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The best beach wedding makeup for bright, beautiful eyes

Posted on September 9, 2015

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A tropical beach wedding can present its own unique makeup challenges so here’s our guide to the perfect stay-put eye makeup for a beach ceremony.

Make Up For Ever Aqua Eyes Waterproof Eyeliner Pencil

Whether it’s the overwhelming emotion of the day or the warmth of the Indian Ocean sunshine, you want to be sure that your eye makeup looks as good at the end of the night as it did when you walked down the aisle and for that you need to be looking at ‘stay put’ and waterproof eye makeup options.

Eyebrow pencils

Hourglass Arch Brow Sculpting Pencil

Using a combination of powder and wax, this pencil allows you to create perfectly defined thick or thin brows that will stay put all day thanks to its precision triangular tip. It also includes a brush for ultimate brow grooming.

Eyebrow gel

Chantecaille Full Brow Perfecting Gel

This gel sets, defines and holds brows in place, perfect for a day when you want your brows to look perfect and stay that way.

Eyeliner pencil

Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner

Make Up For Ever Aqua Eyes Waterproof Eyeliner Pencil

Available in more than 20 shades, the Aqua Eyes pencil has been designed to stay put even under extreme conditions (intense, joyful tears included!). The precise, creamy pencil creates great definition.

Liquid Eyeliner

Estée Lauder Zero Smudge Liquid Eyeliner

Whether you want to create the wide-open, liquid liner flick or stay close to the lashes for a more natural look, Estée Lauder’s Zero Smudge formula will stay just where you want it for as long as you need.

Cake eyeliner

Laura Mercier Tightline Cake Eyeliner

Urban Decay Naked Smoky Palette

Use the flat eyeliner brush to work this cake liner underneath the root of the upper lash to add dramatic definition to your wedding makeup eyes that won’t fade throughout the day.

Eyeliner gel

Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner

This liner combines the precision of liquid liners with the ease of application of a gel and what’s more it comes with a 12-hour water/sweat/humidity-proof guarantee.

Eye Primer

Lancôme Aquatique Waterproof Eyecolour Base

The secret to getting your eye shadow and liner to hold fast in the heat is a great eye primer and this one from Lancôme will not only keep your makeup in place but will also even out skin tone and reduce redness and oily shine.

Lancôme Hypnôse Waterproof Mascara

Eye Shadow Pallets

Urban Decay Naked Smoky Palette

Everything you need to create this year’s two hot looks for eyes, ‘nude’ and ‘smoky’, is included in this fantastic palette from Urban Decay making it the ultimate wedding makeup accessory. It’s the only eye shadow you’ll need to pack.

Waterproof mascara

Lancôme Hypnôse Waterproof Mascara

Not only will this clump-free mascara withstand everything from swimming in the sea to tears of joy, it will hold a curl to maintain that wide-eyed bride look all day long.

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