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Miss Magnolia, Atlanta Age and Occupation: 28, Public Affairs and Government Relations Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Lobbyist Engagement Date: December 1, 2006 Wedding Date: January, 2008 Blogging Since: September 6, 2007 Venue: catherdral ceremony/private club reception About Me: Mr. Magnolia and I are thrilled to be planning an evening, winter wedding for 200 people in Atlanta. We both work in politics and share a love of University of Georgia football, pop culture, and good food! I'm a runner who adores wedding magazines, bad reality television, and a good glass of wine. Most of the time I like to think I'm pretty organized, but between wedding planning, house hunting, and a full-time job, I'm being put to the test!
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Makeup With Me

September 7th, 2007 @ 10:59 am by Mrs. Magnolia

Very early in our engagement, people started asking me about how I was going to wear my hair for the wedding. This always cracked me up, particularly when I didn’t even have a gown yet! Eventually I did make the decision that I would wear my hair up, in a low chignon with my veil tucked in underneath.So obviously, thinking about wedding day beauty started early, but there was one decision that I didn’t even have to think about: wedding day makeup. See, I’m a lucky bride-to-be. Quite possibly the luckiest, in fact!

Why, you ask? Well, I have a cousin who is co-owner of a cosmetics company. And since he’ll be at the wedding anyway, he may as well provide his services to make me look extra-beautiful, right? Honestly, we’ve asked that this be his wedding gift to us – to provide me and my bridesmaids with day-of makeup. Normally, he charges a pretty good amount of money for this service, so it will be a huge favor to me to help out with our makeup.

So, who is this super-fabulous guy? He’s Chad, with Three Custom Color Specialists

Chad and his business partners launched Three ten years ago, custom blending lipsticks and glosses in the tiny galley kitchen of their Hell’s Kitchen apartment. They were one of the first companies to offer custom blending services, particularly catering to clients who found that their favorite, sometimes signature lipstick was being discontinued by another company. If you sent in a sample (usually scraped out of the bottom of an old lipstick tube), they would happily re-create the color and send you back two brand new replicas of the lipstick. Fab, right?

Now, in addition to custom blending, Three has a ton of what they call “Ready to Wear” products. And trust me, everything they have is fantastic. Personally, I’m a huge fan of their cream concealer,

their cream to powder blush,

their lip palettes,

their eye shadow,

and their brow gel.

So that’s one less thing to worry about for the wedding day, and I couldn’t be happier about it. I know that there are a lot of great makeup artists in Atlanta, but the fact that I get to spend the afternoon of my wedding with my cousin, while he makes me a glowing beautiful bride just makes me so happy.

And even though he doesn’t know it yet, I’m going to ask if he can do a trial application before the rehearsal dinner. Hey, it can’t hurt to look lovely and bridal the night before, too….right?

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Katie B

The same thing happened with me too. Everyone wanted to know what I was doing with my hair! I don’t even know what I will be wearing yet.

What a great gift to have for your wedding day. The products look great.

 
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Lissa

Wow! You really are lucky to have such a wonderful cousin as a resource! That’s awesome!

 
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TriciaJ

OMG!!! I’ve HEARD of them! And drooled over their products! You are so, so lucky. :)

 
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Summer

They made me a few lipsticks some years ago and I keep meaning to re-order. Guess this is a sign, eh? How totally awesome for you! Congrats!

And yes, I’m sick of people asking me how I’m going to wear my hair.

 
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Jean

Wow - I have heard of them too! That is very cool…

 
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Mrs. Bee (message)  3,261 posts, Sugar bee

i’ve never used their makeup but am very familiar with their line. you hav a veritable expert for your wedding day! :D

 
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MJ (message)  109 posts, Blushing bee

That’s awesome! I plan to buy one of their custom services for one of my BMs. She’s a lipgloss-a-holic and I figure what’s cooler than your own lipgloss! (I’m a lipgloss addict enabler, I know)

 
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Weddingbee » Blog Archive » Miss Magnolia’s Hair Trial

[...] hair. I love the idea of keeping wedding day beauty “all in the family” (as I mentioned before, my cousin will be doing my makeup), so I asked her if she would be willing to do my updo and that [...]

 


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Mrs. Magnolia Miss Magnolia, Atlanta Age and Occupation: 28, Public Affairs and Government Relations Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Lobbyist Engagement Date: December 1, 2006 Wedding Date: January, 2008 Blogging Since: September 6, 2007 Venue: catherdral ceremony/private club reception About Me: Mr. Magnolia and I are thrilled to be planning an evening, winter wedding for 200 people in Atlanta. We both work in politics and share a love of University of Georgia football, pop culture, and good food! I'm a runner who adores wedding magazines, bad reality television, and a good glass of wine. Most of the time I like to think I'm pretty organized, but between wedding planning, house hunting, and a full-time job, I'm being put to the test!
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