Words cannot even begin to describe how amazing Jessica is, and how important she was to me on my wedding day and the months leading up to it.
After I began to have some clarity after the initial excitement over my engagement, reality struck... me like a ton of bricks: how am I going to look beautiful on the biggest day of my life with skin like mine? I had a gorgeous dress, yet I found myself in tears wondering if I could wear my veil’s blusher throughout the reception to hide my face. So many of us suffer from adult acne, and mine is stress-induced, so planning a wedding wasn’t exactly going to be kind on my skin.
I did a little research, and after reading and hearing so many positive reviews about Simply Elegant Beauty, I decided to give Jessica a call. She set up a complimentary consultation immediately. We met at a local Starbucks (my comfort zone) and had a conversation I had been dreading due to embarrassment. Within seconds, I was at ease and in full-flow of questioning. She answered each one of my questions as I took notes. She educated me about different professional treatments available (which I ended up booking with her, as she is a licensed esthetician!), what types of products I should use and how to use them for my skin, and finally, how regardless my skin ended up looking, she would be able to use her high-end quality makeup to transform me into the flawless bride I was dreaming of.
Here is the plan we came up with together:
-a few, alternating facials and microdermabrasion
-proper facial cleansers for my face
-proper exfoliators
-proper moisturizers
-proper spot treatments—tea tree oil is my new best friend
-de-stress by purposefully finding the time to do so
-drink TONS of water and herbal tea
-makeup trial
This brings me to the next awesome part of my experience with Jessica: my makeup trial. She came right to my house to do my makeup trial, and after showing her a few pictures of the “look” I was going for, she hopped right to it! Afterword, I felt and looked amazing. It was exactly what I wanted: a dewy, fresh-yet-sexy look with lightly bronzed smokey eyes that made my blue eyes pop! (I am no makeup artist, but that was the description I gave her lol!)
The next few months leading up to the big day, I visited her for facials and micro, where she would also provide me with more skincare advice that totally worked every time. **THIS WAS AWESOME. If you book Jessica for makeup and want facials too, book the facials with her—nobody needs to know your skin as much as your makeup artist, and by the time your big day comes, she will know it inside and out. Literally!
My wedding day, Jessica arrived on-time and ready to go at 6:30AM at the hotel I was staying at. She took her time on every inch of my face, and because she did my eyes before my face makeup, I was able to see what I looked like before concealer and foundation. I cried a little when I actually felt that I barely needed any! Obviously I did for pictures, but it gave me hope for honeymooning in the Caribbean without makeup! Phew! I can honestly say that I have never felt more beautiful than I did on my wedding day, and it was because of Jessica’s skilled art in makeup application, and because of how Jessica’s easy-going, positive persona made me feel on the inside. I was relaxed as I was driven to my ceremony, in a state of complete joy and bliss—a feeling every bride should have.