{"id":2949,"date":"2012-02-08T22:01:08","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T22:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/studiowednashville.com\/nashvilleblog\/?p=2949"},"modified":"2014-01-09T00:58:03","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T00:58:03","slug":"kelly-plans-a-wedding-the-beautifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/kelly-plans-a-wedding-the-beautifier\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Plans a Wedding: The Beautifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While I don&#8217;t hope &#8220;it&#8217;s all downhill from here,&#8221; I am striving to be the prettiest I&#8217;ve ever been on my wedding day. {See? Prettiest <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">thus far<\/span>. I can still be prettier later.} Call it vain, superficial, whatever\u2026 our wedding day will definitely be the most documented day of my life, so why not look lovely on it?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never had my hair or makeup legitimately professionally done. {Granted, I have had a couple of ex-makeup-counter-maven moms-of-friends do my prom makeup and gone to salons for horrible lacquered-curl updos from grades 8 to 12. I&#8217;m going to say for the sake of &#8220;professionalism,&#8221; those don&#8217;t count.} While I debated back-and-forth quite a bit about whether I wanted to go big or go home {after all, my matrons of honor are <em>quite<\/em> handy with a set of hot rollers and eyeshadow}, I finally figured that a couple hundred dollars to look STUNNING in all those $$$$ wedding pictures\/videos was absolutely, totally worth it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2953\" title=\"N&amp;J6\" src=\"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/NJ61.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"540\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Who was I kidding, anyways? I&#8217;ve really been trying to be the most considerate bride ever to my bridesmaids {after the whole &#8220;hey guys, can you return those fugly dresses I made you buy last week, pretty please?!&#8221; episode}, and how considerate is it to deem your matrons of honor responsible for making you look flawless on camera and in real life? Not very. I want to be chill and cool and fun and very PRESENT on my wedding day, and that&#8217;s not so likely to happen if I&#8217;m bossing around my bests to &#8220;get to curlin&#8217;.&#8221; Not to mention, there were a couple occasions in high school when I&#8217;d make my sister take off the makeup she just meticulously applied on my face because &#8220;I want eyeliner on my top AND bottom lashes but not liquid liner, and it needs to be darker\/lighter\/more dramatic\/less dramatic\/more neutral\/etc\u2026&#8221; If I was anal retentive about high school homecoming, I should probably just hand over the reins to a professional who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">does this for a living<\/span> and stop stressing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2954\" title=\"brb10\" src=\"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/brb101.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never seen anyone who looks less than impeccably gorgeous coming from <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/amylynnlarwig.com\" target=\"_blank\">Amy Lynn Larwig<\/a>.\u00a0 Not to mention, after observing countless consultations she&#8217;s done here in the Studio, I know I&#8217;ll get to enjoy the musical stylings of Britney and Rihanna while she&#8217;s beautifying me! Amy Lynn is fun and EXTREMELY talented at what she does. I have full confidence that I will emerge from her beauty chair as the lovely blushing bride I dream of being!<\/p>\n<p>Now, for a little hair and makeup inspiration&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2952\" title=\"amy lynn blog\" src=\"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/amy-lynn-blog1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"748\" height=\"886\" \/><\/p>\n<p>{From top left, clockwise: \u00a0neutral <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/kelly_stack\/akd-revised\/\" target=\"_blank\">hues<\/a>, smoky <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/heatherdoesmakeup.blogspot.com\/2011\/05\/neutral-eyes-red-lips.html?m=1\" target=\"_blank\">eyes<\/a>, red <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/144787358\/\" target=\"_blank\">lips<\/a>, curled and <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.projectwedding.com\/photo\/browse?photo_to_show=2339&amp;tag=hair\" target=\"_blank\">blond<\/a>, curled and <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stylemepretty.com\/gallery\/photo\/282751\" target=\"_blank\">blonder<\/a>, brown <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oncewed.com\/51259\/wedding-blog\/real-weddings\/a-chic-engagement\/\" target=\"_blank\">curls<\/a> and green drops, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/holidaysalon.wordpress.com\/category\/uncategorized\/page\/6\/\" target=\"_blank\">bangs<\/a>!, brown <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stylemepretty.com\/gallery\/picture\/447471\" target=\"_blank\">sideswept<\/a>, pink &amp; <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/dashboard\/18\/2641725435\" target=\"_blank\">black<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/imgres?q=nude+smoky+eye&amp;um=1&amp;hl=en&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;biw=1366&amp;bih=627&amp;tbm=isch&amp;tbnid=KkyS-dIcY68IBM:&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/makeupartistme.blogspot.com\/2011\/03\/black-and-shimmery-nude-smokey-eye-part.html&amp;docid=SxoaXiOOmW3qpM&amp;imgurl=http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-XKS1_z8WA4w\/TYTD_OIqc2I\/AAAAAAAAAY8\/YU9UPNdENCQ\/s1600\/IMG_1895.JPG&amp;w=824&amp;h=1123&amp;ei=HvuyTpyFAcTL0QHQrsmdBA&amp;zoom=1&amp;iact=hc&amp;vpx=1133&amp;vpy=251&amp;dur=1976&amp;hovh=262&amp;hovw=192&amp;tx=164&amp;ty=164&amp;sig=104199190641466097050&amp;page=5&amp;tbnh=123&amp;tbnw=94&amp;start=106&amp;ndsp=24&amp;ved=1t:429,r:23,s:106\" target=\"_blank\">tawny<\/a>, brown <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stylemepretty.com\/gallery\/picture\/447471\" target=\"_blank\">rolls<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.pelaezphotography.com\/2008_06_01_archive.html\" target=\"_blank\">fascinator<\/a>.}<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/amylynnlarwig.com\" target=\"_blank\">Amy Lynn<\/a>, I am so excited to work with you!!! I can&#8217;t wait for my consultation and I am so excited to have you work your magic on me for our wedding! :)<\/p>\n<p>~ Kelly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I don&#8217;t hope &#8220;it&#8217;s all downhill from here,&#8221; I am striving to be the prettiest I&#8217;ve ever been on my wedding day. {See? Prettiest thus far. I can still be prettier later.} Call it vain, superficial, whatever\u2026 our wedding day will definitely be the most documented day of my life, so why not look [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-2949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kelly-plans-a-wedding","tag-amy-lynn-larwig"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2949\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiowed.net\/nashville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}