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Note: While this article is written specifically to help a bride look flawless throughout her wedding day, these five beauty essentials will help any woman stay beautiful throughout any big event!

So you know exactly how you want your wedding makeup to look and you’ve finally found the perfect makeup artist. But are you certain your makeup will weather all the happy tears and champagne toasts?

Make sure you don’t get caught unprepared for common wedding day beauty boo-boos by packing these Five Bridal Beauty Essentials in your purse.

1. Lip Color. Even if your makeup artist purchases your lip color for you, it is extremely important that you find out the exact brand and shade of the lipstick, lipgloss, or lipstain you will be wearing on your wedding day. In addition to having your own lip color, make sure to buy a second one for your maid-of-honor to carry for you in her own purse. Better yet, buy two extra lipglosses and have another bridesmaid or your mom carry one with them. With all the champagne sipping and groom kissing, you will definitely need touch-ups. You’ll also have a million other things on your mind and the last thing you’ll want to worry about is the location of your lipstick. Make sure your right hand women have got you — and your lips — covered.
2. Makeup Eraser Pen. Sometimes even the best waterproof mascara and the most skilled expert makeup application can’t fully stand up to all those joyful tears. To safely avoid the risk of makeup smearing, be ready with a makeup eraser pen to whisk away any smudges. (MakeupMoxie.com recommends: Revlon Eye Makeup Eraser Pen, $7.99 Drugstore.com)
3. Eyelash Comb. Along the same lines as the makeup eraser pen, make sure that you have your trusty eyelash comb to break up any clumps that might result from happy tears or humid summer wedding weather. (MakeupMoxie.com recommends: Tweezerman Folding ILashcomb, $6.50, Drugstore.com).
4. Blotting Papers. Banish any late-reception shine with high quality blotting papers that will not disturb your makeup. (MakeupMoxie.com recommends: Alison Raffaele Blotting Tissues, $6.00, Drugstore.com).
5. Lash Glue & Tweezers. If you’re wearing false lashes, there’s always a risk that they may go wayward by the end of the night. Make sure to have lash glue and tweezers on hand so that you can get those falsies back in place or remove them if necessary.

Armed with these Five Bridal Beauty Essentials, you can feel confident that you’ll be picture perfect — all the way from your walk down the aisle to you and your new hubby’s retreat to the honeymoon suite.