solid monochromatic colors are easiest to coordinate, but primary or complementary colors also look great and bring energy to the photograph.  Darker colors will cause the subject(s) to appear thinner while lighter colors will make the subjects appear larger.  Dark pants or jeans with dark shoes give texture and visually anchor a portrait.  When choosing color schemes, consider not only what looks best on you, but also what colors will look best on wall protraits and complement your home’s decor.

Accessories:  Keep it to a minimum. Avoid hats, hair ornaments, and sparkly or costume jewelry unless it does not distract from the main subject, you.

Footwear:  Avoid running shoes, white socks, and heavy footwear. Also, consider fashionable boots, sandals or bare feet for casual photos.

Props:  Props are always a great way to help showcase your personality in your engagement photos.

In general, you should bring at least two to three different outfits to the shoot, and we can help you decide what would be most appropriate.