My friend is getting married in a
month, she asked me to go for marriage kit shopping. Although every girl loves
shopping specially make up but trust me marriage kit shopping is not an easy
job, you come across so many questions like what is the basic stuff to be
bought and which brand to go with. Here I am going to share our shopping haul
so that you can have an idea about what are the make up essentials for a bride-to-be.
Here is what we bought:
1. Lipsticks and lip gloss:
For lipsticks we concentrated on “Colorbar
and Revlon”. We kept a mix of light and bright shades mainly according
to her dresses like onion pink, purple and other earthy colors. It is must to
include 1-2 red or maroon lipstick in your bridal kit so we did.
2. Nail paints:
Just like lipsticks we bought few
shades that match her dresses specially one matching the wedding dress and the
preferred brands were “Maybelline and Colorbar”.
3. Eyeliners:
You must pick a basic liquid
liner with black or brown color. I recommended her a blue one along with black
one as blue eye liner gives you a sensuous look. And the brand we chose was “Lakme”.
4. Lip pencils:
Pick one neutral shade lip pencil
and one in red in case you wear red lipstick. You can go with “Colorbar and Lakme”.
5. Mascara:
Make sure you choose the one
which is waterproof and you can pick “Maybelline Colossal Volume Mascara”.
6. Blush:
Pick up at least one matte blush
and one shimmer blush and our preferred brand was “Lakme” you can also
choose “MAC” (one with pearly finish looks great on camera).
7. Foundation:
Foundation is the base of your
makeup, do invest in good foundations. Go for a matte foundation exactly same
in shade as your skin tone.
Note:
- Don’t buy foundations lighter than your skin tone.
- Make sure you don’t choose the one with illuminating particles as these particles would reflect light and make your skin look greasy in pictures.
You can go with “Mac”.
8. Concealer:
Concealer is a must have in every
makeup kit to mask a mild redness or a childhood scar and keep you looking
flawless. Again our prefence was “Mac”.
9. Sindoor:
And not to forget the most
important element for an Indian bride as Deepika padukone says in a movie- “Ek chutki sindoor ki kimat tum kya jaano
Ramesh babu.
The one we chose was “Lakme
liquid sindoor”.
10. Eye shadow:
If you don’t like wearing too
many eye shadows go for eye palettes rather than single shades. You can choose “Colorbar
eyeshadow palettes”.
11. Compact:
You will definitely need a compact
for touch ups and regular use. The brand we chose was “Mabelline Whitestay UV compact”.
12. Make-up brushes:
You can buy a travel brush kit or
individual brushes (that is totally upto you), but bear in mind foundation
brush, blush brush, eye shadow brush and a powder brush are must haves.
13. Others:
- Purchase a vanity kit to keep all your makeup stuff.
- Choose a regular face wash that suits your skin and an exfoliating scrub.
- Definitely keep basic moisturizers one for your face and one for your body and a lip balm too.
- Do pick up sponges, cotton swabs, blotting sheets, make-up remover and nail paint remover.
