Weddingbee Blog

When I last left you, I was deciding between a soft and romantic, or sleek and modern look for my hair trial. When I got to the salon I had pretty much decided that I loved this picture:

I had also decided (with the help of my florist) that I wanted to wear a big beautiful gardenia in my hair:

So Amy from Oxenrose made sure to give me a style that could incorporate a flower. I apologize for the pics of me in my car, but after my trial I was on my way to March Madness, and I never did get a better picture. Here’s part of the back:

And here’s a side view:

I thought it looked great, as did everyone at the bar. But there was one problem: it started to fall out. My thin hair couldn’t hold the bobby pins, so I’ll be emailing Amy to let her know that I’ll need some more supportive pins.

In addition to my hair trial, I also got my makeup done!!

I had a really hard time finding images of makeup I liked, but I did find one pic on our own Weddingbee Pro  Laura Nadeau’s website that I loved:

Because I love the hive, here I am as I arrived at the salon (pre-bang cut).

I had to put on a little foundation and lip gloss because I had a meeting that morning (more on that next time), so I can’t say I am totally sans make up here.

And here I am after Mollie did her magic. I have to say that this pic was taken after my hair trial as well, so it had been a good hour and a half since she’d applied my lipstick. Plus, I had her cut my bangs a bit shorter since I am SOO bad about coming in for a bang trim.

What I loved about Mollie was that we were able to play around a bit. She initially did one eye in browns and the other in golds. I then asked for mixture of the two. She quickly removed what she had already done and combined the two, and it was perfect!! You can see how the makeup plays up the hazel in my usually brown eyes:

Since I usually wear brown and gold tones of eye shadow, this totally felt like me, but better. We didn’t apply foundation, but she did suggest using bronzer rather than a blush. She mentioned that the excitement from the day would naturally bring out the pink in my cheeks.

As for the makeup, she used Mac eye shadow, but for everything else, she introduced me to a new brand: True Cosmetics. It’s a mineral based makeup line, and I loved it!! On the day of, she’ll be giving me a lipstick and mascara for touch ups, and she’ll also be putting on individual eyelashes, which I fell in love with after seeing Mrs. Cherry Pie’s long lashes!

Overall I couldn’t be more excited. I was also able to book appointments on the big day for my bridesmaids and other family members! It’s going to be so much fun. They’ll reserve the upper level of the salon just for us and we can bring in champagne and breakfast for a big old party!!

With about two months to go before the big day, the wedding is starting to feel real.

How did your makeup and hair trial go? How long before the actual wedding day did you schedule your trial?