A trial is the difference between makeup you saw in a photo and makeup you have actually tested.
Makeup that looks right in a mirror and makeup that photographs well and lasts through a long day are not automatically the same thing. A trial is where that gets tested before it matters, rather than discovered on the wedding day itself.
Close enough to the wedding that your skin and hair are in roughly the same state they will be on the day, but early enough that there is time to adjust if something is not right. If your skin changes noticeably with the season, a trial too far in advance can be misleading either direction.
Photos are useful for direction, less useful as an exact target — different skin, different lighting, and a different photographer all change how a look actually reads. Use them to communicate a direction and let the trial adjust from there.
Not just a mirror check. A phone photo in daylight and, if possible, something closer to your actual venue lighting tells you more about how the makeup will read in your wedding photos than looking in a mirror does.
How early hair and makeup need to start relative to first look, family photos and the ceremony is a logistics question as much as a beauty one, and the trial is a natural point to work it out.
An outdoor summer ceremony and an indoor winter one call for different approaches to prep and product. Say which one you have so the trial reflects the actual conditions.
Tell us the occasion and we will match you with someone who specializes in that specific thing.
Get Matched with an ArtistA date and a rough idea is plenty — we will follow up to match you with the right artist.
