Hair/makeup and schedule of day question

mjanosek

For those of you who are having your bridal party get their makeup and hair done... are you paying for it or are they? Is there a right thing to do? I definitely want my hair and makeup done but am not sure if I need my bridal party too. My sister is pretty good with makeup and hair but I don't know how much time she'd have to do everyone's. I have 4 bridesmaids. Plus, I don't want to stress her out. Any adviceAt this point, I haven't even started to figure out how the day will actually go or how busy it will be. My wedding does not start until 5pm. How early are most of you starting your day and how is your time being taken up? Thanks!

goheels05

If you are requiring your BMs to have their makeup and hair done professionally, you are supposed to pay for it.  If you're going to ask your sister to help, it would probably be nice to offer to pay her.I had a morning wedding; we arrived at the church 3 hours before the ceremony began to get ready, and the photog got there about that same time.

mwhitson14

If you are requesting them to get it done, then you need to pay for it. If they just want to, they can pay for it. Don't ask your sister to do everyone's hair, if she offers that's one thing, but to ask one woman to do 5 women's hair and make-up isn't real nice. The timeline of your day is really dependent upon the hair and make-up person(s) and the photographer.

NicoleSahara

My sister, my mom and I are getting our hair done at the salon. I told the bridesmaids I could make arrangements for them if they wanted their hair professionally done but that I wasn't requiring it. (They're all doing it themselves.) I don't know how the day of is going to go yet, but here's what I have so far for my 4:00 wedding: breakfast with mom and sis, hair appt at noon (doing makeup before), be at the church at 2/2:30 to put my dress on and get some pics done before the ceremony. Oh and eat lunch in there somewhere.

gkb0910

If you're requiring your BP to get their hair and make-up done, you should pay for it.  If it's an option for them, it's okay if they pay. I'm not sure what time you should start.  You should talk to your hair/make-up to see how long it will take them.  My ceremony is at 2.  We are doing some pictures beforehand and getting to the church about 1.  My hair lady will start me at 8:45 am.

ggmae

I gave my girls the option to either get their hair done with me or do it themselves. If they chose to get it done with me, they had to pay and they did. I had a 1pm ceremony with cocktail hour and pictures beforehand. We started getting ready at 6:45am and were done around 10:15am. 4 of us got our hair done and 8 got makeup. The hair/makeup took a lot longer than I was told it would take, so we fell behind and were late for pictures. Make sure to allot for more time than you are told.

C W

If you require it, you should pay. When I was making appointments, I asked my girls if they wanted their hair & makeup done so that they knew it was an option. At that point I was not going to pay, but I was feeling generous the day of so I paid for everyone. They certainly didn't expect it and really appreciated it.

diggitydog

I told them I'd make them apointments if they wanted but that I didn't care at all if they did hair themselves, they paid if they wanted it.  But I had a more casual wedding- so it really didn't matter if they had snazzy updos.  They all got thier hair done anyway, btw.

laboheme68

I said: If you guys want to get your hair or makeup done, I will be getting mine done at 12:30. If you don't want to get it done, that's no problem. One is getting their hair done and one is getting their makeup done. No one was forced to do this it was their own decision, and they are paying for it.

laboheme68

Oh. And our ceremony is at 6:30, we are starting at 12:30 because there's 4 people getting their makeup done and only one hair person and one makeup person. Also, the hair/makeup place is a bit of a distance away from the venue.

TiDa2009

If it's not something you're requiring they do, then you don't have to pay for it.  If it is, then yes, you should pay for it. Is your sister a BM?  If so, I wouldn't ask her to do that many people's hair - seems like it would be too stressful/hectic for someone who has to get ready herself.  If she offers, sure, but pay her. I am brining in a cople of stylists to my hotel room on the morning of at about 9 am.  My sister and I will get ours done first, then my other two BMs will come and get theirs done at 10 - 10:30.  Then if my FG or mom want their hair done, they can go afterwards.  We're doing our own makeup, though. FI and my pictures start at noon and then the WP comes at 1.  So that gives us about 3 hours to get ready.  I'll be paying for BMs hair.  It's not so much that I requried them to have it done, but I wanted to make sure they came that morning because I'm looking forward to hanging out with them before the craziness starts.

LucyD1029

I paid for all of my bridesmaids (3) and MIL to have their hair done and I guess I paid for my sister's make-up.  She was supposed to pay me back, but didn't.  I didn't require anything, but they all took me up on my offer.  My hair stylist came at 11:00 to do 5 people and my make-up artist came at 2:00 to do 4 people.  The limo came at 4:30 and we had plenty of time, but it depends on how fast your stylist works.