Hire a Professional Make-Up Artist for My Wedding Day or Should I Just Simply Do My Own Makeup?
September 17th, 2009 | by admin | Tags: Aah, the famous question – should you or should you not hire a professional make-up artist to do your make up for your big day? After all, you’ve been painting your own face for years now and you’d probably say you’re pretty good at it, right? So why spend the extra money when you’re probably already over your wedding budget. Here’s a couple of things to consider when deciding to go with your own make-up expertise versus someone professional:
ADVANTAGES OF HIRING A PROFESSIONAL MAKE UP ARTIST:
1. Keep in mind, there’s lots of pictures to be taken on your big day and a professional make-up artist will probably know the best make-up tricks to help you better emphasize your smile, your bright eyes, etc. for photos.
2. Professional make-up artists know how to make your make-up last longer which is essential since you’ll need to look presentable for your all-day event. Simply put, your make-up has to last! Professional make-up artists generally use special products like primers on the face (under your makeup) to ensure that your make up will last way past the evening.
3. Professional make-up artists can be expensive, sometimes charging $150 per hour so it’s best to talk to an artist before hand and get a reasonable price quote that you can afford.
4. If you hire a professional make-up artist, she’ll more than likely include with her services one or two trial runs – where she meets with you before your big day and practices her make-up technique on you . These practice session will generally give you a better idea as to how she intends to make you look on your big day so take advantage of them, and make sure they’re included in the price (and not offered at an extra cost.)
5. Make-up artists are better able to hide facial and skin imperfections more so then the average woman putting on her own make-up.
ADVANTAGES OF DOING YOUR OWN MAKEUP
If you wish to do your own make up – don’t fret, just do your best on the day of!
1. You will ultimately save hundreds of dollars off your wedding budget which we’re sure you could put to better use in some other aspect of your wedding.
2. We recommend when doing your own make up, however, to plan to check your make-up in a well lit room a couple of times throughout the day on your wedding day.
3. Be sure to carry a purse large enough to fit some small but essential items such as lipstick, powder, etc. These items generally won’t be too burdensome to carry with you on your big day and if they are, just ask the maid-of-honor to shoulder that burden for you (she can carry them in her purse and she’ll typically always be on hand to assist you when you need it on your big day)!