So, Jenelle - How do you feel about joining "The Glass Slipper" and what do you hope to offer?
I'm
super excited to start with “The Glass Slipper!" Weddings have always
captured my heart since I was a little girl, so I hope I can offer inspiration
and advice. My wish is that EVERY BRIDE feels beautiful on her wedding day.
Every girl deserves that.
Do you have a passion for working with bridal makeovers?
As
a makeup artist, working with brides reminds me why I love my job so much.
Whenever I work on a bride, I make sure (first and
foremost), before I apply makeup to their face, that God created them
beautiful without
makeup. Every girl dreams of their wedding day and how they want to look breath-taking, not only for themselves, but especially for their beloved.
I feel so blessed to be part of something so special.
What is the BEST tip you can give a bride on her
makeup?
Hmmm,
that's a toughie!
I explain to almost everyone at Sephora, that if they bought nothing
else – it should be eye-primer! If they listen, I know I have done my job. I cannot express the importance of a primer! Your face wants to absorb that makeup as it
sits on your skin all day -- yuck!
You need a primer to not only act as a
barrier - you also need it to be the glue for your makeup hold onto. A face primer can have brightening properties (to even out your skin tone),
also have anti-aging benefits, hydrate your skin, and smooth out your skin
helping to disguise pores too!
Eye
primers can come in different colors, help with discoloration, help brighten
your lid, and can tint the color of your eye shadow. I
am telling you, when I use primer, I could put my eye makeup on at 5am and by
midnight it would still be on!
Some brides think that makeup is superficial and
unimportant - what are your thoughts on this?
Makeup
can be superficial. If it is your wedding day, make sure you still look like
YOU. Don't over-do your makeup to the point that you look back at your wedding
pictures and say, “Wow that's me?!” Less is MORE.
You want SOME form of
makeup for your special day, even if you
don't normally wear any. In pictures, you want your prize features to stand
out- that doesn't mean you have to wear a lot of makeup to do so. Sweep on a
complimentary eye-shadow color to make your eye color pop in your pictures! Powder on some HD tinted setting
powder to help absorb oil and give you just a hint of color. Wear a matte nude
lipstick just to make your lip pop! Even those few things, will make all the
difference in your pictures, and you will still look like your beautiful self.
Is there anything you'd like to say or add?
I
love my job for many reasons. It gives me the opportunity for even just a few
minutes, to make women feel beautiful. It gives me the greatest joy, to know
that I helped someone feel her best and I say this, because I truly believe God
has created us all divine in his sight. He is sad when we think of his
masterpiece as a mistake. I believe every woman should feel beautiful - that's
how God created us to BE.
I
Peter 3 says,
“Your
beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and
wearing gold jewelry, or wearing fine clothes. Rather, it should be that of
your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of
great worth in God's sight."
Psalm 139:14-15
"I
praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are
wonderful I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was
made in the secret place when I was woven together in the depths of the
earth."
There
are so many other verses too pertaining to the beauty God created us with! We
need to walk knowing that our creator loves us, cherishes us, and finds us
BEAUTIFUL. ~
~*~
