Help! She's tryin to make a profit off my wedding!!

lna234

Hi everyone, need some advice! My wedding is coming fast, July 10th. The Best Man's gf told me she is a certified makeup artist and offered to do the entire wedding party's makeup free as a wedding gift. Sounded great so I accepted and cancelled the appt I had made for makeup. Then she told me about the brand of makeup she uses call Motives Cosmetics and suggested I check it out. Well I did a bit of research and turns out it's an MLM (Multi Level Marketing Company). The company gives them very limited training and then they consider themselves "pro". I read something a girl who says she worked for the company a while back and apparetnly the makeup if very poor quality and overpriced. Well now she's "offering" to set up a table at my bachelorette party and give all of my party guests makeovers and wants to show them atalogues so they can order stuff, and if that weren't enough, she wants to show my bridesmaids the catalogues so they can order the makeup she uses on them, if they want to. Well I don't really like the idea, I don't want my bachelorette guests to feel pressured to buy anything from her and I don't really think I'd like to have her trying to take orders on the morning of my wedding day!!! I talked to my future husbands sister who sort of knows her and she told me about some of her pics on Facebook. I chekced them out and she totally looks like Mimi from Drew Carey! I'd rather hire a real professional to do my makeup or at least practice doing it on my own.
I'm not sure how to go about this, but my wedding day makeup is kind of important and I don't want to look like an idiot on the wedding day because I let some bozo do my makeup. I also talked to my fiance and he thinks I should just let her do her salespitch at the bachelorette party and get a trial makeup done. I just don't want to be embarrassed. What should I do?

C&S1030

Simple.  Tell her "NO".

hmonkey

re-schedule your makeup appt for the day of, and all the other appts.

tell her that you would prefer to hire someone so she can just have a good time at the party and wedding, rather than feeling like she has to work.  insist on it -- no further explanations other than "i just want you to have a good time, not have to work.  see you there bye!"

zsazsa-stl

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[QUOTE]Hi everyone, need some advice! My wedding is coming fast, July 10th. The Best Man's gf told me she is a certified makeup artist and offered to do the entire wedding party's makeup free as a wedding gift. Sounded great so I accepted and cancelled the appt I had made for makeup. Then she told me about the brand of makeup she uses call Motives Cosmetics and suggested I check it out. Well I did a bit of research and turns out it's an MLM (Multi Level Marketing Company). The company gives them very limited training and then they consider themselves "pro". I read something a girl who says she worked for the company a while back and apparetnly the makeup if very poor quality and overpriced. Well now she's "offering" to set up a table at my bachelorette party and give all of my party guests makeovers and wants to show them atalogues so they can order stuff, and if that weren't enough, she wants to show my bridesmaids the catalogues so they can order the makeup she uses on them, if they want to. Well I don't really like the idea, I don't want my bachelorette guests to feel pressured to buy anything from her and I don't really think I'd like to have her trying to take orders on the morning of my wedding day!!! I talked to my future husbands sister who sort of knows her and she told me about some of her pics on Facebook. I chekced them out and she totally looks like Mimi from Drew Carey! I'd rather hire a real professional to do my makeup or at least practice doing it on my own. I'm not sure how to go about this, but my wedding day makeup is kind of important and I don't want to look like an idiot on the wedding day because I let some bozo do my makeup. I also talked to my fiance and he thinks I should just let her do her salespitch at the bachelorette party and get a trial makeup done. I just don't want to be embarrassed. What should I do?
Posted by lna234[/QUOTE]

So have you never met this woman before to know that she looks like Mimi? 

Tell her that your bachelorette party is a party, not a sales pitch and ask that she not bring items to sell.  But why is someone you have never met even coming to the party?

Tell her you are going another way on your make-up and hire back whoever you had originally booked (and check that person out to make sure you aren't getting another Mimi).

lna234

To zsazsa-stl

I met her once before, when the best man brought her over. She wasn't wearing much makeup that night, but she's just recently gotten in to this company so I guess just lately she's been trying new things...You really have to see the pics...

She more or less invited herself, she said that since John (the best man) is coming up for the bachelor party- they live 3 hours away- she is coming with him and she'll come to my party. She actually got a hold of my sister, who is planning the party and asked her what the plans for the party were and said she'd like to set up her makeup thing. I told my sister to just tell her there won't be time for it and that the party is planned, but I think she's going to try to hand out catalogues at some point.

I just don't want to be really rude...it is my fiance's best friend's girlfriend...
...on the other hand, they do live 3 hours away

GBCK

remember, saying NO to something isn't rude.

Allowing someone to turn your party into a sales-pitch and try to steamroll your friends into being paying customers is rude.

Allowing someone to abuse your role as hostess for profit is rude.

Saying "no, we're not doing it that way" is very polite.

zsazsa-stl

If she is as bad as you say, she is used to be turned down on her services.  Don't worry to much about it.

DG1

EXACTLY what hmonkey said.  Tell her no. Book another makeup artist, and tell this chick you're being nice by allowing her to relax and enjoy the day.

I did this, and it actually was because I wanted my friends & family to enjoy the day. No one seemed offended.

MinM

ditto hmo. It is the most graceful way to get out of this.

6fsn

Another vote for hmo's advice. 

Ginabean2011

Yeah I think you should just call her up and tell her you changed your mind. It isn't rude to say no.