Should I ask friend who is MUA to do makeup even if she's not on guest list?

I would hire her and add her...unless you find someone else great for the same price or do it yourself. Depends really on you and if you really want her to do your makeup.

Well I think you should let someone else do your makeup on that day. The last thing you want is to worry about having time to do your makeup or your makeup coming out a certain way. It's your day to be pampered! Go for the MUA (after a makeup trial of course, lol)

Like you said business is business and if she had another client she wouldn't expect to go to their wedding. I would just explain to her as nicely as you explained to us that even though you would love to invite everyone you just can't. If she's a real friend she'll understand and feel honored you're trusting her to do your makeup on one of the biggest days in your life. Good Luck :-)

Thanks Mel. I'm not even sure how much she would charge me. I have been considering my makeup myself, but if I chose a MUA she would be my first choice.

Thanks FutureMrsValley. Maybe I'll just get a trial from the makeup artist I met recently and if I don't like it, I'll just do it myself.

Like you said, as long as you treat it like business it's fine. Does she have a professional phone number or website? Approach her the way any client would (as opposed to asking her while you're just hanging out one day). She should be okay not being invited.

ETA there should be no need for you to say "thanks hun have a safe trip home." She'll know she's not invited since she didn't receive a formal invitation. If she did try to stay without an invite, that would be incredibly rude and presumptuous.

Thanks MissMadeline

I would hire her. I'm pretty sure she would understand. And business is business at the end of the day.

I agree with the others. Keep it business, keep it professional. I personally wouldn't because I would be afraid of mixing the two. I turned a friend down who wanted to do my make up but that was mainly because she works at MAC and everyone walks out of those places looking like clowns IMO. If you think it would work and she would be able to keep a professional attitude (I am remembering the horror story with Tati's make up lady) then you shouldn't feel obligated to extend to her an invite.

I have a friend who does our hair (she works at Philip Pelusi) and b/c she offered to do our hair for only $40/head I did invite her. It's going to be awkward b/c her ex is the best man but o well .... I couldn't say hey can u drive an hour + to do our hair then go home... in the grand scheme of thing what was 2 more guests (her and her boyfriend) and I really like her so I don't care LOL

Neicy - Yup, business is business. I guess I can't worry about hurting someone's feelings.

mc4dj13 - Oh no! She's not as bad as Tati's MUA. We're cool and all but that is just too much TMI lol

Ashley - That's one of my concerns too. She'll be traveling from Yonkers, New York to Tenafly, New Jersey. It's about 30 minutes without traffic, can't take as long as 1 hour in traffic.

And before anyone says talk to Hubby, I know him and he will automatically say to invite her because she is a real sweetheart and he said to invite her early on before I decided whether or not to use her as a MUA, but when we got to chopping, she got chopped along with others. lol

I'd say invite her. I'd be hurt if you asked me to do that.

Yeah, I'm with the girls that say invite her if you want her to be your MUA. Even if you paid me, and we were buddies, and I didn't get an invitation, I'd be a bit hurt.

I would say probably hire her but also invite her. Maybe doing your makeup will end up being her wedding gift to you! We had the same problem with a friend of FH who is also a photographer, but we eventually decided to hire a different photographer because we thought that it would put FH's friend in a weird situation of being a "guest" but also being at "work." But for makeup it only requires a little bit of work before the actual party begins!

I had a feeling a few would lean towards inviting her. Guess I should shoot her an email and even see if she is available on that date. Wouldn't that be something. And she's been wanting to go out to din din for a while now, but we're both busy. Maybe I could just ask her then. I think I have decided to extend an invitation to her and a guest.

But first, I'll discuss with Hubby. Like I've said before, he's VERY involved. lol

Thanks for all the input ladies. I'll keep you posted

Invite her she may even do you makeup and your bridal party for free

That would be nice and it's only me and my MOH. If she offers I won't turn down free, but I will offer to pay