Beauty Tips for Family Holiday Portraits
Digital photography has improved photo shoots in so many ways. Photographers can now view the images as they are taken, ensuring that each family member looks their best in a family photo or holiday card picture. If there is a stray hair or closed eyes, the picture can be reshot until perfect.
The picture can always be worked on to show the best. It is up to the photo’s subject to show up looking their best. If you and your family plan on donning matching sweaters or stylish formal wear for a holiday portrait session, consider these tips for ensuring your teeth, hair and make-up look their best in front of the camera.
- Are your teeth at their whitest? If you need a quick brightener for your smile, GO SMiLE’s Whitening Light takes only 30 minutes to whiten eight shades!
- Make sure you start with clean, moisturized skin.
- Always wear foundation for any photo shoot. Remember that makeup should be heavier and more intense to withstand the bright lights of the photo studio. Paul and Joe offers creamy powder foundation that will give you a beautiful, smooth and matte canvas for the rest of your makeup.
- Bring your foundation with powder and keep it nearby. The hot lights will eventually make your face shiny and you will want to touch it up. Paul and Joe offers Finishing Pressed Powder to keep your skin from glowing too much as you pose.
- Use contouring with at least 3 colors of shadow to open up your eyes for the camera. Jemma Kidd Makeup School offers I-ris Enhancer eye shadow kits for blue, green and brown eyes that give you the perfect selection all in one package.
- Black eyeliner and mascara will create the contrast that makes you look sophisticated on film.
- You must wear blush for photographs but keep it to the apples of the cheeks, not up to the temples. You can use a bronzer to add more depth to your cheekbones. Jemma Kidd Makeup School’s Contour & Flush Crème Blush Duo gives you both blush and bronzer in one compact.
- You need color on your lips for photos. If you prefer glossy lips, apply an intense lipstick under the gloss.
