How to do your own wedding makeup, according to professional makeup artists

No MUA? Here’s what to know. (Picture: Metro/Getty)

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If you’re planning to do your own makeup for your big day, whether it doesn’t fit your budget or you simply prefer your own routine, there are a few tips and tricks from the experts that’ll you want to know about. 

There are plenty of benefits of doing it yourself, too; you have total control over your final look, can work to your own schedule, and it can be a bit of peace and quiet before the chaos begins. 

But wedding makeup is different from your everyday makeup. It needs to survive tears, maybe humidity, your ceremony and reception and of cour...