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I only paid around $100 for my hair trial and day of. For the makeup, I spent $100 but she did have to travel to me so that was probably included in the price.
I know more brides can answer this... c'mon girls help me out :)
MissasB- did you pay for your whole wedding party?
A LOT depends on where you are, IMO. I'm in NYC, and hair will be $150 per person. My Makeup will be $225 and my bridesmaids' and the two moms' makeup will be $85 each.
Are you paying for your bridesmaids' hair and makeup? I'm not, since I'm not "requiring them to get it done. They all want to, and they seem okay paying those prices.
I hear ya on this one! Everything is soo expensive! It makes me so mad! Like you said whats the difference between the bride's hair and her BM? NOTHING!
I guess it depends on where you live here in MN at an average salon, updos run about $65 and up depending on time. The reason it becomes more expensive when you say bride is because most salons like to take more time with you to get the desired look you are going for. My hair is going to cost me for my consult and trial run through about 100$ and that is going to a more upscale salon here but she may also have discounted me because I am a regular.
I totally feel you. An updo and makeup at my salon is $55 apiece. A bridal updo and makeup is $180 apiece. It's insane. I've encountered this with nearly every vendor, though. I've been saying all along "whatever you THINK it will cost, triple it, and that's what it will ACTUALLY cost."
None of my bridesmaids wanted to get their hair or makeup done, so I only have to pay for myself, at least.
For me, hair is $85 for the day, $35 for the trial. For makeup, $110 for the day, $50 for the trial. Both artists are coming to my hotel room.
I'm NOT paying for most of the bridesmaids, but the bridesmaids have the option of getting their hair/makeup done. All my bridesmaids are getting their hair done, and no one is getting makeup. I am paying for my MOH because she paid for and threw me a great shower.
Paying $200 for hair is not in my budget. I used Craigslist and found a hairstylist who is willing to come to me and do my hair and makeup for $80 (including the trial). I would suggest maybe you give that a try? :-)
I'd try to find a salon that you liked for general hair styling.
To see if you like their work - I'd tell them you'd like to get your hair done for formal dinner you're going to - since bridal styles are less and less traditional I think you could find an image that doesn't have any sort of bridal stuff in it for them to reference.
If that goes well you could schedule an appointment for your wedding - tell them you really liked the hair they did before and you'd like them to do it again because it's your birthday and you're having a big party.
I don't think there is any reason they need to know it's for a wedding.
Yes as soon as you say the word "wedding" the price goes skyhigh. A hair and makeup trial for me is required and is $105. Then, the day of, the total bill for me, four girls, and my MIL is almost $700! Mine alone is like $200. It's ridiculous!
My friend is doing ours, she's a cosmetologist but she's not in a salon so she's only charging $45 for each. not bad at all!
Well I can see up to $150 for both wedding day hair and hair trial, sure. Some offer it together, others make you pay separately. (Figure it'll be 45-1hr of work, maybe longer for a trial)
Having had my hair done several times for weddings and never quite loving it (aka hating it), I'm really looking forward to a trial run first! haha
Personally, I don't mind somethings being more for weddings. I mean, I expect a closer eye, more skilled hand, more attention to detail, more meetings and consults with me. Owning my own business though, I appreciate that a little more... and when you can use salons/companies you use normally, I'm happy to give them business to them.
My stylist did my hair for free as a wedding gift. Did my own make-up and my BMs took care of their own hair and make-up. IMO, there's better things to spend money on.
I paid $40 for my hair and makeup trial, and on the wedding day $90 for both.
Can you book it for just an updo an say you're going to a fancy party? Or that you're "going to a wedding" and don't make it obvious that it's your own so they don't charge the extra bride price? I realize this isn't 100% honest, but that's some serious cash!
My hair is $85 and BM hair is $65. I don't know what the extra $20 is for...Bridezilla tax/insurance? I am going to a salon. My hair trial is the same cost as my day of.
Heres my quote. I Have 3 bridesmaids and only 2 are getting there make up done and me. One girl is an absolute pro at her own makeup so she wants to do it herself.
So I organised it for them to have a mani and pedi also the day before. There are two makeup artists coming to my parents house so travel expense included also.
Mini Manicure x4 $120
Mini pedicure x4 $140
special occasion makeup x3 $148.50
2x make up trial (bride and 1 bridesmaid) $70
TOTAL: $478.5 AUD dollars.
Because I paid for it then and there I also recieved a discount, so I only paid 405.00 I thought it wasnt bad.
one of my bridesmaids is a hairdresser and she is going to do my hair for free so with the money I saved from the girls dresses (we found some considerably cheaper than my planned budget, and because I dont have a hairdresser fee I also saved some too) i thought I could splurge a little and get them mani' and pedi's too.
I guess it REALLY depends on where you live.
$85-90 for up-do for bride; $55-65 for bridesmaids (maybe they put in LOTS of extra bobby pins for bride)
$65-80 for airbrush make -up (one place was $55 for bridesmaids, other same for both)
Trial - $50 each for hair and make-up
I have a lot of wrinkles so I hope they don't add on per each one 
My hair is only 60$ and makeup is 50$. And I'm only paying for myself and my MOH, mother and grooms mother are paying for themselves. It's a really upscale salon too. Maybe it's just where I live.
I paid for some of my wedding party, mostly for the girls who stayed with me the night before. A few of the girls had to get ready elsewhere. I think I ended up paying $900. Me, my mother, 5 bridesmaids. But it was for hair and makeup.
I don't think you're being cheap or crazy at all! The cost of a wedding can add up very quickly, and a lot of people will get sticker shock from this. Does the $200 include your trial as well or is it just your day-of hair? For your 2 BMs & mom, $100 per person for just hair sounds kind of high.. Each stylist has different rates, so maybe you could shop around a bit, as I'm sure you're bound to find something more within your budget! Good luck~
YOU'RE NOT CRAZY!
I had half a mind to tell my BM to go get their make up done and tell people it was for a special occasion like a formal dinner party or something just to keep costs down. I think I might do that for myself for my wedding, just so I dont have to worry about this issue. Throw the word Bridal onto something and the price jumps 25-50%...jeez!
No, you are not crazy! Its called price-gouging and it happens in nearly every facet of the planning process. The vendors do it becasue brides are too stressed or exhausted to argue or do the research to find something cheaper. So they just plunk down the credit card and call it a day.
I'm getting married in Washington D.C and the prices were ridiculous. $325 for hair, $150 for makeup. Ugh. Luckily, I found a very small hair salon that charges a flat rate of $75 per updo, period. We are all doing our own makeup and I know it will turn out great. Me and my girls have been doing our own makeup for years and already know exactly what looks good on us. And why take the chance of getting a skin reaction to makeup you have never ever used before!
The bride-to-be in me says that brides do get gouged I totally sypmathize,but the MUA in me will tell you that we charge more for the brides, because we spend more time on the bride. You're makeup has to be perfect and because of that will require more time to concentrate. And yes, sometimes the travel charge is included in the cost. Gas, makeup and all that stuff is expensive. This is even more expensive for a professional do it. Professionals have to sanitize all there stuff for each use and will usually buy new supplies specifically for each bride --brand new mascaras, lipsticks, etc. It all adds up.
In my experience, I have always spent more time with the the bride and very little time with the BM's or mother of the bride. It just always works out that way. Hence, less cost for BM's and everyone else. Brides get a lot of interuptions during the application and it just takes longer to get it right. That said, I have done several of my bff's makeup on their wedding for free because I understand the costs. I don't charge and arm and a leg more for brides only about $15 more, which is kind of for my extra time and travel. If you're paying a ton more than that because you're a bride, I would ask them, why so much?
I should also add that I would probably charge the same for a general makeup application if the bride came to me and I spent very little time with the bride, but unfortunately that is rarely the case.
p.s. i hope that's doesn't sound self-promotional. just trying to help. : )
Thank you girls for all of the input! Believe it or not I actually feel alot better just knowing that I am not the only one who was a little shocked about this. Whats funny is I am not someone usually deterred by price tag and can typically find some way to justify things even when they arent 100% necessary, so you can only imagine how shocked i was to have actually pulled back! haha
So This is where I am at:: I definately want to find some way to treat my 2 BM and my Mom for all of the work they are putting in and all of the love they have always shown, sooo I will continue to shop around and find a way to cut cost without cutting quality. I guess this is the blessing/plague of wedding planning.
@beezkneez-- your response was really helpful and gave a perspective for me that i may have unnecessarily discounted- so thank you!! Truth be told I actually consider make-up more important than hair, because as along as a girls face looks amazing the hair becomes secondary- i never really minded the make-up cost.
So the search goes on for me. Good Luck to everyone also fighting this battle, and to the girls that are taking control and doing it themselves, you are so brave (and so smart!)
How much was your wedding dress, shoes/accessories videographer and photographer each?How much were the flowers? Add up the first 4, (ignore the flowers for now) and then look at your budget for makeup/hair. Just to put things in perspective, you spent X much on making yourself look PERFECT and X much to be immortalized in film and video so you can remember how beautiful and happy you were on your big day, and then think about what you think is reasonable for hair and makeup. I just threw in the florist aspect because I'm fairly certain that the florist vendor costs you more than $800............and they wilt within a day.
I'm just going to be honest to say that many brides 'underbudget' for their beauty vendors. Not to say the cost of packing/organizing should mean the price would and should DOUBLE, but there's a lot of preparation time that goes on to bringing all the stuff over, including what beezkneez mentioned, sanitizing all the tools and making sure everything is in line. The price would be lower if you come to me so I wouldn't need to do the work aforementioned.
Would you go to a doctor that charges 50% less than every other doctor in the country? would you ask a doctor to give you a discount for a price that's reasonable for the kind of service they provide? if the doctor who gives you a 50% discount, do you think he or she uses sanitary tools/dispose of them correctly?
This is the universal struggle of freelance makeup artists, but it's really up to you and your priorities; think about what's more important to you and your guests; is it hiring a top notch DJ so the party gets going? beautiful flowers? or looking and feeling the most beautiful.
i've heard prices that steep, unfortunately. :(
i am paying $80/head (including mine) for me, my five bridesmaids, and mom and MIL.
makeup is $55 for me and the girls are doing their own.
I see what you are saying Skyla.arts, but its acutally not the make-up that is bothering me- its really the hair price. I am very well aware of the cost of make-up and regularly spend money sometimes a hundred bucks a pop in sephora, because i do know how important it is to have the right products interacting with you skin and the difference it makes to pay just a bit more.
That said, my main issue is with the hairstylists in my area.. The fact that my hair would cost a whopping $200 to do when the bm would only cost $100. I get the stylist is making more time and paying closer attention to get it perfect for me, but I am just dissappointed i guess that there seems to be that much of a difference. Especially when I could have been dishonest and told them I needed an updo for a "formal night out" and not told them I am a bride. And just so you know these prices for hair are for me and the 3 other people actually going into the salon. Thats why I am annoyed. Alllllright. I am ready to put my happy face back on, and keep searching for a reasonable hair person. I dont think it is too far fetched to want to find someone with reasonable prices who will give the same attention to detail to all the people they are working on- therefore charging the same price for all. That seems fair to me.
Hi Stormala, I see what you mean! When I read the thread and your concerns in the beginning I thought it was mostly the total number that hair/makeup would cost.
I was the opposite; I think how I looked was more important than the florist/DJ/the dress i was gonna wear ONE TIME, so .......well......if $800 is crazy, I don't want to share how much my beauty vendors cost for myself, my MOH and my moms!
I think it's really weird that the money is going to the salon and not the hair artist...!
I actually do makeup and I'm learning hair and work with someone who does hair when we do weddings, but for our work, the bride price is very different than the BMs/Bridal Party - in fact the BMs and Bridal Party hair costs exactly the same as say a 'special occasion'~ The difference, in my opinion, is that the hair stylist spends way more time/attention/effort on the bride's hair. I agree with you that $100 for just hair is steep. But you gotta trust me about the effort and care for bride is waaaaaay different; and if you want the 'same' treatment, you would expect to pay the same price. It's also way simpler. For the price of the BMs/Bridal Party/Special Occasions hair, you wouldn't expect ellaborate up-dos, complex constructions and braiding, and time to apply a lot of extensions and what not.
If you had told the salon that it was for a night out, I think you might have had to have more #s of BMs/Bridal Party members there for the Salon to send someone out - travel fees and what not; and they would have done something very simple for 'a night out'~ also to my knowledge (since I looked into it in the past) not all hair stylist are equal in terms of their 'bridal' training~ some people really just like to cut/color/perm~ and others take special courses in addition to their regular cosmetology training~~~ these were factors that helped me decide my hair vendor.
At the salon I'm getting my hair done at it's about $60 for a formal updo (like for prom or something) but it's $120 for bridal hair. It does include a trial, though. I don't think many people get hair trials for proms.
Anything with the word Bride or Wedding attached to it means they can all charge more! It was a nightmare finding someone I could afford, and I finally did! Just keep looking but expect to pay a little bit more even when you do find a deal, but it can be done! I don't miss all that pre wedding stress! I paid $125 for my MOH and I and our hair was washed, blow dried and curled and they put in my veil.
Dont go to a Salon unless they can make a good combo for you.. i am a prof. makeup artist and when i used to work in a Salon they would charge the customer 90$ for a makeup i normaly charge 45$. But they have to take a % from the money they make.. you better look for someone who would work at home. As for prices, brides are normaly more picky and more difficult customers (very stressed too..), we also use alot more products (in my case) on brides. Since i only use very high quality product and would work face structure and much more on a bride.. this is the reason why i charge more for a bride. Unless shes a veryyyy easy and simple customer, then maybe i would lower the price for her.
Dont hesite to ask a salon why they charge you extra. Ask about the product quality. You have to know why and what your payin for:)
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Bees,
I am really annoyed that everything seems to multiply in price as soon as the word wedding, or bride is mentioned! Am I crazy or are you running into this too? From the big things like flowers and even car services which would be so much less if it werent for a wedding, down to hairstyles! How can any normal person who walks into a salon off the street expect to pay 95 dollars for an updo- but a Bride have to pay $200?! Does the avg girl get bad service or will her hair style come undone more quicky? Wtf??? I want to be reasonable and try and budget to spend realistically, (esp becasue the size and cost of our wedding DOUBLED) and was even entertaining paying for make-up and hair for my 2 Bm and my mom-- but at 100/head for hair and 200/me just for hair!! and 125 for makeup for me and 80/face for the other 3 how can i feel comfortable with that??? EISH. Thats over $800!!!!! Sorry if this was ranty but I just want to look and feel perfect and I want the women around me to feel the same way- just didnt realize I needed to loose my wallet in the proceess...
How much are you all paying- and am I being seriously ripped off??? This seems Crazy!