The Moat House, Acton Trussell
15 June 2015
Anne-Marie and I go way back as we used to be best friends in primary school until she changed school, so it was a lovely to get a email asking me to do her wedding makeup.
It was a sunny day so it was a lovely day to get married.
Anne-Marie married Christopher at the Moat House in Acton Trussell on 15 June after planning the wedding for 18 months.
The Moat House which has been one of Staffordshire’s most popular wedding venues for the last 25 years is Located alongside the Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal in the picturesque village of Acton Trussell, the venue is set in stunning grounds and surrounded by tranquil waters. The moat house is certainly one of my favourite venues because I had my wedding reception there 8 years ago.
The colour scheme that the couple chose was Peach and cream as it held a lot of significance as it was the colour scheme of Anne-Marie's parents when they got married.
Anne-Marie and Christopher decided upon having a small and intimate civil ceremony of just 30 guests of their closest family and friends, then a reception for everyone on their return from honeymoon in Jamaica.
I was booked by Anne-Marie to do the wedding makeup of herself, her bridesmaid Kirstie and her mom Christine.
Gemma Neville from Dream bridal hair was also booked to do the wedding hair of the bridal party.
When I arrived early at the Moat House, Anne-Marie was quite relaxed and chilled out. She was joined in the room by Kirstie her best friend from school and Kirsties daughter Ellia. (Who is my daughters best friend at school).
The dresses were all hanging up and were beautiful. The bridesmaid dresses were from the Dressy dress shop in Stafford and the Wedding dress which was a Mori Lee dress was from Celebrity in Bridgetown.
I did the makeup of Kirsty first who had a natural cream eyeshadow to compliment the dress and a nude pink lip, while Gemma made a start on Anne-Marie's hair.
There was a knock on the door which was the first of many and was the flowers, which were supplied by Natalie's bloom room for flowers. The Bridesmaids had a gypsophila hand tied bouquet with lace to match the wedding dress and Anne-Marie's were soft blooms of roses and freesias, in peach and pastel colours.. Freesias are special to Anne-Marie as they were her nan's favourite and they have both passed away. The flowers were delivered just at the right time as we were then joined by the photographer Kerry from KMS Photography, who had Ellia as a mini assistant throughout the morning.
A special delivery of flowers and a card from the groom arrived to the room which was good timing as I hadn't done Anne-Marie's makeup, and there were a few tears.
Christine was next to have her makeup done and has never had it done professionally before so was very nervous, especially when it came to mascara. On Anne-Marie's trial she mentioned how nervous she was of people even touching her eyes so I gave her coping techniques to practice while I did it.
Christine doesn't wear much makeup so wanted a soft natural look but enough to look good on photographs.
Considering she was nervous of anyone touching her eyes she was amazing and coped very well, especially when having her eyelashes curled. Eyelash curlers scare the life out of a lot of people so she wasn't on her own.
I then did the makeup of Anne-marie who doesn't wear much makeup so whilst looking for inspiration she came across one of my previous brides and liked the makeup I recently did on a Becky. Because Anne-Marie's dress was so elegant and lacy it was a perfect makeup look for her. Annie-Marie's concern was to cover her skin as she wanted a flawless complexion that lasted the day and night.
Anne-Marie usually has problems getting foundations to last the day so I used a technique of application that would ensure a long lasting wear time. And the day after when I messaged Anne-Marie to check everything was ok she was over the moon and shocked at how long and amazing her makeup was.
I used the Motives Cosmetics Malven palette for the eye shadow, bobbi brown eyeliner with waterproof mascara and individual eyelashes. Her eyes looked amazing and well defined.
Everybody's makeup was finished with a long wear setting spray and I helped move all the wedding clothes and items to the bridal suite.
Before we all knew it the time had flown by and we were left with the last golden hour to get the ladies all dressed. The bridesmaid dresses were a corset top so while Anne-Marie was getting her dress on with her mom, myself and gemma helped Kirstie and Ellia.
The photographer took some amazing shots of Anne-Marie and at one point took a picture of the bride and groom holding hands with only a door between them preventing them seeing each other.
The registrars knocked on the door a little later for the pre-wedding questionnaire so I got a few photo shots of Kirstie and Ellia.
Click on the photo below to see the mini video
Annie-Marie was getting married in the Colin Lewis suite and because it was a lovely day she decided to walk outside round to the top part of the building rather than through the bar area. It was here I said my goodbyes and wished her luck.
I was so proud to have been with Anne-Marie on her special wedding day let alone do her makeup.
Thankyou so much .....
Enjoy your Jamacia Honey moon and Congratulations.
