mog wants to use own hairdresser

I would let her go to who she wants for her hair and just tell her what time the makeup person/people will be and if she makes it that would be great. But it would be up to her to make it there on time. You should focus on the people you've hired for the day of and set those times according to who will be there first.

View Quoted Comment Thank you for your help! She also wants to bring in her hairdresser to the venue to set up in our bridal suite to do our hair. What should I do about that?

View Quoted Comment To do HER* hair

View Quoted Comment I would tell her that you have someone hired to be at the venue (if the niece is going to be there doing hair services) and kindly tell her that if she insists on utilizing her own hairdresser it will need to be elsewhere unfortunately. I would assume you'd already have too many people in the suite to comfortably add another hairdresser with room to work. If she is insistent on doing hair with you there then set a hard line of she can use the person you've hired to be at the suite or meet up at the suite after she has an appointment with her person.

View Quoted Comment I agree. She’s free to use her own hairdresser but unfortunately you won’t be able to accommodate her in the bridal suite if she chooses to do that.

I'm in the same situation his mom is using her own and his sister who is also my bridesmaid is using her own. It really bothers me.
But it's more time for your hair to get done.
Theres nothing you can really do about it. I would just tell her you need to know exactly when she plans on getting done and if she's using her own it cant get in the way of your schedule and what's already setup

Agree with above. She has 2 options:
1. Her hairdresser but at different location
2. Your hired hairdresser at the bridal suite.

If you can space-wise fit the second hairdresser into the bridal suite, I'd just let your MIL coordinate that herself. Her niece probably knows what your MIL is like so she will probably be understanding about it. If there truly is no space, then your MIL can get her hair done alone in her hotel room or by the niece with the group. You've provided her with a hairdresser so if she chooses to pick her own then she can coordinate that.

Why can't another hairdresser be in the bridal suite? If she wants to coordinate and pay for her own I would just let her. I dont' know why it's a big deal.

I would tell her to do her own thing & show up when she is done. I hired one company, and if people want to go elsewhere they can do that, but other artists won't be in the bridal suite.

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This exactly!!

She's free to use her own hairdresser, but that doesn't mean she can mess up the schedule you've set, or the arrangements you've made (and paid for).

Let her go to her own hair dresser. Just give her the time you need her to be at the first location by. If she's not there on time she misses those photos...

Hi Megan! How did this situation resolve?

I hope you had an amazing day! Would love to see some pictures if you have some