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So I did a trial today with an airbrush make artist.  I really liked her, she knows her stuff, her prices are great, but I cannot decide which eye shadow  colors I should use for the wedding.  Pick which you like better.

On my right eye (left when looking) is a the more natural look. She used a cream colored base and slowly blended more colors until the top of my lid/crease.  The color is a mauve not a brown..it had purple undertones, although she used a light brown color in there too (using brown liner instead of black).  For me I love the colors, except my BM are having a few purples in their eye shadow makeup (since their dresses are lavander and MOH grape), and the M.O.A. just to show me put the exact colors the BMs are wearing on, and stood next to me and my mauve looked more purple than it does alone, and it was kind of dull versus the actual purples the BM are using.  But I do love the mauve color. (see 2 pics below)

On my left eye (right side), is a more dramatic look and is the cream colored base again, same style as the other eye, but the dark color is pewter, with black eye liner.  Now this matches my dress, as its white diamond with pewter embellishments.  I was told that you can allowed your FI to see your makeup before the wedding day so i did, and he said that the pewter was way to dark (as was the more natural color look I showed him pictures of) I explained that it had to be slighly more dramatic to be seen in pictures, but he doesn't understand.  I know he isn't use to me in makeup like that, but do you guys think the pewter is too dark? I already told the girl I would like to soften it up and she said it would not be a problem, and would still look really pretty.. just not as dramatic. (see pic below for pewter).

Wut what do you think? (btw I am pale here but im naturally pretty dark... so for wedding I'll have an actual tan).

Oh and the picture where u can see both eyes i would feedback on ho

w she did airbrush wise on my actual face. (the close up of the eyes shut, she hadnt really started to do any of the face airbrush makeup yet, I had NOTHING on actually besides the eye makeup she did).I have had 1 other trial and didn't like, my friend got married and i watched her get airbrush and didn't like it or how the girls attitude was, and would like peoples opinion of how u think it looks.  She had not done lips, lashes, or a bronzed look to it yet... this was mainly for me to see the eye shadow on camera, and the foundation/flaw-less look. (see below pic. my eye are still 2 diff colors natural/pewter haha).

I really cant decide between the natural vs. the softened pewter look...my only cons are the natural looks weird with the bridal party so the pics could make them stand out more, and my FI wasn't fond of pewter but think he will like it if its softened like I plan on doing.....

thanks for your opinion girls. 

 I like the pewter idea to go with the dress but I do want it to be a softer than that! I rarely wear makeup so i dont want people to be blown away in a bad way. 

@ zippylef  and texaslawgirl 

 My skin was a funky color that way, im actually REALLY olive complexted and when im pale my skin tone looks so wrong on me.. lol..i think the lighting during the picture really exaggerated that. What colors would you suggest for the eye shadow based on my coloring? keeping in mind my eyes change from gray-blue-green-purple, and my skin will be tanned so VERY olivey? The one with the mauve color was all naturals..and looked like a mauve color..so she used browns/coppers/creams/ etc.  I was the onethat likes the frosty color, but only because i think of frost as in white and for a wedding i should be wearing white eye shadow? I had no idea what i should do.. she actually advised me not to but i didn't know any other colors to use...i do NOT like dark colors..that pewter is way to dark for me, as it is..but im not crossing off pewter/grays....yet. HELP

And soooo i'm not sure wut a lot of makeup is with airbrush. but she just put on a primer, and did a mist of the airbrush for about.... 10 seconds in each area. Then she use air to dry it and let me see if I liked how she matched the color of my skin. That was it...in the pics of just the eyeshadow pics thats my regular skin with no makeup on it. I dont know if that shows how much makeup i have on or not.  I was wearing chapstick (after drinking a lil juice too that was red in color) she hadn't put anything on my lips in any of these pics yet.

texaslawgirl - i love the jessica simpon look.. but my complexion is more like.. jessica albas when im tan.. and i have long lashes she just didn't do anything to them yet in the pic where my eyes are open.

You are so pretty - and your skin looks great! 

But I'm with the other gals on the shadow and lip color.  It's all a little to sparkly and pale for you, in my opinion.  I would go with more earth tones - taupe, beige, and I would do the liner (liquid) and mascara in brown.  And then your lips in a light burgundy.  But that's just me, maybe.  Or even a darker pink. 

But I love the airbursh makeup. I've had it done a few times for shoots, and it always looks so good in person.  :-)

She did use earth tones on the "natural one" i do remember her using a color called spiral cork which was a brown tone... but whatever she mixed and blended it with made it turn more of that mauve color.  And I don't know what lip color you guys are seeing... i mean the ONLY color on there is from a red drink i had (barely) and oooooo the chapstick I used was my 9 year old cousins! haha oppps it could have had sparkles in it, but thats not what she used on my lips. What she used was more of a darker nude if thats even a color.. was just a shade darker than the natural color of my lips.

I really am clueless about this stuff.  My FI says that my face itself doesn't need any makeup because you care barely tell the difference between my skin in the pics with just the 1 eye showing vs. the one where she used the airbrush and did the foundation. But I saw a little bit of a difference. More even toned....

any suggestions/pictures are very helpful!

Sorry about the poll being confusing! I was asking two questions so I put answers to both questions...so you could pick two answers. OPPS.

You guys are being really helpful!! What color eye shadow did you guys wear for your weddding?  I was thinking it should be shades of white/light frost like colors...guess no rule. 

Did u go with a natural, subtle look? Colors that complimented you but incorperated the colors in your wedding a tad bit? Something totally different than your wedding colors you just liked on you? I'm SO lost!  I read you are suppose to wear as much makeup as u usually would on at a special event, do not go overboard because it is your wedding day.. u should look more like yourself- but I barely wear makeup let alone eyeshadow and I do want to "clean up nicely" as some say on my wedding day.  Did anyone go all natural?

For those of you who are going off my skin tone...along with hair color...and eye color (which i must tell u changes by the hour.. sometimes they are GRAY- DARRKKK blue- light blue- green- teal like- and sometimes they are a violet/purple color, they are unpredictable)....

Here is a picture of me that shows my skin tone better, as I am SEMI-TAN (like i would be for the wedding).. i will not get tan tan....my hair might be a tad bit darker than in this picture but the sun controls how light it gets...also, as u can tell this is the normal amount of makeup i wear DAILY - tinted moisturizer, touch of bronzer (if needed.. dont think i used any in this pic), eye liner, and  i curl my lashes (no mascara), with maybe a lil lip tint.. but probably chapstick (i think im addicted lol)

Let me know color suggestions u have, after seeing the skin tone and what not....

Thank u for all your help!!! If you find pictures that u think are helpful, PLEASE post them, it'll help me a lot!

Yeah, I'm like jessica alba's color (but she's kind of light in that picture).  The pic below her, not sure who it is, the eyes are a bit dark? I love how the lashes are for kim kardashian! Yeah, perhaps a beige vs a frost white willl look better, and not such a hard/harsh/drastic color like the pewter.. i just want to make sure it is visable in pictures.

And wow the pic i posted i look REALLY yellow, but im not. Really weird. And no, I'm not wearing much makeup AT ALL, although it kind of looks like I am. Might have to post another, this looks so weird, not like how the picture appears on my computer at all (I hope i dont have this problem in my wedding pics!)

@ Angela83 yes i agree.. i like the glow/dewey look too versus the matte look!! She showed me that look after the pic was taken.  I guess my skin looks like I'm wearing makeup because honestly she just put the primer on, used the airbrush and misted for about 5-10 seconds, then used the airbrush and used air to help it dry...put some setting powder on it and that was it, thats the only makeup she put on me in that picture (as far as face goes). I just wanted to see if the color matched my skin tone & how it looked in a pic  She did blush and all that after.. so if that looks like a lot of makeup..... im scared! It was really such a MINIMUM amount she misted on my skin.

@zippylef: I agree with Zippy. Understated is beautiful. Frosty is overwhelming and distracting of your natural beauty.

Ok, I think we can all agree- OUT WITH THE FROSTY COLORS IN WITH THE NATURALS LIKE BEIGES, Less SHIMMER in the colors, and that the darker color needs to be more in the crease.. is that correct?  I don't wear eye shadow so i do not know where the darkest color is suppose to go.. corner or crease? Always get them confused.

I'm an idiot when it comes to make-up so u r all so much help! I don't care if u are tell me it looks bad... i want HONESTY, espcially in an area where I am "uneducated"

Thanks to all who said i don't need to wear make up and that I am beautiful... what a nice thing to say, but I just want my skin tone to look more evened out.. because its not.

What i want and how I will feel comfortable is having the people I know/love/trust thinking the makeup ENHANCED my natural beauty and that its a classy, natural look, with the makeup done so its appropiate for a bride to wear, and represents what I want.  I want to enhance my eyes- make them look bigger to show off the pretty colors they change, exaggerate my long lashes (like i've commented on some pic posted I like), have my face look flawless but not be able to see any makeup and to have a GLOW that looks NATURAL!

@ nexus-6 - ya i love how airbrush makes skin look flawless.. and i am LUCKY to have very pretty skin of COURSE it has its flaws!!! And i guess if it looks photo shopped then its a compliment.... i can assure u the pics have only been cropped.. as thats ALL i know how to do when it comes to editting a picture...and not even on photoshop.. im worse with editing pics than i am with make up lol.

PICTURES PICTURES PICTURES for examples!! u guys are soo helpful THANK U !!!!

 @ MacFaniam24   i actually did go brunette once! One problem, my hair turns WHITE blond in the sun, and after only a few weeks it went from a nice chocolate brown, to a light brown I did not like. However, the chocolate brown color I loved.  See picture below taken less than a month apart (you can tell I was in the sun a lot in the pic where my hair is lighter by how tan i am) ---

(all natural in this pic btw, no makeup.. maybe i have on my addiction...chapstick but thats it... i had pulled an all nighter studying i remember this)

the color brown it turned after less than 2-3 weeks from being in the sun....and this is the most makeup ive every worn! Get to see both extremes from these two pics!

I think I'll stick with my blond, since it seems apparent my hair will turn that color even if I dye my hair black and the sun hits it lol

@jojobananas : She had not done any blush/bronzer or contouring yet in the picture I posted.  Like i said she only did the foundation for me to see how the color matched my skin tone and to see it on camera/picture.  She did do all of that afterwards.

Ok for everyone who has been so helpful so far, I have been googling pictures of eyeshadows for blue/green/gray/violet eyes and did not find anything I loved.  Also, I searched through all of Jessica Alba's pictures and found nothing.   What i did find was some MAC looks, drawn out with the colors and everything used for each look (like they have for the employees and on their websites). I did read that for my eye color(s), the browns, coppers, beiges - the natural colors enhance your eye color - but also purples, pinks, grays, burgundy, plums, and peaches are good to use as a contracting color with the naturals....

I found several that I like, but it is VERY hard to tell the colors thru a drawing.  I am not familiar with MAC eyeshadow color/names, the brush names, etc. So if someone would be so kind to let me know if the colors that are used in the drawings would be good for me (not to shimmery and all that stuff I want to avoid). Some I know use a white frost, but I can always have her use a beige color instead.  Let me know.. i found quite a few, but they are all named uniquely.. so refer to them by the name that appears on the top.. please! THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.

I am only concerned about the eye makeup colors, and the lips too. I wish that looking at this on the mac website helped.. but not really!

Are those colors dark? Its hard for me to tell if they are purple or if they are browns?

And but of course the 1st color listed is a frosty pink, what I am trying to stay away from..but in small amounts like that could it look good?

A Muse: I think these colors are all good/natural (minus the frosty white). But not 100% sure if all the other colors are a satin/matte finish or if they have a frosty/shimmer to them?

Soar: might be a bit on the light side with the pinks?

There are those, someone please let me know about the colors and if its what I am looking for! They're are so many MAC colors I can barely tell the difference in them, so for those who know the colors, or have some of them.. PLEASE let me know! Or if you find a drawing like these... please post it!

Thank u.

OHHH! Sorry for a 3rd post in a row, but I totally forgot about these pictures (of actual people I found that I liked).Let me know what u think.... one is of Adrianna Lima since her skin/eye color can be similar to mine... but it might be really tiny, error in D/Ling it...

(that is tiny)

Oh, this is the makeup brand Nars.. found it on some bridal makeup site! the blue eyes, light hair... and skin tone is not too fair for me to compare to.  Thought it used the natural colors/beige like you all had suggested.

And the last one u are probably going to want to smack me but for some reason I like it!! (minus the glitter)....even with the frosty color. Put it this way, I like the way it blends together... not the colors per say....

Look foward to hearing all u ladies input/opinions!

@Boston Bee: yayy so im going in the right direction!! What do you think about the picture drawn called "a muse'?  Do you know what those eye shadow colors look like in person?? From the picture of them, they seem to be in the right category... ?

the nars look it is! with a little bit of twicking here and there to ad a lil bit of soft brown, since it kind of looks all one color!!

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP! going for a 2nd trial next week and will share with you the pics to see all your opinions again!!

I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ALL YOU HELP, THANK YOU!

And stay tuned!

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