It is after all, your wedding. Your makeup is also very important like your wedding dress and hairstyle. Every woman wants to look pretty and gorgeous on her wedding day.
Makeup plays a remarkable role on this unforgettable event so never leave it to chance. A good makeover turn you into an entirely different person. No doubt, a good makeup can give a bride a better mood and make her feel more confident and comfortable.
The Japanese wedding has maintained most of the Japanese traditions. Wedding day is often an all-day beauty makeover for many Japanese women.
Japanese wedding customs fall into two categories:
1. Traditional Shinto ceremonies.
2. Modern Western Style Weddings.
Traditional Style Wedding:
The first makeup of the day is traditionally done bridal makeup much like “Geisha” as first wedding celebration thought to be done in shrine (Shinto Wedding Ceremony).
Geisha Makeup:
‘Geisha’ makeup requires great skill and perfection. It is a time consuming, detailed and specific as well as needs an effort to achieve this traditional look perfectly. In fact, it is a long elaborated process to create such traditional look successfully.
Geisha makeup is comprises of following elements:
- A white matte face or the thick white foundation.
- Thick dramatic black eye brows.
- Touches of red or black highlights around the eyes.
- Red lips.
Modern Style Wedding:
The modern Japanese woman wears cosmetics much like women all around the world. Japanese bridals have discovered the secret of flawless skin.
After ‘Shinto’ wedding ceremony, wedding reception occurred. The bridal makeup has changed now to go with the new dress which is closely resembles to western style.
Modern Makeup:
This type of Japanese bridal makeup is very simplistic in nature. At first sight, this may look like typical “everyday” neutral makeup but its details are very fine and done skilfully.
Base:
You just start with a good base which needs a long lasting foundation on top of a good primer. Use the most light/ white foundation. Look for foundation with an SPF not higher than 15 or preferably none at all, so that your face can not reflect the artificial whiteness in front of camera lens.
Eyes:
For eyes, neutral brown palette tends to be flattering on everyone. Brown and its shades always look classic but the choice is all yours as your wedding. Just choose a dark, medium and shimmery shade to co-ordinate.
This is such a pretty and flawless look.
Now on her last entrance, it is common for a bride to wear a bright colored gown. It is also considered a natural look.
