Stepping out for a special event brings with it the excitement of dressing up and showcasing your best self. Whether it’s a photoshoot, performance, or the overall event, your skin (and makeup) plays a significant role in completing your look and boosting your confidence. Achieving your best skin with makeup that lasts throughout the event requires careful preparation. In this guide, we’ll delve into the essential steps of event day makeup preparation, ensuring you’re primed to shine under the spotlight and capture every moment with grace and glamour.
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- Do not pop your pimples! If you’re a popaholic, hold off until after your event is over. If you have any scabs or open wounds then the makeup artist cannot (and should not) work on you. It is considered a biological safety hazard due to the presence of blood and poses a high risk for infections. If you are doing your own makeup, it is much easier to cover a pimple than it is to cover an open wound or a scab. Plus, you do not want to give yourself an infection.
- If you do not already have a skincare regimen, now is the time to start one! You want your skin to be in tip top shape for your event. You do not need anything fancy unless you want an excuse to treat yourself. This is the bare minimum I would recommend if you do not have any sort of skincare regimen: (1) Remove your makeup, (2) Wash your face, (3) Apply moisturizer. Ideally you would also be exfoliating once a week. If 4 steps is too many for you then skip it. It’s more important to do steps 1-3 if you currently have zero skincare regimen.
- If you already have a solid skincare regimen that is working for you, keep it up! However do not add any new products 2 to 4 weeks prior to your event. You do not want to run the risk of having a reaction to something new.
- Exfoliate your lips. You can do this with Vaseline and an old toothbrush. Lipstick will stick to patches of dry skin and make it even more noticeable. You also do not want your lips to be so dry that they end up splitting. This is an open wound on your face, and a makeup artist would not be able to apply makeup on you for safety and hygiene reasons.
- Moisturize your body skin! I know as pole dancers we stay far away from the lotion so we can stick to the pole, but in photoshoots that dry skin can become even more pronounced. Do your hard pole work that requires grip first in the photoshoot. Then bring out the lotion to help those dry bits.
- Stay hydrated by drinking water. There are an endless amount of things that can affect our skin, and some of them are completely out of our control like genetics. After that, we just do the best we can with what we’ve got and control the factors that we can. Everything else…well that’s what makeup is for!
- If you have a makeup appointment with me, Jessa Jaguar, you will need to show up with a clean face. That means remove your makeup from the night before, and then wash your face. We’ve all slept in makeup before, it happens! But if you show up with traces of mascara, lash glue, etc. I can remove it but that will eat into your appointment time, and then you may not be able to get the most out of your glam.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions! Hope you have an amazing time 😊
DISCLAIMER: This post is not sponsored and is not an ad. I do not have any relationship with these companies, besides having used these products myself. The opinions and recommendations in this blog are my own, and do not necessarily reflect that of any brands mentioned or products pictured.
