emily j. hair + makeup

Every year, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute hosts a fundraiser for the year’s exhibits.  While celebrities annually come looking glamorous and fabulous, this year in particular, celebs came with extra gorgeous hair and makeup.  Marie Claire had some great photos from the event, with celebrity hair and makeup inspirations that were also reflecting many of this summer’s beauty trends.  Maybe you’ll find a look you’d love to have for your wedding!

Emma Stone-Retro Beauty

Dianna Agron-Nude Lips

Carey Mulligan-Dramatic Eyes

Amber Heard-Bright Lip Color

Tags: celebrities, Hair, makeup, Marie Claire, met ball

Bride Tiffany had a sweet and romantic wedding day look.  Emily did the hair and makeup, giving Tiffany a soft glow that lit up the room on her wedding day.  We love to see such a happy and smiling bride!

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Brides are getting very creative with their wedding bouquets by adding accessories to their flowers! A lot of brides are doing this by wrapping fabric around the stems and adding an embellishment like a pin for a pop of elegance.  Others are foregoing flowers altogether and creating gorgeous bouquets made entirely of pins, vintage earrings, and other jewelry.  This is a perfect way to have a wedding bouquet that is entirely one of a kind.

Photo credit to bellethemagazine.com

Tags: accessories, bellethemagazine.com, bouquet, flowers, trend tuesday

Emily did an amazing hair and makeup job at Lacie’s fun and flirty boudoir photo shoot!  The loose curls were the perfect compliment to all of Lacie’s looks. Laura Ivanova was the photographer for the shoot, capturing all of Lacie’s amazing poses!

Tags: boudoir, Emily, Hair, lacie, laura ivanova, makeup

We’ve decided to try something new with the blog!  Every tuesday will be “Wedding Trend Tuesday” where we’ll update you beautiful brides on all the new wedding trends from hair, to fashion, to wedding favors.

This Tuesday, the wedding trend is arches.

After snow-filled Minnesota winters, we really learn to appreciate the warm and beautiful seasons of spring and summer!  The sunny days provide the perfect opportunity for an outdoor wedding wedding ceremony.  A new trend for outdoor weddings is the use of wedding arches. If you love flowers, arches are great to decorate the arch and add a pop of color to your lovely day, and they bring a romantic feel to the ceremony.  Below are a few of our favorite examples of arches used for weddings, courtesy of bellethemagazine.com!

Tags: arches, minnesota, outdoor weddings, wedding trend tuesday

Colleen was a stunning bride on her wedding day!  Kelly Brown Weddings captured these amazing photographs of Colleen and the lovely makeup Allison did.

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Here is a testimonial from Colleen thanking Allison for her work.  Thank you, Colleen!

“Everything was so amazing. Its hard to be back to reality and have everything be over. Thank you so much for my makeup. I absolutely loved it and got a bunch of compliments. Having you there really made the getting ready time so calm. After our wonderful trial run i really trusted you and it paid off. Not only did i have beautiful makeup but i got a calm atmosphere to get ready in. Thank you! I seriously have not seen any wedding makeup i like more than mine. I want to get my makeup done for all events now.”

Tags: allison, colleen, kelly brown weddings, makeup, testimonial

Last week was New York Bridal Fashion Week for Spring 2013.  Along with their beautifully unique dresses, designers also revealed some major wedding dress trends we can look forward to.  One-shoulder dresses, bold colors, shear necklines and lots of lace-just to name a few. Below are some of our favorite dresses from our favorite designers, highlighting Spring 2013 wedding dress trends.  All you brides getting married next spring, enjoy!

Amsale-Short and One-Shoulder

Monique Lhuillier-Lace and Embellishments

Vera Wang-Bold Colors

Justin Alexander-Lace and Shear Neckline

Tags: amsel, justin alexander, monique lhuillier, spring 2013, vera wang, wedding dress trends

All of the eye catching art that hangs throughout the Chambers Hotel in Minneapolis was no comparison to our bride, Allison.  The black sash around her dress brings a unique element to her classic wedding hair and makeup done Emily. Embracing he artistic surroundings, photographer Brian Newfeld took these one of a kind pictures of Allison!

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Aren’t these photos gorgeous?  Haley’s hair and makeup highlight her elegant and sophisticated wedding day look.  Debra O. did an amazing job on photography, with the light pink wall being the perfect background to the lovely bride.  We also love the subtle sweetheart neckline of Haley’s dress!

Hair:  Emily, Sarah, Noelle

Makeup:  Emily and Mary

Tags: Emily, haley, sweetheart neckline, wedding hair and makeup

Rachel had a beautifully sweet wedding day with some adorable added touches.  We absolutely love her long loose curls with a flower and the umbrellas her bridesmaids are holding!  They add a pop of color against Rachel’s elegant wedding day look.

Emma Freeman Photography captured these pictures from the special day!

Emily doing the finishing touches on Rachel's look

Lovely flowing curls & a pretty bow

We love these blue and white bridesmaids dresses!

Congratulations, Rachel and John!

Emily and Jessica did an amazing job on everyone’s hair, and Emily and Mary did the girl’s fabulous makeup!

Tags: bridesmaids, curls, Emily, Emma Freeman Photography, Jessica, makeup, mary, rachel