Destination Wedding – Ravello, Italy

Destination Wedding – Ravello, Italy

It was lovely to be contacted by my childhood friend & name sake – Joy and booked for her special day with a location in a little village in Italy called – Ravello.

A long story with trying to organise a trial with Joy as she’s always busy with her job in Brussels. It was impossible to schedule a trial but she trusted me to do my magic on her on the day.

Arrived in Naples, Italy a day to the wedding, was met by her pre booked Chauffeur and taken to our hotel in the breathtaking village of Ravello. Even before checking in and with my luggage, I was snapping away with my phone the gorgeous landscapes surrounding the hotel. I did think she was bonkers for choosing this location but my views changed as soon as I arrived.

Later that evening, we did meet up for a quick trial to get her vision on the sort of look she wanted for the big day.

On the day I arrived at her hotel and immediately set up at her mum’s room to begin makeup on 3 bridesmaids and her mum. When done, I moved to her room to set up and begin work on her.

Joy wanted a very clean, natural with a glow look with soft peach lips. I used a stippling brush to apply her foundation – MAC studio fix fluid in NC45 & 50. This was buffed in to prevent the foundation sitting on her skin. Using my fingers, I concealed any blemish or pigmentation on her face and this was set by swirling a big fluffy brush over her face using MAC Studio fix powder in NC45 under her eyes and NC50 at the outer perimeters of her face.

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On her lids was MAC Woodwinked eyeshadow applied with a fluffy brush to avoid too much colour on the lid. This was gently blended out using MAC eyeshadow in Embarked.

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Her face was lightly contoured using MAC Studio fix powder in NW50 and heavily highlighted using Becca highlight powder in Topaz. She didnt want any blush.

On her lips was a mix of peach and pink lip shades customised to suit her required shade. No gloss was used.

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Finally her brows which are naturally thick and defined was groomed using MAC brow pencil in spiked to fill in any spaces and a clear brow gel to tame any fly-away hair.

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It was a beautiful romantic wedding. I was almost in tears when he made a speech to her standing by his side.  A lot of thought went into the planning and the sit down menu was simply delicious! I had 2 helpings of the desert 😉

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Wishing you a life time of happiness in your marriage Joy.

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