gnimmel: A reminder and a question

gnimmel (

gnimmel) wrote,
@ 2006-06-30 13:47:00

A reminder and a question
Calenders, unlike colanders, fill up remarkably swiftly; and brains, rather like colanders, forget things. Invitations are objects almost completely unconnected with colanders, but should be hitting the post shortly for the thing that people may have forgotten about, which is to say that:
purplepiano and I are getting married on Friday the 25th of August
and furthermore:
Although we won't be able to invite everyone to the ceremony and the food, we're intending a ceilidh afterwards and everyone's invited to that (the more the merrier, in fact -- ceilidhs are good with lots of people)
With that in mind, we have constructed a Logistical Website here containing details of how to get there and whatnot. Also with that in mind, um -- those of you f'listers who know about know about such things -- how does one go about getting one's hair done pre-wedding[1]? As is perhaps readily apparent, I've not been to a hairdresser since I was eleven. The same goes for finding people who will paint your face with strange unguents on your bridal morning, and all that. I'm not big with the cosmeticology in situations other than the overwhelmingly thespian, but I do vaguely remember someone mentioning the Body Shop in a positive light sometime previous.

[1] Yes, I get the general idea: you ask a hairdresser. But I have no idea what is Normal in the world of hairdressing, and that would be good information to start with.

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hobbitblue
2006-06-30 12:08 pm UTC (link)

If you don't normally have fancy hairstyles and a painted face, maybe arrnage a dry-run well in advance, to see if you actually like what's done, be awful to have all that stuff applied on the day and then realise actually you'd have been happier just doing what you normally do plus a bit of powder or whatever...

Oh and congratulations in advance, think I had missed the announcement previously

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	ixwin 2006-06-30 12:16 pm UTC (link)
	I didn't bother with either, personally, but then I'm used to applying make-up and my hair isn't particularly long. (Reply to this)

atreic
2006-06-30 12:21 pm UTC (link)

The way to get wedding hair done is to pay people lots of money.

Well, it felt like it.

I worked out how I thought I wanted my hair (by printing out lots of pictures of Hero from the modern Much Ado, amusingly)

Then I thought about whether I could cope with the faff of going somewhere to have my hair done on the morning of my wedding, or whether I wanted the cost and different faff of someone coming out to me.

Then I thought about whether anyone else wanted their hair doing (mother of the bride mother of the groom and bridesmaids, in my case, but in the end we sent the mother of the groom somewhere else, because the bridal party was too big already)

Then I phoned up lots of hairdresses. I selected for ones that could do make-up and hair, because it seemed cheaper to get one of them than two seperate people (although maybe two seperate people would be better). I found a hairdresser that did make-up as well, was free on the right date, and could come to where the bridal party were getting ready, and was only horribly expensive instead of terribly horribly expensive.

A few weeks before the wedding I went for a hair and make-up trial with her. I took everything I wanted in my hair (tiara, veil, etc) some photos of the dress and flowers etc, and lots of pictures printed from the internet (mainly of Hero). She then played with my hair and my face for an hour, until I looked just like I looked on my wedding day except in jeans and a t-shirt. She seemed to expect me to want her to undo it all, so it was a surprise, but it was so nice and so expensive that I kept it in, and got M to take me out to dinner that evening :-)

Typical hair costs I found were about £35 for a put-up (that is, a Big Fancy Hairstyle TM) and about £20 for make-up. Of course, by the time you added another £55 for the trial time she did it, £20 call out fee for her to come to Cambridge on the wedding day, and £15 per bridesmaid, plus my mum, it all got very silly and very expensive.

I'm not sure the money and the faff were worth it, but it was great fun

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	gnimmel 2006-06-30 12:30 pm UTC (link)
	Ah, this is exactly the sort of information I was after -- thank you! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	whatifoundthere 2006-07-11 05:56 pm UTC (link)
	Congratulations on your wedding from a total stranger! When I was hanging out with the_alchemist and libellum in Rome, they assured me that yours was their favourite Livejournal. High praise, so I added you. Hope that's okay :) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	the_lady_lily 2006-06-30 07:43 pm UTC (link)
	I think I've already said that I will have returned to the US by then, but huzzah! Is there a registry list I should be aware of? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	gnimmel 2006-07-01 01:06 pm UTC (link)
	We're not doing the whole list thing. Which is one less organisational thing to go eek about :) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	the_lady_lily 2006-07-02 05:21 pm UTC (link)
	Ah, having gone to the website I see that! Are there any charities which you would particularly like to have a donation made to? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	pinkdormouse 2006-06-30 08:05 pm UTC (link)
	Congratulations. I was wondering about having a long weekend for the Bank Holiday -- my boss is away for tweo weeks, but I'll put the request in, and let you know what he says when he gets back. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	gnimmel 2006-07-01 01:08 pm UTC (link)
	Yay -- the ceilidh will start at 7 or so so depending on what hours you work and where you're coming from it mightn't require time off. (Reply to this)(Parent)

(Anonymous)
2006-07-01 07:46 pm UTC (link)

Congratulations! It is truly the best year ever to get married (three weeks ago yesterday!)
I decided, not being a very girly girl that I would get someone professional to do both my hair and make-up as I know I would have made a total hash of it myself. To this end, I googled "wedding hair and make-up coventry" - although it turned out, the lady I found was actually in the local phone book. To have my hair and make-up done, in my own home, with an initial consultation and a trial run four weeks before, cost me £220, which is a fair amount of money, but was well worth it.
As I think has already been said, re: hair work out how you would like it to look and get an example photo to show your hairdresser. It may also be useful to get hold of hair accessories prior to this (eg tiara, sparkly hair grips) as these may affect how your hair sits.
The only other thing I would recommend as a pre-wedding girlieness enhancement is a manicure and pedicure. I'd never had either prior to the day before my wedding but it really made my hands (and feet!) look elegant - fairly important if you're going to have close-up photos of your hands as you cut the cake.
Very very best of luck,
Mrs Badger

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	caulkhead 2006-07-02 02:40 pm UTC (link)
	A ceilidh, yay! Tell the hairdresser you're having one - you might need extra hairpins. I've heard good things about Space NK as a place to play around with makeup (or have other people do it on your behalf) and find out what you like. (erm.. this is Lucy, just in case you were wondering) (Reply to this)

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