Hair and makeup price

ronn

Her good self just informed me that her hair and make up is priced at e550, Thats for the bride 2 bridesmaids and the mother in law, The hair people come to the house the morning of the wedding.

Now if you think that's bad she also told me that she would have to go and get a sample done a few weeks before the wedding, Well i nearly fell off the sofa when she said the sample costs e100, So the total would be e650, I thought there wouldn't be a charge for the sample, Think that was the straw that knocked me off the sofa

Is this the norm, Or does this sound crazy money,

Minier81

That is pretty much the same as what I am paying.

Penny Dreadful

ronn wrote: »

Her good self just informed me that her hair and make up is priced at e550, Thats for the bride 2 bridesmaids and the mother in law, The hair people come to the house the morning of the wedding.

Now if you think that's bad she also told me that she would have to go and get a sample done a few weeks before the wedding, Well i nearly fell off the sofa when she said the sample costs e100, So the total would be e650, I thought there wouldn't be a charge for the sample, Think that was the straw that knocked me off the sofa

Is this the norm, Or does this sound crazy money,

Its the norm your bride to be is not being crazy with this one.

Have you gotten the price for the flowers yet? You'll really get a shock with that one if not, be prepared!;)

Sleepy

Yes it's insane but it's the going rate.

Probably because women tend to do the organising and see no problem handing over €550 to someone for a couple of hour's work if it involves them looking good.

hoodwinked

we went to the salon the morning of the wedding (got champagne and strawberries there too)

the make up was €30pp i only had 3 for make up.

the hair was €250 for 5 people.

€340 in total!

would you consider going to a salon the morning of?

Sleepy

Much more sensible prices there hoodwinked!

hoodwinked

Sleepy wrote: »

Much more sensible prices there hoodwinked!

i am in Cork also the trial was €45 but i used it for a wedding i was attending so i got value for money as she did the trial then did my hair for the wedding i was going to.

Penny Dreadful

hoodwinked wrote: »

we went to the salon the morning of the wedding (got champagne and strawberries there too)

the make up was €30pp i only had 3 for make up.

the hair was €250 for 5 people.

€340 in total!

would you consider going to a salon the morning of?

Sometimes this can be a little awkward. I was at a wedding recently where the bridal party had to be in the beauty salon at 7am! This was due to the fact that they lived far away from the hairdressers and had to allow time to get back to the house to get dressed and have photos and the fact that the ceremony was at 12.30pm and there was quite a drive to the church from the bride's house.
I would have hated having to have such an early start and feel under pressure to get everyone and everything on schedule to make sure I was ready on time.
For me getting ready in the house and not having to leave until it was time for the ceremony made things really relaxed and enjoyable. For me it was certainly worth the money.

Chocoholic84

Pretty insane, I paid just over half that price for myself and 3 BM's...also included our trials, my tan and nails!

January

There's a place in Dublin 15 doing this deal (I have no affiliation with them btw just a very happy customer)

WEDDING SPECIALS
FOR BRIDE AND FOUR BRIDESMAIDS INCLUDES
UPSTYLES X5
FULL BODY SPRAY TANS X5
FULL SET OF ACRYLIC OR GEL NAILS X5
FILE AND POLISH ON TOES X5
TWO WEEK EYE LASHES X5
MAKE UP APPLICATION X5
FREE HAIR AND MAKE UP TRIAL FOR THE BRIDE
FREE BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE ON THE MORNING
MOTHER OF BRIDE GETS A FREE BLOWDRY
AVAILABLE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK
FOR ONLY €450.00

lazygal

Its the going rate and Well worth it. I didn't want to have to brave a salon and it made getting ready stress free. I consider it money well spent for me.

Jerrica

lazygal wrote: »

Its the going rate and Well worth it. I didn't want to have to brave a salon and it made getting ready stress free. I consider it money well spent for me.

This. You're paying for the convenience of the make-up/ hair people to come to you, in the comfort of your home or appointed venue.

OP it probably does sound like a lot of money off hand, but it's one day your wife can spoil herself rotten and enjoy every second

pwurple

Makeup person charged me 50 euro for bride, and 40 for the others... She spent more time on me though. She used all these primers and stuff I don't even own, the makeup was perfect the whole day and night. Well worth it. I had a trial makeup as well, in case my skin reacted to the products. I was at a wedding earlier this year where the bride had come out in red itchy hives all over her face and neck from a reaction to some makeup product she hadn't encountered before. Poor thing.

I used a different makeup person for another wedding for 30 euro and it was no better than I could do myself.

Hair, well... It really depends what is being done. I think mine was 60, and I did the trial for my hen. The stlying for the 2 bridesmaids was 45 each again. Mums did their own. Hair can easily run into 100 to 120 each though if there is colour involved.

ronn

Thanks GIRLS for all your reply s,:eek:

I don't believe you your just ganging up on me, he he. :D:D

Gatica

cost me 305 total for hair and make-up trials for myself, hair for me, bridesmaid and mum, and make-up for me and bridesmaid.
I guess even that sounds expensive when you sum it up. The hair on the day is costing 135, the make-up on the day is costing 95. When broken down like that it didn't seem expensive. They're coming to us in the hotel on the morning of the wedding.

Monife

Hair and make-up for myself, one bridesmaid and my mum was a grand total of €150 And €25 for the hair trial. Didn't get a make-up trial. They came out to the house and I was absolutely delighted with all of our hair and make-up

lowly26

dont know were you are but there is a good place in wexford called evissa (no connection to me) and they do a pretty good deal, and she will allow you to add extras if you want like tan etc at an extra cost but its all in the one place and very resonable:) not half what your paying for myself three bridesmaids and mother

Merkin

That seems ridiculous :eek: I had a hairdresser come to the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin on the morning of my wedding and did my hair and the bridesmaid's hair for €80. We chose to do our own make up because we do it well so managed to avoid that cost. I did get a quote from a MAC make-up artist and she was quoting €120 for both of our make up. You need to shop around hun.

tinkerbell

OP, that's the going rate for hair & makeup if they call to your house the morning of the wedding. If you want it cheaper, you'll have to visit a salon.

john_cappa

My wife does alot of weddings in peoples houses (17 this year so far I think). She is in limerick so i am not touting for business but she usually charges between 25 and 40 a head for the upstyle depending on complexity e.g. a flower girl with some curls and a simple style may be 25 but the bride who might take up to an hour may be 40. Think her last wedding was around 250 and that was for the bride, mother of the B, 3 brides maids and two flower girls.

Shop around!


She also charges around 40 for the trial but the trial may take up to two hours if they have to try a couple of things remember!

Sleepy

I'm very wary of any "going rate" that see people getting hundreds for a couple of hours low skilled work. That's largely what has our economy in such a mess.

Shop around and play people's quotes off each other.

elhal

Well Im getting hair for 6 and 2 mothers blow dried for 500 and makeup for 8 for 440! My trials are 50 for each. These are with well known bridal hairdressers and make up artists so Im sure you can get more reasonable prices that what your being quoted

lennyloulou

2011 i married
60e my make up trial. i went to her house
50e me on the day
50e x 4 bridesmais
50e for Mam
she included her petrol in all that and even met us later at the hotel to top us up.
360e total
dont be daft - price around
mac and chanel makeup. excellent service.

john_cappa

Sleepy wrote: »

I'm very wary of any "going rate" that see people getting hundreds for a couple of hours low skilled work. That's largely what has our economy in such a mess.

Shop around and play people's quotes off each other.

Genuine lol!

Its far from unskilled work. Hairdressing i am talking about. I know hairdressers who have 10 years experience and and only manage very basic upstyles.

The training, experience, talent and imagination required to create a hair style from scratch is not to be underestimated. If a hair dresser gets 200--250 for a morning work (wedding hair is usually 7-11) then its money hard earned.

Sleepy

Read the post you quoted, I didn't say unskilled. I said low-skilled. It's a 9 month FETAC level 5 qualification, hardly a "high skilled" profession.

Frankly, if someone's doing it 10 years and hasn't mastered it, they're either simply not cut out for it as a profession or has learning difficulties.

€50 an hour for that level of qualification is a Celtic tiger rate. The tiger's dead and people need to realise that and price their services accordingly. With so many people out of work and such a low barrier of entry to the profession, rates like that will attract new entrants and as supply increases, prices will fall. Economics 101.

If you, or your partner, happen to be a hairdresser, I'm sorry if I'm the one to break the news to you but it's something you need to be aware of. People can't, and won't, continue to pay ludicrous money for low-skilled services.

movingsucks

Tradesmen still charge 50-90 euro just to call out to your house

Sleepy

They'll learn...

Shivers26

That's a mad price OP!

I paid €400 in total to a salon near me (in Dublin) and for that I got:
6 x Hair (4 upstyles, 2 blowdry's)
6 x shellac nails
5 x make-up
3 x eyebows (wax, tint etc)
1 x spray tan

Now I know they gave me a great discount etc and we are regular customers but they seem to do great deals for everyone and they did a really great job on us!

Maybe shop around a bit OP. Plenty of people and places willing to negotiate on prices!

john_cappa

Sleepy wrote: »

Read the post you quoted, I didn't say unskilled. I said low-skilled. It's a 9 month FETAC level 5 qualification, hardly a "high skilled" profession.

Frankly, if someone's doing it 10 years and hasn't mastered it, they're either simply not cut out for it as a profession or has learning difficulties.

€50 an hour for that level of qualification is a Celtic tiger rate. The tiger's dead and people need to realise that and price their services accordingly. With so many people out of work and such a low barrier of entry to the profession, rates like that will attract new entrants and as supply increases, prices will fall. Economics 101.

If you, or your partner, happen to be a hairdresser, I'm sorry if I'm the one to break the news to you but it's something you need to be aware of. People can't, and won't, continue to pay ludicrous money for low-skilled services.

Firstly and i repeat upstyling is not something you can learn in 9 months. The training to be hairdresser is several years similar to any apprenticeship and this wont make you a good upstylist.

Secondly that hourly rate has to include all expenses, products used and VAT should they be registered.

Economics 101....the high prices will attract competitors to the market place....again lol and I will restate it is not a skill you can just pick up and learn. I am sure you can learn certain simple upstyles but to be a good wedding upstylist you need years and years of experience. Not any hairdresser can do this. Go to any salon with 10 people working there and you can bet they will have 1-2 specialist with this skill, usually the most creative and experienced. That is why they can charge a premium.

Its 11 o clock on your wedding morning, you done all your wedding trials a month before and loved your hair. Now you see your hair with your wedding dress and flowers and realise you dont like it (a good stylist would be able to match hair style to suit a dress etc and may have advised against the style but what the bride wants the bride gets).

You want a 9 month trainee getting minimum or do you want someone with years of experience and charges a premium for her services?

Sleepy

Of course someone with experience will be better at it than someone who's just finished their training. To be fair, I googled it and I'll admit I was wrong, the 9 months course only qualifies you to FETAC level 5 and from what I can see it's not until the second 9 month (FETAC level 6) course that upstyling is covered. (So, still relatively low skilled when you consider a BA (Hons) would be a Level 8 qualification).

Even with 10 years of experience in such a field, €50 an hour is excessive for such a qualification level. You'd find relatively few IT Contractors who could command €400 a day without being part of a much larger organisation and they're likely to be qualified to Masters level (but would at least be qualified to Degree level with some industry certification on top).

You want a 9 month trainee getting minimum or do you want someone with years of experience and charges a premium for her services?

Neither, I'd go for someone with a few years experience (say four or five) who priced themselves reasonably. We're not talking rocket-science here. There's only so many things one can do with an up-style and while a good hairdresser will get faster at it after a few years, there's only so far their skills can improve.

Cailleachdubh

Sounds like an awful lot of money to me. Fair enough if you have money to burn, but it sounds like a waste to me. Hope I can get a better deal than that on my wedding day...If it's going to cost me that much I'll do it myself! You'd be amazed what 200 bobby pins and 10 cans of hairspray can do!!

John Mason

OMG - that is horrendoes:eek::eek:

i went to the salon and my hair cost 27e and make-up cost a 10e

my hair was still perfect wear the next day

biancab

Sleepy wrote: »

Read the post you quoted, I didn't say unskilled. I said low-skilled. It's a 9 month FETAC level 5 qualification, hardly a "high skilled" profession.

Frankly, if someone's doing it 10 years and hasn't mastered it, they're either simply not cut out for it as a profession or has learning difficulties.

€50 an hour for that level of qualification is a Celtic tiger rate. The tiger's dead and people need to realise that and price their services accordingly. With so many people out of work and such a low barrier of entry to the profession, rates like that will attract new entrants and as supply increases, prices will fall. Economics 101.

If you, or your partner, happen to be a hairdresser, I'm sorry if I'm the one to break the news to you but it's something you need to be aware of. People can't, and won't, continue to pay ludicrous money for low-skilled services.

Some experienced and currently employed hairdresser would have spent four years as a low paid apprentice learning their trade. Not all hairdressers go down the 9 month fetac route! Also some pay thousands to train in college same as any other trade person. Some charge crazy money yes thats true, but hairdressing is certainly not "low skilled"

Sleepy

While I've never said it was unskilled, we're not talking about site labourers, retail assistants or shelf stackers but we're not talking about senior .NET developers, engineers or scientists either. It's a low skilled trade that, like block-laying, painting, dog grooming, nail "technicians" etc., got delusions regarding the value of the services they provide during the recent bubble.

biancab

Where in my post did i say you said unskilled?

makeup_emma

irishbird wrote: »

OMG - that is horrendoes:eek::eek:

i went to the salon and my hair cost 27e and make-up cost a 10e

my hair was still perfect wear the next day

I really don't know how someone can afford to charge €10 for a make-over. The amount I pay for make-up and overheads every month is crazy and I would be out of business if I was only charging €10.

Gatica

While I don't earn nearly the level of 50 Euro an hour and I'd consider myself a "skilled" worked, I wouldn't compare my profession to hairdressing.
I work regular work hours and have guaranteed pay at the end of the month for the somewhat guaranteed number of hours I work. Hairdressing, or similar trades, especially when free-lancing don't have the luxury of a regular income and therefore I can understand how they'd charge a relatively higher per-hour rate. They may have just a few bookings a week on which to make their living. If they're good enough and their services are in demand, then they can charge that rate and get that rate. Naturally if you get someone who's not quite that talented then they won't last in the profession, but that's not unlike any other job really.

Some of the prices quoted really are extremely bloated and on those I'd agree, it's only a reflection of the Celtic tiger days. However, I wouldn't broadly state that about all make-up artists or hairdressers.