It was a daytime wedding, ceremony was at noon. So we started hair and makeup at 6am. And they were keeping it simple so there was no bridal party. So the morning was quiet. Just me and the lovely bride and makeup artist/hair stylist.
At 8am, 2 hours into hair and makeup, the bride's INSANE aunt/mother-figure walked into the room.
And what does she say? "Oh my god, your hair looks so UGLY! It looks like a rat's nest!"
Her hair looked wonderful. It was teased a bit for volume, so up close the little flyaways and tendrils looked maybe a little messy...but the shape was great and the intricate updo looked fabulous.
I was like, "Um...Aunt Christy...can we please NOT use the word UGLY to describe anything related to the bride ON HER WEDDING DAY?!?!?!?"
"No no no! We have to do it over. Like this picture!" She says to the makeup artist, showing her a grainy-ass picture of some random chick where you can barely make out the hairdo...
Within minutes, poor Liz was in tears.
I stood by...somewhat helpless to do anything...as we started re-doing the hair from scratch...
I sent out an SOS/Mayday Mayday...
Within the hour, the gays arrived with champagne and Whitney Houston playlists, becoming Liz's impromptu unofficial bridesmaids and LITERALLY saving the day.
(I honestly think we deserve the congressional medal of honor.)
The venue, the Athenaeum at CalTech, was gorgeous...
And the couple was happy and beautiful.
So glad everything worked out in the end!
Of course the gays MADE the party!
Such fun. Congrats Liz, David, Smileyjohn and **Dannysmith2!!!!!!!!!
** - not to be confused with DannySmith1
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