A few weeks ago, Mel B Photography asked me to write a post on the importance of makeup for your senior session. I thought it was a brilliant idea, but I wanted to go just a little bit further, and not only tell you that makeup is important, but show you that it is. And though this post for now is directed towards seniors, this also applies to brides, family photos, engagement photos. You name it, the same is true. Makeup in photos is so very important!
Makeup is a fantastic thing to have for your senior photos. My job as a Makeup Artist is more than just slapping on some makeup. I have to have a lot of knowledge of where to place product that it will make you look your very best, what products mix together, and what ones don't. Every makeup application is geared towards not only the event, but your face shape, eye shape, eye color, skin tone, your clothes, and even accessories. Everything!
I posted a model call a couple of weeks ago, and I was hoping to find the perfect girl to really showcase everyone's talent. Miss. Anna was a perfect fit! I did tell her that I wanted her to do her own makeup to start. I asked her to do makeup as the average high school girl would, and she came just perfectly! She actually did a really great job with her own makeup. It looked so good in person!
But that was exactly the point I wanted to prove. I know, as well as every Pro Artist knows, that every day makeup, and makeup for photography are two very different things. We took a before photo of her in her makeup, and then I took her makeup off completely and started from scratch. I really wanted to showcase Anna's beautiful features. Her smile, her gorgeous baby blues, and her killer brows were my main focus, but truthfully, she was just perfect all around! Her reaction to her makeup was the best thing I have been in my almost two years of doing makeup. I would be lying if I said I didn't tear up, just a little.
Her makeup after does not make her any more beautiful, It only enhances the beauty that was already there, but the other plus to getting your hair and makeup professionally done is that you feel more beautiful. Now you can see with your own eyes the importance of makeup in your senior session. You not only have your makeup looking better in your photos, but you feel more confident, and you will be ready to rock the camera!
Photos Done by the amazing MelB Photography. You can find her blog post here, and read what she had to say about this Senior Session!
