u/SmolAnimol3

Hi there! Including a random picture of my face in my normal makeup (concealer and mascara only) just for reference.

I am getting married in June and cannot decide what to do for my wedding makeup. I want to look like myself, and I don’t wear much makeup ever. Every time I’ve had my makeup done professionally, it has looked super weird even when they have done great work which is why I haven’t hired a MUA. There’s something about my skin texture that just simply doesn’t hold makeup the same way other peoples skin holds it. I have a lot of creases and very like…pliable skin so powders and most creams look very obvious, they just never blend.

Any ideas/products to try to achieve a dewy, glowing bridal look without layers and layers of powders and contouring? I can’t “build things up” like they do in tutorials, it ends up looking clowny. I need to try something else.

Thanks so much for your help!!

https://postimg.cc/gallery/M6Rz2gp

^inspo pics of my ideal look, though I do realize that literally all these have heavy contouring so this isn’t what I’m expecting!! I can’t find inspo pics without contouring.

It’s a beautiful sunny day, I’m about to get married and don’t care about the day being perfect, why am I so stressed??

I am just about the opposite of a bridezilla and always wanted a casual wedding. We decided on a campout since we are Oregon hippies, but ended up going with a lodge venue that had some amenities, tables/chairs, bathrooms etc (THANK GOD). Bringing in food trucks, MIL handling the cake, it was going to be a breeze!

2 months out, it just feels like my to do list keeps on getting longer and I am getting burnt out. And I also find myself very frustrated because my fiancé does have his own to do list for the wedding, but somehow he does not understand what I’m experiencing and I can barely explain it myself.

I’m just going to give an example of today - was planning on relaxing today. Because we are doing food trucks/very casual, I forgot that we need paper plates for the cake! I found cute festive paper plates, I found napkins, I found forks and realized my fiancé was getting kegs but probably forgot cups. All of these supplies ended up being like 1-2 hours of searching for “cute” stuff and about 400 dollars. Has my fiance confirmed with th keg guy? Pester him to call them. Realized my cheap tablecloths I found are too wrinkled, came up with a game plan to dewrinkle. Oh, my hair person still needs me to send inspo and set a trial. The food trucks need me to coordinate with the lodge owner for power supply, but he’s not calling me back. Oh we need a mocktail or punch, need to order those drink dispenser things. How are we going to actually make these mocktails day off? Spend two hours deciding on one that doesn’t have a ton of steps or need tons of supplies. Hmm did I get enough cups. OMG water. No one will have drinking water. The food trucks won’t have that. I need more cups. I need more drink dispensers. How come I didn’t realize this?? Who will refill the water? Who will mix the mocktail if we are all getting ready? Okay you get it, but it feels like this happens almost every day somehow.

I just want to curl up and eat a pizza and ice cream. But gotta fit into that dress and look healthy and glowing. Found a perfect 300 dollar used dress, oh but the alterations are 600. Gotta fit.

Even though my fiance has a list, he’s not thinking of all this little stuff, and all the mental energy has been me. He thinks I’m stressing too much about a casual event. But I really am not. If I hadn’t panicked today, no one would have had water 😂 I love him to death, but he keeps saying things like “we are picking up the kegs morning of” and “oh we’re gonna pick up the sound system from friend morning of” and I’m trying to stay in my lane but it doesn’t feel like good planning. If there was some hold up and we showed up at venue even an hour late, the whole days schedule gets messed up.

I really am trying to stay happy and calm but this isn’t about it being my wedding and needing it to be perfect or aesthetic, it’s just me realizing that any kind of event planning for a whole weekend and 150 people is HARD. I will be so sad when the wedding is over but will be so happy when the planning is over…

wedding makeup ideas??

is it normal to feel this stressed 2 months out?? chill campout wedding :)