Vancouver Wedding: Clarisa & Justin

This past weekend I had the pleasure working with Wedding Planner Genève McNally of DreamGroup Productions Inc. on the Wedding of a very sweet couple - Clarisa and Justin.

It was an early call time for me and my two assistants, as we needed to do the Hair and Makeup for the Bridal Party of 10 ladies, including the Bride, Mother of the Bride, Maid of Honour, bridesmaids, Bride's sister, cousins and sister-in-law etc. Interesting that even though Clarisa was a Chinese Bride, she and her sister/cousins all conversed in fluent Spanish. I couldn't understand a word, but knew that the Groom and groomsmen were up for some serious games before they could enter the Bride's house (a Chinese Wedding tradition).

Heat and Tears are two of the toughest challenges for Bridal Makeup Artists and Hairstylists, and we definitely had plenty of both last Saturday. Clarisa shed multiple rounds of happy tears all day long, so I was greatly relieved to see her face still gorgeous and makeup still intact at 6pm, when I returned to touch up for the evening. After the Wedding, I was happy to hear from Genève that "their hair and make-up held up beautifully into the night..." Yay..!

Here is a snapshot I took of Clarisa in her Chinese dress ( a.k.a. qi-bao or cheong-sam ). Can't wait to see the other photos taken by her Wedding photographers - Cindy and Dre from Doubletake Photography!



Michelle Wong
Bridal Makeup - Vancouver, BC
www.michellemakeup.com