So, my fiance's cousin is a makeup artist.. let's call her Mary. She's a nice girl and we hang out sometimes. The Mother of the Groom will be using Mary for make up and someone else for hair. Mary does not do hair. My mother and I did a trial with Mary, and we didn't like her work. She is not willing to budge on price, even though we will be bringing her a lot of business, and heck, we are family/friends. I found another makeup artist who's work I really like. They also do hair AND makeup and gave me almost the same price as Mary did for makeup service. They gave us a lower rate for the size of our party and because we are doing hair and makeup.
I ask my fiance's mother if she wants do go with the person I found (I don't want her to feel left out of the group!), I know it will open a can of worms... I'm not really sure how to approach the Mother of the Groom and Mary with my decision... Any suggestions?