Skin Deep Beauty: Embrace Your Glow!

Written by C.K. Alexander Jean

Photography by YNOT iMages

Every bride is beautiful! Embrace your beauty and shine from the inside out. Get the glow with these natural, golden and bronze makeup looks and bright jewels.

Beauty and bridal go hand in hand. As more and more brides embrace their inner beauty, we are seeing bridal beauty trends follow suit, with minimal makeup and bronzy tones that puts natural beauty on display instead of hiding it.

Your wedding journey is not only a journey of the joining of two people that will become one. It’s also a journey to discovering who you are as a woman and as an individual. A part of that exploration requires you to embrace love, embrace wholeness and happiness, and accept yourself completely. True beauty is extremely hard to create or duplicate. Real beauty comes from the inside out.

Although there are many products on the market that will enhance your natural beauty, nothing can compare to the beauty that you will exude from accepting and embracing who you are, embracing your skin tone, your body type, your mind and your unique spirit. Loving yourself deeply, and accepting everything that makes you uniquely you, causes you to radiate a glow that transcends the best highlighter on the market.

Believing that you are enough, exactly the way that you were created is the beginning of experiencing beauty that will not fade with age. As you seek to enhance your beauty for this special time in your life, consider the intangibles: joy, kindness, love and truth. As you grow to embrace your inner beauty, you will see that your outer beauty will shine brighter than ever before. Remember, you are loved, you are beautiful, you are enough, you are radiant.

Skin is Always In

Aneesah was the perfect canvas for this multidimensional skin. Her skin and natural bone structure were highlighted using Black Opal True Color Skin Perfecting Sticks in Walnut, Hazelnut, and Truly Topaz. When looking to create the most naturally flawless foundation application, consider using more than one shade to mimic natural complexion variations.

Staying within the skin theme, Taylor’s complexion and was played up and paired with hues of plum. MAC “Sketch” eyeshadow was used in the outer crease of her eye to add depth. Finished off the look with a soft sheen of NARS Monoi Oil and OMGLO “Koffee” mist.

Glamorous Girl Next Door

Mikayla’s look was achieved utilizing monochromatic flesh tones. Bobbi Brown’s Pot Rouge in Summer Pink on the lips and cheeks generate a soft flush of color. Cream blushes are a great multi purpose product that can be used in various ways to create an effortlessly glamorous look. Try sweeping your favorite shade across your lips, eyes and cheeks for the perfect

“I woke up like this” look this summer! Top it off with a few coats of your favorite mascara like MAC’s Extended Play, as used on Mikayla and you’re ready for some summer fun!

Nikia’s medium complexion called for a subtle warmth with the focus on her golden tones. The perfect spring/summer look always includes pinks. She has a nice mauve eyeshadow and lip color to enhance her golden undertones. The look was finished with a soft sheen of Melanie Mills “Peach Deluxe” and OMGLO “Incredible” mist.

An overall hydrated look with the perfect touch of sun kiss. The focus was nice warm tones and radiance with the use of bronzer in the hollows of the face and along the parameter. The look was finished with a soft sheen of NARS Monoi Oil and OMGLO “Incredible” mist.

Tip: Bronzer can give you the perfect amount of color and leave a natural look to your overall makeup.

Color Craze

Inspired by a fun-filled summer, a festival-inspired look was created for Aneesa. Many women struggle with ways to spruce up their day-to-day looks. Here’s a tip! Add a colored eyeliner to your bottom lash line for a quick & easy transition from work to play to wedding day this summer! Here, Revlon’s Color Stay Eyeliner was used in the shade of teal.

Remember, you are loved, you are beautiful, you are enough, you are radiant.

Models: Aneesah Hanan, Mikayla Jackson, Mikhol Morris and Nikia Wilson of Click Atlanta, and Taylor Simone

Photography: Antonio (Tony) Minifield, YNOT iMages

Videography: Andre Brown Photography

Lighting: Jerome Smedley

Venue: Park Studios

Floral Accessories: Stems Atlanta

Makeup: B. Gandy of B For Beaute.Co, Krystal Rae Artistry

Hair: Alicia Igess and Tori Slays.