Your one bridal makeup wish-Granted!

"My one wedding day wish is to have my makeup stay in one place all night while I kiss tons of friends and relatives and dance the night away".

If that quotes sound vaguely like something you would say, then this blog post is especially for you! What DO pro's use to keep makeup on all day? Well, one of the main products is a sealant. Don't let the name scare you. It's not some products that will clog your pores or give you flaky skin. It's truly a lightweight clear spray that ones dries it locks your makeup in places until you wash off your makeup. Lots of brands make them but Urban Decay recently launched a trio of sealants for every skin type: Dry, Oily and Normal.

For today's post I'll focus on the one that is truly a sealant, the one for Normal Skin so aptly dubbed “All Nighter”. Once you apply your makeup just close your eyes and mist your entire face. Once it dries your makeup will last hours and hours.

A bonus? Urban Decay has an exclusive “Urban Bride” Boxed kit that comes with a travel size “All Nighter”, a travel size "Lip Junkie" gloss in a beautiful neutral shade, a travel size of their new “Supercurl” mascara which I have to say is ah-ma-zing! Without having to curl your lashes, you will have curled and defined lashes. You also get a full-size "Primer Potion" (a cult-classic must have!), full-size Marshmallow flavored edible, sparkly body powder and a razor-finish setting powder. It’s an amazing deal with incredible products for you or it makes a great bridesmaid gift. It's limited edition so go grab it now!

Luminous Skin

Anyone who knows their makeup stuff will tell you that the basis for beautiful makeup is beautiful skin. There are lots of options out there to get your skin glowing, but a must try is bareMinerals new skincare line. After a total packaging revamp, the new line is truly sleek and sophisticated but it's what inside that is so special. bareMinerals partnered up with Shiseido to bring us the best product ingredients for our money. Powered 100% by bareMinerals ActiveSoil Complex, it is clinically proven to promote faster cell turnover, pore size reduction, increased luminosity and antioxidant protection.

What's great is that they are not only offering a sort of "try before you buy" cleanser and moisturizer duo, they are now offering a cleanser and moisturizer in their get started kits so that you can see first hand how great your makeup will look with great skincare underneath. Skincare duo sets are $23 and the get started kits are $60 with the original formulation foundation and $63 for the matte formulation.



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Spring Bridal Beauty Product Highlight

Hello Brides!
I have a week of great Spring Bridal Beauty Product reviews planned for you, so let's get started :)


AG Cosmetics Curl Trigger Curl Defining Spray $19.99




Spring is around the corner and soft, carefree, slightly messy beach-y curls are one of the hair trends of the season. AG's Curl Trigger is just the product to help control, define and enhance curly and wavy hair types.

Bonus: Can be used as a refresher spray if your hair gets a little limp throughout the day.

I personally really love the product as my hair can't decide if it's straight, wavy or curly. With Curl Trigger I get really pretty waves all over my hair and if I spray it on damp hair and then blow dry with a diffuser after, I get much more defined curls.

I compare this product to Bumble and Bumble's Surf Spray, but I have to say that I like the way Curl Trigger smells much better.


Too Faced Romantic Eye Palette $35




I received this palette awhile ago but I've been using it on a weekly basis since. The minute I saw the colors I thought how perfect this palette is for wedding looks. Then I saw the shadow names and realized "oh...Too Faced meant this to be a bridal palette too..." :) With names like "I Do", "First Dance" and "Ever After" how could it not be? These colors are soft and feminine, perfect for Spring. My favorite look by far is the Classic look that combines a pale pink, a shimmery lilac and a deep eggplant with sheen to it.

For professional use, these seem fairly easy to depot and would be a great addition to a bridal palette. For personal use, these shadows are super pretty and easy to wear and blend. I also think these would be a cute bridesmaid gift too!

Mario Badescu Herbal Hydrating Serum $30




We all know and love Mario Badescu for his Drying Lotion. It's amazing! I really don't know why I overlooked the other gems in his line, but I got to try some out and my new favorite skin care treatment of the moment is Mario Badescu's Herbal Hydrating Serum.

Most of the serums I tried in the past were nice, but they usually left my skin feeling slightly tacky after initial application (the exception being Merle Norman's Energizing Concentrate, love that stuff!) which I personally can't stand. My rule of thumb is if I don't like the way it looks/feels/smells on myself, there is no way I am putting it in my kit and subjecting my clients to them. What's so cool about the Hydrating Serum is that it's a gel that is instantly absorbed by the skin and gives a cool, fresh and perfectly moist feeling. Love it!

Bonus: If you have oily skin, this can be used as your moisturizer

Stay tuned the rest of this week as every day I'll have three new product reviews for you!

Rebeca Liceaga
President / Owner / Key Makeup Artist
www.BridalMakeupArtists.com

We won the Bride's Choice Award for 2011!!

Hello Brides!
We've been doing some new and exciting things at www.bridalmakeupartists.com for the wedding season and we think you will be pleased! For now though, we wanted to share some news regarding Wedding Wire's Bride's Choice Awards 2011. We won again! We are so pleased and wanted to thank our beautiful brides for their wonderful reviews and support.

I'll be updating everyone once we get our new and improved site going! Until then, stay gorgeous :)