Tips and Tricks for Makeup With White Dress

White dress has always been timeless and is a must-have staple in women’s wardrobe. While bright wedding dress colors are so popular, white is still the popular choice for brides. Not only does your beautiful accessory go with white, but bright smoky colors will always pop against it. Trust us; you can create amazing makeup looks with white wedding dresses for women.

You might be confused about what makeup with a white dress looks good or what shoes or accessories you should match with it. Right? Don’t worry; we are here to help you make a beautiful style statement with a white dress in many different ways.

Let’s dive into the details!

How to Create White Dress Makeup Look?

White is a neutral color, so it may get tricky when doing makeup with a white dress. However, it gives you plenty of options to play with. For example, you can go for a bold look, neutral or glitter makeup look, whatever you like.

Eye Makeup for White Dress STEP BY STEP

If you are a beginner, you can easily follow these steps to create beautiful eye makeup for a white dress

• The first step in makeup is to prep your skin. Moisturize your skin for 1-2 hours before applying makeup. Then put on a face primer. If you have dry skin, shea butter can be your best moisturizer.
• For eye makeup, prep your eyes by applying an eye primer. Then apply transition shade all over the lid. It should be the lightest shade out of all the colors you are going to use.
• Start building up your eye makeup by applying one shade darker or two shades darker to the corner of your eyes. Blending is the key to eye makeup.
• Now, compliment your eyeshade with the best mascara and liner.

Put glitter or shimmery shade on the center of the eye. You can either go for the half crease or full crease. For hooded eyes, creating crease and then adding eyes shadow is a perfect choice.

Top 5 Makeup Looks For White Dress

Let’s discuss  5 different looks that you can choose to have with your white dress

1. Silver Eye Makeup With White Dress

On any occasion or wedding, you can style your white dress with silver makeup. Key here; if you are going dramatic eye makeup look, then for lip color, you must choose a matt shade. Start creating this look by adding transition shade like a peach. Then add silver eye shadow to your crease and brown to your corners and build it up. You can further accessorize it and style your hair to complete your look

2. Smokey Eye Look

Make your white dress stand out with a smoky eye look. For a smoky eye look, the easiest way is to first apply a bronze shade all over the lid. Then start applying eyeliner little by little and blend it with an eye brush. You can add more depth to it by using black eye shadow. Do not forget the lower lash.  Put your mascara on and a light lip color. And you are ready to flaunt!

3. Neutral Makeup

Just as white symbolizes neutrality, you can go for a nude makeup look. Neutral makeup is quite popular these days. You can apply a neutral lip shade with neutral eyeshades. It will draw attention to your whole look rather than your face. This simple look you can carry easily on a light lunch, dinner, or casual meetings.

4. Classic Gold Makeup 

Classic gold eye makeup with bold lip color will draw everyone’s attention towards you. Apply false lashes to make it more dramatic and finish it off by adding blush on and highlighter on your cheeks. It will give you sharp look. Moreover, you must use lash curlers to make your eyes look more dramatic.

5. Makeup With White Dress for Dark Skin

The beauty of this complexion is that they can pull off any look with minimal effort. Start off by choosing a semi-matte foundation that will give a natural look. Add metallic silver shadows all over the lids. Complete your look by putting in nude lip color and adding bronze that will highlight your cheekbones.

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What Color Lipstick Goes With A White Dress?

Now we have discussed the eye makeup looks above, let’s dive into lipstick colors that go with a white dress. You can go for various options when it comes to lipstick. But here’s a tip; white skin tone should prefer wearing red, orange, nudes. For warmer, dark, or undertone skin, peach or brown lip shades will do the magic.

1. Red Color

The most common combo is red lipstick with a white dress that makes a bold statement. You don’t need any other thing to go with this look to nail it.

2. Brown Shade

If you have a warm undertone, then team your white dress with a brown shade. That will give you a classic look. Brown shade polishes off the white ensemble with a neutral finish

3. Pink Color

For soft touch, you can go for pink lip color. It gives a whole subtle look to your face. Moreover, highlight your cheekbones after contouring and finish off your look by blending neutral shade to your eye.

4. Odd Lipcolor 

You can pop up your white dress by applying odd colors like purple, blue, orange, etc. It just adds a whole new life to the outfit.

What Accessories Go With White Dress?

Adding accessories with a white dress will bring a new element to the whole look.

1. Bag

You can add a pop-up color to your white dress by styling it with a bright color bag and hat. You can also pair it up with a neutral bag, a black-colored bag. The choice is unlimited. Every color can go with a white dress. Just mix and match and pick up what suits the best.

2. Sunglasses

Team your white dress with oversized sunglasses; it will give you a chic look. Add little detailed jewelry like small studs, chained metal necklaces, and feel like a boss.

3. Hat

You can add a hat to your white outfit. It will add a feminine and versatile look to the whole dress.

What Color Shoes Go Best With White Dress?

Shoes are the first thing that people notice about someone. The best thing is you can wear bright colored shoes with a white dress such as red, pink, etc. In fact, you can pair it up with any color and it will make your ensemble stand out.

Likewise, you can pair up your white dress with nude heels. Nude heels are an excellent choice to go for as it makes your legs look longer, and that’s what most women want.

Just remember: If you love to have a little tanned leg with a white maxi or skirt, you can apply an indoor tanning lotion to achieve that effect.

Hair Styles

Depending upon the length and what event you will attend, you can try different hairstyles with a white dress. But before styling your hair, make sure to use the shampoo according to your hair type and any treatment you had before. For example, if you have done balayage so you must use shampoo which suits best for balayage hair.

If you have short hair, then straight hair with add-on hair accessories or loose curls will give a super chic look. If you have long or medium hair, you can tie them up in a ponytail or create a braid, but don’t forget to apply the best mousse for braids. Moreover, you can also tie them up in a bun.

If you are going for formal events, add curls. However, the best option is to ask your hairstylist.

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Final Thoughts – The Verdict

White is mostly considered a bride’s color, but you can go for an unconventional choice by wearing it at someone’s wedding. Choices are unlimited.

We have given you a complete guideline about what makeup goes with a white dress. Also, we talked about accessories and shoes to match it. However, you need to understand what event you are going to attend and how you carry yourself.

We hope this article has helped you choose the right makeup, a good combination of accessories, and shoes.

If you have other ideas, do comment below. We would love to hear from you.