Beauty By Kim Wijangco

What to do before your makeup application appointment:

1. Do your research: Find images of what looks you are comfortable wearing and suit the event you are attending. Bring these images to your makeup artist to give an idea of what you would like.
- Keep in mind what looks you're actually comfortable wearing! If you rarely wear makeup do not choose overly glamorous, heavy makeup styles! Not only will it feel uncomfortable, but you also may not feel like yourself! This is okay to try for going out or a girls night, but not necessarily the best idea for an important event such as a wedding.

2. Show your best photos: Find images of how you usually wear your makeup and bring this to your appointment. This will give your makeup artist an idea of what you're comfortable with.

4. Groom your brows: Have your eyebrows already groomed, or be prepared to pay extra to get them shaped. Unruly eyebrows can affect the whole look.

5. Don't wear makeup to your appointment: Come to your appointment with NO MAKEUP, hair pulled off your face or at least clipped back, and your face freshly washed with NO CREAMS.

- Coming with makeup on is time wasting for your makeup artist as she or he will have to wash it off first in order to start. If your face is not washed before your makeup goes on it will not set properly and will not go on as evenly. Creams may interfere with your makeup artist's primers and foundations. Bring the moisturizer instead and let your makeup artist decide if she or she will use it. You do not want to look shiny and reflective in pictures so they may use a light hydration spray or matte moisturizer instead.

6. Leave your skin alone: Do not tan, get a peel or abrasive facial the day of or before your appointment. This will completely affect the overall appearance of your makeup.
- Tanning dries out the skin and your skin needs at least a day or two of moisturizing properly before makeup can sit properly. Getting a peel will leave redness and could cause you to break out! You definitely want to avoid all peels before your special day! Abrasive facials can also cause you to breakout and may make your makeup artist's job harder if there's a lot of blemishes to cover.

7. Please wear a white shirt to your trial assuming you will be wearing a white dress. You will have a better idea of what the makeup will look like on the wedding day of you are already in the same color.

Follow these simple steps & you will be much more satisfied with your results & will make your experience & your makeup artist's job much more enjoyable and stress free.