how hard is it to apply makeup to someone else?

[onehaughtmama]

My friends getting married and she wants me to do her bridal make up and engagement pics makeup ... is it that hard to apply makeup to someone other than yourself? any and all tips and advice are welcome ! please!

[pinkvanilla]

It isn't too hard to apply makeup to others, I'd say probably easier than applying to yourself! Get a foundaiton that doesn't have any sunscreen or titanium dioxide in it so it doesn't give a white cast when photographed. Also it would be good to do trial runs, maybe even get some samples of different foundations (so you can see which one is best) so you can get some different looks and take some photographs Good luck!

[internationallybeautiful]

Its not that difficult to do someone else's makeup. I would ask a lot of questions first and then do many trial runs to make sure it is the look she is looking for. Remember, the bride wouldn't want to keep having to retouch her makeup so I would use products that are multi-tasking like gels and creams because they last a little longer than powders. Hope this helps!

[dly1012]

make sure you dont use too much shimmer or anything that will glitter too much in the photos, use a face primer under makeup and dont use foundations that have SPF in it.
ask the bride what colors she likes and prefers, and what style of makeup she usually wears and what she would like for the pictures, and try to find a happy medium of what will make her look the best she can be. make sure that the makeup is still neutral and pretty, but kind of apply a bit more lip color, blush and eye makeup than you normally would to bring out her features, because the flash of cameras always makes people look a bit washed out. so in the case of doing makeup for photos, more is more. i hope you understand what im saying about the neutral but still more? haha, i hope i helped you at least a bit

[vogueboy]

Yeah, like everyone else here has said, it's not that difficult.