Bridal Beauty Tips - Part 1
It's your day; no wonder you want to look stunning. And with a little effort, you can. Everything on your wish list, from Gisele Bundchen-style hair to an even complexion, can be achieved with fine-tuned regiments begun weeks before you walk down the aisle or with a bit of wizardry at the final hour. Either way, you'll carry your exquisite look straight through the night (if not well into your honeymoon). Here the pros offer both strategies for addressing every bride's top concerns.
Trouble spot: Short or sparse eyelashes.
Long-haul fix: Extensions transform plain-Jane eyelashes into screen siren standouts without a smidgen of mascara - a huge benefit for potentially teary brides. The one-to-three-hour procedure demands a delicate touch: an expert aesthetician attaches synthetic lashes one by one to your upper lashes with a safe, longlasting adhesive. Your real eyelashes have a sixty-to-ninety-day life span, and the false ones are shed along with them. So schedule a session with your aesthetician for about three days before your wedding. Since you'll be lying on a massage table with your eyes closed the entire time, you will probably find it a welcome break. Prolonged use of extension lashes can damage your natural ones. While you'll be tempted to go in for a touch-up two to three weeks later, unless you actually are a screen siren it's best to let the lashes fall off or have them removed by a professional.
Shortcut: "On brides, I always add black individual temporary false lashes, whether eight or just two," says Lancome makeup artist Sandy Linter. The extra fullness makes light-colored eyes pop and intensifies brown or hazel irises, she explains. Despite their name, the individual lashes actually come in small, subtle clusters known as flares, but unlike tricky full-strip falsies, they can be trusted to stay put. Linter glues the flares on last so that they don't interfere with her application of eye shadow, eyeliner and mascara. Then, to camouflage the faux lashes, she blends them in with a second round of the mascara, specifically a lightweight formula.
Trouble spot: Limp hair.
Long-haul fix: Hair extensions don't just cater to Hollywood's trendy fixation with long locks. They're a bride's best strategy for dodging a bad hair day. In a Great Lengths application, a stylist begins by adhering about six bundles of human hair, which start at eight inches in length, to your own strands. If you want to turn your bob into a mass of curls (as Katie Holmes did earlier this year), you may need up to 300 extension attachments, which, once applied, are but to blend naturally into your own hairstyle. You can go for a fuller look without adding length, but after the bundles are attached, clients usually can't resist adding at least a few inches, says Marc Mena, senior stylist at New York's Warren-Tricomi salon. The protein polymer bonds, which look like the plastic nubs at the ends of shoelaces, are strategically placed to conceal attachment sites, so you can wear your hair up, too.
Shortcut: "I use some kind of hair extension with 95 percent of my bridal clients," Mena says. Temporary clip-in extensions, also made of human hair, take mere minutes for a professional to insert. "Two pieces on each side and three on the black of the head help hold all styles," a boon to hair that always loses its curl, according to Mena. Unlike bonded extensions, temporaries can be reused for future events. For brides who prefer to stick with their own hair, a chignon or a half-up-half-down do can create fullness at the crown.
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