Anne-Marie Corrado

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. 

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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. 

Becky Appleton

The Chase Golf Club, Cannock

6 June 2015

Today I did the wedding makeup of the lovely Becky and her bridal party. I had such a lovely morning and feel like I've made a friend for life. 

I first met Becky on her makeup trial 6 weeks earlier where we all had such a giggle and put the world to right. 

Becky a community healthcare worker and Andy a instrumental case maker met 11 years ago on the internet and got engaged 2 years ago. 

Becky and Andy got married in front of all their friends and family at St Agustines church in Rugeley followed by a reception at The Chase Golf Club in Cannock.

The theme of the wedding was traditional and elegant with Burgundy/ Red as the colour scheme. 

I arrived very early to start the makeup as I had 6 people to do so after having a nice cuppa and setting up I made a start. 

Laura Ridley arrived a few minutes later to do the wedding hair of Becky and 3 bridesmaids and Gemma Neville from Dream Bridal hair arrived a little later to do the hair of the flower girl and another bridesmaid. 

Becky had 4 bridesmaids- Jennie, Julie, Amelia, Lucy and her maid of honour Jenny. 


All the bridesmaids had very pale skin and we all agreed that a nice classic red matte lip and a soft smokey eye would look great with the bridesmaid dresses, so I used my favourite red lipstick from MAC called 'lady danger'. 

Whist doing the last bridesmaid's make up the flowers, made by Lynne from Fine flowers, were delivered which were gorgeous Ivory and burgundy red roses. 

After finishing the bridesmaids' makeup I did Becky's mom, she didn't wear much and I didn't want her to feel uncomfortable so went with a minimal natural look with lipgloss. 

I then did Becky's makeup who had a natural but glamorous look for her wedding. Becky experiences dry skin so used mainly cream products for her face. In today's makeup look I used a lot of Makeup Geek, MAC, and Illamasqua products. 

 

Becky looked amazing and was over the moon with her makeup and just in time as we were then joined by the photographers Keith and Jose from JK - Images.

Becky was getting nervous about the wedding and wanted everything to be perfect but with a lot of reassurance from everyone she relaxed a little, Becky was in good hands. 

A little while later the bridesmaids slowly came downstairs after putting their dresses on which were purchased from Design Elegance. They were beautiful red dresses with one strap and rose designers. 
The photographer then took them off to be photographed in the garden. 

I was asked at the makeup trial if I would put the wedding dress on Becky and of course I said YES. 
After needing a little help from Gemma and Laura the wedding dress was on. 

The dress was absolutely beautiful and Becky looked just like a princess. 
After a bit of a panic as we couldn't find her jewellery, Becky was ready to go downstairs and see her dad. I went downstairs to then realise the bridesmaids had already gone to the church. 

 

I managed to run downstairs and get my camera rolling for when Becky came down. Her dad was so proud and you could see it in his eyes when he looked at her coming down the stairs. They had a little cuddle and I then made sure Becky was ready to go. I topped up her lipstick then packed my makeup up and headed outside to put my bags in the car.

The street where Becky had grown up had all her neighbours outside watching and waiting for her appearance, and she didn't disappoint. She sparkled like a true princess as she came out her house, she looked so beautiful. 

Becky was driven to the church by Paul in a beautiful Austin Princess Vanden Plas Limousine by Platinum Cars. 

 

It was so nice doing the wedding makeup of Becky as we really hit it off and had a lot of personality similarities. I loved looking through Becky's wedding photos, I especially liked her 4 tired wedding cake from Kate-Kookerburra cakes. 

Thankyou for booking me to do your wedding makeup. And i hope you have a lovely honeymoon in the Lake District.

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Rachael Thomas

Somerford Hall, Brewood

28 May 2015

Blushing Bride

It was an early start for bridal preparations at Rachael's house.  Myself and Gemma from Dream Bridal Hair were there for 6am to make a start as they were a big bridal party. I was booked to do the wedding makeup for Rachel and her 7 bridesmaids. 

Rachael and Tom got married at the super gorgeous Somerford Hall in Brewood. 

It is an enchanting Georgian mansion set amidst extensive landscaped gardens, providing a true sense of occasion for your wedding celebrations. 

Somerford Hall, Brewood

Rachael and Tom met through a friend on Facebook and have 3 beautiful children called Kyan, Alicia and Summer Rose. 

I first met Rachael 2 years ago when she was my first wedding booking. We developed a friendship over those years and I was kindly invited to her wedding. 

Rachael and Tom wanted an elegant wedding that had a mixture of traditions, and their colour theme was royal blue and pale pink. 

In the months leading up to the wedding we were in close contact over Facebook and sharing ideas about how Rachael would like to look on the day. 

I started the makeup at Rachael's house in the morning and finished up at Somerford Hall. 

Weeks leading up to the wedding we decided to keep to the theme of pink and therefore used Urban Decay Naked 3 palette for the eye shadow of the bridesmaids. 

                                      

Rachael wanted a flawless natural but glamorous look and she certainly was. 

Rachael loves all things glamour and loves long eyelashes so we added individual eyelashes to finish off her beautiful look. 

During the morning we were joined by the lovely Jenson Curtis wedding photographer, his wife and the Videographer David from Carbyne Media.

The wedding flowers also arrived and were supplied by Fine Flowers which were so pretty, Fine Flowers also decorated the reception tables with the coordinating flowers.

The last hour before the wedding is traditionally when everything becomes insane, but for Rachael's wedding it was the opposite, in fact she was very organised and knew where and where everybody had to be.

The bridesmaids got into their dresses which they had from China and were gorgeous dresses, then Rachael got into her stunning Christina Rossi dress purchased from Katie's Brides.

The registrars came to interview Rachael and while inside the dressing room of the bridal suite unaware of what was going on in the room, the kids locked everybody in and ran off. I was quite worried (a lot) for a while that we weren't going to get out on time but luckily the house staff found a key. Rachael looked every bit the blushing bride and absolutely beautiful.

After I topped up everybody's lipstick and checked to make sure everyone was looking perfect, I quickly packed my makeup up and put a bit of lippy and powder on myself as Rachael and Tom had invited me to the wedding.

The wedding co-ordinator came to collect everybody as the ceremony was about to start. I followed Rachel taking a few photos of her walking down the beautiful staircase. Then I snuck into the wedding reception. I was very proud of how Rachael was that day as she doesn't have much confidence in herself yet looked like such a confident glamorous bride. Maybe we need to get her in her wedding dress everyday.

The wedding ceremony was beautiful and filled with laughter, tears and memories. Rachel had even written Tom a beautiful poem which was read out by the registrar.

After the ceremony all the guests were offered a glass of champagne and asked to go to the front of the building to have their group photo taken. 

This is where Curtis Jenson worked his magic charm and I saw how much of an amazing photographer he was. He took the bridal party off for an hour where he took lots of photos of Rachael and Tom and the bridesmaids. We even had a giggle at one point when Curtis Jenson was lying on his back on the grass with all the groomsmen circled around him. 

While Rachael and Tom were having their photos taken I had the opportunity to meet some of their friends and relatives. I managed to speak to a group of friendly girls who Rachel had gone to school and college with, and as it was I ended up on their wedding breakfast table. 

We were then called into the wedding breakfast room which I was happy about as I was starving. The tables were so elegantly decorated by the venue staff with the help of Fine Flowers who provided the centerpiece and Rachael who had put together all the wedding favours herself, which were mints in a glass jar decorated with a sticker of their wedding date and a ribbon. 

We were treated to a melon starter and it was gorgeous, it just melted in the mouth. The main meal was chicken wrapped in bacon and served with fresh vegetables. The Dessert was a supprise for the guests as it was served in another room, which was a chocolate fountain which was suppied by Little Kings and Queens. I had to stop myself from going up a second time as it was delicious.

The wedding breakfast was lovely and I enjoyed the speeches too, but It was then time for me to set up and do some face painting for the children. 
The venue started to prepare for the evening reception and Rich Garbett from RG Promotions started to set up his DJ set.
Roxie's Bouncy Castles arrived and delivered a big castle which was a hit with all the kids. I found a little quiet room where i could go and then started to face paint the children who mainly liked being Batman and Elsa.

Rachael saved cutting the beautiful cake, supplied by Amie Hodkiss, until the evening guests arrived, the cake was decorated in pink and white flowers draped in pearls and the inside of it had blue icing.

The whole wedding day was just perfect, Rachael looked amazing and very happy. I was extremely lucky to have been invited to the wedding itself, do the wedding makeup for the bridal party and to face paint in the evening. My highlight was seeing Rachael look in the mirror after she had put her dress on and was ready to go downstairs to be married, to look at herself and feel beautiful.



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If you would like to book me to do your makeup. Please take a look at my website www.helenpearsonmua.com 

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