--- title: Meghan Markle Wears Natural Wedding Makeup to Reception description: Meghan Markle chose a pretty and polished look that accentuated her glowing natural beauty and elegant dress for the Royal Wedding. canonical: https://time.com/5222871/meghan-markle-makeup-royal-wedding/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-19T12:15:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:39.782Z og:title: See Megan Markle's Pretty and Easy Royal Wedding Makeup og:description: Here's what Markle did to prepare for her big day og:url: https://time.com/5222871/meghan-markle-makeup-royal-wedding/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c11f60166a70f7f/698930dccf40a8773ac4c43d/royal-wedding-2018-meghan-markle-jewlery-makeup-2.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2405 og:image:height: 1353 og:image:alt: Meghan Markle Tiara og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Megan Markle's Pretty and Easy Royal Wedding Makeup twitter:description: Here's what Markle did to prepare for her big day twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c11f60166a70f7f/698930dccf40a8773ac4c43d/royal-wedding-2018-meghan-markle-jewlery-makeup-2.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Meghan Markle's Wedding Makeup for the Royal Wedding Accentuated Her Natural Beauty > Sponsored content. 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Here's what Markle did to prepare for her big day_  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 19, 2018 12:15 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 19, 2018 12:15 PM UTC [Meghan Markle](http://time.com/4694568/meghan-markle-period-stigma/) opted for simple, pretty makeup for the [Royal Wedding](http://time.com/5222766/meghan-markle-royal-wedding-tiara/), choosing to accentuate her natural beauty and [innate sense of elegance](http://time.com/5062929/meghan-markle-fashion-photos/) for her big day. Markle, who tied the knot with Prince Harry at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle on on Saturday, May 19, went for a beauty look that was refreshingly low-maintenance. Aided by makeup artist and long-time friend Daniel Martin, Markle embraced her glowing complexion and natural freckles with minimal facial makeup, focusing instead on softly highlighting features like her strong brows, lush lashes and rosy cheeks. For her mouth, Markle opted for a nude, natural lip color with a hint of sheen. Markle’s easy, polished beauty look for the Royal Wedding complemented her sleek Givenchy wedding dress to full effect and paired well with her elegant hairstyle, but it’s arguable that the most beautiful part of her attire for the big day was the beaming smile she had all day. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5222871/meghan-markle-makeup-royal-wedding/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5222871/meghan-markle-makeup-royal-wedding/"},"headline":"Meghan Markle's Wedding Makeup for the Royal Wedding Accentuated Her Natural Beauty","datePublished":"2018-05-19T12:15:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:39.782Z","description":"Here's what Markle did to prepare for her big day","url":"https://time.com/5222871/meghan-markle-makeup-royal-wedding/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royal wedding"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c11f60166a70f7f/698930dccf40a8773ac4c43d/royal-wedding-2018-meghan-markle-jewlery-makeup-2.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c11f60166a70f7f/698930dccf40a8773ac4c43d/royal-wedding-2018-meghan-markle-jewlery-makeup-2.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Meghan Markle Tiara","caption":"Meghan Markle in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, May 19, 2018.","creditText":"Jonathan Brady—PA Wire","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5222871/meghan-markle-makeup-royal-wedding/","name":"Meghan Markle's Wedding Makeup for the Royal Wedding Accentuated Her Natural Beauty"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"Here's what Markle did to prepare for her big day","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5222871/meghan-markle-makeup-royal-wedding/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5222871/meghan-markle-makeup-royal-wedding/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```