Wedding Planning: What to Expect With a Makeup Artist

A huge decision to make when you are wedding planning is who to book for your hair and makeup for the big day. This is a crucial piece of the wedding puzzle considering you will be photographed hundreds of times! You want to look and feel your absolute best, and a makeup artist can help you do just that.

Booking a makeup and hair artist for a wedding is a bit different than booking them for a photo shoot or event. Wedding makeup and hair is incredibly important and usually takes a bit longer than a normal appointment. There are a lot of details you should know about bridal makeup and hair to be prepared when looking for the right stylist for your big day.

Going in knowing what to expect from a MUAH for a wedding appointment will make the planning process go smoothly and helps you understand the process from a MUAH’s perspective. It’s your big day, so take full advantage of this knowledge so you can be fully aware of what to expect. Weddings are an entirely different beast compared to normal appointments or bookings, so here’s the scoop on what to expect.

You need to do a trial

If you want your makeup and hair to be exactly how you want it on your wedding day, you need to do a trial run at least a few weeks before so your artist can nail down your look. This will allow you ample time to make edits, changes, and adjustments to your hair and makeup to make it look like what you’ve always dreamed of. A trial also lets your artist get a feel for your skin, overall complexion, eye shape, and hair type so they can create the best look for you.

It will be more expensive

Of all the events and situations that call for makeup and hair, weddings are one of the most labor intensive and time consuming. This means it will cost more than a normal makeup application. Wedding makeup calls for absolute perfection, which takes time. It’s also important to have your beautiful makeup last all day, which means high quality and long-lasting formulas. These products are usually the most expensive in a makeup artist’s arsenal of products.

Application will take longer

Wedding makeup takes more time because it must be absolutely perfect and made to last all day long. This means lasting through any type of weather, tears, hundreds of photographs, and the many hugs and kisses you will be giving and receiving throughout the celebration. Your makeup artist will take the time to make sure everything is applied perfectly and will add extra steps and products to make it last long into the night.

You must make a deposit and will probably sign a contract

Booking a wedding is a big deal for any type of vendor-this is no different for a makeup or hair artist. Weekends are prime working times for them, so to avoid getting burned and missing out on appointments they need some collateral to lock-down a wedding date. This includes a deposit, anywhere from a fourth to half down, and a signed contract that confirms all details of your trial run and day of the wedding.

Armed with these industry facts, you’ll feel more at ease when you begin the process of finding a MUAH for your wedding day. Planning a wedding is rarely simple, but with the knowledge above you can feel more prepared for the hair and makeup side of it.