2. I usually use cream shadows on brides as they dry and don’t crease or sweat off. You can just as easily create this look with powder eye shadows, just be sure to do your eyes before the rest of your face as eye shadow can drop and make a mess.3. Using a matte light brown shadow, contour your eye by applying shadow just on your eye socket bone (outer corner of eye/just above the outer crease) and bringing it down into your crease as you move to the inner corner of your eye. This should not create a defined line but rather a soft shadow which adds shape and depth to your eye.

4. Using the same colour and a smaller brush, run a little eye shadow into your lower lash line. (remember the darker colour on your eye should be heaviest on the outer corner of your eye…this gives that lovely almond shape)

5. You can build up the colour on the outer corner of your eye with the same colour or use a darker colour for a more dramatic look. Use the original contour you did (step 3 & 4) as an outline and always “colour in the lines” from then on. This ensures that you have a soft, blended line before your skin tone. I usually only build up a darker colour within the outer lid area of the eye.

6. A lovely look for brides it to take a shimmery brown or champagne colour and apply it to the middle of the lid. Make sure you blend it (you’re going to hear that a lot!) so that it looks like each colour melts into the other. The dark matte colour on the outside and the lighter shimmer in the middle work together to create shape and definition.

7. Now add a light shimmery eye shadow to the inner lid and lightly bring it around to the inner lower lash line (just a smidgen!). This makes your eyes look bigger and more awake.

8. There are so many options for lining eyes. I prefer using a small angled brush (like a MAC #208) with either – brown or black eye shadow (for a more natural look), eye pencil (for a subtle, defined look) or pot paint (for a dramatic look). Just remember to push the colour into the lash line or as close as possible always making it thicker towards the outer corner of the eye.

9. Whatever you do to the top, you do to the bottom. Just in smaller amounts and more subtly. I don’t always line the bottom lashes completely as it depends totally on the shape of the eye. If you’re going to add liner in your waterline, make sure it’s waterproof otherwise you will get panda eyes.

10. Always curl your lashes before you apply mascara. For a more natural look, use black on the top and brown on the bottom lashes…always waterproof.

11. I’m not a big believer in highlighting under the brow (because this area can shine and reflect light naturally), however, if you do want the extra pop, apply a tiny amount of shimmer/highlight (it can be the same from step # 7) in a thin line right underneath your brow after the arc.

12. Unless the bride wants a specific colour, I usually use a light pink lip stain on the lip. I then highlight the middle of the bottom lip a little and the bow of the top lip ever so slightly.

13. Finally I apply a lovely pinkish-nude lipstick (MAC Faux is delicious on most people).

Once you’ve finished the entire look, give your face a once over…maybe you need a little more blush (maybe less) and perhaps a last, light powder to eliminate shine.

This look can be used with light, matte colours for a great daytime look or with dark, shimmery colours for some a bit more dramatic.