Color can instantly influence the way you feel – and of course on your special day you want to feel (and look!) beautiful and radiant. Your choice of color for your wedding makeup, hair, and your wedding dress should compliment and flatter you. You are unique, and your wedding day look should be as well! I will help guide you in selecting the perfect and most harmonious colors for you on your special day. Every blushing bride knows… it’s all in the details – right down to your fingertips!
This guideline will be helpful as you decide on the perfect palette for your wedding makeup to ensure you sparkle on your special day. After selecting your bridal gown and the perfect wedding hair, this color lesson will provide the perfect finishing touch to your fairy-tale look.Â
Your colors will be categorised as cool, neutral and warm. Cool is for those with blue undertones in their skin, neutral is an equal blend of warm and cool undertones in their skin and warm is for those who have yellow undertones.
COOL (Pick at least 2 to determine your undertone)
Eye color – pure blue, cool light blue, med blue or blue gray, light med or dark rosy brown, very dark brown, gray hazel, bright blue green.
Hair – Light med or dark sandy blonde or ash, platinum blonde, ash with no gold, dark brown, cool blue black, snow white, silver gray with blue undertones.
Skin – Olive complexion light med deep but with green undertones, rosy brown or blue black, fair skin- cool white, rose beige.
BEST BEAUTY COLORS FOR COOL:
Eyes – jewel tones or your neutrals are cool grays or rose beiges or deep cool mahogany browns.
Lips – cooler icy pinks, brighter berry pinks, candy pinks, bright roses, pinky coral. Your pop of color is Bright Fuchsia pink.
NEUTRAL (Pick at least 2 to determine your undertone)
Eye Color – blue eyes that are subject to change, hazel-changeable, light med blue green, brown with colored flecks.
Hair – red, blonde, brown and gray hair with both cool and warm tones through it. Light, med or dark.
Skin – light to med, very light brown, ivory, beige with peach and rose undertones.
BEST BEAUTY COLORS FOR NEUTRALS:
Eyes – Â anything rosey-no brights, muted to deep is your best, also peaches and cream tones, dusty mauves, neutral taupes light to deep, and neutral grays.
Lips – Neutral roses and pinks from a light to medium tone or peaches and cream colours muted and soft. Your pop of color is a true red.
WARMÂ (Pick at least 2 to determine your undertone)
Eye Color – amber, golden hazel (can have some blue or green)med-deep blue with gold flecks, green with gold flecks
Hair – golden honey blonde, golden copper red, Bordeux red all light to dark in shade, golden caramel brown, warm browns and copper tones.
Skin – olive with warm golden undertones, honey brown both light to dark in tone, warm creamy white, warm peach beige light to dark
BEST BEAUTY COLORS FOR WARM:
Eyes – think exotic spicy colors-deep teal, deep magenta, cranberry, earthy oranges, burnt coral, rustic earthy tones, warm chocolate, camel and terracotta.
Lips – Peaches, peachy pink, corals, orange reds, cranberry-stay warm and earthy in your color choices. Your pop of color is bright orange red.
PRODUCTS TO TRY
Cool Shadows – Makeup Forever Artist Shadow in M-110, Tom Ford Ice Queen Quad, Urban Decay NAKED palettes, Nars Duo Eyeshadow Tokyo & Brumes, Bareminerals Eyecolor Skyline.
Cool Lips – L’Oreal Cherry Crush MATTE P502, Glossigirl cosmetics Pinky, Anastasia Liquid Matte Lipstick Baby Pink & Bambi, Sephora Rouge Lipstick SR31 Miss or Madam & Mr Lover 10, Makeup Forever Rouge Artist Intense Pearly Cold Pink & Pearly Fuschia, Bareminerals Marvelous Moxie Lipstick Risk it all & Fly High.
Neutral Shadows – Urban Decay NAKED Palettes, Tom Ford Seductive Rose Quad, Mac Sable, Contrast, Deep Truth, Trax & Club, Nars Duo Eyeshadow Brousse & Violetta, Bareminerals Eyecolor Queen Tiffany.
Neutral Lips – Rouge Dior Charnelle 459, L’Oreal Spring Rosette MATTE PR 511, Mac Shy Shine, Sophisto, Glossigirlcosmetics Pushover, Charlotte Tilbury Matte Amazing Grace & Bitch Perfect, Anastasia Liquid Lipstick Sweet Talker, Sephora Rouge Cream Lipstick 1st Night, Makeup Forever Rouge Artist Intense Pearly Golden Pink 54 & Satin light Rosewood 30, Bareminerals Marvelous Moxie Lipstick Make your move & Raise the Bar.
Warm Shadows – Â Makeup Forever Artist shadow M630 & M536, Tom Ford Cognac Sable Quad or Cocoa Mirage, MAC All that glitters, Mulch, Woodwinked, Espresso, Urban Decay Palettes. Nars Duo Eyeshadow Cordura & Isolde, Bare Minerals Eyecolor True Gold & Sex Kitten.Â
Warm Lips – L’Oreal Sakura Petal MATTE P501, Rouge Dior Trench 319, Mac Velvet Teddy, Kinda Sexy, Charlotte Tilbury Coachella Coral & Nude Kate, Anastasia Liquid Lipstick Retro Coral, Sephora Rouge Lipstick Jealous 07 & Charmer 19, Bareminerals Marvelous Moxie Lipstick Light it up & Go the Distance.
Ultimately you want a wedding day look that will highlight your natural beauty, and truly let your personality and style shine. For additional makeup tips check out my additional posts on foundation and lashes.