Emma Jenkins

Emma you were certainly a princess on your wedding day! You looked amazing wearing your dress. It was lovely working with Barry James Wedding Photography​ again for the second time. Thank you for asking me to be your wedding makeup artist.. Wedding Flowers from Carrie Lucas Flowers.​ Wedding Dress purchased from Aisle Be There. Hope you have a lovely day at The Oak Farm Hotel.

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Make-up as important as wedding dress

People often comment about the cost of bridal make-up. I explain that they’re paying for a luxury, on location service where the make-up artist has transported numerous make-up cases and equipment directly to the bridal location at a date and time to suit the client. This allows the bride-to-be to relax and enjoy their special day without having to travel between multiple locations. 

 An experienced make-up artist has multiple positive reviews on their website and social media, plus good photos of happy brides they have worked with. An experienced make-up artist will have contracts in place to protect you and to protect them. This prevents them from cancelling on you at the last minute. I’ve had so many brides message me the night before their wedding in a panic because they’ve fallen out with a friend who was going to do their make-up, or a cheaper make-up artist they booked has taken on a bigger job. 

Experienced make-up artists are also continually updating and perfecting their skills by going on training courses. An experienced make-up artist will understand your vision of how you want to look on your special day and you will have confidence and peace of mind that you’re going to look amazing. It takes a lot of time to advise brides via email, phone or social media, as well as to devise a schedule of the morning for them so that it runs smoothly and without stress and worry. It also takes a lot of time to clean the make-up kit after each wedding and ensure it is kept in proper sanitary conditions in accordance with our industry guidelines. 

A professional make-up kit costs thousands of pounds, and that’s even with professional discounts applied. You are paying for luxury, so you should be getting luxury products as well as the cost of disposables such as cotton buds, tissues, mascara wands, make-up sponges and false eyelashes.

A professional make-up artist will have a lot of overheads like insurance, product costs, advertising, the cost of their website, car insurance and tax. An experienced make-up artist will keep a file on the bride-to be, including information from phone conversations, emails, photos and key information such as addresses, times and schedules. Weddings are a huge expense and cost thousands of pounds for the venue, photographer, dress, shoes and so on. It’s important to book an experienced make-up artist that can see your vision too as your make-up look will be seen on every photo. Your face and make-up is as much an investment as your perfect dress or venue. I hope I’ve answered why experienced make-up artists cost so much, but please do your research by asking for recommendations from friends, following your favourite make-up artist, checking their reviews and looking at their photos as your wedding day is an investment in you.

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Kerrie Benton

The Barns, Cannock

4 June 2015

It was the wedding morning of Kerrie who married Pete at The Barns, in Cannock which is a restored 18th century farmhouse on the edge of Cannock Chase.

Kerrie met Pete at work and have 4 children between them. Pete is a site supervisor and Kerrie is currently a full time mom.

Kerrie and Pete's colour scheme was blushed pink and mint green. So we decided on Kerrie's makeup trial to loosely go with those colour's in the makeup too but still looking natural as Kerrie doesn't normally wear much makeup.

When I arrived at Kerrie's parent's house on the wedding morning, Kerrie was quite nervous understandably.

I was greeted in there by Lottie, Kerrie's Maid of Honour, and her friend Sarah, the official photographer for the day. 

I did Lotty the chief bridesmaid's makeup first and incorporated a soft smoky pearlesant pink into her eye shadow with a peachy lip colour. 

Lotty doesn't usually wear much makeup so I did keep this to a minimum which she was happy with. 

After a little brew break and Bucks Fizz I did the wedding makeup of Kerrie.

 This was where Kerrie could sit down, unwind and relax and enjoy a bit of pampering. I was assisted by Kerrie's beautiful Daughter who was bursting with excitement about the day. She had just had her hair done and kept coming up to me to show me her flower headband. 

I recreated the makeup I did for Kerrie's makeup trial as she found it perfect. I used mainly natural earth colours to complement her skin tone and hair colour but keeping it natural enough for her to be comfortable with. 

Kerrie had already had her hair done by Yvonne Wiggin So all that was left to do was for her to get her dress on. 

While Kerrie was getting dressed I stayed downstairs and helped to look after her daughter who had great joy in showing off her bridesmaid dress and flower headband.  The first to come downstairs was Lottie who looked beautiful in her dusty pink satin dress. Lottie was amazing at doing hair so did her own in a fish tale side plait. 

  

Kerrie's flowers were delivered and supplied by her best friend Anna Hall and were gorgeous pink and white roses. 

Kerrie's mom came downstairs and got everyone ready for Kerrie's entrance. Her dad was waiting downstairs and looked so proud when he saw her. Everyone had a photo with Kerrie and before long it was time to go to the church.  She looked so beautiful in her dress which she had purchased from Formal Elegance, in Cannock.

Kerrie was very lucky that she could arrive in style to the church as her parents own and run  His and Hers Wedding Cars Car company. 

 Before long Kerrie and the bridal party were ready for the off so I topped up their lipstick and wished them good luck for the day.

 

Here is a little video of Kerrie leaving her parents house to go and get married. Please click on the video to view.

Thank you for choosing me to do your wedding makeup. It was lovely meeting you. I wish you and your family a happy future and look forward to seeing your wedding photos soon x x 

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Jemma Harvey

The Moat House, Acton Trussell

7/3/2015

The Bride and Groom

It was an early start at the now J Lowe's house. I did the wedding makeup up for Jemma, 2 bridesmaids and her mom. 

When I arrived everyone was all calm and chilled and enjoying having the rollers put in their hair and enjoying a glass of Bucks Fizz! 

Today was forecast to be as hot if not hotter than Ibiza for this time of year which of course was a blessing for the wedding party. 

Emma the Maid of Honour

I got myself all set up and enjoyed a cup of coffee before starting.

The makeup of Emma was done first where we had a good chat about her wedding which she had at Moxhull hall, she also said I'm booked to do the wedding makeup of her future sister in law too. 

We went with the theme of the wedding and had pearly champagne smokey eyes for everybody's makeup. 

 

Jemms' finished makeup

It was then the turn of Jemma, the blushing bride. This was the point she started to get nervous, so it was a good time for her to have time to chill out from everyone. I had the chance to talk to Jemma about herself and how she planned the wedding. 

Finishing off with a bit of blusher

Admiring her finished hair style

Jemma met her husband Tom in Silks Nightclub in Cannock, but after the 'meet the parents' Jemma found out their brothers used to play football together years ago and Tom's Dad is a very good friend of her dad. 

Jemma and Tom have a dog together called Bruce and are pregnant with their first child. 

We talked about the proposal and she said Tom bought her a big teddy which looked like Bruce, and on her 22nd Birthday Tom put the ring around the collar of the teddybear and put it in their bedroom. Then as Jemma was going up to get ready to party, she turned around to go back down to him and he was behind her on one knee.

It has taken them two years to plan the wedding and a Civil Ceremony at The Moat House, Acton Trussell.

Jemma had 4 Bridesmaids and 1 Maid of Honour. Jemma's Maid of Honour was her sister-in-law, who is married to Jemma's brother. 

Waiting for the bride to come out the house

Anna (bridesmaid) is her sister-in-law to be. Anna is marrying Tom's brother in May. Emma (Bridesmaid) is a friend of the family. She is married to Jemma's brother's best friend, and her brother is a big part in her life.

Rebecca and Harriet (Bridesmaids) are both work colleagues. 

Jemma had no General Theme as such for the wedding, as the colours were Champagne/Neutral with Sparkle, but still wanted to Incorporate the Vintage style.

Jemma's dress was absolutely amazing, and certainly had a lot of class and "sparkle". The dress was from Princess Brides in Staffordshire, Jemma's mom chose the dress, which jemma initially didn't like from the hanger but as soon as Jemma put it on She fell in love with it. 

The Flowers were all lilies and were arranged by Patricia from Pats Flowers, who works from home and comes highly recommended from the Moat House. 

The wedding photographer was Katy Leanne of Katy Leanne Photography who Jemma found from lots of recommendations on Facebook, and after watching her work and meeting with her decided she was the one to capture the day. I have to agree that Katy is a fantastic photographer and has a brilliant eye for pictures.

The hair stylist was the amazingly talented and multi award winner Natalie Bartram of Bridal Hair Specialists, Jemma and Emma have both used Natalie in the past and was the first thing she booked once she knew the date.

All the stationary was from Hobby Craft as Jemma had done all invites, favours, name tags, seating plan etc herself.

So after doing Jemma's makeup I then did her bridesmaids and mom's makeup. It was very evident how proud her mom was of Jemma and became very tearful at times. Which wasn't a problem as the makeup wasn't going to budge at all. 

Once all hair and makeup was done everybody got dressed and admired themselves from Jemma's mom's eureka moment of up-cycling their old full length door to ceiling mirrored wardrobe doors. These were amazing and very chic. Even Jemma's little nephew who is 3 was caught a few times checking himself out in them.

The time then came for Jemma and her bridal party to be taken to the Moat House in style. A huge Range Rover Limo was hired to take Jemma, and the Bridal Party to the venue. And huge it was. It was crystal clean and inside was glamorous with leather seats and twinkle lighting. The limo was hired from Finishing Touch Cars. 

It was here I got to have a cheeky photo of myself and the beautiful bride which was kindly taken by the father of the bride. 

I had such fun meeting with Jemma and her bridal party. Everyone that morning were super sweet and it was evident how much of a good friend Jemma was to them. 

I wish you a very happy marriage and thank you for booking me to do your makeup x

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