So a little random fact about me, I am a beautician in training. I have almost finished the course and have always had a passion for beauty. Typically this mean that I immediately thought about what makeup and skin care I will need for my wedding.
Since I started doing a makeup unit on the course, I noticed that I hate having my makeup done. It bores me, I want to be looking around, it isn't done in my own time and I am never 100% happy with the outcome. Although that is probably me just being silly but I couldn't really see me getting my makeup done on my wedding morning by anyone other than myself, I would just get annoyed and that wouldn't be the best start to the day.
However, I don't want to use my cheap makeup on my wedding day. I want to pamper myself a little. Since I spend most of my time one YouTube, it isn't surprising that I found Kandee Johnson's video '7 Steps to a Flawless Face (Foundation)' video. I love Kandee and I have been watching her for years!
I really trust her advice so I followed it to a tee. I went and looked for the prices of her makeup
used in the tutorial and calculated the price.
For that particular face makeup as well and an Urban Decay 'Naked 2' palette, a set of brushes,
MAC lipstick and a few other bits and bobs, it comes to roughly £250. Personally I don't think
it's that bad considering it is about £100 for a makeup artist for one day on just the bride and
since I have a few bridesmaids, that price will add up. On the other hand, if I buy this makeup it
would last me longer that just the one day so I would get more bang for my buck!
Another unit I studied was facials. I love the idea of having facial, if you use the right products
and tools. I have seen/heard a lot about the Clarisonic 'home facial tool' and to me,
it honestly does sounds great. The price however doesn't, £200?!?!?? that's just silly money!
Me being me I chose to research more for a cheaper alternative. I found one too!
The Skinsonic, it basically does the same job for quarter of the price. Awesome!!
That will bring my subtotal (including makeup) up to £300.
Now, you can't really by a facial tool and not have any products to go with right? When looking
for products I have to be careful. I have dry/normal skin but I get spots easily if I'm not
careful with what products I use (I don't have sensitive skin though) so I decided to look
for a higher brand's skin care range suited to dry skin. This is when I came across Benefit's
range which is entirely devoted to dry skin. The only problem is that it isn't devoted to
people on a budget. With eight product in the range at £20 give or take it gives a total of
roughly £160 which I know you don't need all of the products but you might as well!
The grand total of my wedding makeup and skincare if T agrees: £460!!!!
That's a huge chunk of the budget but I think it's a good investment!!
What do you think?
ElizabethSarahMay xx
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