Makeup Artist

Looking for a makeup artist (MUA) did not take too long. Although I had been monitoring the forum for contacts, I did not really need to check them out. This was because I already had several contacts of my own.

When I went for our pre-wedding photo shoot, I enquired about hiring Ivory Romance for their makeup services but that arrangement did not suit me. Ivory’s MUA would give me a makeover in the morning at my place but in the evening, I would have to go to their studio to get my face colored, which would be quite inconvenient on such a busy day.

A friend of mine then recommended her MUA, Vivien, to me. I checked out her pre-wedding photos and I thought the makeup was very natural. I also checked out a few other MUAs but they were all not suitable. So I decided to hire Vivien as my MUA. She was charging a standard rate of RM600 (in 2007) and we made arrangements to meet up to show her the way to my place.

I found Vivien to be a petite and nice lady. She would do the makeup in the morning at my place while she would come to Bankers for the evening makeup session. I explained to her that she could do the usual natural makeup in the morning but I wanted bolder makeup for the evening as that would look more prominent in the dim Bankers environment. Vivien was quite receptive to my request as she never really had much of a chance to apply more daring makeup until this. I paid her a deposit before she left.

(Btw, Viven did a great job with my makeup on the wedding day. She also did some makeup for Mom on that day. Mom, Godmom and Sis were all very impressed with her skills. They even thought of taking makeup lessons from her!)

Photos of the evening and morning wedding events can be viewed at:
http://www.zenetlife.com/wedding/dinnerrec/dinnerrec.asp
http://www.zenetlife.com/wedding/TRADC/tradc.asp