Photo by Bailey Pianalto Photography MUA-Alexa Armstrong |
When you are planning your wedding and trying to determine where your money is best spent, it is often easy to skip a professional make-up artist and try to save some pennies by doing your own make-up. Of course a make-up artist will tell you this is a mistake, but you know who else will? Your photographer!
Mike and I on the best day of our lives. I love this photo. I look so young and skinny. |
From a photographer's standpoint, it is all about a whole day approach; those before shots of getting ready. "I want to showcase that the bride was pampered during her big day. It is all about the progression from beginning to end."-Kara Shelley from Life Expressions Photography.
No other day will have so many hours set aside for just photos. Your wedding photos are the best investment that you can make towards remembering the day that you said I Do. You want those photos to be stunning and to be able to remember 20 years later how truly beautiful you looked and felt that day.
But nowadays, YouTube has made everyone a make-up artist in their own right. Videos of contouring, glamour make-up, and smoky eyes fill up the Trending boards. So why should you hire an MUA for your wedding when you can do your own?
Photo-Life Expressions Make-Up- Alexa Armstrong Venue-Mallinson Vineyard and Hall |
Your wedding day is not a day to experiment on a new look, and yet you do not want to look the same on your wedding day as you did on your engagement day. An MUA can give you that fresh look, paying special attention to your eyes or creating larger lips, without the fear of overdoing your make-up and looking like someone completely different. Your make-up artist can make you look like you, just a more defined and beautiful you.
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Finally, your home make-up is not made to stand up to tears, humidity, heat, wind, or Great Grandma's kisses. Your MUA brings with them specialized kits for all skin types that will stay throughout your day of hugs and photos. Alexa Armstrong has a line of make-up that is naturally derived and will not cause skin irritations which is extremely important on a day when you can expect to wear it for 10-12 hours.
Photo-Life Expressions Photography Venue-Mallinson Vineyard and Hall |