That Happy Day: Cindy Pineda Dela Cruz

Friday, March 7, 2014

Wedding Makeup and Grooming by Shu Uemura [Happy Details]

Now that we have finally posted about our happy day, it's time to talk about the details. If you've been following this blog since we got engaged, you probably noticed that though we had a ton of stories to tell, we didn't really post about the specifics. That's because we chose to keep it all to ourselves so our wedding could still have the element of surprise. Well, we can talk about everything now, yay! p.s. Please read our note about suppliers.

Even until now, one of the questions we are asked the most about our wedding is who did my makeup, and what kind of makeup was used. That was one of the few details we didn't have any trouble sharing on this blog, but of course a lot of people didn't know that we posted about it, or didn't have access, or simply just didn't get to visit the blog until after the wedding. Makeup and grooming was also one of the last things we booked, and because it was crunch time then, we didn't get to post a proper "Checked!" blog entry.

We went with Cindy Pineda Dela Cruz of Shu Uemura Rockwell with Avril Seguin for the bride's hair and makeup, as well as the groom's grooming. We discovered them through our friends Anabel and Carl, who first got their services for their own wedding. [Note: Aleq and I chose a lot of suppliers whose work we had already seen for ourselves. We didn't want to take risks for our wedding, so we went with tried and tested people.] We decided on a separate team just for us, and another one for our families for efficiency. I contacted Cindy through Facebook, and she was really easy to talk to. We reached an agreement quickly, and after a reservation fee, we were good to go.

My trial session with them served as my makeup for our prenup shoot, which went really well. They did my look at the Shu Uemura store in Rockwell, and it was fun and a half. See the behind-the-scenes post from the prenup shoot for a blow-by-blow of the day.

Here's a rundown of the makeup Cindy used on me for the wedding. (The photos of the makeup and tools are from the day of the prenup.) Everything is Shu Uemura.

puRENovate Intense Pore Perfection Solution
Face Architect Liquid Foundation in 754
Loose Powder in 7yr light
Hard Formula Eyebrow Pencil in Walnut Brown
Limited Edition Chocolat Donna Eyeshadow Palette
Drawing Pencil in Matte Brown
Calligraph:Ink Liquid Eyeliner
Mascara in Black
Tokyo Lash Bar False Eyelashes
Glow On Blush in Soft Pink 336
Rouge Unlimited Lipstick in pk376

We used a MAC orange lipstick for the reception, and it was the only non-Shu product of the day. I actually bought an orange Chanel lipstick before the wedding, but we went with Mac instead. I wanted something loud and bright!

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Behind-the-Scenes Pics from the Prenup Session

Now that we finally posted our prenup pics (I know, it has taken this long because it's been really hard for us to choose a hundred photos from thousands of good ones), here are the behind-the-scenes pics from that day. We really weren't planning on documenting it that thoroughly because it was such a hectic day that started early in the morning and ended late in the evening, but one of our Wedding Fairies, Clang, took my camera and just snapped away the entire time.

In hindsight, Aleq and I are super grateful that she did it, because at least we get to remember that one hot summer day. This is also a chance for us to give credit to all the people who worked hard that day to give us pictures to remember.

Thank you so much Wedding Fairies Lek and Clang, Cindy of Shu Uemura, Avril Seguin, MyPhotato/WeCelebrate, and my sis-in-law Ate Weng!

Here go the pics!