Should you do your own makeup for your wedding, or hire a makeup artist?
You should definitely hire a makeup artist.Unless you work in the media or performing arts industry, you probably won’t know enough about makeup to look good BOTH in person AND on camera.Firstly, the camera “eats” a lot of makeup. What looks good face-to-face is going to look really bare on camera. The last thing you want is to look plain in your wedding photos, especially in comparison to guests who may have hired a makeup artist to do their makeup. (This is not uncommon at all - I get many clients who book me to do their makeup when they attend other peoples’ weddings. On the other hand, what looks good on camera may look too dramatic in real life, and you also want to look good in front of guests on the actual day. It takes an experienced makeup artist to tread the balance between the two.Secondly, some ingredients can cause flashback when the cameras go off. Resulting in photos like:See those strange white patches?You wouldn’t be able to tell from looking in a mirror, because flashback is only visible on camera. You could aim a strong flash at your face and then check the camera for any flashback, but even if you were able to pick up the patches this way, you might not have the appropriate flashback-free makeup in your kit to deal with it.Thirdly, there are all manner of makeup mistakes that can happen. A brow design that doesn’t compliment the features, a lip color that washes out the bride’s skin tone, not blending foundation into the hairline and onto the ears and down the neck… etc. Even makeup artists aren’t immune to them. The less experience you have, the likelier you are to make mistakes.Finally, on your wedding day, don’t you just want to relax and be pampered? I’m a makeup artist myself, and I wouldn’t even do my own makeup on a wedding day. I would definitely do my research and pick a trusted artist after going for trials with him/her. And as a makeup artist, I advise the same to any bride(:
Do men buy their own wedding rings?
Traditionally, the woman buys the groom's wedding ring and the man buys the engagement ring and wedding ring for the lady.
Ladies, did you buy your own wedding ring?
My Maid of Honor bought both my wedding band and my fiance's wedding band as her wedding gift to us. It is her culture's tradition as the MOH to purchase the wedding bands. I thought it was a great gift that we will cherish forever!
Whenever I talk about wedding plan issue, my boyfriend seems to lazy to plan.?
A lot of men don't help much with wedding planning. I don't know why, but part of it might be because the bride usually gets what she wants, and people don't usually pay much attention to the groom, and even forget that there even IS a groom :-) And men aren't as much into flowers and cakes as women are. My suggestion is tell your groom that you want him to be involved and that you'd like his thoughts on some planning issues, and even welcome his suggestions. If he flat out just doesn't want to, then i guess you fly solo with the plans. But how someone doesn't want to be involved in his own wedding is beyond me. I got married last fall, and the planning was so fun! My bride and i decided on almost everything together from the cake, to meeting with reception hall people, photographers, videographers (waste of money since he did an awful job), church people...we even sought one anothers opinions on bridesmaids dresses and groomsmen tuxes! It was super, and i think it's because we spent so much time together doing something for OUR wedding; very rewarding. I loved being involved (i was not going to be a forgotton groom...and believe me, i wasn't!)
If men made all the wedding plans, how would weddings be different?
I like this question, so I’m going to answer as a man but definitely not on behalf of men. Ok…No Ceremony. This is crazy that we still do this. I don’t mind a little tradition, but maybe let’s do something original? Someone made this up at some point right? And we all agreed to do it for hundreds of years? What about something original and meaningful in our modern times!? Like… let’s have the ceremony that takes place on a Ninja Warrior course, and hitting the buzzer is the “I Do”. Boom.Not a single cent should be spent on flowers. Flowers are beautiful, they are, for real. But let’s be honest, pulling them from the soil, placing them in a vase, and putting them at each table should not be something that I sacrifice 1/4th of my yearly salary to.Competition. You know what’s even better than getting drunk with friends and family and dancing? Getting drunk with friends and family, and playing some sort of game. Now we could all simply return to the Ninja Warrior course that was setup for the ceremony. Or maybe we have a hoop setup somewhere, or a poker table, or if we really want to get juvenile then we setup pong (or “Beirut” for you ivy leaguers.) I’d be all over that.GYOS. Grill Your Own Steak. Several stations where folks can grill their own steak. Genius.Those are some ideas off the top of my head. Hmm, but I’m not married… I wonder if there might be a reason for that :)
Why is such a big deal about women and men HAVING to wear their engagement rings?
Seriously why is it a big deal? My fiance & I have been together 6 yrs (engaged for 4) and although we're engaged we both mutually agreed that we didn't have to wear our rings since neither of us are jewelry wearing types (the rings were only like $20 each so it's not like their expensive) Why do people make such a fuss about it? It's not like your no longer engaged if ya don't wear a ring