Its finally here! The day you’ve been planning for months (or maybe even years!) and its finally time to get yourself ready for this special moment. Heres exactly what to expect the morning of the big day:
Arrival time: I (and any supporting makeup and hair team members) will show up and begin setting up to get everyone ready. Depending on your getting ready location this may require some furniture rearranging or setting up some folding tables or tall folding chairs when in hotels or at your home, or it might just be us opening up our kits and laying out products when you’re getting ready at your venue’s bridal suite. If you’re in a home or hotel please make sure we have access to electrical outlets and lots of space to work, especially if you have a large group getting ready.
Next, we will start to call our first clients on our schedules - we strongly recommend you have all people receiving services there at the same time, this helps keep everything running smoothly (We know there can be extenuation circumstances so its not always possible especially if one person has young children or lives far away or is really not a morning person, if thats the case let us know while we make your schedule so we can account for those issues but whenever possible its always best to have all people there so if theres an unexpected hiccup we can substitute anyone else in and keep everything moving. We also recommend scheduling younger and older clients towards the end of your schedule like grandparents and flower girls for similar reasons).
All makeup is applied except lips, those are applied during touch up time so everyone can drink and eat and not have to worry about messing much up. Everyone also gets a final check at the end during touchups right before its “go time” to fix any issues that may have arisen and to make sure skin isn’t shiny, concealer is still good, etc..
The morning will run quickly but calmly, moving through each service about 45 minutes each. Remember to soak up this time, listen to some music and enjoy the pampering with your favorite people, this time is so precious and its important to relax while things are calm.
Your Moment to Shine: I usually take the bride in the middle or second to last position on the list, this ensures you’re 90% done when your photographer arrives (and we will only have to worry about applying your lip color and staging photos).
Touch Up Time: The last 30-45 minutes are spent finishing everyone up, touching up and applying lip colors.
The team and I pack up and send you off to go get hitched!