Hello and welcome to LovelyBrides.com! My name is Jennifer Coley and I have been a professional makeup artist for over 18 years. My past experience includes onsite makeup artistry for print work and fashion shows for many of the top  modeling agencies in Miami Beach, FL as well as weddings and special events. In addition to being a professional makeup artist, I became a licensed Nail Technician in 1992 and had a large clientele in Coral Gables, Florida, before relocating to Raleigh, North Carolina in December of 2001.

 I am now booking Weddings for Spring and Summer 2006.


I supply everything and travel to you on your wedding day. I custom blend foundations to match each individual persons skin tone and only use quality makeup such as MAC, Bobbi Brown, Chanel ,Lancôme and Stila. All items used are disposable with the exception of my brushes, which are cleaned and sanitized after each client. 

Having worked with many brides over the past 16 years, I have found that most brides prefer their make-up to look natural (the not "too made-up look"), but at the same time enhancing their best features. I do recommend scheduling a trial session prior to your wedding day so that we may establish what look suits you best. If you prefer a more dramatic look, I can do that as well!
 
My  goal at Lovely Brides is to make things easier for you on your wedding day, by offering professional onsite hair and makeup artistry  for you and your entire wedding party. You are spending so much time and money making sure that your Wedding Day is the day you have always dreamed of . Complete your plans with Onsite Professional Makeup and Hair. Your Wedding album will be viewed for a lifetime and you will want everyone to look their best! I look forward to helping you prepare for your Wedding.

 Jennifer Coley
 

Services available-

Trial Session Makeup and Hair
Portrait Session Makeup and Hair
Wedding Day Makeup & Hair for the Bride and her Wedding Party
Eyebrow shaping
Eyelashes

Why should I hire a Professional Hair and Makeup Stylist for my Wedding?

Why have your make-up done professionally for your wedding? Often a bride will not bat an eyelash at hiring a professional hairdresser to come to her house for her wedding day hairdo and pay substantially for it, yet she will throw away her investment by choosing to do her own make-up and later lament her decision after seeing the wedding pictures.

Simply put, professionally applied makeup will help complete the look you spent so many months pulling together. Just a simple application that takes into consideration your unique features can have surprising effects. Melding talent, skill, training and experience, Makeup Artists together with a professional Photographer, can produce amazing results in your photographs.

You may have seen pictures of brides looking washed out and pasty, having very dark eyes that seem to disappear, or wearing bold colored eye shadow like blue or green! No amount of retouching can get rid of imperfections like these in your photographs. But, it is important to add that bridal makeup does not need to be applied with a heavy hand in order to appeal to the camera. After all, you don’t want to look like you’re wearing a mask or disguise on your wedding day!

What you can expect from Lovely Brides by Jennifer

  • For your Wedding day makeup Jennifer factors in your skin type, time of the event, weather conditions, the style or theme of the wedding, and the style of the dress.
  • Jennifer will also make similar considerations for the wedding party, including the bridesmaids, mother of the bride and mother of the groom.
  • Jennifer will give you a make-up application that will last throughout your entire event and provide you with a make up application that looks as good in photos as it does in real life. If needed, Jennifer can provide the Bride with a few touch up essentials such as lip liner, lipstick, lip gloss and oil blotting sheets.
  • If needed Jennifer will add subtle contouring without making you look "overdone" for your wedding day. Often times we do not realize that when taking pictures, it is the little details that need to be adjusted from your everyday makeup.
  • Jennifer specializes in “Photographic” makeup and will include before and after pictures at your trial run.

Not convinced? Need More Reasons?

  1. The bride and bridal party getting their hair and make up done together is a great bonding experience and may be one of the last chances you all get to spend together before the wedding.
  2. Then there is also the matter of your nerves. By having Jennifer work her magic, you can relax and know that you are in the hands of a dedicated professional who specializes in Weddings and working with Brides.
  3. Finally, this is your big day and may be the only day you ever have to be a complete princess. Enjoy, relax and let other people do the work for you!

 

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