November 12th Wedding/Salon Day

Friday wedding days are long days and throw me off a bit. Usually the weddings are in the middle of the day and I tend to work in the salon for my regular clients before and after the wedding.  Today was no different. I started my day off with a bride that wanted to meet and try out my services prior to booking. She was actually from right in town and happen to see our window that said Bridal Services. Here are pics from her trial:

I thought it was great that her bridal dress shop actually let her borrow some head bands to try out at the trial to decide which one would suit best. That helped her choose so much easier. She was able to pick the one she loved and also in the end picked me as her stylist for her wedding day in January! :)

Now it's wedding time! Rach and I packed up and headed out to Hamden for Katherine's wedding.

Car ride was a big success. Discussed the outline for our end of the year meeting with the BE ladies and learned a few things about our presidents...Like, Abraham Lincoln definitely did not have wooden teeth (after much debate with Rachel.) and Someone invented the teddy bear and named it after Teddy Roosevelt. lol

We arrived at Katherine's house and she was so excited for the day. She had the best bubbly personality. She chose the look for her bridesmaids and we did classic french twists on everyone accented with cream and chocolate flower clips to match the dresses. Such a great idea to do when your doing a French twist. It definitely adds to this classic style and makes it more modern.  Unfortunately, my assistant doesn't have much experience with doing french twists on really thick hair. (it takes alot of skill tucking in alot of hair like that into the twist.) So, I twisted away on all 5 girls in the party!  Usually, when I bring my assistant she does all the curl work required for styles and I do all the finish and styling work. 

As we worked away we watched repeat episodes of Say Yes To The Dress. I have to say, I have never seen the show before and it was quite entertaining! lol Made for some good conversation while we got everyone ready. It's funny because I have had 2 brides this year and 1 last year that was actually on the show and all this time I've never seen it.  

Katherine was last to get done and her look is a personal favorite of mine. She went with a side bun with curls that had some volume and soft twists going into the style. She used some hair jewelry that were two flowers to compliment the style and just made it that more classic. I can't wait to see the pics with her dress on!

Here are some getting ready pics with Katherine's final look:

After completing this wedding we headed back to the salon and I finished off my day with 2 colors and a hair cut client. Yes, Fridays are long days but, I get the best of both worlds all in one day. Formal Styling and Color. I wouldn't have it any other way!

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November 6th Weddings

My first wedding day blog! Yes, it is slowly winding down for our wedding season and although I had this idea to mentally and sometimes visually document our day with our brides to share our adventures on the road for 2011, I wanted to get a head start now. We still have some beautiful women left on the appointment books and we want to share a small piece of their day from our eyes!

I have to get the girls in the habit of taking pics but, if time doesn't allow or if were unable to do so for any reason then we will still share a piece of what we learned or loved about each of our clients. So here is our day on November 6th, 2010:

Team:
Marlem & Rachel
Hair Appts only

Bride: Clara
Clients: 5 booked, 1 added on for a total 6
Location:Middletown Inn

        More and more we hear about how succesful dating websites are. Clara had met her husband on E~Harmony. It sounds like they were a perfect match from the beginning and thought the same too! Clara shared her story on the many things that occured that proved they were always on the same page. Everything from giving each other the same exact cards for christmas to him trying to find her the right dress for a romantic evening and she happens to go with the same exact dress on he had in mind. I guess great minds think alike!  If you noticed earlier I described what we normally would say as soon to be husband at the time we are actually providing our services but Clara also was lucky enough to be a bride twice to the same man!They had a traditional chinese ceremony in China prior to their day we were apart of!!! So cool!

Clara's Beauty Entourage duo were scheduled to be there for 2  hours to have 5 girls completed and were able to finish them early enough to add on mom for services as well.

Congratulations Clara! 



Wedding #2
Team: Kayle
Hair Appts only

Bride: Annette
Clients: 2
Location: In our salon

Anette found us just about a month before her wedding! I am so happy we were able to accommodate her for her day. She had booked services for her and her daughter to come to the salon and get their hair done. She had shorter hair and wanted a full updo so Kayle opted to add in hair extensions to help with that. Anette came in before hand so we could get a perfect match and once we received the hair come back to do her hair trial. 

I was in the salon when Anette came in to get her hair done and I felt like she was a regular client coming in we've always known. She was so laid back and her and Kayle seemed to click very well and had alot to talk about.

Here are some pics from her trial

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New Blog

Welcome to our Blog!  I always said we could write a book with our adventures of Beauty Entourage. So I decided instead I would write a blog. 

We are a traveling Hair & Make Up team based out of Newington, Ct. Our team consists currently of 6 girls. We travel on site for these services throughout Ct,Ny,RI, and Ma. I started Beauty Entourage in 2005 with just myself and one make up artist and we have grown each year providing our services now for over 100 weddings a year!

Every weekend we get to go out and make women feel beautiful and feel great about themselves. Along the way we have a blast. I'm in such awe sometimes by the people we meet, the things we see, and the hillarious times I have with my team in our car trips alone... Here is my place to share with everyone our days on the road.  Hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

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