One of our favorite beauty bloggers and makeup artists, i♥makeup, has provided The Sari-Clad Bride with a few tips on packing up your beauty and skincare products for your honeymoon. Enjoy!

Okay ladies, the big day’s over, and now you’re ready to jet off on your honeymoon with your hubby dearest. Most of us tend to give our clothes, shoes and accessories too much importance and forget skin/hair care essentials. Here’s a quick list of what you should definitely have ready.

Make-up Bag Essentials:

1. Foundation/Concealer/Powder: Since you’re going to be relaxing more, don’t worry about full-coverage foundation. Instead opt for a tinted moisturizer like Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer–it gives you the right amount of coverage, gives your skin that extra boost of moisture, and includes SPF 20.

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If you feel you absolutely need concealer, my favorite one that goes on flawlessly is Benefit Erase Paste. It’s strong enough to cover anything, from pimple scars to undereye circles; Benefit’s got you covered. Go over the tinted moisturizer to finish off your look with Make Up For Ever Duo Mat Powder Foundation. It goes on like a dream, stays on the whole day, and also gives you that extra bit of coverage. Now, I know there are some of you who love their foundation and aren’t willing to let go that easily. To you ladies, I bring Revlon Custom Creations Foundation. I know you’re probably wondering why am I recommending this one. Well for starters, this has 5 shade settings in every bottle, which range from light to dark within each color family. It’s a perfect honeymoon essential because your skin will change in tone if you’re out in the sun all the time, and instead of cursing at your skin for not matching your foundation anymore, you have up to 5 shades to play around with to match you perfectly. Finish off with powder after.

2. Eyebrows: Us desi women tend to think that we don’t need to fill in our eyebrows. That is the biggest myth around town. Some are blessed with dark eyebrows, but some of us have to rely on eyebrow fillers. I love using brown eye shadow to give my arches a natural look. I would recommend M.A.C Espresso Eyeshadow. Now, the great thing about Espresso is that it triples as a great crease color, and it makes a gorgeous eye liner when you lined with a damp eye liner brush. Even if you decide you want to go the au naturel route make sure you fill in your eyebrows, they give your eyes so much more depth and instantly make them bright.

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3. Eyes: All you need is one eye shadow palette that has your day colors and your night colors. My favorite palette is Tarte Eye Couture Day-To-Night Eye Palette. It’s perfect because it comes with a double ended brush, eyeliner and 10 eye shadows. They all blend beautifully and go on like a dream. Now all you need is your favorite mascara and your eye lash curler and you’re all set.

4. Blush: When it comes to blush, I’ve always preferred cheek stains. They look natural and blend into your skin as if you’re glowing from within. My favorite cheek stains are from Benefit. Benetint (I prefer the Pocketpal version while traveling, it doubles as a lip stain as well) and Posietint are allthat you need for your whole trip. Alternate between the two, with what you’re wearing.

5. Lips: Lips are tricky, we all love our lip gloss and lipstick. But, a honeymoon includes kissing, cuddling and no time for touch-ups. So you want to grab 1-2 stains. Now you can use Benetint and Posietint. But check our Urban Decay’s Lip Envy Lip Stain in Envious and Greedy. Also don’t forget your lip balm.

And don’t forget haircare; shampoo and conditioner are essential! Also, be sure to pack  hair wax to tame frizziness if you’re going to tropical places.

When it comes to skincare, you always want to remember to pack your trusty face wash, moisturizer and sun block. My favorite sun block has to be Neutrogena Dry-Touch SPF 70–it is sweat proof, water-proof and doesn’t leave you feeling cakey and ghastly looking. I cannot stress enough how important sun block is. Make sure you slather it on you and hubby if you’re going to hot and sunny parts of the world.

And you’re done! Have a great time on your honeymoon ladies! =)

xo,

i♥makeup

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