Make-Up Trial

I've blogged previously about having my mom do my make-up. Since I'm not going to be home again for an extended period of time before May when I move back, I decided maybe we should go ahead and do the trial while I was home for break. And what better time to practice than for New Year's Eve? I showed my mom these pictures as inspiration:

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And this is what we ended up with (before I did my lips):

It held up well, and still looked good at the end of the night:

  

I really liked the colors we used. If you click to enlarge the first picture, you can see how green the golds and browns made my eyes look. I love the look of false eyelashes, but I might try the individual ones. I had the hardest time getting the strip ones I used to look even (even though I've applied them several times for dance competitions and homecomings/proms).

Overall, I loved it and I think it'll look even better when I'm tan and have had my eyebrows waxed recently (oops!). I love that I have such a talented momma!

What do you think? Did you have a make-up trial done?

Make Me Pretty!

So it's a little early, but I've already been saving pictures for my makeup inspiration. My mom did my makeup for all of my high school dances and I always thought she did a great job:

She is about the only person I'd trust to do my makeup because I can tell her when I don't like it. I'm that girl who will try to hide my tears and tell someone I love my hair/makeup/whatever because I don't want to hurt their feelings.While I don't want to hurt my mom's feelings, I feel like I can tell her when I don't like something and I can have her redo it.

I want fairly dramatic eyes for the big day - And if you didn't catch the theme in the pictures, I like colors that make my eyes look more green. I refuse to call my eyes brown because I think hazel or green eyes are so pretty! My inspiration pictures don't necessarily have the colors of eyeshadow I'd prefer, but they have the look I'm going for:

 

 

I'm confident my momma will be able to pull it off, and I'm excited for the few moments of relaxation spent with her (hopefully) before the craziness starts! I just can't bring my self to pay a fairly large amount of money for makeup I'll be washing off (who am I kidding, I won't be taking time to wash my face!) that will be gone by the next morning when I have a mom that talented (especially because when I say the word 'bride' the prices go up $50).

    

Are you taking the DIY route or having a friend/family member do your makeup? Or is makeup something you're leaving up to the pros?