How to fire my makeup artist

Just let her know that you’re no longer in need of her services.

What Victoria said. While planning I did a trial with a ww vendor. She was extremely sweet, close to my venue, all that I thought I needed. But when I looked in the mirror I nearly cried and then one of the fake eyelashes fell off within 5 mins of me getting in my car. My adult son is my adult mirror and when I got home and as gentle as he could he said momma something ain't right. That was all I needed. Wet wipes to the rescue and an email the next day to the vendor that I decided to take different route. I decided not to share with her what was wrong because beforehand we discussed in detail how I don't wear makeup besides lipstick so was looking for something natural and I didn't have the time nor money to keep doing it until it was right. Nevertheless she thanked me for giving her a try. I still left her a nice review on ww. The pics I took afterwards I've since deleted as I wanted no one ever to find them.

I have to break up with my makeup artist as well. Unfortunately I lose the $100 deposit. But I am glad it was not more than that. I think I am just going to tell her after several trials I have decided to do my own makeup and that the girls will be helped by a family friend. It's a lie but idk how else to say it. I am not the type to just say I no longer need your services.

View Quoted Comment I’m sorry yours didn’t turn out how you wanted either! I will definitely be deleting the pics also lol.

If you're worried about offending her, easy solution is to tell her you spoke with a family member and they got very teary eyed and REALLY want to do your make up, and you didn't realize how important it was to them. If they're a stranger, they'll literally never know if you use a different artist. If they're a friend invited to the wedding, you could say an old friend came out of the woodworks and is a make up artist and it would mean a lot to her if she did the make up, or you can say the family thing and just do it yourself and have your mom tap on some blush. I'm definitely not one for lying but it's hard in this situation as because you already know and agreed to the price, it's pretty clear why you're "breaking up" at this point, so I'd probably go with one of those if I was in your situation.

View Quoted Comment I’m also losing my deposit which is a bummer. I was thinking of telling mine something along the lines of that. I don’t want to tell her that either so I was conflicted on how to politely do it. Good luck with yours!!

View Quoted Comment Thank you!! I don’t like the idea of lying either but it seems it may be best in this situation to avoid offending her.

Maybe say you have conflicting styles. It's honest but also gets the point across that you are pay for a service so you should be happy with the service you are receiving!

Unless this is a friend or someone you know personally, just be upfront and say that you were unhappy with the look you got vs the look you asked for and expected and will be going with someone else. If this is their job, I assure you are not the first person to not get the look you were hoping for. She will be ok, just be honest.

If this is their full time job you can be honest. Polite, but honest. I'd probably say
Your technique is great but I think we have conflicting styles, I've decided to go a different route for my wedding, thank you for your time.
Leave it at that.

I get the desire to be non-confrontational, but it’s her job and she can’t do better if she doesn’t know something is wrong. Even a simple statement like “doesn’t work with my style” gives her a clue that she might want to talk more carefully with her next client to get thing right. As long as you’re polite I think she’s much better off if you’re honest