Tips for Natural Bridal Makeup

Between subtle colour palettes, strategically placed shadows and the emphasis on facial structure, natural bridal makeup has a timeless feel that translates beautifully in photographs. There’s a fine line between honouring your natural beauty and getting the coverage you need for such a long, eventful day. From skin prep to setting spray and everything in between, we’ve consulted the makeup gurus at L’Oreal Paris for their top tips to nail natural, soft bridal makeup and the best techniques for recreating this look yourself on the big day.

Five tips for natural wedding makeup looks

Celebrating individuality is the ethos of simple wedding makeup, and there’s a number of time-honoured colour palettes and application skills that you can use to enhance your natural features without masking them. When it comes to natural wedding makeup, neutral tones are the ultimate aesthetic. While the soft matte look is ideal for photos, dewy skin is the key to pulling it all off and keeping your makeup looking fresh throughout the day. Be sure to also consider your makeup formulas, since this can play a large part in makeup longevity. Continue reading as we take you through our top five tips for mastering natural, simple looks for your wedding.

Tip #1: Skin prep is everything

This may seem like a no-brainer – but we can’t stress enough the importance of well-hydrated, luminous skin. We recommend that you avoid introducing new products to your skincare routine in the month prior to your big day so there’s no surprise sensitivity that could interfere with your makeup look.

Your choice of skincare should be tailored to your unique skin type and concerns, with staple products like cleanser, moisturiser, broad-spectrum sunscreen and any hydrating or brightening serums you feel will amp up your inner glow. When choosing your sunscreen and makeup primer, we suggest testing them in various lighting and flash settings before the big day to make sure they don’t show a white cast under your natural bridal makeup.

On the day itself, after your applying your skincare and SPF, primer is going to help keep your makeup firmly in place for the long day ahead. For dry skin types, you might seek out a hydrating primer infused hyaluronic acid, whereas oily skin types should look for a mattifying primer that controls shine like the 24 Hour Matte Setter Primer.

Tip #2: Consider your coverage

Knowing how to choose foundation for your skin type will pay off in a big way when creating your natural wedding makeup. Much like your primer and skincare, you’ll want a foundation that complements your skin type. Natural bridal makeup toes the line between dewy and matte, with a focus on a fresh complexion that doesn’t turn up shiny in photographs. Remember to look for a formula that has skin-nourishing ingredients since you’ll be wearing your makeup well into the night. True Match Liquid Foundation is infused with hyaluronic acid to deliver all-day hydration with natural-looking coverage.

Lightweight yet buildable formulas are ideal for bridal makeup and natural looks since you can create the long wear coverage you need while letting your individual radiance shine through. Infallible 32hr Freshwear Foundation is a light-texture foundation with a satin finish that provides full coverage. This liquid foundation is transfer-resistant and formulated with SPF25, making it perfect for any season.

Tip #3: Keep your colours subtle

This natural bridal makeup rule applies to several points of the face: eyes, cheeks and lips. For your natural eye shadow colour palette, stick to the neutral ‘rainbow’ – think beige, taupe, brown, gold, champagne or soft pink. Heavy eye makeup can look harsh in photos, so opt for a light touch when working with your shades.

As for blush and bronzer, save the bold contour lines for another day and embrace the softly sculpted look. All you’ll need is a pink or peach-toned True Match Blush to give you a warm flush that mirrors that natural glow of your cheeks. If you want to warm up the complexion further, add a dusting of bronzer to the temples, jaw and hairline.

The perfect lip companion to your natural wedding makeup look is a nude colour that closely matches your natural lip shade and complements your skin tone. To get an idea of which colour suits your tone, you can try our Virtual Makeup Try On tool – this will give you a clear starting point.

We anticipate a lot of lip-locking on your wedding day, so we suggest a smudge resistant and transfer resistant formula like Infallible Matte Resistance Liquid Lipstick.

Tip #4: Emphasise the eyes

The goal is to keep the eyes big and bright for your natural bridal makeup look. Soft, fluffy, natural brows will accentuate your eyes and lashes, so simply fill in any sparse areas with your Skinny Definer Eyebrow Pencil. Long lashes look stunning in wedding photos, but if yours tend to be on the shorter side, consider using L’Oreal Paris’s Eyelash Serum in the two months leading up to your wedding to promote stronger, fuller lashes. Since there may be a lot of happy tears on the day, coat your lashes with a waterproof, volumising mascara like Volume Million Lashes Mascara Waterproof that will define your eyes but promise longevity through vows and speeches.

Tip #5: Set your look and enjoy the day

We can think of setting spray as the sister of our beloved primer – the final step in our natural wedding makeup routine to keep makeup firmly locked in place. First, you may want to softly mattify oil-prone areas of the face (like the T-zone) with loose, translucent setting powder; a light dusting should do it. We suggest trialling your chosen product in advance to make sure it doesn’t have flashback in photos. Lastly, mist your entire face with Infallible 3-Second Setting Mist and enjoy up to 36-hours wear, while remaining heat-resistant, and transfer-resistant.

If you’ve conquered soft, natural wedding makeup looks, turn your attention to L’Oreal Paris’s natural hair care tips.

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