Hair, makeup and all that glitters

Spent the evening talking about weddings last night. One of the couples on Trevor's football team is getting married next June. So fun to talk about dresses and bridesmaids (although all of hers are married, none wish to be called matrons...I don't blame them!) and the carpet of their venue... Oh weddings.

I realized I should write about some of the fabulous businesses I used.

First - the dress. I went to ONE store: Denilore Bridal. They were fabulous. I went in, told them I did not want poofy and I did not want a train. I tried on four dresses that fit that description, and we bought the third one. That was it. The perfect thing about my dress: the colour. Suddenly, not only did I have my dress, but the colours for the wedding were also chosen - hooray! The store was fabulous - so friendly and helpful. There we found the tiara that I wore by accident. I was being my usual "oh I'm not wearing a veil or a tiara, but I'll try one on to shut you up". Turned the tiara upsidedown so it didn't stick up, and voila, it was decided I would have a tiara!

Next - the hair and makeup. Thank goodness I asked a friend for a referral on this one, for without asking I never would have found Sandy, owner of Radiance Pro Makeup and Hair. My maid of honor, Kelley, and I went in for a trial just before Christmas. Perfect timing really because Kelley had a Christmas party to go to that night, so she certainly wasn't "all dolled up with nowhere to go". Anyways - Sandy right away made sure that my hair and makeup would be the stunner...you see, Kelley has TONS of hair, I have very thin, fine hair ... so needless to say, Kelley's hair is elaborate no matter what! I'm so glad we went in for a trial; it gave us a chance to get to know Sandy, and Sandy a chance to know us.

The day of the wedding Sandy came to my mom's house and got right to work. First up was Grandma - she was thrilled to be having her makeup done!! Then Kelley, then me, then my mom. We were all pretty calm, laughing and joking all day long. Grandpa really felt left out though! He made sure every time he walked into the room that we all knew that "he was next".

I wanted to get to the hall before all of our guests arrived - I didn't want anyone seeing me walk into the hall, so Kelley, Grandma, Grandpa and I left for the hall at 4pm. The ceremony was set to start at 5:15pm - which really meant 5:30pm (yes, I said 5:15 on the invitation on purpose so that we could get started at 5:30...). Kelley and I practiced the Hawaiian Cowboy linedance while we waited in the basement of the hall. Mom's hair took longer than expected, but that was a blessing in disguise, for she came downstairs just as I was talking with the JP and my dad about our walk down the aisle... I told all of them that I wanted my mom to walk me down the aisle with my dad. Yeah, I was thankful that she was late - gave us the opportunity to do that!

But this was supposed to be about hair and makeup...I highly recommend Sandy!! It was so nice to not have to worry about leaving the house on the day of the wedding. Especially having a January wedding, we really had no idea what the weather would be like - but the weather was beautiful, around -10, no wind. Beautiful for the end of January anyways!