My pesonal hairdresser came to the resort and did my hair, MOH's, and MIL's. I planned to pay for all 3 of us but MIL surprised me and paid
I didn't have my make-up done, I bought some of the "bridal" line from Estee Lauder because I tend to be shiny in pictures and that make-up is specifically for photos and it worked great! I don't normally wear a lot of make-up and DH doesn't like me in much make-up so I didn't want someone else doing it and using too much. That would have really worried me, that they would do it, I would think it was too much and have to wash my face and start over - too stressful! My MOH was 17 at the time and didn't normally wear any make-up so my best friend did hers, just powder, a little eyeliner, mascara, and lip gloss. Again, natural and fresh looking.
I did do test hair, but since my regular hairdresser was doing it my wedding day that just made sense. If you have someone else do your test hair, take lots and lots of pictures before, during, and after of how you like it, and have your wedding day hairdresser go by those pictures. That way you're not trying to figure out how you want it at the same time as actually doing it
