Badhai Ho! You have set your wedding date! Now all you have
to do is get the invitations done, choose the décor, theme, venue, budget,
clothing, wedding party, other functions etc etc etc. A bit overwhelming isn’t
it? Don’t worry with the help of wedding planners, eager relatives and helpful
friends you guys will be all set.
And I’m here to give you a little help with your D-Day
styling. Over the time that I have been a bridal makeup artist, I have seen how
colour plays an important role in bridal styling and venue décor as well. I take this extra step with my bridal clients during our trial to make sure she will glow on her wedding day.
*Remember if there
is a colour that you love and it makes you happy then go all out and choose it.
Here what I want to achieve is simply to help you make a more educated decision. Your wedding day is probably going to be the day you are photographed the most and with different gadgets. You will have professional still photography, candid, video, camera phones and digi Cams and the dreaded flash photography. And both of you want to look glorious in all those pictures.
Here what I want to achieve is simply to help you make a more educated decision. Your wedding day is probably going to be the day you are photographed the most and with different gadgets. You will have professional still photography, candid, video, camera phones and digi Cams and the dreaded flash photography. And both of you want to look glorious in all those pictures.
Choosing the right colour for your bridal attire is the key
to great styling. Your makeup, décor and hairstyle can then be based on what
you’re wearing. For my reception I had
the entire venue in pink as the colour highlighted my best features and made me
glow and hey why not have more of it then. My husband had a lovely pink pocket
square for our church ceremony to tie into our colour theme of pink and silver,
and at the reception he had a lovely tie dye Dupatta with hints of pink to go
with his champagne silver Sherwani.
How did we decide on colours? Well I simply went to a store
for bridal outfits and chose a variety of wedding outfits to try on. I had it
in my head that I wanted an outfit in blue, making it unique. But when I held
the outfit against me and wrapped the Dupatta around my head, I realised, Gaakk!
It made me look older. After about an hour of trying different colours on I
realised the ones that made me look every bit a blushing bride were onion pink,
peach and champagne (Silvery gold). It was also clear to me that I had to look
at different shades of colours to zero in on the perfect one. I tried hot pink
and pastel pink and it didn’t look as good on me as the onion pink did. This means
you can wear your favourite colour on your wedding day; you just have to choose
the right shade for yourself.
While choosing “your” colour, its best to think about how it
will translate on male attire as well, in case you want to do the matchy matchy
thing, like we did. My husband loved the pink idea because I loved it (I know,
I’m a lucky lucky girl). We added the silvery gold colours as it complemented
both are skin tones.
Ideally your bridal designer will help you with choice of
colours, but it’s always nice to do some homework before your go in for the
design appointment.
If you don’t already know what colours look good on you, a
great way is to do what I did, just walk into a store and start putting things
on and see how they look. Here I’ll give you tips so that it won’t take you an
hour and avoid any too late nasty surprises.
1)
Do these colours make my skin glow or wash me
out? i.e. make me look pale
2)
Does this colour enhance my assets (eyes, skin
tone etc.) or enhance my little imperfections (pimple marks, pigmentation
etc.)?
3)
How does my body look in this colour?
4)
How will my husband, wedding party, venue décor,
invitations look with accents of this colour?
And once you understand your skin tone it will help you short
list some colours to start with.
If you already know if you’re a cool skin tone (i.e. more
pink) or if you’re a warm skin tone (i.e. more yellow) then half your work is
done but if you don’t, follow some of the steps below.
1)
Put on Silver and Gold jewellery one at a time
and see which one complements your skin tone better?
2)
You can put on WHITE outfit and an OFF white
outfit and decide which one give you a better glow?
3)
And at last, step out in natural light and check
your inner wrists. Are your veins blue or green?
Now if your answers were Silver , White and Blue, then you
are a cool tone. Cool skin tones look great in bluish reds, mauves would be ideal.
And if your answers were Gold, Off White and Green, then
obviously you’re a warm tone. For you
Peachy Pinks , yellowish greens, olive green, earthy colours would be best.
The Colour Theory Wheel
So let me reiterate, you can choose whatever colour you
please, however choose the shade that suits your skin tone and fulfils all the
requirements above. Because once you choose the right shade, everything falls
into place. From Makeup to décor and lighting becomes easier. And you will glow
on your wedding day.
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