I meet the stylist and show her these pictures:
I tell her that I want my hair to look exactly like this, with the poof in the front, the finger waves on the sides, and a bun in the back. Ok no problem, she says. She sets me up at the station next to her and tells me that someone else will set my hair. Ok fine. Assistant #1 sets my hair in curls then assistant #2 attempts to do the finger waves. Halfway through the finger waves the stylist informs assistant #2 that she's doing it wrong and she should do it another way. Assistant #2 continues on without changing anything. Great. Then she finishes but the stylist is still doing another client's hair so she sends me over to have my make up done.
This is the picture that I give the makeup aritst:
I tell her that I want a bold eye but not a dark eye, with neutral colors and pink lips. And what I got was exactly that. My makeup came out perfect so when it was time to go back to have my hair styled I was a bit more optimistic.
The stylist took down all the curls and then yelled at assistant #2 again for not setting the finger waves properly. Then she spent about 10 minutes "styling" my hair and said "I did it a lot looser than the picture because I think it looks better that way." Ok, I'm open to artistic interpretation.
So I put my glasses on to check it out and it was actually very pretty but NOTHING like the pictures I showed her:
I think I was kind of in shock and bewildered because I just said thank you, paid a whopping $125, and left. Then looking back at the pictures later and thinking about the whole ordeal I am really not happy with how my hair came out. So now I'm terrified that on my wedding day my hair is going to look horrendous. But she'll also have 3 hours that day to get it right, and she better because there's no way I can go back for another $125 trial.
The stylist took down all the curls and then yelled at assistant #2 again for not setting the finger waves properly. Then she spent about 10 minutes "styling" my hair and said "I did it a lot looser than the picture because I think it looks better that way." Ok, I'm open to artistic interpretation.
So I put my glasses on to check it out and it was actually very pretty but NOTHING like the pictures I showed her:
I think I was kind of in shock and bewildered because I just said thank you, paid a whopping $125, and left. Then looking back at the pictures later and thinking about the whole ordeal I am really not happy with how my hair came out. So now I'm terrified that on my wedding day my hair is going to look horrendous. But she'll also have 3 hours that day to get it right, and she better because there's no way I can go back for another $125 trial.