Please learn from my mistakes.
Do not hire a normal hair stylist from a salon for wedding hair and makeup because they will either be flakey since they do not have a contract or they way over charge (hundreds of dollars to compensate them being away from the salon before they even start charging for the services)
Do not hire a friend! If they are actually not very good it is hard telling them never mind. If there is drama (even when you are sure there never would be) you are going to regret asking them. Also people who aren't professional don't often know the difference between going out makeup and getting married makeup. (I seriously purchased a bunch of stuff on her recommendations and had to exchange it all because it was not at all my color ((seriously you do not cancel out red undertone skin with yellow undertone makeup!!)) or it gives major flash back!)
Do not think DIY makeup is really going to cost less than hiring a professional. I started out with 0 makeup. I maybe had a Walmart foundation and an expired BTS mascara, so in the past year with bad makeup experience after another, I have been buying different products testing them out to learn how to do my own makeup. I think I am finally there and have the right products but it has literally cost me thousands of dollars and I will now have the stress of doing it my self the day of.
Don't be stubborn like me and listen to advice from others!
side note my mm is doing my hair now and I finally know how to do makeup! Also I now have a makeup addiction so you win some you loose some lol
