Wedding Make-up Breakdown by: Shalini Vasisht

Face
First, Shalini prepped the skin by cleansing (M.A.C Green Gel Cleanser), toning (M.A.C Charged Water/Renewal Defense) and moisturizing (M.A.C Oil Control Lotion) it using products best suited for her skin type. She then used a face primer (M.A.C Prep + Prime Skin) all over the model's face and neck, to increase makeup wear ability. Shalini then applied an eye primer (M.A.C Prep + Prime Eye) on the eyelids, which helps keep the eye shadow in place. Next, she starts by dabbing a concealer (M.A.C Studio Finish Concealer) a shade lighter than the skin tone, covering dark circles, blemishes and any patches on the face and neck. Then she evens out the skin tone with a light weight foundation (M.A.C Face and Body Foundation); this gave the skin a translucent and sheer feel. She set the foundation with a translucent powder (M.A.C Select/Sheer Loose Powder) and applied an iridescent powder (M.A.C Iridescent/Loose Powder in Silver Dusk) over the cheek bones and the temple to give a luminous glow to the face. With a large rounded brush (M.A.C 150 Large Powder Brush), she contoured the jaw line and the hollow of the cheeks with a bronzing powder (M.A.C Bronzing Powder in Golden). She used a color darker than the bride’s natural skin tone. She then applied a rosy blush (M.A.C Powder Blush in Ambering Rose) on the apples of the cheek, creating a natural glow.

Eyes
She dabbed some powder (M.A.C Select Sheer/Pressed Powder) under the eyes before applying the eye makeup so that any loose shadow which falls can be easily brushed off. For this look, she used a pearly shadow (M.A.C Eyeshadow in Rite Of Spring) under the brow and over the eye lids for a highlighting affect. She also used a wash of charcoal gray (M.A.C Eyeshadow in Scene) blended in with a fleshy pink (M.A.C Eyeshadow in Pink Venus) over the eyelids, to give it a brighter hue. To accentuate the eye, she applied a thin line of black gel based liner (M.A.C Fluidline in Blacktrack) over the upper lid, and to balance the lower lid, she smudged it with a matching kohl pencil (M.A.C Eye Kohl in Smolder). She then groomed the eyebrows by filling them in with the same color as the bride’s hair, keeping the strokes feather-like. She used a compressed eye shadow in dark brown (M.A.C Brow Shader in Soft Charcoal/Maple) and fixed any stray hairs with a brush on gel (M.A.C Brow Set in Show-off) in an outward and upward direction. She layered the lashes with a coat of lash primer (M.A.C Prep + Prime Lash) and then two coats of mascara (M.A.C Plush Lash Mascara).

Lips
To complete the look, she applied a nude tone lip liner (M.A.C Cremestick Liner in Honey B.) and then filled it in with a peach/coral lip stain (M.A.C Pro Longwear Lustre in Luv-4-Ever).