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What's your day-of beauty schedule?

posted at 1/24/2012 4:02 PM EST on theknot.com
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 I'm worried about giving enough time for everything so wondering what time everyone else has scheduled for themselves.  Please mention if it is on-site or off-site (which then please include travel time) and what you are having done since some things take longer. 

I'll either be doing my own hair or find a salon within 10 minutes to do my hair (down with a headband but not sure beyond that) and my make up is getting done on site.  Anyone in a simialr situation would be extra helpful but everything gives me perspective



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Re: What's your day-of beauty schedule?

posted at 1/24/2012 5:34 PM EST on theknot.com
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Generally, if you're just talking about yourself, you should allow 1.5 hours for both hair and makeup (not including travel).  I would allow 20-30 minutes to dress, and put on your jewelry, accessories, and headpiece.  (20 would  probably be enough time, 30 would be padding it a bit).  You also need to plan to have a bite to eat before you start getting ready.

To plan your timeline, remember to start with the time you have to be READY (not the ceremony time), then back up from there. 

My biggest piece of advice would be to plan your timeline--then back it up 30 minutes.  I really wish I had done that.  It would have been perfect, but instead I was a little rushed at the end and would have loved just a little more time.  You should always plan for a little more than you think you will need.
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Re: What's your day-of beauty schedule?

posted at 1/24/2012 6:20 PM EST on theknot.com
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Ditto working backwards on the timeline. Ceremony is at 630pm. We are doing everything on site: pre-ceremony wedding party photos, hair, makeup. So I checked with each vendor on the time they need/when they want to be finished by.

The photog wants to start at 4pm to giving herself some padding. The hair takes less than an hour. The makeup takes 45 minutes-1 hour. She also needs about 30 minutes on each bridesmaid. She doesn't want to do my makeup first or last. She wants me in the middle and wants to be fully finished by 3pm so I'm not rushed for the photos at 4pm.

So working backwards, I ended up with this:

630pm: ceremony
400pm-600pm: photos
300pm-4pm: dress and relax
230pm-300pm: bridesmaid #3 makeup
200pm-230pm: bridesmaid #2 makeup
200pm-300pm: bride's hair
100pm-200pm: bride's makeup
1230pm-100pm: bridesmaid #1 makeup
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Re: What's your day-of beauty schedule?

posted at 1/25/2012 4:28 PM EST on theknot.com
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 8 am: wake-up
8:30: breakfast
9: shower
10: bride's hair (on-site professional)
11:15:  bride's makeup (on-site DIY)
11:45:  lunch
12:30 pm: photographers arrive
1:  First look
1 - 3:30:  Pictures
3:30:  back in room to freshen up
4pm:  ceremony

In between: trying to call mom to find out if she picked up my flowers.  Try to find slip for my sister who burned a hole in her BM dress.  Call MIL to find out when she'd arrive to have her hair done.  Keep neices from touching my dress.  Check the weather to see if it was going to warm up.  Etc....
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Re: What's your day-of beauty schedule?

posted at 1/28/2012 3:12 AM EST on theknot.com
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 Myself, my mother, and my MOH are all having our hair and makeup and two BMs just hair done at a salon approx. 45 mins from the ceremony site. Here's the schedule we have set:

Bride: 12:30-1:15 Hair 1:30-2:30 Makeup
MOB: 12:30-1:30 Makeup 1:30-2:15 Hair
MOH: 12:45-1:30 Hair 1:30-2:30 Makeup
BM 1: 1:30-2:15 Hair - Do own makeup while waiting. 
BM 2: 12:45-1:15 Hair - Do own makeup after, finish by 2:30
2:30-3:15 Drive to venue
3:15-4:00 Dress and relax
4:00-5:15 Some formal pics, first look!
5:15-6:00 Relax, fix everything that has gone wrong 
6:00 Ceremony!
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Re: What's your day-of beauty schedule?

posted at 1/29/2012 8:15 PM EST on theknot.com
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 I would allot about 1.5 hours for yourself for hair and makeup.  Be sure to have a trial session with your makeup and hairstylist before the day of so there are no disasters!!
Also, I would highly sugest putting yourself either first on the list or somewhere in the middle.  To me, I thought I would get done last to allow time to sleep in and get other things done but realized if everyone else is runing behind schedule I'm in trouble.  Also it would be smart to go over with the other girls what they want to do with their hair to get a feel for how long it wil take, I would say the more time the better.  If you are getting the girls makeup done, remember you can always forgo it or have them do something super simple and quick if things are running behind
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Re: What's your day-of beauty schedule?

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 My ceremony is at 3 pm so I plan on getting my hair and makeup done early. Probably around 9 or 10. It is a 30 mins away.
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Re: What's your day-of beauty schedule?

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 i like the person who posted wake up at 8. Will any of us really get any sleep the night before?!
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Re: What's your day-of beauty schedule?

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 We're starting to get ready at 9 and hopefully will be done by 12:30.  That's 5 girls getting hair and makeup.  I'm a little worried but how much earlier can I really wake up?  There will be more than 1 hairstylests and hopefully we can do makeup at the same time. 
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Re: What's your day-of beauty schedule?

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 i'm having a day-time wedding, is anyone else? my ceremony is at 10 AM, the reception is 12-4. My family is having an after party for the guests at their house so it'll be then 4- to whenever. i realize i will be getting up early to start my day but, i prob won't sleep anyways!
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Re: What's your day-of beauty schedule?

posted at 3/4/2012 5:57 PM EST on theknot.com
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 I am also having a daytime wedding (ceremony is at 12:00; the reception immediately follows) and am trying to figure out how to fit hair and makeup for me and my bridal party in as well as time to take some photos when guests will be arriving around 11:30 am.  Right now, I feel like I'm trying to achieve the impossible.  Anyone else have /had an afternoon wedding with advice to share?  Thanks!
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Re: What's your day-of beauty schedule?

posted at 3/6/2012 4:37 PM EST on theknot.com
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 These are some great ideas!
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Re: What's your day-of beauty schedule?

posted at 3/8/2012 10:21 PM EST on theknot.com
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 I am having a 10am ceremony with reception 12-5, too.  I plan on starting to get ready at 6am with all my girls so we're done by 9am...praying that is enough time for everyone to get hair and makeup done!
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Re: What's your day-of beauty schedule?

posted at 3/9/2012 2:10 PM EST on theknot.com
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 I'm also having a day time wedding (ceremony at 11:30, reception immediately following) AND we're doing first look/other pictures before the wedding (starting around 9:30am).  I figure we need to leave around 9am to get to the church on time and give me time to slip into my dress.  
The hairstylist is arriving at my hotel at 7am (for me, 2 BM, and my mom) and it's DIY make-up.  I've been practicing my make-up to get the application time down to under 30 minutes and my hair will take 45 min max.  I think I'll either go first or second on the hair and mom can go last since she doesn't need to be out the door right at 9am.  

It will be an early day (5:30-6am) but I'm guessing I'll be too excited to sleep much the night before anyway!
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Re: What's your day-of beauty schedule?

posted at 3/29/2012 1:24 PM EDT on theknot.com
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 that's exactly what I am doing! it was cheaper for us at our venue to have the wedding in the day time, and our wedding is small (75 total) so we didn't have much choices for places that cater to small weddings. But we love it. Hope everything goes well for you!
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Re: What's your day-of beauty schedule?

posted at 4/1/2012 10:23 PM EDT on theknot.com
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 I am so worried about getting everything done the day of... working backwards is something that sounds like I can do.  Also, having schedules by different people sounds like something that I need to do... thanks for the post!
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Re: What's your day-of beauty schedule?

posted at 4/6/2012 1:02 PM EDT on theknot.com
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 I found a traveling stylist that is coming with two other stylists to my house to get all of us dolled up. She was really easy to schedule with and was willing to come at 530am for my morning wedding! She told me a good rule of thumb is an hour for hair per person, and a half an hour for makeup. She was a life saver!
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Re: What's your day-of beauty schedule?

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 Mine is a day ceremony, evening reception. ceremony at 10, reception at 6. We are having games and free time for everyone to change and relax before the reception and having an optional bbq lunch at our house.
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Re: What's your day-of beauty schedule?

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 I would say think about the time it normally takes you to get ready for new years eve, or something else special you get ready for, and then add in time in for looking even better that day then you ever have before, for emotional moments with your room full of ladies, relaxation, a glass of wine, and answering questions if you dont have a wedding coordinator.  If you're like me and get frustrated super easy pad your schedule with a half an hour at least so that you don't start panicking that you're running late.  It also depends on the dress.  If you need to be bussled, allow about 20 minutes, especially if someone inexperienced is doing the bussling.  Or even better yet, make sure whoever your bussler will be talks to your dress maker about what to do.
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Re: What's your day-of beauty schedule?

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i like the person who posted wake up at 8. Will any of us really get any sleep the night before?!
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The night or two nights before for that matter
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Re: What's your day-of beauty schedule?

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 Our wedding will be indoors and is at 4:00 pm with receptiopn to immediately follow. We aren't dong first look and so all of our photos will be after the ceremony while the guests are eatting dinner. My hair stylist is about 20 minutes away and is requesting us to be there around 10 am, she will have 2 other hair stylists to do my BM and MOB hair so she can focus on me. We should be out of there about 12:00/12:30 ish. Home to do make up, get dressed, and if weather permitting I want some pictures of just us girls at a local park. I plan to be at my location by 3:30 to handle any last minute details and start the ceremony as close to 4:00 as possible.
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 So glad I stumbled upon this thread, gave me many ideas to help make up my day-of schedule!
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Re: What's your day-of beauty schedule?

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 Friday morning - mani/pedis (part of my gift to my 5 bridesmaids)
Friday night - staying in the bridal suite with the bridesmaids (and we can drop all of our stuff off before the rehearsal dinner)

Saturday morning
7 am - breakfast
8 am - make-up artist (gift from bridesmaid) & hair stylist (gift from SIL) arrive at bridal suite
Noon - party sub delivered from subway
1 pm - photographer arrives for "getting ready" pictures
2 - 3:15 pm - formal pictures
4 pm - ceremony
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 Here's an overall of what we planned out - 

Day before - Mani/pedi

Day of - 
Wake-up, shower, etc - 8am
Breakfast - 9am
Hair/makeup (they are coming to me) - 10:30am
Photographers arrive - 11:45am
Get Dressed- 12pm 
Limo pick-up- 1pm
Ceremony- 2pm
Pictures- 3-5pm
Reception- 5pm-10pm

Hope that helps!
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 I haven't figured out my timeline yet...My bridesmaids and I are getting pedicures on the Thursday before my Saturday wedding.  I have 8 bridesmaidsl 2 flower girls, plus myself and my mother getting their hair done.  My wedding is at 5 p.m.   My hair salon has set aside the owner (my longtime hairdresser) and two other girls for three hours.  I'm the only one getting my make-up done so that's not an issue.  We're starting at 10 a.m. but I'm thinking we don't need to be there that early.  We're bringing food & drinks into the salon.  I guess we can chat, eat and take our time.  We don't plan on getting to the golf club until 3 p.m.  Thanks for the post because I guess I need to think this through more but I have some time since my wedding is in 2 months. 
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I suggest you look at some hairstyles that you like.  Magazines, The Knot and Pinterest have some good ideas.  If you have the money then I suggest you have someone do your hair for you.  It's your big day and you deserve it!!!!!
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I am a September 29th bride too!! Congrats!!
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 i have no idea what my schedule should be I am getting married sept 29th, 2012 at 3:00 pm can anybody help me on time I should do my makeup & the other stuff too?
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i'm having a day-time wedding, is anyone else? my ceremony is at 10 AM, the reception is 12-4. My family is having an after party for the guests at their house so it'll be then 4- to whenever. i realize i will be getting up early to start my day but, i prob won't sleep anyways!
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Our wedding day will be quite similar. Our ceremony starts at 10am and the reception is 12pm-3:30. At 5pm we will all meet up at my parents house. I am planning to do as much as I can the day before so that I wont be up at 5am to get ready.
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 My day of schedule goes like this (working backwards seems to be the trend!):

7:30-8:00 - Photos of just me and my husband :)
7 PM - Ceremony
5:30-6:30 - Arrive at location for group photos
4:00-4:45 - First look and photos at the Las Vegas sign (oh, we're getting married at Vegas)
2:30-3:15 - Get dressed and bride's make-up on
12:00-2:00 - Get hair done with MOB, MIL and GrandMIL (also have touch-up done to nails if needed)
Around 11 - Have lunch with everyone getting their hair done with me

Any time that's not accounted for in this plan is for travel or food. There's also a lot of cushioning during the "getting ready" time in case we run behind for one reason or another.

Also, I've done a trail hair run (I'm having my MOH do my make-up and she lives across the country, so we can't really do a trial run for makeup). Along with being a fun thing to do for the wedding Laughing it gave me an idea of how long it would take, so that helped with planning a timeline and I would recommend having a trail run for any kind of beauty stuff you're planning on doing
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