Not Green, But in Between? (2)
May 25th, 2009 by Diar A.
Other progress, people.
Makeup
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At first, I wanted my own friend to do the make up, but of course my parents did not let me. Okay, then I surveyed four makeup artists in town with the help of two of my good friends (I don’t have precise addresses of other makeup artists near the regency I live in).
I had anticipated that all makeup artists would be just the exact same—they would make your face really white (no idea how much face powder they need) and very red lipstick for your lips and very bright color for your eye lids. Really, I’ve been to many weddings and involved in a few weddings, so I know.
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Apparently I found one that isn’t the exact same. This makeup artist is—I found out later—quite famous in town and other areas. From a wedding of a friend (in which she was the makeup artist) and from her photos, I suppose she’s quite nice and light in doing makeup for weddings. I told my parents that I chose this person, but my parents thought that she wasn’t in their price range.
So my step mom picked her own friend who is also a makeup artist. From several sample photos I was shown to (I haven’t met her in person), my mind was back to the original thought: almost all makeup artists here are just the same (and I don’t need to explain again why).
Although I know I my words might not be taken too seriously, I still gave my step mom ‘instructions’ to remind her makeup artist friend to do the makeup lightly, to not ‘harm’ my eye brows by shaping them excessively, bla, bla, bla.
Since makeup is in one package with outfits and décor, maybe it isn’t too pricey (not to mention that it is my step mom’s friend that we hire). I cannot say it’s green, since makeup artists usually use varied kinds of makeup brands and until now, I never hear anything about makeup artists that are specializing in green makeup products.
Outfits
I’ve told you that my parents were against my plan to use my own kebayas (kebaya
is one of Indonesian traditional dresses for women and most women, especially the Javanese and Sundanese, wear this kind of outfit for their weddings and other formal occasions).
So Mr. H and I will wear two outfits (for the ceremony and the reception—Indonesian weddings ‘dictate’ you to wear different outfits for each parts of the day) that are rented from the makeup artist’s service company.
Most brides here think that, as wedding ceremony is such a sacred occasion in life, they’re not supposed to wear rented outfit. I don’t know, maybe they’re afraid that they would have the same kind of married life as the bride that used the outfit before them.
But I don’t care. That one who used the rented outfit prior to me has nothing to do with what kind of marriage I’m going to have.
I decided to use Sundanese outfits for both occasions (I wanted to have a few of the traditions integrated as well in the ceremony, but it would be expensive and would consume pretty much time); white for the ceremony and brown for the reception. Well, my step mom insistently chose gold rather than brown and she decided that Mr. H and I should wear the Sundanese outfits only for the ceremony, not for the reception.
I haven’t been contacted again to see the real outfits to choose from, so nothing much to talk about.
