Weddingbee Blog

I could never pull off a giant yellow ballgown, but I do love myself a guy with some unruly facial hair. The Baconator decided to give himself a mustache last week; I’m charmed, clearly. That is neither here nor there.

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When I chronicled through the quest to find all of our wedding vendors, I left out the very special vendor that would make sure that I looked beautiful for the whole wedding day. That’s pretty much because I was torn and not quite sure what direction I wanted to go in.

At first I figured that I’d just have all of us ladies go back to the counter at the mall where I got my makeup done for the engagement pictures. All we had to do was spend $50 a person and we got to keep the stuff, besides, I’ve been to her once and it was great. Then we started working on the morning schedule and I realized that there was no way that she could do all of our makeup before we needed to be back at the hotel at 11:30 AM. With a new plan in mind, I traipsed back to the mall to see if she’d come and do our makeup at the hotel. Nope, apparently the girl I like is only part time because she is a student and has decided to study abroad during the wedding. How rude!

Instead, I talked to a new girl and she offered to do our makeup at the hotel for a slim $75 a head. But we’d clearly need a trial, first because the last time I got my make up done by some random woman at the mall and it wasn’t my fave lady, I ended up looking like a sea creature. Legit.

The ’80s Sea Creature Look is soooo hot right now, and, yes, that is bright pink lip gloss.

Figuring that her deal was the best offer I’d get, I told her I’d let her know and was on my way. In the month and a half since then, I’ve managed to complain to some fellow brides that I knew and a solution found its way into my lap. One of my most recent newlywed friends hooked me up with her makeup artist! Her prices are way more reasonable than some stranger from the mall, she’s been BFF with one of my coworkers since they were kids, my friend was totally gorgeous at her wedding AND she did my makeup trial for free! This friend of a friendor was like a godsend—I know that she’s totally going to come through on the day of the wedding.

With Flash in Natural Light

So the first pic isn’t great and my face looks all shiny because it was 93 degrees today, but you get a better idea of what the eye shadow looks like, and why the Baconator was all “Oh, that’s a lot of makeup…”

Without Flash in Natural Light

The second pic is way better, and much more important since we’re spending a bunch of hours outside in the natural light, and it’s proof that you need a heavier hand to take pro pics otherwise you get washed out.

So, hive, keep it real. What do you think?