Wedding Recap: Hair and Makeup

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I absolutely loved my hair and makeup ladies for my wedding day! I had two hair trials with Terri and one makeup trial with Sandra of SBmakeup.com.

I really wanted/needed an up-do because I didn't want my hair to cover the back of my dress since that was my favorite part of it. Plus...my hair is just too thin to do half-up/half down. I ended up changing my hairstyle last minute the morning of the wedding from a French Twist to curly up-do. It was a great hairstyle for me, except for one curl which literally would not stay up no matter how many bobby pins and hairspray Terri used on me. It was up for most of the day...and when it came down again during the reception, it didn't matter.

Sandra working on my makeup

I loved having these two ladies by my side to help me get ready for my wedding day. They were outgoing, personable, and I felt so comfortable in their hands. Thanks Sandra and Terri!

Here with Sandra and Terri

Hair and Makeup

This weekend my parents are coming to New York again because I have my hair and makeup trial on Sunday!! I'm meeting with Sandra Baldini and Terri Valente (I thiiink that's how you spell her last name)  I'm pretty sure I know I want an up-do, and I tend to be leaning toward low and slightly to the side. I made an inspiration board at stylemepretty.com of some styles I like:

As far as makeup is concerned, the woman I'm meeting with does both airbrush and regular makeup. I just kind of assumed that airbrushing would look a little bit more....unnatural, I guess. But, I was talking to my friend Christina, of the famous Russian wedding recap part 1 and part 2, and she had her makeup airbrushed and I never would have guessed! She said it lasted the entire day, did not rub off on anything, and she highly recommends it. So, I guess if nothing else I'll try it for the trial and if I think it's too much or not needed, I can go with the regular makeup for the actual wedding day. Of course as any bride would say, I don't want to look overdone or not like me on my wedding day. I don't typically wear a ton of makeup, so if I have these ridiculously overdone eyes all of a sudden, I'm just going to look like a completely different person, and I really don't want that. I'm not too good at looking at makeup and saying "that's the look I want" so I had a considerably harder time choosing pictures for my makeup inspiration board:



Stayed tuned for photos from the trial next week!

Would you recommend airbrushed or regular makeup? What did you have done?