This weekend I braved the brutal cold and attended a bridal show
at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston. I recently moved back to
Massachusetts and have no connection to the beauty industry here. Since I spent
my entire weekends in Washington DC doing hair and makeup for mostly weddings, I
am feeling extremely out of touch! I convinced my friend, Deirdre, who is
getting into wedding planning to come with me to the show to check things out. (I secretly also wanted to have a Sunday
Funday in the Seaport area of Boston that I’ve heard my friends here talking
about).
So here we are, two single girls, wandering around a bridal
show… people asking us which one of us was the bride and or if we wanted to
enter a raffle to win things like: a night’s stay at a hotel from a wedding venue,
a free bridal photography shoot, or a bridal birdhouse from a real estate
company.. Needless to say it got a little awkward explaining to people that
neither of us were getting married.
The first thing we did when we got there… went and got some
free cake from a bakery booth. (Deirdre also makes wedding cakes so we were
scoping out the competition and critiquing). The venue was great! There was a band and a
DJ, there was a fashion show and a whole room of vendors. I was surprised at
how small the show was and how lacking in diversity the vendors were. The majority of the vendors were photographers and wedding venues.
There was one salon present. ONE SALON!! I may be a bit biased but
I thought wedding day hair and makeup was extremely important! The salon that
was there had a whole team of people there and looks like they have a lot of
experience doing weddings. They had a little demonstration going on at their
booth doing all the hair and makeup for the fashion show models. I’m not sure if they had some kind of deal
with the organizers that they be the only salon if they did the hair and makeup
for the show but it’s a little unfair to the brides to run an event that way.
They expect to come to these shows to see their options.. Hair and makeup is
definitely not one-size or one-wallet fits all.
Besides those observations, I loved the atmosphere of the
bridal show. So much excitement! The band and DJ were really fun! I met some
really great people from all different businesses that I wasn’t expecting. This
is definitely something I want to be involved with in the future whether it’s
as a makeup artist or as an Arbonne representative. Next time I’ll take some
photos for you of the events I attend. I wasn’t sure what the photo taking etiquette
was at one of these things!
Andrea Alaownis
Arbonne Independent Consultant
Makeup Artist
Arbonne Independent Consultant
Makeup Artist
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