Hogarths Hotel, Solihull
23 September 2016
I was booked last year to do the makeup of Fiona and her bridesmaids.
Fiona and Jamie met through plenty of fish the dating website when Fiona first moved down to London where she works as a private nanny. The couple had their first date in Richmond and second date at Bournemouth beach.
They've been together for three years. Jamie proposed after a day at winter wonderland in London, outside the London eye.
On the wedding day I arrived at 7am at Hogarth’s Hotel to a dry sunny day for the Wedding of Fiona. On meeting Fiona at the hotel I was told about the Family emergencies the day before. The night before one auntie, Maria had crashed her car on the way to the hotel (had the cake in the car) another auntie fell over and smashed her face cutting her nose and chin. Fiona’s cousin had developed a tooth abscess which had given her a swollen face for the wedding.
As there was a total of ten bridesmaids I had my fabulous friend and talented makeup artist Grace lawless to help me do the makeup of three of the bridesmaids, It was a lovely morning and even more so because the mother of the groom also joined in with the celebrations.
Once everyone’s makeup was done I then moved over to the bridal suite where it was just me, Kirsti Lewis the hairdresser and Fiona’s mom. I got Fiona into her dress which had a gorgeous corset back and layers of layers of exquisite lace. Fiona purchased her dress from Lisa rose Bridal and wore my favorite brand of shoes by Irregular choice. Fiona didn’t want anyone to see her until she was fully dressed so kept all the eager bridesmaids waiting in the corridor till she was ready.
The bridal party wanted Fiona to be ready and dressed for 1pm because unbeknown to her, the groom had organised a surprise. Fiona was totally confused and didn’t have a clue what was going on.
Looking back it was quite funny as Fiona was told to come out of the bridal suite where she was totally bewildered as to what was going on. The bridal party sneaked into the corridors and waited to be given the all clear to then go out into the reception and outside as to where a wedding car was waiting.
After a few close calls of bumping into the groom, Fiona eventually got outside and went for a drive with her dad up and down the hotels drive. When Fiona and her dad returned they were greeted by a receiving line of bridesmaids and had lots of photos by Enchanted wood photography.
Then, slightly late Fiona went into a conference room for her interview with the registrars whilst the groom and groomsmen went outside to where the ceremony was to be taken place.
Fiona had finished the interview and got in line with her dad in arm ready to walk down the aisle. All the bridesmaids were nervous and were discussing which order they should walk down and how fast they should walk before they all got called by the wedding coordinator to go down for the wedding.
It was here that I took a few photos before saying good luck and good bye to the bride. She looked so beautiful.
Fiona and Jamie met through plenty of fish the dating website when Fiona first moved down to London where she works as a private nanny. The couple had their first date in Richmond and second date at Bournemouth beach.
They've been together for three years. Jamie proposed after a day at winter wonderland in London, outside the London eye.
On the wedding day I arrived at 7am at Hogarth’s Hotel to a dry sunny day for the Wedding of Fiona. On meeting Fiona at the hotel I was told about the Family emergencies the day before. The night before one auntie, Maria had crashed her car on the way to the hotel (had the cake in the car) another auntie fell over and smashed her face cutting her nose and chin. Fiona’s cousin had developed a tooth abscess which had given her a swollen face for the wedding.
As there was a total of ten bridesmaids I had my fabulous friend and talented makeup artist Grace lawless to help me do the makeup of three of the bridesmaids, It was a lovely morning and even more so because the mother of the groom also joined in with the celebrations.
Once everyone’s makeup was done I then moved over to the bridal suite where it was just me, Kirsti Lewis the hairdresser and Fiona’s mom. I got Fiona into her dress which had a gorgeous corset back and layers of layers of exquisite lace. Fiona purchased her dress from Lisa rose Bridal and wore my favorite brand of shoes by Irregular choice. Fiona didn’t want anyone to see her until she was fully dressed so kept all the eager bridesmaids waiting in the corridor till she was ready.
The bridal party wanted Fiona to be ready and dressed for 1pm because unbeknown to her, the groom had organised a surprise. Fiona was totally confused and didn’t have a clue what was going on.
Looking back it was quite funny as Fiona was told to come out of the bridal suite where she was totally bewildered as to what was going on. The bridal party sneaked into the corridors and waited to be given the all clear to then go out into the reception and outside as to where a wedding car was waiting.
After a few close calls of bumping into the groom, Fiona eventually got outside and went for a drive with her dad up and down the hotels drive. When Fiona and her dad returned they were greeted by a receiving line of bridesmaids and had lots of photos by Enchanted wood photography.
Then, slightly late Fiona went into a conference room for her interview with the registrars whilst the groom and groomsmen went outside to where the ceremony was to be taken place.
Fiona had finished the interview and got in line with her dad in arm ready to walk down the aisle. All the bridesmaids were nervous and were discussing which order they should walk down and how fast they should walk before they all got called by the wedding coordinator to go down for the wedding.
It was here that I took a few photos before saying good luck and good bye to the bride. She looked so beautiful.
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