I found Lindsay on The Knot and decided to book her for a wedding makeup trial because of her wonderful reviews. When my mother and I arrived for the trial, we were impressed by Lindsay’s warm personality and thorough explanation of each step i...n the makeup application process. She asked my opinions throughout the trial and we tried a few different things to see what looked best on me. As we wrapped up the trial, she did not pressure us to hire her, but we were so happy with the trial that she was actually the only vendor that we hired on the spot.
On my wedding day, Lindsay came on location with one other makeup artist. Their system for makeup application was very efficient as the other makeup artist would start each girl and Lindsay would finish their lashes and lips. My mother and all of my bridesmaids looked beautiful and felt comfortable with their makeup, which was very important to me.
However, reflecting on the experience, there are a couple of things that I feel need to be mentioned. Every girl dreams of their wedding day; they want to feel special and have everything be perfect. Being one of the first of my friends to get married, there were quite a few things that I didn’t know. I thought that because I was the bride, my hair and makeup should be done last so it was the freshest for the wedding. What a mistake! Because of this, my hair and makeup were extremely rushed because of timing constraints. Looking back, I am frustrated that Lindsay did not suggest to do my makeup earlier in the day when she was aware of the timeline. My makeup still looked good, but on that day, I didn’t really feel like I was getting my bridal makeup done because it just felt hurried.
In addition, Lindsay routinely posts these amazing before/after shots of her makeup applications on her social media pages and I was excited to be a part of that. On my wedding day, I was sad when she didn’t ask to do one. I thought maybe it was because of time constraints or because I didn’t ask directly. But, a few weeks later, I saw that she had done a before/after of one of my bridesmaids instead of me. I was upset by this, but my mother was really offended because we had spent a lot of money and, again, the emphasis hadn’t really felt like it was on me for my wedding day.
This review is not meant to be hurtful in any way, but really is an effort to make sure that other brides do not make the same mistakes that I did and that vendors can see how much brides need your expertise because we don’t know the wedding world the way you do. We want our day to feel special and you can really help or hurt that.
All this being said, Lindsay still did an amazing makeup job. It was just those other components that put a damper on the overall experience.