REAL BRIDE, REAL BEAUTY
THEBRIDE
Jules is an Industrial Engineer who finds e-commerce and logistics thrilling. When she’s not working, she loves trying out food with her fiancé and has even taken some basic culinary lessons.
Jules is expressive in how she dresses, whether in military boots or colored hair. But as bold as she is in her fashion choices, she can’t be with her beauty routine. Her atopic dermatitis has left her with really sensitive skin.
“I make sure that my skin is always hydrated, wellmoisturized, and I also keep soothing creams on hand to control the inflammation on my skin,” she said.
That doesn’t stop her from enjoying makeup, though.
“I like putting on cosmetics and having a sense of accomplishment when I can be proud of my handiwork, even if it’s just lipstick and mascara. I am proud of my morena skin and I love how berry tones look on me,” she said.
THELOVESTORY
Jules and her fiancé met in a classroom back in college as she sat on the only chair left, which was next to him. He would invite her on study dates, though it was also an excuse to spend time with her.
They enjoy discovering hole-in-the-wall restaurants and would occasionally splurge on a buffet or plan out adventures involving food. It was their love of food that really brought them together.
For his proposal, her then-boyfriend reserved the top floor of a restaurant and put fairy lights on the ceiling. There were candles and flower petals leading to where he was standing and that was where he popped the question. It had taken him days to set it up.
“It was also really clever of him to team up with my best friend and got her to prepare me for the proposal. Days before he proposed to me, my best friend took me out for a ’mani-pedi’ [a must!] and to get a new dress that I ended up wearing on the day he proposed to me.”
But Jules also had a secret of her own before the proposal.
“Before he even asked the question, I already knew that he was the one for me. From the start, everyone in my life: family, friends, even the dogs, liked him for me. And the fact that people saw how good he was and how happy he makes me, made me love him even more,” she said.
THELOOK
With an ethereal theme with lots of greenery and warm lights in her mind for the wedding, Jules wanted to maintain her morena tones and keep her beauty look warm. She also wanted to highlight her eyes and naturally rich eyebrows.
Makeup artist Toni Aviles also had the same vision in mind: “As a bridal makeup artist, I love creating a look that best complements the natural beauty of every bride, focusing on areas that my brides really want to pop, both in photos and in person. I mixed a warm palette with earthy hues to give a natural look for her but also brings out her most prominent features,” she said.
“I felt like a doll!” Jules shares. “I never imagined finding myself beautiful in a look like that. Toni immediately saw the problem areas of my skin due to my eczema, and meticulously saw to it that the discoloration of my skin and inflammation were gone by the time she was finished with my look. I wasn’t used to wearing light lip colors, but the color she used really went with my skintone.”