How to get the most out of your bridal makeup & hair trial

So you've booked your bridal hair & makeup artist, and your trial is coming up.. but you're not sure how the trial will work or how to get the most out of it to make sure you leave feeling confident with your bridal look. I have a couple of quick tips that will ensure you feel like you've nailed your bridal hair & makeup look down!

Be Prepared

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Make sure you've had a browse on Instagram or Pinterest to find some bridal hair/makeup inspiration that you like or are most attracted to when you're browsing. My go-to place is usually pinterest, and I will always tell my brides to have a look on there and create a board with lots of images that you most resonate with. You obviously need to be looking for hair/ makeup pictures, but even accessories, dresses, colours, themes can all help when creating bridal looks as this gives us an overall picture of the style you're going for!

Don't Book Your Trial on your Hen Party Day

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As a professional bridal artist of over 8 years, I have been asked from brides if they can kill two birds with one stone & have their trial on their hen party day. However I do strongly advise against this for a couple of reasons..

1. Your bridal makeup & hen-do makeup will be completely different. You'll more than likely want something a bit heavier on your eyes/ skin for your hen-do as it's a party night. However your bridal artist isn't there for this reason. Your trial is for you & your artist to spend a few hours together perfecting your wedding day look so if you're planning on keeping what you're going to look like a secret, it's a bad idea!

2. You'll most likely be pre-occupied & excited for what's to come. Your hen party is an exciting time, all your friends and family together to celebrate you getting married. You'll have people texting you to make sure everything is going to plan, you'll be thinking about what you'll be wearing and a million different things than your bridal trial. So keeping the trial and your hen party separate means giving both events the attention they need.

Wear Something White

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A good way of enabling you to get a bit more of a feel of what you'll look like on your wedding day is to wear something white to your trial. I know everyone loves to be comfy, wearing activewear (me definitely included) but if you're already not used to wearing as much makeup as you will on your wedding day, you might feel overdone or unsure of your look if you're dressed in casual clothes. At least if you wear something white, you'll get more of a feel of the completed look.

Have Your Trial in the Morning/ Early Afternoon

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Especially in the winter. Here in England, it's often gloomy outside and in the winter is dark by 4.30pm so you want to be getting your trial done in the morning whilst it's the lightest so you can see what your makeup looks like in the daylight as there will be many professional photos on your wedding day in the daylight so it needs to look perfect.

Take Photos

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Once your bridal look is complete, have your artist take some photos on your phone so you can look over them when the trial is complete. This will allow you to really decide if you love your bridal look or it may allow you to suggest some tweaks for the wedding day to your artist to make sure you're 100% in love on the wedding day.