AMW Makeover: The Groom's Room

Groom's Room is like Blues' Clues....
sorry too random!  *laughs*

It was a first for me to stay inside the Groom's Room for makeovers, it wasn't as busy as the bride's room for sure!  Now I know how Mr. AMW's room felt like during the time of our wedding!  I can officially say: "He's unfair!"

The Groom's Room obviously feels more relaxed as the photographers, make-up artists, stylists and coordinators usually meet up inside the bride's room which makes it a bit more crowded.  As I got in the groom's room, everyone was either eating, chatting, watching TV and the groom can get ready at least 2 hours later than the bride!  Men are lucky!!!  :P

I prettified 3 lovely ladies from the Groom's Family.  

 Mother of the Groom

Request: Not much, do anything I want 

just to make her look young!

I am lucky as the mom of the groom has great-looking skin to start with!  I prepped the skin by using a moisturizer.  I spot corrected dark areas to lighten up the spots then proceed with cream foundation.  I kept the make-up as light as possible and focus on perfecting the look of her skin!  Nothing beats inner glow that's why the "after" picture, we almost can't see her eyes as she kept on laughing! 

Well, I did say : "Koochi...koochi...baby's laughing!"  *laughs*  It worked! 

Godmother of the Bride and Groom

Request: Same as above! 

The Godmother of the bride and groom turns out to be the Groom's Aunt!  She also have the same skin condition as her sister (above) so I just moisturized areas that are a bit dryer than the rest, spot correct  some random spots.  I did not forget to conceal her under eye area with a concealer.  Used the same formulation of foundation --- cream foundation and gave her a bit of a healthy glow.

Sister-in-law of the Groom

Request: To make her face look slimmer

First of all, slimming effect cannot be done with make-up alone, so I have to thank the effort of my talented hairstylist George Aliben.   The sister-in-law of the groom requested for a slimming effect so I put out my weapon --- Contouring and highlighting powders!

Her skin is a bit dry so I moisturized her face with a non-greasy moisturizer.  Applied Primer on top as she has a super cute 9-month old baby to take care of so I'm sure she will be oiling up even before the wedding ceremony!

I focused the make-up at the center of her face to steer the eyes away from the face's shape.  I've drawn her brows a shade bit darker, did a semi-smokey eye makeup, contoured her nose (again for that center-focused) and used a nice pink lipstick.  

After the make-up, I've done contouring below the cheekbones, the sides of her forehead and her chin.  It does not make a super huge difference at first glance but it gives a cast of shadow on photos!

 Mother of the Groom and Godmother of Bride and Groom

Ready for their photo-op!

SIL of the Groom with her cute daughter

I had a great time prettifying the family!  They came from Iloilo to celebrate their family member's special day!  I appreciate it when client puts me on focus by telling me what their requirements are or what their expectations are for make-up!

I hope my makeover is enough to show that inner beauty really shines!

Keep smilin'

Stay happy!