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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Heather Smith

The Barns Hotel, Cannock

6/3/2015

I turned up at the Barns Hotel a little early on the morning of Heather's wedding. I was so excited to meet the rest of her bridal party as we had such a good laugh on the trial. Heather's family were lovely. 

I started to do the makeup of Heather's mom who was very excited as the rest of the Bridal party was having their hair styled at Francesco's Hair salon in Cannock.  We went quite natural with the makeup as she's a natural beauty anyway and doesn't need that much. 

It was the brides turn in the chair which was a good opportunity for Heather to relax a little bit. Like her mom, Heather doesn't wear much makeup but did want a glamorous bridal look. To go with her theme of the wedding which was pastel pink vintage style. So I followed on with this theme of makeup for each of the bridesmaids. 

Heather and Mat met 9 years ago when Heather was working in a pub in great Wyrley.

Mat proposed by the lake at the end of a lovely break at Center parcs. 

They have 2 beautiful girls Amelia and Scarlett who are both flower girls. 

Heather had 3 bridesmaids, her sister Hayley and 2 good friends Terri and Helen and 4 flower girls; heathers 2 daughters and 2 nieces who are 7 and 4.The flower girls were so good on the morning of the wedding and enjoyed watching CBeebies from the comfort of the massive bridal bed. 

The morning went nice and relaxed till the last hour when it was time to get the dresses on.  Heathers Wedding dress was from Katie's brides in Heath Hayes and the designer is Kay Mason, the bridesmaids dresses were from BHS. 

The bridal party was all dressed and almost ready to go so I left them for a few minutes to give them some quality quiet time before the mad rush out the door. 

I went downstairs to have a look at the reception room and it totally made me speechless. The room was stunning. It was so elegant and pretty the Barns reception room decor certainly fitted in with the theme. 

The flowers who were done by Carrie Lucas Flowers were breathtakingly beautiful. They were pastel colours all delicately arranged and just finished the vintage theme Heather wanted. 

Heather and Mathews cake was made by her talented friend which was also decorated with sugar crafted pastel flowers just like that of the real flowers. It was beautiful. 

I went back upstairs to report back to Heather how beautiful the room was and to touch up any makeup and lipstick required. 

Then the time came for Heather to get married. 

The owner of the Barns and his very sophisticated Bentley took Heather and her dad from the hotel reception to the front door of the Barns Hotel Entrance which is where I last saw Heather beaming from ear to ear. She looked so happy. 

It was such a lovely morning spending such precious time with Heather and her bridal party. Thankyou so much for booking me. And I look forward to seeing all the wedding photos. Congratulations to Heather and Mathew. 

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

You can also find me on facebook, you can email me helenpearsonmua@hotmail.com or ring me on 07826 542 676

 

Naomi Grundy

The Fairlawns Hotel and Spa, Aldridge

21/2/2015

Ben and Naomi

     Today was the first time I met Naomi and her family. When I arrived everyone was pretty chilled out but drinking plenty of the energy drinks due to lack of sleep the night before. 

I did Naomi's makeup first and as the wedding theme was bold and bright colours, Naomi wanted a dramatic bridal look with pink lips. I used the Urban Decay Naked palette and bobby Brown black gel eyeliner to create Naomi's eye look with Mac's face and body foundation. 

Gemma from Dream Bridal Hair straightened and then plaited Naomi's hair to the back to create a very classic look. She looked like "red carpet royalty". I had such fun creating this look. She almost shed a tear. 
 

Naomi the Bride

   

Alison the bridesmaid 

    

Mother of the bride

Susie the Chief bridesmaid

Naomi and Bens wedding was a small intimate wedding with very close family and friends. 

The wedding was at the Fairlawns Hotel, Little Aston. The Fairlawns Hotel and Spa is a private family owned and managed venue situated within 9 acres of landscaped grounds with wedding garden. The reception room was decorated beautifully by Jo from Chic Covers. The bright colour theme carried onto the pretty and simple reception room having various colours of Gerbera flowers as centre pieces.  Which then in turn laid attention on the choice of wedding cake Naomi and Ben had. It was a tower of delicious mini cakes made lovingly by her good friend.

Table centre peice

The wedding cake

                                                                
Naomi met Ben at O'neills in Sutton on a night out with friends. Then fast forward  a couple of years Ben proposed on holiday after they finally had their official mortgage offer after a nightmare with other lenders.  

Naomi and Ben have Been planning their wedding since January 2014 when they got engaged in October 2013 but Naomi wasn't allowed to start planning till they had moved into the new house. When Naomi was allowed to plan they decided the colour theme would be Colourful as they are both big fans of bright colours.  

Naomi bought her Mori Lee elegant satin wedding dress from Red Rose Bridal in Boldmere. It has pretty silver and pearl beads as a belt around the waist. We initially had a bit of a struggle with static on the dress but nothing a bit of hairspray wouldn't sort out. 

The whole morning was captured by brilliant photographer Lorna Gilbert who was also a family friend. 

Naomi had two bridesmaids Susie her sister and Alison her close friend. The bridesmaids wore a vibrant pink dress with a black shawl. 

The whole look was stunning. 

The table layout

                                                                      

Father of the bride and Naomi

                                                            

I would like to congratulate you both on your wedding day and wish you many happy returns and a long life together. 

Thank You so much for booking me to do your makeup. It was such a pleasure getting to know you and your family.

Sarah Morgan

The Barns Hotel, Cannock 

14/2/2015

Sarah and David

I first met Sarah last year when she approached me at the Ramada Hotel, Cannock wedding Fayre when she asked me to do her wedding makeup. I was over the moon of course because her husband is a well known, and much loved wedding Vocalist. 

I was honoured to say the least.Sarah and David got married at The Barns Hotel in Cannock, which is Set in an 18th-century farmhouse. The Barns Hotel offers elegant rooms with traditional charm and en suite bathrooms. Just 5 minutes’ from the beautiful Cannock Chase. Eventi eleganti decorated the venue for the happy couple even using swags of flowers and foliage for the staircases. Sarah and David opted for a  3 tier Cheese wedding cake too from Marks and Spencer.

Sarah decided upon natural colours with a pink lip and added individual lashes to compliment her beautiful wedding dress which she had from Bea's Bridal Boutique, Coventry. The theme of the wedding was centred around valentines day so was very romantic with love hearts etc. The bridesmaids dresses were Claret for the older bridesmaids and ivory for the younger bridesmaids. The table and venue flowers were cut and dried by Sarah's mom and the bouquets and buttonholes were made by Codall Flower Shop in Wolverhampton, and the photographer they chose was Sally Hewes.

The Bride Sarah

Sarah all ready for the wedding

Sarah and David have been friends since childhood and attending the same schools together. Sarah went on to train as a teacher and David became an amazing vocalist travelling all over the country for corporate events and weddings.
They bumped into each other again several years later which led onto a first date. Timings couldn't of been worse as Sarah had signed a contract to teach in the Middle East two weeks earlier. They agreed on a long distance relationship till they couldn't cope any more and Sarah flew back home. Sarah and David then got engaged 7 months later.

The morning of the wedding was lovely and relaxed. When I arrived I was surprised by a yummy heart shaped box of chocolates from Sarah.  Which Sarah gave me as a thank you for doing her makeup on Valentine's Day. 

My lovely chocolates from Sarah

In the hotel room was Sarah, her sister Leigh, her mom and Gemma who was doing the hair. Sarah's dad kept popping in to check we were OK and keeping the bride informed of developments of the wedding. 

Leigh the Cheif bridesmaid

Leigh all ready to support her sister

Mother of the bride

When every body's makeup and hair was done it was time for Sarah to get dolled up in her wedding dress, which she was lucky enough to have an army of amazing girlfriends to help her with.

Some reasurance and encouragement before the wedding

Sarah had her pre-wedding photographs taken, had some champagne, and last minute goodbyes from her friends and family when it was time for her to go downstairs for the wedding.  But not before her little drive in the hotel owners Bentley. Sarah looked so radiant and happy. It was here where I left Sarah and wished her a lovely day. 

Sarah and her dad

It was such a pleasure to do Sarah and her bridal parties makeup. Thank you for booking me x

Charlie Tryer

Lichfield Registars office followed by reception at The Cedar Tree Hotel, Rugeley

13/2/2015

I met the beautiful Charlie a month ago on her trial where it we decided she would have a glamerous smokey eye with a nude lip, which would compliment her dress, hair style and theme of the wedding. I think you will agree, she looked so glamorous. 
When i arrived at Charlie's house on the day of the wedding, the atmosphere was very relaxed. I set up my makeup space and enjoyed a cup of tea with the bridal party and Charlie's two very well behaved children, Mathew (6) and Macey (2).
I was working alongside the very talented Gemma Neville from Dream Bridal Hair who created Charlie's wedding hair.

Charlie met her husband to be Ricky on MySpace then met up with him again at a rock night in Cannock.

The bride Charlie

Charlie with her children Mathew and Macey

Ricky's proposal wasn't a big one but a welcomed one in the kitchen.

Charlie once warned him if he asked her in front of people she would be too embarrassed and probably say no haha! 😳

Almost ready for the Registry Office

Charlie and Ricky had 10 months to plan the wedding and the colour theme was Cadbury purple. Charlie had her older sister as the maid of honour and her younger sister as her bridesmaid. Charlie's daughter and niece were flower girls and her son and nephew were Page boys.

Emily the Bridesmaid

Kirsty the Bridesmaid

Charlie and Ricky got married at Lichfield registry office and their reception was held at The Cedar Tree Hotel in Rugeley.  The Cedar Tree Hotel is named after the 400 year old tree in its grounds. The hotel is situated just 5 miles away from the attractive city of Lichfield with its magnificent Cathedral and is just a short drive away from Cannock Chase. 
They hired a beautiful white car from their DSC photography who captured their day and evening.

Charlie's dress was a beautiful Ronald Joyce dress from Mix n match in Rugeley.

complemented with stunningly beautiful artificial flowers which were ordered online and wedding stationary from Hobby Craft.

The beautiful bouqet

Charlie and Ricky had a delicous gluten free wedding cake from Slice of Heaven Gluten Free Cake Studio in Tamworth.

Charlie and Ricky aren't having a honeymoon but a family holiday to the magical Disney Land in May or June which I am extremely jealous of.

I would so much like to thank Charlie  for booking me to do her and her bridal party makeup,  I had a lovely morning.

Congratulations Charlie and Ricky, and I wish you a happy marriage.

If you are interested in booking me to do your wedding makeup please visit my website www.helenpearsonmua.com or find me on facebook.