Indo-Western Makeup Look To Elevate Every Wedding Reception

The year-end seems to be all about festive cheer, the holiday season, and a row of weddings that need you to put the best glam forward. Indo-western can be a tough niche to crack. While you’re trying to get the coy, elegant desi look you’re also trying to pull off the edgy western styles. The good news is, once you nail your Indo-Western makeup the battle is half won. To help you create a flawless Indo-Western makeup look this wedding season, here’s a simple step-by-step guide to creating a single, stunning Indo-western wedding reception makeup look that combines bold elements with elegant refinement: 

Step 1: Prep!

Winter can wreak havoc on your skin. Dryness, flaky skin, bumps, and dullness can leave you with an uneven makeup texture. This is why it’s paramount to exfoliate, follow a winter skincare regimen, and bring in a dewy primer to protect your skin, hold your face makeup together, and create a smoother base for your skin. 

 

Our Recommendation: Fit Me Primer - Dewy 

Step 2: Create the Base

The base layer of your Indo-Western makeup is crucial to nail. With a porcelain-like, flawless base, your eye makeup and lip makeup come off well. Start with a buildable foundation to even out the skin on your face and neck. Then use a concealer wand to dab over any marks or blemishes you wish to cover up. If you’re unsure about a full face of makeup, try using a skin tint to start your Indo-Western makeup look. 

 

Our Recommendation: Maybelline New York Super Stay Lumi Matte Foundation, Fit Me Concealer, Fit Me Fresh Tint 

Step 3: Sculpt your face

Be it yellow dimmers, chandeliers, or the natural sunlight, weddings tend to put focus on your face and outfit. This is why it becomes crucial to play with the lights and shadows to amp up your Indo-Western makeup look. Start with a contour to sculpt your face along the jaw, nose, cheekbones, and forehead. This step helps you enhance the bone structure of your face. Go on to use a blusher and highlighter to brighten the high points of your face and allow the light to fall just so. Bring in a bit of bronzer to add warmth to your Indo-Western makeup look. You can even add a loose-setting powder to hold your look in place. 

 

Our Recommendation: Facestudio Master Chrome, Fit Me Mono Blush, Fit Me Loose Finishing Powder 

Step 4: Indo-Western eye makeup

Start with bold, defined brows to frame your face for the Indo-Western makeup look. Bring in the eyebrow pencil and use it to shape and fill in your brows. Focus on creating clean, sharp lines that follow your natural brow shape. Nothing says Western like smokey eyes and we can always tone it down a notch to fit it into desi makeup. Grab your eyeshadow palette and head straight for the browns. Take a dark, chocolate-like shade and blend it into the crease of your eye. Blend it well to avoid lines. Top it up with a lighter brown shade and slowly blend it out into your skin. You can even add a bit of glitter eyeshadow for a pop of shine. Finish off your eye makeup with a statement eyeliner. Create coloured wings with reds, pinks, or yellows, depending on your outfit. Use a kajal to define your lower lash line and a couple of strokes of mascara to make the lashes irresistible. 

 

Our Recommendation: The Nudes Eyeshadow Palette, Hypercurl Mascara, Colossal Kajal Super Black, Tattoo Liner Play, Tattoo Brow Pencil 

Step 5: Lip makeup

If you’re onto the bold look, use a lasting matte liquid lipstick to balance out your eye makeup. You can also swap out lipsticks for cheek and lip tints to keep your Indo-Western makeup look subtle and natural looking. The satin finish helps you ace the soft-girl look too. You can even add a hint of the coloured tint on your cheeks for a natural-looking flush. 

 

Our Recommendation: Superstay Teddy Tint, SuperStay Matte inks Liquid Lipsticks 

Step 6: Final Touches

Weddings can be a long affair so never forget to set your makeup with a setting spray. But that’s not enough, use your kajal stick to draw unique bindi shapes, and don’t forget some bold jewellery for your Indo-Western makeup. Jhumkas, maang tikas, or even some face jewels can come in handy. 

 

Our Recommendation: Fit Me Matte Setting Spray

 

Be it lehengas, kurtis, or even a gown, pull off any fit with this Indo-Western dress makeup look on any outfit and make heads turn your way. Try out the Foundation Finder tool by Maybelline to create a true-to-tone base shade and the Virtual Try-on Tool to experiment with eye and lip makeup before buying it. For more unique makeup looks, read an array of makeup tips and tricks by Maybelline India.