Your Sussex Wedding - Feb/Mar 2019 (Issue 77)

110 Q&A Beauty Local experts offer advice on how to look your big-day best CONTACT THE EXPERTS Amy Maughan, amymaughanhairdressing.co.uk | Alison Smith, bridalbeauty.co.uk | Georgie Hegarty, @BeautyTheraMe | Jess Austin, @jessaustinmakeup A fine line I have very fine hair. How would you suggest that I style it to make sure it doesn’t look flat and lifeless? Amy says: M ake sure you’re using the correct shampoo and conditioning products to suit your hair. Something that’s a gentle cleanser with a light moisturiser is ideal. Regular maintenance haircuts are a must to keep it in the best condition possible, especially if you regularly swim or colour your hair. To achieve maximum volume, apply your chosen product and blow dry about 70 per cent of the moisture out first, particularly at the roots, before brushing. Then, taking medium-sized sections of hair, style using a brush or heated rollers. The latter are great if you struggle to use a hairdryer and brush at the same time. It’s so important that your hair is completely dry before using any finishing products to ensure your style lasts all day. I love Paul Mitchell Extra Body Styling Mousse, Lemon & Sage Thickening Spray, Tigi After Party Smoothing Cream and Tigi Full Of It Hairspray. Plus, I’d never be without my GHD hairdryer and GHD medium round brush. COLOUR YOUR LIFE I’ve heard that certain colours suit certain skin undertones. How do I tell what undertone I have, and can you advise on what colours would complement my skin? Alison says: Skin undertone is the hidden colour that lies beneath the skin, as opposed to skin tone (fair, light, medium and dark) – also known as complexion. Skin tone can change with the seasons from pale to tanned, but the undertone remains the same. There are three categories of undertone: warm, cool and neutral. And there are several ways to find out which one you have…  ❤ The vein test:  Look at the veins on the underside of your wrist. They appear green for warm undertones, bluish or purple for cool undertones and if you can’t tell or they appear a mix of blue and green, you may be neutral.  ❤ The white test: With clean, make-up-free skin, stand in front of a mirror, ideally near a window with lots of natural light, and hold a piece of white paper or a white towel up to your face. Look to see how your skin appears in contrast to the paper. Warm undertones can look dull and may appear yellowish. Cool undertones appear rosy or pink. If you can’t tell or your skin appears greyish, you may be neutral.  ❤ The jewellery test:  Lay pieces of gold and silver jewellery over your wrist and see which looks better. Gold works with warm undertones, silver with cool undertones and both look good with neutral. Once you know which you have, choosing colours to suit you becomes easier. ❤ Warm undertones suit reds, oranges, amber, gold yellow, olive, taupe and chocolate. ❤ Cool undertones suit blues, purples, emerald greens, rosy reds, pale yellow, grey and navy. ❤ Neutral undertones suit most colours. For foundation, it’s always best to test on the jawline. Some foundations specify which undertones they are for. If not, beige, golden and caramel are likely to have warm undertones; porcelain, rose and sable, cool undertones; and Ivory and nude, neutral undertones. Bright-eyed I’d like to make my eyes look bigger so that they really stand out. What can you suggest? Georgie says: Your eyes are often your most distinguishing feature and the first to be noticed by others. As well as perfectly applied make-up, a set of elegant individual eyelash extensions can emphasise the shape and natural beauty of your eyes. It’s important on your wedding day not to go overboard with the beauty treatments, though. You want to feel like your best self and look back at the photos knowing it was the best you have ever felt and looked, not look like someone else. So making your eyes pop with natural lash extensions could make all the difference. A lash specialist will create the shape and style that suits your bridal look, from cat eye to dewy round eyes. If extensions aren’t for you, a great treatment is a lash lift and tint, perming the lashes to create a natural eye opening effect. Adding mascara to lifted lashes produces some quite staggering results. And don’t forget that both lash treatments will still be doing their jobs the next morning, when you wake up a newlywed, as well as throughout the honeymoon. OUT OF THE DARKNESS I’ve always had dark circles underneath my eyes, and nothing seems to hide them. Is there anything you can suggest to get rid of them or even keep them well- concealed so my eyes look bright on my wedding day? Jess says: Dark circles can be a real pain, but there is a great trick you can use to hide them for your big day – or any other, for that matter. You need something called colour correct. This is where you use the colour wheel to cancel out what you don’t want there. So for example, pink/peach shades cancel out dark circles on light skin. Yellow will cancel out dark circles on olive skin, and orange/red will do it for darker skin. You can buy palettes from the high street containing all of these. It’s a good option, as sometimes you need a mixture of one or two. Sleek do a great one that you can get from Tesco or Superdrug. Once you’ve colour-corrected, go straight in with your foundation, followed by a concealer that’s just one or two shades lighter right under your eye. Set it with a little powder, and this will last all day.