Cheryl Cole Inspired Wedding Hair & Make-up

I was so thrilled when Marsha asked me to do her wedding hair and make-up for her and her bridesmaids at the Cottons Hotel and Spa in Knutsford. I had met Marsha a couple of years before when I did her and her friend Charlotte's hair and make-up for their 21st birthday party in Warrington, so I had an idea what she would be going for.

Marsha wanted a very glamorous look for her wedding with big hair and smoky eyes - Cheryl Cole style!

Marsha's Make-up
I started by prepping the skin with Emma Hardie's sculpt skin plumping serum and then used the hydrating lighter lotion as Marsha's skin is combination.  I used all Laura Mercier products to create a flawless base.  I started with their famous primer in the oil free formular and then applied silk cream foundation in Medium Ivory.  I love this foundation as it is good coverage, but doesn't feel or look heavy and gives an airbrushed look.  Marsha has good skin so I didn't need to use a lot of concealer, I just a small amount of secret camouflage in SC3 at the side of the nose and finished off with transleucent powder.  I used MAC eye shadows to create a smoky eye, the shades I used were naked lunch, brun, mulch, soba and carbon with black track fluidline.  For the eyebrows I used MAC brun eyeshadow with an angle brush.   Marsha has lovely long lashes anyway, but to create more volume I added Eyelure naturalites intense false eyelashes.  For the lips I used dervish lipliner by MAC and Lipstick Queen fame pop art gloss in two minutes.  I wanted the cheeks to have a sheen on them so I appled MAC creme colour base in luna to the cheekbones and then Nars multiple in Maui to the apples of the cheeks.

Marsha's Hair
Its all about the hair preparation to create lasting volume on all hair down.  Before I started doing the bridesmaids hair I put Marsha's hair in heated rollers to give the hair lasting body.  Once I had done Marsha's make-up I curled the hair extensions before clipping them into Marsha's hair using my GHD classic styler.  I then took the heated rollers out and smoothed the curls out to create a bouncy wave.  I smoothed over the hair extensions too before clipping them into the hair.  The crown section was backcombed to add extra volume for behind the beautiful tiara.  Products used to create this look - Tresemme extra hold hairspray, Frederick Fekkai advanced brilliant glossing mist, L'Oreal tecni art pli thermo fixing spray and Bumble and Bumble defrizz

Marsha looking very radiant with her husband Mike