Old Hollywood Glamour: Choose Your Favorite

As my wedding approaches (less than 5 months away!) I keep thinking about my own wedding look. The style of our wedding is 'Old Hollywood Glamour' with a modern twist ;) I have had 100's of brides come to me that want an Old Hollywood look and now that it's my turn, it is sooo hard to choose!! So, I am going to post some looks and ask you, my lovely readers your opinion. Please pick your favorite look! And if you are searching for the perfect look for your day, 'Old Hollywood' is always glamorous and classic. You don't have to go all out, you can just tie in your favorite elements!

Natural makeup and very smooth waves

Natural makeup with black cat-eye liner and a side bun

Natural eyes and a bright red lipstick with a defined finger waves updo

Colorful eyes with a deep red lipstick. The hair is a faux bob with light fingerwaves. Love the birdcage veil

J. Lo rocks her signature smoky eyes and a nude lip with very big hair in a faux bob.

Smoky eyes with rosy lips and cheeks. The hair in a messy, side swept do.

A high, classic chignon for the hair and neutral tones for the makeup.

Big waves with a deep part and very smoky eyes with a nude lip.

Your Wedding Hair Timeline

As you are counting down to the big day, don't forget to start taking care of your locks early so whatever style you end up choosing looks absolutely fabulous.


12 Weeks Before The Wedding
Start eating right and to increase your exercise. I'm not saying that you have to train like you’re running a marathon, but just a 20 minute walk is enough to get the blood pumping and oxygen flowing to the right places (including your scalp!). It's also a great way to decrease all the wedding stress.


8 Weeks Before The Wedding
Start seeing a professional: Visiting a professional hairdresser will keep your hair in top shape and give it the best chance of looking healthy and neat on your wedding day. Now is the time to start having regular deep conditioning salon treatments.

3 Weeks Before The Wedding
Have your last haircut 3 weeks before the big day so that your hair will settle.

2 Weeks Before The Wedding
Color your hair at least two weeks before the event so that it will look fresh, but not freshly done.


4 Days Before the Wedding
Have your last deep conditioning treatment.

1 Day Before The Wedding
Wash your hair with a mild and cleansing shampoo.

The Day Of The Wedding
Relax! All of your hard work and beauty treatments should have left you with fabulous hair which will now be teased, curled, pinned and sprayed – but it’ll all be worth it!

One of my favorite episodes of Wedding Day Makeover. Watch me do makeup on my friend and associate: Ashley Jackson.

You have got to watch this episode. My bride, Ayana would not sit still in her chair!!!

Yana Sklyar is featured on 'Wedding Day Makeover', a popular reality show on TLC. Watch how she makes this bride red carpet ready!

Watch me on 'Wedding Day Makeover', a popular reality show on TLC

500 Days of Summer Engagement Shoot

   Julianne and Bryan are getting married on July 24th at Terranea Resort in Palos Verdes. However, they also had an engagement shoot which I thought was so creative and clever, that I just had to share. Their theme was 500 Days of Summer (I love that movie) and I think their photographer did a great job capturing it! For the makeup and hair we agreed that a 60's look would work great. I airbrushed Julianne's skin to make it look absolutely flawless. Did an elongated black eyeliner with lots of individual eyelashes. Lots of blush and a pretty peach lip gloss. For the hair, I added lots of volume on the crown and put big curls in Julianne's hair. Lastly, I ran my fingers through the hair to create a more natural look.
All photos by Laura Goldenberger. Enjoy :)

I love how the bright colors make Julianne's eyes stand out

This outfit really suits the 60's inspired makeup and hair

A Step by Step Makeup Guide

{Step 1}

Begin any makeup application with moisturized skin and conditioned lips (find a facial moisturizer and a lip balm you love and use them religiously). If you overdo it, simply blot the skin with tissue.

{Step 2}

Review your face -- do you need more concealer or foundation? The true test of a color match comes when you start blending it out and the foundation dissapears. Apply foundation where you need to it most and concealer under the eyes, around the nostrils, and on any blemishes or discolorations.

{Step 3}

Use powder to take away any shine but leave a healthy sheen -- just a bit on a large powder brush, swept around your entire face.

{Step 4}

If you are going to use dark eyeshadow colors, use the "drop cloth" trick of depositing extra powder under the eyes to catch any eye makeup fallout.

{Step 5}

On to the eyes: Pick the shades of color you want to use and decide how dark you want to go. Then, use an allover brush to apply a beige color all over lids (from lash line to browbone). Then, use a blending brush to apply a medium shade in the crease. And last, use a smaller ‘crease’ brush to apply a dark color either against the lash line or in the crease. Note: As long as the shadow you use is a powder, you can go back and add more -- even after it's set with translucent powder -- to get to the level of intensity you want. Then dust with translucent powder again.

{Step 6}

Curl the lashes and apply mascara, 2 coats on top and 1 on bottom.

{Step 7}

Now the brows. Groom them into shape with a spoolie brush. Any thin areas? Fill in with a brow pencil (taupe works best), using little feather-like strokes. Then, brush through with the spoolie again to soften and blend. Finally, a coat of brow gel keeps everything in place. Now that the eyes are done, brush away excess loose powder (applied in step #4) from under the eyes.

{Step 8}

Apply a soft pink or a peach powder blush with a blush brush on the apples of your cheeks, then dust cheeks with powder to blend all the edges.

{Step 9}

Choose a lip color. Remember if your eyes are dramatic, you want to keep the lips soft and natural. If you want definition, choose a natural colored lip liner and follow your natural lip line. Then, fill in the rest of the lips and finish it off          with the lipstick or gloss.