My Wedding Makeup Review

This is something I've been wanting to talk about even before I decided to start a blog. I want to get this review out there so everyone who is considering going to the place I went to, knows what happens there!

Basically, there are so many options out there now that it's not the easiest to choose. It gets harder because when you look at the portfolio's online all the brides look amazing and glamorous, I mean who's going to put pictures up of the brides who's makeup they screwed up?! So when I was deciding on my makeup, I had shortlisted it to 2-3 ones that sounded really promising. When I decided telling people about my choices, a lot of people were hesitant since some of them were comparatively new to the game and some had experienced personally with them and weren't happy, etc. etc. The one thing everybody agreed on though was that Madeeha's was a classic and they weren't a new place and apparently everyone who went gave glowing reviews. Also, the fact that I didn't live in Lahore didn't help. I couldn't come in and try out the makeup artists and also I'm the eldest in my family so all my cousins are younger than me and so they also had no experience.

So anyway, I had been booked for Mehndi and Baraat makeup. I went in on the first day and like most people, wanted a cousin to come with me to help me out and keep me from getting bored and tell me if I look ok and all that. We get there and they say no one is allowed with the bride. I can understand if I had brought a whole crew of people, but I had brought only one person. They apparently thought that if anyone came with the bride, they would copy their makeup secrets, it had nothing to do with lack of space or anything. So I started off disappointed and then they tell me that their's a separate floor for each service (hair, makeup, dupatta setting and nails). If there's one positive thing I can say about the place is that at least they were organized. So anyways I start with hair and while the girls were polite, they did not listen at all to what I wanted. Supposedly they knew best. God forbid the bride decide what she wants to look like on HER wedding day. I had asked for one of those messy side braids, and what I got didn't much look like what I had asked for. Moving on I went to the make up place and again, nothing I said was important to them. I ended up with orange eye shadow, no crease no other color no blending or anything. Just one sweep of orange, and I had specified that I hate the color orange but she decided that orange was the best color. There was no contouring done to my face and she put eyeliner on in some way which made my eyes look tiny. If there's one thing I don't have, it's small eyes. Keep in mind my Mehndi clothes were plum and fuchsia.

The next day on my Baraat, I had expected they'd let someone come with me because of all the jewelry and heavy clothes and it's hard to keep track of all that just on your own, but again no one was allowed. For my hair they made some weird side bun with a few curls hanging out and way way too much backcombing. My makeup was even worse than the Mehndi day. Again, my eyes were made to look small and the eyelashes were not put on properly...they kept coming off from one side. They used bad makeup and no brushes, they mostly used their hands, which I understand that some people are better at using their hands and not everyone needs to use brushes but they did not have that kind of control. Once this horrible makeup was done I was supposed to walk up and down in my heavy clothes and go get my jewelry and then go back down and put the boxes in the safe and then go back up to get my duppatta put on. While I understand that your duppatta doesn't need to be up to your forehead but mine was not even midway on my head. I kept asking them to put it a bit more forward because firstly, my duppatta was very heavy and I knew it would keep going back and secondly I hated how it looked. Ofcourse no one listened and by the time I got to my photoshoot my duppatta was half off and my tikka was not put on properly so as the duppatta slid backwards, my tickka disappeared into my hair and half my hair cmae out. Mind you, I had the package with the senior stylists and final touch ups by Madeeha. So this all was Madeeha approved. I was especially disappointed because I had chosen to wear my mom's wedding dress which was a classic Barkat Ali. With certain changes I made for myself, but overall it was a classic piece and all my jewelry was along that them and then you see my hair and makeup and it didn't do justice at all to my clothes.

I'm not usually one to write such long reviews that are basically full of things that were wrong, but you don't get another wedding day. This is the one day that you think about and plan since you are a little girl. I loved my clothes and had a particular look in mind. I get that makeup artists want to make sure the brides look good or else it's a bad reflection on them but in this case I looked bad regardless. I literally don't show my wedding pictures or video to anyone because that's how bad I looked!

On the other hand, for my Valima my makeup was done by Babloo who did create his own look but at the same time listened to my opinions and we both ended up compromising. I was allowed to have someone with me so I was more comfortable and had help when I needed it. and I ended up looking so much better! So all in all, anyone who plans on going to Madeeha's please make sure you get a trial run and check that you are happy with their services before committing. Can't lie, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone but of course everyone has their own experience and I hope no one else has the same experience as me.

xx

Saneya

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