Wedding Blog

I had my makeup trial this weekend and it went way better than I could’ve imagined! It seems pretty rare for a bride to be happy with her makeup on the first try, so I was thrilled to luck out at Jason Matthew Salon in Philadelphia, where the lovely Karen made me over. My daily makeup ritual consists of some lip gloss, a little foundation to cover up my ginormous nose pores and a swipe or two of eye shadow. So to have someone apply makeup to my face for an hour made me have flashbacks of my ***wee ballerina days (I hadn’t seen an eyelash curler since then). As an added bonus, there was an opening with Anthony, the super fabulous gent who made my spermified eyebrows go bye-bye painlessly. I also scheduled an appointment (50% off, score!) for my first ever microdermabrasion session with him in a few weeks. When I was getting my makeup done, Karen said it is a great way to remove dead skin (ick) and clean out the pores, which I could certainly use. I’m going to test out how my skin reacts and then if all goes well, I’ll schedule another session about two weeks before the wedding day.

Anyway, enough babbling and onto the before & after photos!

Before (wearing no makeup and still half asleep):

*dun dun dun!!*

After:

(With glasses, several hours after the trial)

As you may recall, I wanted something natural and simple, and Karen completely blew me away with the results. Plus, she’s incredibly cute and quirky, with a great sense of style, so it’ll be nice to have her around to distract me from being nervous on the morning of!

(Without glasses, just so you can get a better look)

After being pampered, Mr. Candy Corn and I checked out the hotel we’ll be staying at (Sofitel Philadelphia), which made us squeal in the lobby several times. So pretty! The hotel is in such a great area with tons of shopping and fabulous restaurants, so I’m hoping we’ll have a few spare moments to take advantage of all of that during our weekend of wedding fun!

Mr. Candy Corn was totally self conscious about the possibility of me posting photos of him on Weddingbee since he was in need of a shave, but I assured him the hive is aware that he’s a hairy monkey boy and loves him just the same (right? hehe).

This makeup trial is Miss Candy Corn tested, bee approved!!***

As a special blackmail-worthy treat, here is a photo of me in my ballerina days, twirling to the beat of my own drum (or baton). Check out that boa/sequined ensemble. Hot.

Was anyone else absolutely smitten with their makeup artist on the first try?