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Just Said Yes August 2015

When should I start getting ready for a 5pm ceremony?

Yulanda, on March 1, 2015 at 10:57 PM Posted in Wedding Attire 0 6

Hello fellow brides! I need some advice.

I am sleeping at the venue the night before the wedding and the entire weekend. The ceremony and the reception is at the same location. The venue will be providing a room to get ready for me and my wedding party. I need to know what time should we start hair and makeup? I have 5 bridesmaids for hair and makeup. I don't want to sit around waiting anxiously and will be taking pictures after the ceremony. Also, I will be wearing a wig that will be styled the night before and touched up the day of. I'm trying to create a timeline with a 20 minute window to be ready before the ceremony. Please give a timeline based on getting ready at the venue, the bride wearing a wig, 5 bridesmaids for hair and makeup, getting dressed and covering up three tattoos. Is it bad that I want to be ready by 4:45pm, so that I'm not waiting too long? I thank everyone in advance and look forward to reading the comments.

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Latest activity by OG FMP, on March 2, 2015 at 11:52 AM
  • Happy In Hawaii
    Master July 2015
    Happy In Hawaii ·
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    Okay, 4:45 is good to shoot for to be ready, however I think you really should aim for about 3:30-4:00 to be ready and then take some formal pictures with just your bridesmaids and your parents and some just of you in your wedding dress. That means I'd start getting into your dress around maybe 3:00 assuming you want photos of that. Then your mom helps put your necklace on, friends help with the garter, etc up to about 3:30. Then you can do some pictures in the room and around with just the girls if you aren't doing a first look. Adjust this to what you think you would want in terms of pics.

    My makeup artist said to plan for 45 minutes for hair and 45 minutes for makeup. I'd talk to your hair and makeup people to see what they typically do. Are you going to have multiple people available to do hair and makeup? Also make sure to account for lunch, but people can eat whenever they're not getting makeup and hair done. So for 5 people plus you I'd say 1.5 hours per person meaning you should start pretty early in the morning.

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  • Reese
    Master July 2015
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    My ceremony starts at 5 pm and we're doing a first look at 2. Hair and makeup for myself, my 4 bridesmaids, and the two moms is starting at 8 am. So, if you're not doing a first look, I think it should start by 11 am. And I would recommend being done at least an hour before the ceremony begins. I would be so stressed if I wasn't ready until the last minute!

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  • Emmy
    Master January 2015
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    I had a 5pm ceremony we started getting ready at noon. I had my mom, 5 bms and my cousin getting hair and makeup done. We were ready by 330-ish to do pictures and first look

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    Just Said Yes August 2015
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    Beautiful brides, thank you for replying. I was thinking about starting around 1230, so I'm not waiting around too long afterward. I'm the type of person that has to be ready last. We will be having lunch at the venue around 3, to make sure everyone has something in their stomach a few hours before the wedding. The venue will be serving beef wellingtons to me and the entire wedding party.

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  • From Mi to Mo
    Super May 2015
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    I will be following this, as I am not sure when I should start getting ready for my 2:00pm ceremony. haha. But I am seeing what everyone else is saying and I'd guess it depends on who you are. It seems like between 5-9 hours before the ceremony. which is crazy to me...because if I did 9 hours before...yikes that's early Smiley surprise I hope someone can help you, though!

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  • OG FMP
    Master August 2015
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    My MUA said that she will probably take 40 minutes to do each BM makeup and one hour on mine so doing our make up will take roughly 4.5 hours and hair probably another 4 hours. Give or take it'll take about 8.5 hours for 7 of us to get ready, hair, makeup and dressed. My ceremony will start at 5pm so we're arriving to the salon at 8am then MUA will do our makeup at the venue.

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