May292005 Review: Come one Come all! WITH PICS- HairCloseup on bottom
“… and they lived happily ever after” is how I would like to remember the wedding. Though, as you will see throughout my review things did not go great and as planned, the important thing I keep is that we are married and happy and will live together forever.
The morning began with a phone call from my than Fiance letting me know that he has located my missing bridesmaid.![]()
My cousin, who was first due for hair, arrived at my house in Queens rather than my parents’ house in LI.
Than my other cousin called me saying she overslept and just left the house – she was the second one to do her hair. I almost had a heartattach!!!! Thankfully that was a joke.
For better or worse the Hair and Makeup artists arrived on TIME! We decided to do me first with hair, and my mom with makeup and than hopefully, my cousins would arrive shortly.
Maureen Padala – A+
Not only is Maureen an exceptional makeup artist and can make ANYONE the most beautiful person on earth, but she is as nice as she is talented. Her presence alone was calming and welcomed. With all the stress of the morning, she was calming me down and telling me how this is my day and I should just relax and take it all in. She had another girl to go to after me (I knew this at the time of booking but I was very interested) she kept telling me not to worry. To let her worry about her schedule and just to relax and be a bride. She did both me and my mother beautifully. My mother never likes the way anyone does her makeup but loved the wedding day makeup. Even my cousin, though initially did not want to get makeup done, decided to do it because everyone looked so beautiful. She truly is amazing at what she does.
Hair – Tanya from Brooklyn A
The day of hair was amazing. I was very concerned with her doing my hair. The trial went horribly, she didn’t really do my hair, but was ‘this will sourt of be like this’ and ‘sort of like that’. I looked around for others, but all their trials fell apart – I saw her do other girls wedding hair and they all lasted and were ‘well done’. Thus, reluctantly, I stayed with her. On the day of the wedding, she was AMAZING! She did exactly what I wanted – you girls commented how you liked my hair ? It truly came out like I wanted it! It lasted all day and all night. My hair was done before 11:00am, and yet, by 1:30am it still maintained its composure. The hair came out great and lasted all nigh – what else can a bride want?
Westbury Gardens B
We paid to take pics at Westbury gardens. The site is obviously amazing and I don’t have to explain in detail how beautiful everything is. However, it was really annoying how they wouldn’t let the girls wonder off to go to the bathroom.![]()
People were dying, but they wouldn’t let us go unless we ALL went. I thought that was ridiculous. Its an open park, people are walking around there without a guide all the time, why is it just because we paid we have to suffer? What would be so wrong if they wondered off if that is what they wanted???
Royalty Limo B+
The limo came ontime, picked up the guys and than followed directions and never got lost. I can’t say the driver was the most personable driver, but he was on time, limo clean. The reason I gave a B+ is because our photographer asked him to wait for them (when leaving our house to go to the gardens) and he just didn’t. He took off right away. My photographers called me and told me that he didn’t wait, and they ended up getting a little lost looking for the entrance and we waited for them around 10 minutes. It would have been nice if he waited. But, overall, the service was good.
Amateur pics http://www.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=23985903/t_=8631985
The morning began with a phone call from my than Fiance letting me know that he has located my missing bridesmaid.
Than my other cousin called me saying she overslept and just left the house – she was the second one to do her hair. I almost had a heartattach!!!! Thankfully that was a joke.
For better or worse the Hair and Makeup artists arrived on TIME! We decided to do me first with hair, and my mom with makeup and than hopefully, my cousins would arrive shortly.
Maureen Padala – A+
Not only is Maureen an exceptional makeup artist and can make ANYONE the most beautiful person on earth, but she is as nice as she is talented. Her presence alone was calming and welcomed. With all the stress of the morning, she was calming me down and telling me how this is my day and I should just relax and take it all in. She had another girl to go to after me (I knew this at the time of booking but I was very interested) she kept telling me not to worry. To let her worry about her schedule and just to relax and be a bride. She did both me and my mother beautifully. My mother never likes the way anyone does her makeup but loved the wedding day makeup. Even my cousin, though initially did not want to get makeup done, decided to do it because everyone looked so beautiful. She truly is amazing at what she does.
Hair – Tanya from Brooklyn A
The day of hair was amazing. I was very concerned with her doing my hair. The trial went horribly, she didn’t really do my hair, but was ‘this will sourt of be like this’ and ‘sort of like that’. I looked around for others, but all their trials fell apart – I saw her do other girls wedding hair and they all lasted and were ‘well done’. Thus, reluctantly, I stayed with her. On the day of the wedding, she was AMAZING! She did exactly what I wanted – you girls commented how you liked my hair ? It truly came out like I wanted it! It lasted all day and all night. My hair was done before 11:00am, and yet, by 1:30am it still maintained its composure. The hair came out great and lasted all nigh – what else can a bride want?
Westbury Gardens B
We paid to take pics at Westbury gardens. The site is obviously amazing and I don’t have to explain in detail how beautiful everything is. However, it was really annoying how they wouldn’t let the girls wonder off to go to the bathroom.
Royalty Limo B+
The limo came ontime, picked up the guys and than followed directions and never got lost. I can’t say the driver was the most personable driver, but he was on time, limo clean. The reason I gave a B+ is because our photographer asked him to wait for them (when leaving our house to go to the gardens) and he just didn’t. He took off right away. My photographers called me and told me that he didn’t wait, and they ended up getting a little lost looking for the entrance and we waited for them around 10 minutes. It would have been nice if he waited. But, overall, the service was good.
Amateur pics http://www.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=23985903/t_=8631985
