Weddingbee Blog

The one disadvantage of having a destination wedding is that you don’t have the convenience of having a trial, or even a taste test, at your leisure. We got to Hawaii a week—seven days—before the wedding. That gave me seven days to visit our venue, have a hair trial, and get all those itty-bitty lil’ details in check; all while trying to relax, have fun, and entertain our guests in paradise.

Two days after we got to the rock, I had my hair and makeup trial with May from Beauty by May. If you don’t remember, I was looking for a half up/half down do with dramatic eyes.

Before:

Yikes!

After:

It makes me wish I had someone to do my hair and makeup every day!

I paid extra for fake lashes and airbrush makeup. The eyelashes were interesting. I’ve worn fake lashes before at a friend’s wedding, but these weren’t the strips of lashes, they were individual lashes. I’m not sure if there was a huge difference in results, but I was happy with them. The airbrush makeup was very light and flawless. I totally loved it!

Since I had paid for the trial, I figured I might as well have gotten my money’s worth, so I rocked it out that night. I gathered all my friends and we went to Dave and Busters for some game play and a few drinks.

Me and my two best and oldest friends I have, back from when I used to live in Hawaii

Me and my “baby” brother. Isn’t he a cutie?!

Mr. Sushi, L, and my brother, totally killing it on a trivia game

My brother, Mr. Sushi, and I playing a racing game. Mr. Sushi was cheating, and I was obviously upset about it.

The whole gang! Everyone put their tickets together and we got light-up lollipops. Somehow Mr. Sushi got the ONLY blue one.

This was also one of the only nights that I had all my friends together for a night out. Plus, I got to see how long the makeup and hair would last through the night.

Did you get a hair and makeup trial and then test it out with a night on the town?