The world collectively swooned watchingPrince Harryadorably tellMeghan Markle, “You look amazing,” after she met him at the altar on their wedding day. But now we know exactly why the royal loved her bridal look — she was gorgeously natural.
Makeup artistDaniel Martin— the creative consultant for Honest Beauty, Dior Beauty brand ambassador and a longtime friend of Meghan’s who helped her achieve theperfect beauty lookfor her wedding day — toldInStylethat the groom was a big fan of the understated makeup thatshowcased features like her freckles.
“After the ceremony Harry kept saying thank you,” he said. “He was thanking me for making her look like herself.”
Martin encouraged brides everywhere to follow Meghan’s lead when it comes to low-key wedding day makeup.
“The last thing you want [is] to look at your wedding pictures and go, ‘Remember when highlighting was the rage?’ ” he explained. “At the end of the day, you want to look like your best self.”
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Martin previously told PEOPLE that there were justfive people around while prepping Meghan for her walk down the aisle: the bride, himself, hair stylist Serge Normant, dress designer Clare Waight Keller and Meghan’s momDoria Ragland. The atmosphere was very relaxed, partly thanks to Meghan playing “1950s, chilled music” via Spotify.
The makeup artist said he got emotional when they saw Meghan after the ceremony to do touch-ups for theirofficial portraits.
“That’s when I started crying,” he explained. “It was the first time was able to be there in person. It was almost like she looked at me and said, ‘What did you think? How’d it go?’ And I lost it.”
He continued, “It was so moving and so perfect and the day couldn’t have been better.”
InStyle also caught up with Waight Keller, who discussed preparing another big element of Meghan’s wedding: herlong-sleeved, unembellished boatneckbridal gown.
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The process ofcreating the wedding dress was “very collaborative,”Waight Keller told reporters at Kensington Palace in London following the wedding, adding that Meghan was familiar with her work, and the process flowed together through many conversations over sketches and mockups.
“It was a wonderful way to start the collaboration with her, finding out what she wanted for her day and just to find the absolute perfect style for her,” Waight Keller said. “Part of it was really a conversation in the beginning and then through a series of sketches that I proposed to her. We exchanged conversations about what would be the ultimate lines and proportions and the scale of the dress.”
source: people.com
