Wedding Makeup

I decided yesterday that I'm going to do my own makeup for the wedding.  I think in general this will be a stress-reducer.  I'm very confident with my makeup, and it's one less appointment for the day -- the only getting-ready that will be done by a pro is hair, because I'm not really great at doing my own hair.  I also spent $100 at Sephora yesterday on products specifically for the wedding -- primer, waterproof mascara, and a new lipstick.

List of products

• Plain Chapstick
• Smashbox Photo Finish Light primer
• Ben Nye creme foundation in "Rice Paper"
• Mary Kay Signature concealer in yellow
• Rimmel hide-the-blemish concealer in ivory
• ELF mineral foundation in Fair
• Urban Decay eyeshadow primer potion in "Sin"
• Sephora Collection eyeshadow in "Geisha Kiss"
• Smashbox Be Legendary lipstick in "Legendary"
• Cover Girl Professional Loose Powder in translucent fair
• Tarte Lights, Camera, Splashes! waterproof mascara
• ELF natural radiance blush in unknown color (vaguely mauve) (this is a similar product -- the one I have has been discontinued)
• Maybelline Define-a-brow Gel (discontinued, suggested replacement)

List of tools (all Sephora except kabuki brush)

• Foundation brush
• Concealer brush
• Kabuki brush (ELF)
• Round eyeshadow brush
• Detail eyeshadow brush
• Lipstick brush
• Large powder brush

Instructions

1. Apply chapstick
2. Prime entire face, jaw, and blend to neck, except eyelids
3. Wait five minutes
4. With foundation brush, apply BN foundation to entire face (except eyelids) and blend to neck.  Make sure to get around eyebrows.  BLEND.
5. With concealer brush, apply MK concealer from back of hand to undereye dark circles and any major blemishes.
6. With concealer brush again, apply Rimmel concealer as outside-lip liner, paying special attention to center of upper lip (cupid's bow) and outside of lower lip.  Apply anywhere else that needs brightening, like nose.  Blend into foundation.
7. With kabuki brush, apply ELF mineral foundation lightly to entire face and neck, blending into chest.  Buff very well to eliminate powder look.
8. Touch up concealer if needed.
9. Apply UD eyeshadow primer to eyelids, inner corners, and almost up to the brow.  DO NOT cateye -- keep it close.
10. With round eyeshadow brush, apply Sephora eyeshadow lightly to entire lid.  Darken slightly at outer corner and crease, blending well.  DO NOT CATEYE -- keep it close.
11. With detail eyeshadow brush and Sephora eyeshadow, line upper lash line and outer third of lower lash line.
12. Blot chapstick, if needed.
13. Line lips with lip brush and Smashbox lipstick.  Overdo the Cupid's bow at first.
14. Fill in lips.  Allow to dry for a minute.
15. Gently blot lips with tissue.  Powder with CG loose powder through 1ply of tissue.
16. Reapply lipstick.
17. Touch up edges of lips with Rimmel concealer, if needed.
18. Apply Tarte mascara, first to tops of lashes, then to bottom (the normal way).  Lightly apply to lower lashes all the way across.
19. With large powder brush, apply ELF blush very lightly to create cheekbone contours.  Layer to darken if desired.
20. Apply Maybelline brow gel.
21. Be fabulous!

And so it begins...

I had my first wedding nightmare last night, probably because I spent a lot of yesterday reading books I got from the APL about how to make a ceremony.

So in the dream we got married but Erik forgot to bring the rings along. No big, we just skipped that part. So later we were together and we got them out and put them on -- and they were ALL WRONG. His was something enormous and fancy, and mine was made of acrylic (clear plastic, not yarn!), carved with swirly designs, and had a giant opal in a prong setting (the prongs were acrylic too). I got really angry that he ordered something totally different from what we wanted, but he apparently liked them and didn't care what I thought. So I grabbed his and took mine off and threw them both on the floor (and they proceeded to bounce away) and I stalked off angrily in my wedding dress.

Anyway, it's quite some time before I have any good reason to worry about the rings being wrong/forgotten, since we don't even have the year chosen yet. BUT that doesn't mean we don't have ideas!

This is my engagement ring (in "Happy Feet" by Plymouth Yarns):















And these are some bands we like (from e-weddingbands.com)
For me:
















For him:
















Totally different than in the dream! So maybe you can see why I was so angry -- we're going for simple and classy.



Knitting!
Second alpaca sock is coming along well -- did a couple of inches already today. I need to find the first one so I can carry it around to measure the second so I know when to start the heel.