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3 Life-Changing Beauty Products Worth Splurging On for Your Wedding

I can think of one really great thing about spending $8.2 billion on your wedding: It makes even the fanciest beauty products practically free in comparison. So go ahead, get the best of the best when it comes to your wedding-day makeup. Here are a few spendy items that I personally promise you are truly life-changing. (Just beware: As with expensive jeans, once you've gone there, it's hard to go back.) 1. DiorShow Blackout Mascara Of all the things I have discovered during my seven-ish years writing about beauty for Glamour, this mascara is the best one. It gives the most dramatic long-and-thick black lashes you'll ever see—perfect for making your eyes pop on your wedding day and in all those photos. For a less-intense version, try the regular DiorShow mascara. 2. Armani Luminous Silk Foundation This foundation will ruin you for all other foundations. It melts on like part of your skin and comes in shades to flatter every skin tone—without ever going orange, even after a long day of wear. I wore this foundation for my wedding and got addicted, even though I'd never been a foundation-wearer before. Now I use it for every special occasion. 3.

I can think of one really great thing about spending $8.2 billion on your wedding: It makes even the fanciest beauty products practically free in comparison. So go ahead, get the best of the best when it comes to your wedding-day makeup. Here are a few spendy items that I personally promise you are truly life-changing. (Just beware: As with expensive jeans, once you've gone there, it's hard to go back.)

  1. DiorShow Blackout Mascara

Of all the things I have discovered during my seven-ish years writing about beauty for Glamour, this mascara is the best one. It gives the most dramatic long-and-thick black lashes you'll ever see—perfect for making your eyes pop on your wedding day and in all those photos. For a less-intense version, try the regular DiorShow mascara.

  1. Armani Luminous Silk Foundation

This foundation will ruin you for all other foundations. It melts on like part of your skin and comes in shades to flatter every skin tone—without ever going orange, even after a long day of wear. I wore this foundation for my wedding and got addicted, even though I'd never been a foundation-wearer before. Now I use it for every special occasion.

  1. Murad Renewing Eye Cream

As a beauty writer, it's hard to commit to one eye cream; you're always getting samples of new ones. But once I tried this, I was devoted. I request more and more jars of this, passing up even pricier formulas. The reason? I'm not a patient person, and this Murad cream gives immediate, visible results. Yes, immediate. I put it on and my fine lines are less obvious, and my makeup looks so much more seamless on top. Even if you don't already use eye cream, start before your wedding! It'll add radiance around your eyes, even if you don't have the slightest lines yet (and it'll help prevent those from appearing any time soon).

What beauty products will be on your wedding splurge list (or were already)?