Makeup

Most of us would go to a professional makeup artist if we could and while I'm very lucky in that my future mother-in-law has organised that for myself and my bridesmaids, not everyone will have this. That doesn't mean that you shouldn't use really good products though!

A makeup brand called Kryolan is fantastic! They have such a huge variety, ranging from stage makeup to makeup with light coverage to makeup designed to hide tatoos and birthmarks and in 300 shades, you can't go wrong.
I use Kryolan as my everyday makeup because it blends with my pale skin perfectly and doesn't clog my pores or irritate my skin and even if my skin isn't flawless, it most certainly makes it look that way! It's very cost effective too and if you use a wet latex sponge to apply the cream foundations, they will last so much longer and go on evenly. It costs much less to buy a tub of Kryolan Ultra Foundation that a bottle of foundation and a concealer elsewhere.

What I love about Kryolan is how they seem to have thought of everything when it comes to makeup. They have this amazing weather-proof powder which allows you to just dab at your face with a tissue if your face sweats or even if you go swimming and your makeup will stay perfectly in place.

They have various other things such as fixing spray and a wide variety of eyeshadows and lipsticks and glosses and well, anything you can think of. Go and look at their website if you need more convincing: www.kryolan.com


The only thing I would get elsewhere simply because Kryolan don't make this is the Mineral Skin Finish in soft and gentle from Mac. It's almost like a bronzer but it doesn't make you look orange. It just adds a natural looking glow to your skin and makes you look healthy.



The last thing and this is purely based on my own opinion and probably isn't very widely shared, I would opt to have my eyelashes tinted instead of using mascara. Yes, it burns a bit for a few seconds but if you go to a good beauty therapist, it can not burn at all. I tend to let them wipe my eyes and then I take over the wiping because I can feel where it's burning and that works well. It's 10 seconds of irritation for smudge-free long lashes that will last for weeks and it's very inexpensive. At least here in South Africa it is.