Ajiri’s Wedding

Ajiri’s Wedding was organised and planned by Perfect Events Uk. The owner – Nicole contacted me a few months ago and I was booked without prior consultation as they were keen to use my services. I and Ajiri did meet up at her place for a trial much later to try out looks for her day.

On the wedding day, I made my way to Boreham House in Essex where I was set up in the Bridal Cottage.

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Ajiri has dry skin, so I made sure after cleansing, her skin was well hydrated using Embryolisse lait-crème concentré.  This was also done especially as my foundation of choice was MAC studio fluid foundation which I would never use on dry skin, but strangely, It worked perfectly on Ajiri’s skin!

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I believe the key was hydration before foundation and not overly powdering the skin. I dusted MAC mineralize skin finish in Dark with a large fluffy brush instead of using a proper setting powder. I was with Ajiri the whole day and didn’t need to powder her skin till she needed to dance into the reception.

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Her brows were quite scarce and she wanted bold brows which I drew in using MAC brow pencil in spiked.

On her eyes, I started with MAC paint pot in Soft ochre which I used as base and worked with various shades from the Lorac Pro eye shadow palette. Finished off with lining the eyes and Ardell Lashes in 120.

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Blush used was MAC blush in Fever. For contour and highlight I used a palette from a new brand called – Colourblend contour palette in Dark. Been using the palette for a while and really love the pigmentation.

Her lips were lined with NYX lip pencil in Bloom and filled in with a customised pink shade specially for Her.

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Really loved the finished look! Hair was done by Hair stylist – Papachichistyle and her dress was by Vera Wang.

Many thanks to both Ajiri and Perfect Events Uk for using my services. It was a great pleasure!

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