Repost from '09- VENDOR RAVE!! MAKE UP ARTIST JACQUELINE NICOLE!! Update to the 2008 Hair and Makeup Massacre.
Okay, this is the third time I have tried to write this. The first two were so good, and now I've lost patience. But I have to write it again.
Some of you may remember my story of a recent hair and makeup hackjob I experienced. It was so bad I'm suffering a bit of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Someone came at me with a brush in their hand over Christmas, and I dove under the couch and wouldn't come out until I was coaxed with ham. It was horrible.
Anyway, when I posted, I got a lot of suggestions, and a few of you recommended Jacqueline Nicole. I gave her a call, and she called me back right away. Thankfully, she was available for my day.
First of all, I was late due to some day-before-christmas-gridlock-I'm going to kill someone-traffic. I called her from the road, and she couldn't have been nicer. My appt was at 5pm the day before christmas eve, and I was her last appointment, and she STILL was totally cool about it.
When I got to her place, I just loved her immediately. She's just one of those rare people who makes you feel like you have known her forever. We laughed the entire time I was there, and I had a great time. Of the legion of vendors I have spoken with during this whole experience, she is far and away the best of all of them. Totally professional, completely friendly, funny, and kind. I'm sure she would have let me stay in her chair for 3 hours if that's what it took to get the look I wanted, but it totally wasn't necessary, because she nailed it right away.
I know nothing about makeup, but it's okay, because she clearly does. I have no idea what she did, but I looked better than I ever have. Just like me, but better. Not shellacked on with a painter's trowel, but natural and glamorous at the same time, if that's possible.
The only thing I didn't love was my lip color, and she said that we'd 'play' until it was perfect. And that's just what it was. It was like - fun. And makeup is NOT my idea of fun. I can't explain it- it was just a totally fun bridey experience, and that's EXACTLY what I didn't get the last time. So anyway, she tried another color (red- at my insistence. She told me it wouldn't look right, and she was right. It was heinous. Then she found a third color- all three applications she did like it was the day of- she was so meticulous. The third color was just perfect- and she was just as excited as I was. Then she gave me the lipstick to take with me!
I wish I had my previous posts, because I think they really conveyed how good she was a lot better than this one. I hope it's enough to say that Jacqueline Nicole is exactly what I was looking for- a warm, kind and funny person who is incredibly skilled at her craft, and who took her time to make everything perfect. I look forward to having her work with me on my wedding day, and I feel completely confident in her abilities. I cannot say enough about her skills. She has wicked makeup skills. <-I'm a loser.
So that's it. Thanks so much to everyone who recommended her to me, and I hope this post helps out someone else who is looking for a makeup artist. I'm so mad I wasted all that money on the first trial, but I guess it was worth it in the end. Check makeup off the list, and I won't have to think about it again until the day of.
Happy planning to everyone, and thanks for your help, ladies!!
Some of you may remember my story of a recent hair and makeup hackjob I experienced. It was so bad I'm suffering a bit of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Someone came at me with a brush in their hand over Christmas, and I dove under the couch and wouldn't come out until I was coaxed with ham. It was horrible.
Anyway, when I posted, I got a lot of suggestions, and a few of you recommended Jacqueline Nicole. I gave her a call, and she called me back right away. Thankfully, she was available for my day.
First of all, I was late due to some day-before-christmas-gridlock-I'm going to kill someone-traffic. I called her from the road, and she couldn't have been nicer. My appt was at 5pm the day before christmas eve, and I was her last appointment, and she STILL was totally cool about it.
When I got to her place, I just loved her immediately. She's just one of those rare people who makes you feel like you have known her forever. We laughed the entire time I was there, and I had a great time. Of the legion of vendors I have spoken with during this whole experience, she is far and away the best of all of them. Totally professional, completely friendly, funny, and kind. I'm sure she would have let me stay in her chair for 3 hours if that's what it took to get the look I wanted, but it totally wasn't necessary, because she nailed it right away.
I know nothing about makeup, but it's okay, because she clearly does. I have no idea what she did, but I looked better than I ever have. Just like me, but better. Not shellacked on with a painter's trowel, but natural and glamorous at the same time, if that's possible.
The only thing I didn't love was my lip color, and she said that we'd 'play' until it was perfect. And that's just what it was. It was like - fun. And makeup is NOT my idea of fun. I can't explain it- it was just a totally fun bridey experience, and that's EXACTLY what I didn't get the last time. So anyway, she tried another color (red- at my insistence. She told me it wouldn't look right, and she was right. It was heinous. Then she found a third color- all three applications she did like it was the day of- she was so meticulous. The third color was just perfect- and she was just as excited as I was. Then she gave me the lipstick to take with me!
I wish I had my previous posts, because I think they really conveyed how good she was a lot better than this one. I hope it's enough to say that Jacqueline Nicole is exactly what I was looking for- a warm, kind and funny person who is incredibly skilled at her craft, and who took her time to make everything perfect. I look forward to having her work with me on my wedding day, and I feel completely confident in her abilities. I cannot say enough about her skills. She has wicked makeup skills. <-I'm a loser.
So that's it. Thanks so much to everyone who recommended her to me, and I hope this post helps out someone else who is looking for a makeup artist. I'm so mad I wasted all that money on the first trial, but I guess it was worth it in the end. Check makeup off the list, and I won't have to think about it again until the day of.
Happy planning to everyone, and thanks for your help, ladies!!
