Trial or no trial? Well, it’s your choice. This post is all about helping you make a well-informed one. Over the years, trials have been common around the world, but in naija it’s a different ball game. This is because some people think it’s a complete waste of money. I believe getting makeup and hair trials before your wedding has a lot of advantages. In fact, it has more advantages than disadvantages.

If you have a photo inspiration for your hairdo and you are not really sure if it will suit you, then you might want to consider getting a hair trial. If you have no idea of a hairstyle for your wedding, then I strongly recommend a hair trial. Your wedding day is not the day you want to be roaming about, trying this and that, looking for which hair style fits best. Girl, there won’t be time for that on your day. And you and the hair stylist might end up frustrated because the stylist might rush things and leave your hair in a messy state. Let all the roaming about be done during the hair trial. You might even find out that the hairdo in the photo inspiration is not really what you want.

You have been thinking about getting a hair stylist , you have seen the portfolios of different stylists and now you have finally chosen one. The fact that you love what the stylist did on other people doesn’t mean that he/she would do the same on you. It is during your trial that you will actually know if your stylist can work magic on your hair. The same applies to makeup. You don’t want to end up looking like someone else or like a monster on your wedding day all because you didn’t test the makeup beforehand. Trials are like acid tests or rehearsals.  You get to know what fits and what doesn’t, you even get to know how long your makeup would last and if your mascara, eyeliner are waterproof because you might get tears on your day and you don’t want black paint running down your face all because you didn’t test whether your makeup artist would use waterproof mascara and eyeliner on you.

Perfect timing is important for great hair and makeup – that means you have to schedule your makeup and hair appointment at the right time. Your makeup and hair might look stale  before the ceremony begins if you do them too early, and you might end up rushed if you begin too late. You can know how much time it will take to get your makeup and hair done during your trial, so you can schedule an appointment right. If it takes your makeup artist 50 minutes to get your makeup done, add an extra 20-30 minutes just in case of anything. For example, if your ceremony starts by 8am, you might want to start your makeup by 6:30am . ‘Wha that’s too early’, you might say,  but when you start at this time, your makeup artist will take 50 minutes to get you ready and then there will be extra 20 minutes, just in case there are interruptions. And then, 20 minutes to wear your dress and leave for the ceremony. But how would you know how long it would take your hair stylist and makeup artist if you don’t get a trial.

Don’t be fooled by the old ‘Don’t worry, I’ll be faster on your wedding day speech’. How exactly would that work? Would your stylist suddenly become faster, because it’s your wedding? Or would time slow down? I don’t think so.
Makeup and hair trials are almost as expensive as the real thing, so if you are tight on money, then you might want to skip that.

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