Beaut Bridal: 3 fab neutral lipsticks for your big day

I don't know about your Facebook timeline but mine was hopping with engagement announcements this festive season. And with weddings being on the forefront of our minds, what better advice to give but wedding beauty tips for all you upcoming budding brides in the making.

We want to be there with you on your wonderful once-in-a-lifetime journey to help you with tips, tricks and advice to make sure your wedding runs as smoothly and perfectly as it can. Look, there will always be that flower girl who has a meltdown mid aisle-walk or the page boy who vomits into the flower pot, but they just add to the occasion in their own way.

Today I'm focusing on my top three all time favourite neutral lipsticks for brides. Now, as an MUA, I'm highly aware of the different skin tones, colourings and preferences so I'll be following this article up with my top three for reds, pinks, purples, browns, peaches, and nudes.

And with wedding makeup being one of my personal specialities, I assure you, you're in good hands.

• MAC Patisserie €17.50

This is just the right amount of colour in both warm and cool shared of neutral. Providing a perfect lip colour tone to finish of your bridal makeup look, its lustre base consistency provides moisture for the lips being especially good for all those who suffer from chapped lips. So if your wedding is abroad in the sun, or during the depth of winter Patisserie should be top of your list.

So if your wedding is abroad in the sun, or during the depth of winter, Patisserie should be top of your list.

• Clarins Jolie Rouge – Lilac Rouge €21.70

The Jolie Rouge range have made me re-think the Clarins makeup range as I find that Clarins is sometimes forgotten or thought of as a more mature range. But this colour provides a stunning neutral lip colour tone, perfect for all brides. The lilac rouge, in particular, has a really nice blue tone running through it, which always make's our Irish skin tone look a lot more flawless. Blue neutralises red tones so if you have a tendency to get flushed or have a pink toned skin type this lipstick will help adjust that. The other positive attribute about blue-toned lip colours is that they make your teeth look pearly white. Perfect for you to be camera ready and picture perfect all day long.

The lilac rouge in particular has a really nice blue tone running through it, which always makes our  typically Irish skin tone look more flawless. Blue neutralises red tones so if you have a tendency to get flushed or have a pink toned skin type this lipstick will help balance that. The other positive attribute about blue-toned lip colours is that they make your teeth look pearly white. Perfect for you to be camera ready and picture perfect all day long.

The other positive attribute about blue-toned lip colours is that they make your teeth look pearly white, perfect for you to be camera ready and picture perfect all day long.

• Tom Ford Indian Rose €45

Possibly the only time I would even think about spending €45 on a lipstick is for a wedding. But I have to say that Tom Ford have an outstanding quality in makeup products and so I reckon it's worth it. After my recent indulgence in their eye shadow pallet, which I can justify because eyeshadow is one of those items that last forever, I was extremely pleasantly surprised of the brand I seemed to have over looked. Which naturally provoked me into looking into more of their products and the rest is history.

After my recent indulgence in their eye shadow palette, which I can justify because eyeshadow is one of those items that last forever, I starting looking into more of their products in depth.

This lipstick includes soja seed extract, Brazilian murumuru butter and chamomilla flower oil to soothe and help lasting power. Balancing its treated colour pigments with just the right colour payoff and luminosity, the tone again is a blue one which I am quite the fan of.

Did you opt for a neutral on your big day? Which lippie did you wear?

And if you have any bridal beauty blunders, questions or concerns please feel free to comment below!