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Bridesmaids?

ladyinthewhitedressladyinthewhitedress member
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Money aside (hair & makeup is pretty reasonable in my area) I'm not sure what to do about my bridesmaids. A little background:

I have four girls and my parents are renting a house for them steps away from where we are getting married. (beachside, low-key) Ideally, we would love to have someone come to us and do hair & makeup for everybody. We are getting married at 4:00, and the photographer wants us to be ready for 2pm (first look). With that timeline in mind, most of the salons I have talked to want to start hair & makeup around 9 or 10 in the morning. 

This just sounds like so much time, and if we're going to be up late dancing/drinking I don't want to have to be up super early just to sit around with makeup on. 

I'm thinking I will pay to get hair for all the girls but only have my own makeup professionally done and let everyone else put their own "face" on. I'm hoping this will cut down on the time.

Does this make sense? 

I am also debating just bringing us all into the salon (literally 5 minutes up the road) so that we can save $100 on a travel fee. Any thoughts on whether or not it's worth it to pay the extra?

Thanks all :)
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  • frenchiekinfrenchiekin member
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    We had the same timeline as you (4pm ceremony, ready by 2pm for first look).  I had 5 BMs plus moms that wanted to be involved in hair and/or makeup.  I didn't want to be running around the morning of the wedding, so I opted for having a hair stylist and a makeup artist come to the hotel to get us ready.  In total, we had 5 people having makeup done (including me) and 6 for hair (including me).  We had to start hair at 8am and makeup at 9.  It wasn't horrible and everything worked out, but it was an early/long day and if I had to do it over again, I would have seriously tried to find a salon that had multiple stylists available so everyone could get done at the same time, and hair/makeup would've taken 2 hours max.  Note to self for my next wedding ;)


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  • labrolabro member
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    We went to the salon rather than have someone come to us for hair and makeup. It just wasn't worth the extra expense plus it was easier to get everyone done faster (6 bridesmaids, plus my MIL and flowergirl all got their hair professionally styled). I don't know if the travel fee includes more than one stylist or not but it will definitely take more time if it's just the one person coming to the house for hair/make-up versus going to a salon where you can have multiple people working on your group.

    It doesn't sound inconvenient to you or that far out of the way either. Scheduling wise 10 am sounds pretty typical. We all had to meet at the salon by 10 am for our hair (and my makeup) and we were finished by 12:45 which gave us time for some food before having to be at the venue by 2 to get dressed and take photos.

    I think it's a good idea to stick with just paying for everyone's hair and letting your bridesmaids handle their own make-up. A lot of people are very picky about brands, or have allergies to some products (My BFF is allergic to make-up with talc in it...).



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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] member
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    Going to a salon will save you a lot of time. The reason they need more time when coming to your location is that they have to allow for time to set up, and usually they come with limited staff. We went to the salon for my wedding and we got 4 blow outs, 2 up do's and my hair, which is fairly short, all done in about an hour. My makeup was an additional 30 minutes. It took a lot less time because the salon booked all the stylist so we had one stylist per person so everyone was getting done at the same time. How long your stylists will need will depend the styles that everyone wants. A simple blow out or even a low ponytail or bun won't take the time that an very details updo will take.

    And just a piece of advise, even though your wedding isn't until later, you'll still want to watch how late you stay out the night before, and especially how much booze you drink. You don't want to be dehydrated and puffy eye the day of your wedding and possibly nursing a hangover too.

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