Bridesmaids hair

As long as you're not requiring them to use them or do their hair and makeup a certain way, you dont need to foot the bill.

I will be telling my girls they can use the hair and make up people I am using but I am not requiring a certain look so if they want it done they will be paying.

Agree with PP.

As long as you don’t require it or anything specific, then it’s completely ok to offer the services as optional and have them pay. That’s what I’m doing.

Nope! That's what I'm doing to. If you require they get their hair and/or make up professionally done or are requiring a certain look, you should pay for it. If they can do whatever, you don't have to.

Same as all the pp, just adding not to even worry about it, I actually prefer when the bride says we can just do our own hair and make up or get it done if we want & pay for it on our own, just makes it easier.

Yes, as long as it's optional you do not have to pay for it!

I did this! My bridesmaids were thrilled that if they wanted to pay for it, the option was there. (most of them don't really know how to do their hair besides straightening it and I can't do it this time because I'm the bride lol) They don't feel pressured at all but all said they wanted to pay for it. How you go about this kind of a thing is key. If your friends/ family members are struggling financially and you know that, make sure you have a private conversation with them outside of whatever group text/ announcement on a page/ etc that you send out to all of them. If your bridesmaids feel like they HAVE to pay, it will embarrass and hurt them if they can't.

I paid for my MUA to do all of their makeup though so I think they were all really appreciative about that and didn't mind paying hair after that.

My bridesmaids are all aware that they will be paying for their hair, makeup, dress etc. I am close to everyone I’m my bridal party so talking about this was very easy. They already figured that’s what they would being doing anyways. As far as hair and makeup goes I would say that’s not on you unless you want them to look a certain way that might be out of their price point. Most makeup artists will give you a set price and you can tell the girls what it is. At the end of the day I think your girls will want to use a hair and makeup artist so they shouldn’t have no problem covering the cost.

This is exactly what I'm doing. If they want to use the hair professional that I've hired, they can pay for the service. I am not requiring anything special for their hair, so they can choose to do their own, or hire the professional.

I am paying for my girls to get the pro makeup done. Just so they can feel pampered too!