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The general rule is, if you insist that they use a particular hair and make-up person, you pay. If they have the option to use anyone they want and/or do their own, they pay if they elect to use your person.
I didn't feel right asking them to pay for that stuff so I paid for their hair. They did their own makeup.
I'm paying for their hair $80+ tip and they are paying for their makeup $50 IF they wish to have it done. So far 3 of 4 are paying for makeup.
I just don't have the money to treat them - although I'd love to! I think I'll buy them mani pedis as a gift - I don't really care about their hair and makeup, so that'll be up to them.
I think that if you want them to have it done, you need to pay for it. If you don't care if they do it themselves or professionally and they opt to have it done, it's okay for them to pay for it themselves.
I agree that if you are forcing your girls to get their hair and makeup professionally done, you should pay for it. If they have the option of doing it themselves, you aren't required to pay.
I would like all the girls in my bridal party to feel and look great on my big day so I will be treating them to hair and makeup. I've been in weddings before where we had the option to get our hair and makeup done but it wasn't required so if you wanted to you could pay to do it. I just think its a fun experience for everyone to get ready together. :)
We're having a Mary Kay consultant do everyone's make up, so it's cheap enough that it fits into the budget. The same lady did it for my sister's wedding, and she did a great job.
I'm not sure about this yet. I'm definitely not paying for hair. Everyone is a different ethnicity, and hair is very different, so they can just take care of that themselves. I honestly don't care what style they do (or don't do). As far as make-up goes, I am thinkng about having my make-up done. My make-up artist really wants to make more money, so she wants to offer my bridesmaids and mom and whoever the opportunit to do their make-up as well. I don't mind her doing that... but because she's going be kind of "pushy" about it, I feel like I should offer to pay for their make-up. Or at least tell them the situation and they can either choose to do it or not.
As the bride, I don't know why I feel guilty about this. I'm almost positive that I won't pay the make-up for them. I just need to come up with a good way to tell them it's available if they want to, no pressure, but I can't afford to pay for it. I honestly think they can do their own make-up and it will look beautiful. I'm more concerned about... me :)
I don't think it's fair to request BMs to get professional hair and makeup and expect them to pay. I paid for mine although they did buy their own lipgloss for reapplications (but I didn't expect this). If you want it pro, pay for it but I also do think it's okay to tell them that they don't need to get it done, but can if they want (at their expense).
I wanted my bridesmaids to get their hair done with me, so I paid for them. I didn't require anyone to get their makeup done professionally, so they all just did their own.
Six months before the wedding (my salon books early) I sent an email saying that I would be treating them to a manicure. I included the salon's price list if they wished to have their hair and make-up done. If I was going to "require" it, I would have paid. That's pretty much how it's worked for all the weddings I was in.
We had a certain amount of money budgeted for my bridesmaids. That money was first going to be put toward their dresses and if there was any extra money, we would pay for part of their hair and makeup too. I didn't require them to get their hair and makeup professionally done, so that was up to them. Their dresses cost about $200 each and their gifts were $50-60 so we now know that can't budget for their hair and makeup too, if they choose to have it done.
I let my bridemaids know that I was having my hair and make-up done at such and such a place, and if they cared to have it done as well it would be 50 for hair, and 45 for makeup. They had the choice to have it done there, do it somewhere else or do it themselves.
I think if you don't INSIST that they have their hair done it's fair enough to have them pay for it. Three chose to have their hair done, and one did her own for us.
I paid for 60$ of each of my BM's dresses so they'll be absorbing the cost of hair, they can do their own make up if they choose, I'm covering the tip for all hair and if they choose to get make up and nails done
I was getting my hair and makeup done, so I thought it would be nice to treat my bridesmaids and my mom to hair and makeup as well.
I am going with a salon that sends a team out to your home the day of the wedding for hair and makeup. I am going to give the prices to my bridesmaids, and let them choose if they want to have it done with me, done at their salon, or do themselves. With student loans, wedding expenses, saving up for a honeymoon and a new home, I just can't afford to pay for my 6 bridesmaids and 2 Jr bridesmaids hair and makeup. Personally, I feel that if you take on the responsibility of becoming someones bridesmaid, it is a given that you will inevitably have to shell out the dough for things like that. It's one of the things that come along with accepting the invitation of being a bridesmaid. Yes, it can be expensive to be a bridesmaid, but one always has the option of declining.
If you're requiring they get their hair and makeup done, you should pay for it. If it's optional, they should pay for it. You can always include part of the cost as part of your gift.
I'm getting my hair done at location by a professional. They are being paid for as a gift to me by the groom's father (he owns a salon). I felt that because she's there and we are at location my gift to my bridesmaids should be hair. I won't pay for makeup as well.
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I'm wondering what most people do as far as hair and make up for the bridesmaids. I'm looking at prices of about 125 per person for both hair and make-up. However, they already bought a 175 dollar dress, so I'm not sure if I should offer to pay for the hair & makeup. let me know what you did or are planning to do for your wedding.