Weddingbee Blog

After a roller-coaster ride of making a hair and makeup artist decision, I’ve finally found the woman who will be making me up on the day of the wedding. Despite some previously unfortunate circumstances on the glamour front, and having not budgeted any money for my day-of hair and makeup, I was left in quite the predicament. Thankfully, I have the most amazing family in the world, and my parents graciously offered to pay for my dream vendor! A winning situation? I think, YES!

Anyway, enough jibber-jabber. Let’s get on to the good stuffs.

Last week, I met with the lovely Susie Cee for a hair and makeup trial, and boy was I blown away! From the moment I sat down, I knew I was in good hands and knew that the unexpected investment would be totally worth my parents’ money.

What I typically look like without makeup:

Mr. Seal and me after completing Bay-to-Breakers in SF this past May

Now, you may be wondering why I didn’t show you what I looked like “before makeup” on the actual day of the trial, and I will gladly explain. The only picture taken of me without makeup that day was by Susie…and it was right after I got my eyebrows waxed. When I showed the picture she sent me to the Sealman, he (no joke) laughed for a full minute. Anyway, I’ll let you see the picture below, but I just couldn’t bear the thought of that photo being on the FRONT page of the blog for all to see and laugh at…because I totally look terrifying.

Back to the trial! After explaining/showing Susie my makeup inspiration (think very defined eyes and natural lips!), she got to work. I was excited to hear that Susie uses airbrush foundation, as I’ve never had this done before. The result was a surprisingly “light” feel and complete coverage of my newly developed stress pimples! The expert then finished up my eyes and lips and we moved on to my hair.

As perhaps you recall, in addition to my cathedral-length veil, I plan on wearing a beautiful headband I purchased off of Etsy. I therefore wanted a tiny bit of a “bump” on my head to allow the band to lay secure. My other requests were for lots of curls on the back of my head pinned up into a loose/messy kind of bun and for my bangs to be swept to the side, off my face.

She sure pulled it all off effortlessly! Ready for the results?

OMG. Please disregard the double bags under my right eye and my crazy hair! I was running around trying to get my eyebrows waxed before the trial! (Mr. Seal…STOP LAUGHING!)

(All above photos/artistry courtesy of Susie Cee)

A sneak peek of the look with the veil and earrings

A little greasy a couple of hours in, but I’m naturally oily—I’ll just have to keep a compact on hand!

A closeup of my hair after a couple of hours. (That loose curl is my fault–I was picking at a bobby-pin!)

And me at the very end of my evening. Despite a bit of shine, the look was still completely intact.

PS: It seriously started to STORM the minute I decided to head home after the trial (like…full on buckets of water and gusts of wind) and, regardless of the bad weather, my hair stayed in place and my makeup stayed fresh. With California’s completely unpredictable weather, I am confident that my hair and makeup will withstand whatever weather our wedding day has to offer!

Now, with the the hair and makeup off of my mind, I’m feeling loads better about this whole wedding thing again.