27.5.12

A Wedding Day Experiment

Posted by jachacosmetics

            Brides Hair and Makeup           jacha minerals Makeup and THREE Hair


You have finally found the partner you want to marry, you spend months looking for the perfect venue, your best girl friends are gathered to be your bridesmaids, and of course, you have found the dress of your dreams.  With all your wedding day wishes coming true, you notice your bank account dwindling fast. You do your own makeup and hair every day, and you feel you have it down to an art form, so the question is do you really want to spend the extra money to employ a professional makeup artist and hair stylist? What difference does it really make? 

When a newly engaged bride recently asked me this same question, I decided to actually show her the difference a professional makes.   Even though I agreed she did a great job doing her own hair and makeup, I knew that we would be able to provide her with little tricks and techniques to make her look like the princess she wanted to be on her wedding day.

The look: The tear sheet the bride wanted to recreate for her wedding makeup was a dramatic smoky eye with a purple hue, and a beautiful red lip.  She wanted her hair to be off to the side in a soft bun.
Implementing the look:  Using her tear sheet as a reference, our bride pulled out her makeup kit and styling tools, and created the look she envisioned on her wedding day.   LaCreme provided us with a beautiful dress and accessories, and Margie at fresh images captured pictures of the overall look.   After the photographs were taken of the brides makeup application and hair styling,  I (jacha minerals) and Steph( THREE Salon and Spa in Guelph) recreated the look using the same tear sheet as the bride had brought in for reference.
The Brides Observations:
1.       Her eyebrows were filled in when the professional did her makeup and she had not done that on her own.
2.       Her skin looks a lot more healthy and bright with the professional makeup, and she felt that the makeup she did on her own washed her out.
3.       She thought that her own liner application actually made her eyes appear smaller then when she had her makeup done professionally.
4.       She noticed that her cheek bones looked more defined in the picture with her makeup done professionally.
5.       She was a bit surprised when the purple she applied on her eyes, almost came out as a soft pink when we looked at the results in the pictures.
6.       She also noticed when a professional did her hair is looked more polished and finished, and the flower was placed in a more subtle way.
Final Conclusion: Hiring someone to apply your wedding day makeup and hair will help complete your look. Even if you are great at applying your makeup and doing your hair on your own, professionals understand how to make you look your best in photographs.  She also felt that when she did her own hair and makeup she was stressed and struggled to recreate a specific look.  When she had someone else do her hair and makeup, she was much more relaxed and was confident her team of professionals would be able to achieve the look she had wanted for her wedding day.   After this experience, saving costs by not hiring professionals was no longer an option for her.  So brides, it’s your wedding day, sits back and gets the royal treatment.

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