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How To Achieve Your Dream Bridal Look with MUA Ingalisa MMW 220

• Yvette Sitters • Episode 220

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Yvette is joined by the esteemed Ingalisa, an award-winning hair and makeup artist renowned for her exceptional skills in the bridal industry. Ingalisa shares her expert wedding advice to help every bride achieve their dream wedding day look.

Episode Highlights:

  • Working with Brides: How Ingalisa works with brides to understand their vision and brings their dream wedding day look to life.
  • Trends in Bridal Beauty: Learn what the latest trends in bridal hair and makeup currently are.
  • Tips for Choosing the Right Style: For brides unsure about which style would suit them best, Ingalisa provides tips to help them find their perfect look.
  • Booking Hair and Makeup Services: Find out when you should book your hair and makeup services including the trial and why it's essential to plan ahead for the big day.
  • The Trial Session: What brides can expect during a trial session and how they can make the most out of this crucial step.
  • Dos and Don'ts of Preparation: Ingalisa shares essential dos and don'ts for brides in terms of hair and makeup preparation to ensure everything goes smoothly on the wedding day.

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Yvette:

Welcome to the Manage my Wedding podcast, where we believe your wedding is the most important time in your life and you deserve to feel supported and organized when planning the wedding of your dreams. I'm your host, Yvette Sitters, so welcome to the podcast, Inga-Lisa.

Ingalisa:

Thank you, Yvette. Thank you so much for having me.

Yvette:

I'm really looking forward to talking to you today, because we all know that brides, they want to look beautiful, right? It's so important and everyone wants that wedding day glow that everyone talks about, right? Absolutely, they certainly do. So tell us, before we go into all the nitty-gritty wedding questions that I'm going to ask you, can you share with us a bit about your background in bridal hair and makeup and what inspired you to specialize in this beautiful wedding industry?

Ingalisa:

Yeah, absolutely. Thank you for asking. Yeah. So I got started as a hairdresser, working in Cairns, and I, would you believe, actually was scared of doing upstyling, so so many times they were booked into my column and I'd just quickly switch them out, and a lot of the hairstylists that were amazing at it they've actually left the salon, so I was forced to get good at them. So I suppose I put my training cap on and started to enjoy up styling and I allowed the creativity to flow and I actually began to enjoy it.

Ingalisa:

And so, from doing a lot of formals and then launched into weddings, I realized how important it was to have the bride actually feel special on her wedding day and particularly not be stuck in a salon environment and her not to feel like she's number one.

Ingalisa:

So, yeah, so after working on a cruise ship which I was traveling all over Europe and the Caribbean and working with so many brides doing weddings in Croatia and Italy and Greece and particularly many in Santorini that inspired me to work with, I suppose, brides in itself I came back and I was absolutely passionate about weddings and upstyling and launched into makeup as well and that sort of began me just specializing in it as opposed to just doing it as a part-time thing.

Ingalisa:

So, particularly with working with people from all around the world, they have their cultures and their particular likes and dislikes Me being able to bring those back to Australia and, yeah, all those trends that I've been able to learn overseas, and particularly working in England as well, I learned a lot when I worked with Tony and Guy and a lot of the other mentors who are amazing at upstyling and who have been in the industry for a very long time, so I learned of them and, yeah, so that's what launched me into specializing in bridal particularly, but upstyling for functions and content shoots and things like that events yeah.

Yvette:

I can totally understand that about the upstyling thing, because I cannot do hair. I just I cannot do hair. I just I take my hats off to you people that can actually do these beautiful hairstyles, because my hair is dead straight and that's about all I can achieve with my hair and I walk out of hair salons and you just feel a million dollars because you've got these curls or these beautiful up styles and it's a real art actually, like it really is.

Ingalisa:

Yeah, it certainly is. And, particularly looking at the person, everyone has their own unique style which suits them, and I suppose that's where a lot of people just don't know what suits them and look, taking their facial features and their profile, and there's so many variables that can be taken into consideration.

Yvette:

So when did the makeup part then come into that, because you obviously then had this skill that was hair.

Ingalisa:

Yeah, absolutely. So when I did my training so I did my hair. I'm a hairdresser by trade so when I did my training I touched on makeup. So with that I then began to love it. I used to do a lot of competition work and creative shoots, photo shoots, and absolutely loved that and realized that I actually had to develop some skills in that area because I loved it so much and did a Napoleon course. And also I was friends with the son of Nook Taylor, who is a high-end, I suppose, artist. Within probably 20 years ago. She was just one of the mentors who mentored so many other makeup artists, so I got some training with her. So I was lucky enough to be brought on her team and learned so many skills from her. And since then I've done a lot of Mac and a lot of Mia Connor and, yeah, little courses along the way to always stay current and, yeah, keeping up to date.

Yvette:

Yes, that would be a challenge, I have to say. Every time I see you at an event, you're always glowing. Your makeup is so beautiful. Glowing, your makeup is so beautiful. You always look amazing. So you definitely know what you're doing. How do you work with brides to achieve their desired wedding day look?

Ingalisa:

Yeah, that's a great question, Yvette, and I think it all comes down to having the trial.

Ingalisa:

There's a lot of brides half of my brides don't have a trial, but I think it can be done on the phone or over Zoom and, I think, melting in their personality and melting in their dress and their flowers and their everything to what they're wanting the day to look for them, and melting in their personality and how they want their day to look, because a lot of them have dreamt of their day forever, and so I take it upon myself that it's a really important day for them and for them to portray who they actually are and to bring in all these and, as I said, at the trial, at the physical trial, that's where I think the magic happens, where they actually assist me in bringing everything together and we create a style that is unique and suited to them. So not only hair, but also makeup, so bringing in pictures and little magazine pieces of paper and things like that, pictures that they've seen of other people, and, yeah, we bring it in and melt it all together.

Ingalisa:

So, yeah, so then they can walk away feeling that we've created something together.

Yvette:

I love that and I love how you incorporate the colors and everything else. That's their wedding. You touched on the trial and how important that is. I say this to everyone please have a trial. And a lot of people wait for their hen's day, which and I'd love your feedback and thoughts on this Cause sometimes I'm like that's only sometimes a couple of weeks before the wedding, and if you then decide that person's not the right fit for you, you can't really always find someone then in time for your wedding. Do you say, trial it much earlier than their hens or their bachelorette party?

Ingalisa:

Yeah, that is a great question because a lot of people have had their trial really early, like too early, and then they've a year in advance and then they've forgotten what they've done and they've probably changed dresses or changed ideas since then. And so I tend to now, as long as I've put their trust in my work and they know what work I'm capable of and so they've booked me, I would tend to have it a few months out, so it's fresh in their mind and I suppose that they've had photos and they've seen how it feels and see how it wears and, yeah, and they've had time to process how it's going to look. If it's too far down the track, they just tend to forget, and then they get to see so many ideas in the meantime and then just get confused. So I would say a few months before that's my suggestion, that everyone is different.

Yvette:

Yeah, that makes sense. That makes sense. I do see, sometimes too I mean a lot of these wedding Facebook groups and you see someone post a picture of I went to my makeup trial and this is the image of what I wanted. And here's the image of what I got. And I'm really disappointed and I think, oh my gosh, that person looks nothing like you. To start, with your brunette, they are blonde, your brown eyes, their blue eyes, there's all these different skin tones that are different. So do you get that? Sometimes it's not a like for like. You can't recreate someone exactly on yourself.

Ingalisa:

Yeah, yeah, I know exactly what you're saying and I have seen that actually before and I do feel for the makeup artist because there are unreal expectations that are given to us at times. I've never personally had anyone walk away unhappy, to be quite honest, and say that. Because I do make them aware that either their hair is not the same as the thickness or color, their skin complexion or their face shape. I point out those factors at the start, but that's utilized as a guide and I let them know that from the start so they're not walking away disappointed. But also let them know that they are uniquely them. Let them know we will use that as a guide to make their unique look similar to that, but make it on their, make it suited to them, if that makes sense so yes, pointed and wanting to look exactly the same yeah.

Ingalisa:

Just like similar to seeing a dress on a model, isn't it? And you try it on and, yeah, oh, totally, it looks totally different. So, yeah, I use that analogy to them and then they sort of understand.

Yvette:

But yeah, that makes sense, it's good that you do that, because we are we still. Our partner is marrying us right Like we need to look like us, not somebody else. They didn't want to marry somebody else they wanted to marry us Absolutely.

Ingalisa:

Yeah, yeah, and I think it's so important. That's the main thing that we're bringing out. It's our job. I think it's my job to bring out their best features so they look like them, and I think that's why a lot of people do come to me, because it's not like caked on makeup and hair just lacquered to the hilt, like it was years ago. Times have changed, but I think a lot of people choose me as a stylist because I know I bring out the best features and make them look like themselves, but their best version of themselves and feeling naturally beautiful, and I think that's the main thing. Their husband wants to be able to recognize them, and they want to feel like themselves as well, not unfamiliar with themselves. So, yeah, I think that's so important.

Yvette:

I agree with you totally on that. You touched on like trends a couple of times. Yes, tell me, what trends are you currently seeing in bridal hair and makeup at the moment?

Ingalisa:

Yes, look, we're going through a bit of a transition at the moment, like we've gone through the whimsical sort of romantic stage and effortless done but not done sort of look and the boho sort of look. I mean the area that I live in that will always be the beachy sort of look, that will always be in. But I find now that the brides are going for more a minimalistic look for makeup and I suppose, letting freckles and imperfections shining through but having that radiant glow and minimal makeup and I suppose but just as I said before, just looking naturally beautiful. Less is best and keeping on that monotone for makeup, that sort of keeping in different tones of either bronze or pink or your coral colors. They're sort of really in at the moment, but just different versions of that. So, as opposed to having different colors on the face With hair, we're sort of going more of the old Hollywood sort of look and natural hair, like I suppose vintage sort of looks and sheen is really in, slicked back is in, definitely yeah, and embracing healthy hair, as I said.

Ingalisa:

But the classic and simple low volume buns and, yeah, like the half knot up and fringe coming down. But I think showing the face is definitely in at the moment. So it has changed and I do like this change Absolutely yeah.

Yvette:

You're enjoying it? Yeah, I love that change too. I love that kind of natural. Are you enjoying it? Yeah, I like that change too. I love that kind of natural, minimal, kind of glowing look it is. It's so nice, it is really nice. And I don't think that then dates in photographs either later does it.

Ingalisa:

You're exactly right. It is timeless and people are embracing who they are, and so I love that. Like what you just said, yeah, you look back at photos 20 years down the track and, yeah, it will just look absolutely beautiful and yeah, the attention can therefore go on your radiating, but then on everything else the dress, and, yeah, everything just fits nicely.

Yvette:

Yeah, I like that. I'm thinking back to the 80s. You're like they don't be looking at their photos now where they've got bright blue eyeshadow. Oh dear, yes, yes, that was in right at the time. That's how people knew makeup, that's what it was. But yeah, yeah, and the kids will look at our photos later in this era now and go, oh yeah, that's nice Mum.

Ingalisa:

Yeah, absolutely, as opposed to before. Yeah, but that hairspray lacquered look, I'm so glad that's gone. That's well outdated, yeah.

Yvette:

I'm agreeing with you on that. I totally agree, totally. Can you give us some tips for brides who are unsure about what style would suit them best? Yes, absolutely.

Ingalisa:

With regards to what they're wearing, that can be a variable whether they're wearing a backless dress, so I'd definitely suggest having their head down, depending on their profile as well, whether they're wanting to create some height and also whether their partner is quite tall so they're wanting to create it allows them for a little bit of height. There are so many things whether they're wanting to expose their face or they're wanting their ears to be exposed or not. There's so many different things that can come into that conversation. But that's where we come into it and I suppose not pick something for them, but just give them some guidance and choices to, and, I suppose, make them aware of what will suit them best. But all of those factors come into play and create the perfect design for them.

Yvette:

Yeah, I love that You're really working with someone one-on-one really to capture them. We talked earlier about. We touched on that whole trial session thing, which is so critical and I don't know if you agree with me here. But everyone please book a trial, don't not because you might think I can't afford that, but then it's your fault really. Then if you have a problem later because a trial is there to kind of mitigate that and you set a couple of months out is good for that, how far in advance are you? Should the brides be booking hair and makeup? What are you finding, I suppose? How far out are they booking and what's best?

Ingalisa:

Yeah, look, that's a great question, yvette. I would definitely say three months out. Three to four months out would be the most I would say, but earlier the better. I always tend to say with my girls, because they have seen my work and they have put their deposit down, they've secured me. That's the main thing.

Yvette:

When do they do that?

Ingalisa:

step. Oh look, I've had three years in advance. Wow, in advance, absolutely when, yeah, when they want the particular stylist or photographer, they, yeah, I would suggest, definitely, book them in. Yeah, book us in. And then like then, from there the trial, I would just say utilize it for your hen's night or a date night, make the most of it. I would, yeah, I would, but the latest, like I would say, yeah, four months out, okay.

Yvette:

Personally, yeah, and you said some people book you three years out. Okay, personally that's good, yeah, and you said some people book you three years out. I think that, and it's so true, because the good ones we all book out, right. If you want someone in particular, if you're chasing that vendor, if they are good and you're having a Saturday wedding especially, there's a good chance they're going to be booked out. So just do it now.

Ingalisa:

A hundred percent. I've had brides that do want me in particular, so they've changed their date to suit either myself or a photographer. They want a certain photographer or they want a certain particular function center, so they've changed the date and then worked around us from there. So, yeah, but getting in early is super important. Putting your deposit down with everybody, that's what I would definitely suggest. And then it just takes the nerves out of everything. It's like yep, got that sorted, now I can concentrate on the little minor or the little personalized details from there.

Yvette:

Some brides and I get asked this question a lot and you're the professional so you can answer this question. But maybe think about obviously you have the trial and then it comes to the wedding day and I know some brides are like, oh my gosh, I'm going to have my makeup done six hours before any photographs are taken or before I even get there. Can you share around not worrying about that, because I know so many people can't wrap their head around the fact, especially the bridesmaid who has to go first, the bridesmaid battle. Like I don't want to be first, I don't want my makeup to come off.

Ingalisa:

The one who pulls the short straw. That's what I always say yes, yeah, so that is. It does shock them and when it is particularly early, but I always say they can't sleep anyway, because they're generally excited or they're. Yeah, I always say excitement as opposed to nerves. Yeah, but when they take into consideration they have to be ready two hours prior, I tend to do the bride last to second last, depending on her nerves and how I'm gauging how she's feeling. I'll do her a little bit earlier. But when we're whether we've got a few stylists going at once at least, when makeup takes 45 minutes to an hour, sometimes for the bride and same with hair, depending on what style we're having. So yeah, when you take that in consideration to the timeline and you work back, definitely six hours prior, that's yeah. But the thing is we're using professional products. That is the difference, and makeup will last.

Ingalisa:

And prior to the photographer getting there, there is a time slot where we get you all touched up. So, adding on to what we have done, even if you were first up, I always find that you get to parade that around all day anyway. You get to look great in the photos anyway. So that's why I say it's a bonus to be one of the first. But yeah, as I said, we touch you up so you look fresh before the photos and before the ceremony, so there's no need to be nervous about that.

Ingalisa:

If you're the first, yeah, but time-wise, I always say as well. I was saying this to one of my brides yesterday who booked with me. She, yeah, I just say, make it a fun event. I just sort of merge in and do my thing, but it's just a fun experience getting ready and all your best friends and all your people that you absolutely love, and that I've got everything sorted time-wise and so you don't have to worry about a thing and you can just enjoy your day and just there's a lot of laughs going on and there's a lot of music, a lot of dancing and a lot of special times during that preparation time. So I think it's a full day. Even if it is six hours, as you said, it's six hours of absolute fun and that's part of the wedding itself, not just the wedding day. So I'm privileged that I can be a part of that. Yeah, always.

Yvette:

Oh, I was just thinking that, as you were talking about like the whole the music and just enjoying themselves, I'm like, oh my gosh, I realized the hair and makeup artist really gets to enjoy that special time with all the brides.

Ingalisa:

Oh, we absolutely do it's that special time with all the brides. Oh, we absolutely do. Yeah, yeah, I must say that is why I love my job extra so much, like I enjoy my job so much because I am a part of it and I feel that they include me and, yeah, it's just, you're all there to create the whole, yeah, the whole day and make them feel that extra little bit special you would have seen so much, oh my gosh, from doing those times.

Yvette:

You would have seen the stressed out bride. You would have seen the happy, excited bride. You would have seen the nervous bride, the crying bride, the everything. You would have seen it all right.

Ingalisa:

Absolutely yeah, I have, I have, and you can generally pick it what they're going to be, and yeah, but then again it's up to me to, I suppose, work with them that little bit further and calm their nerves or talk to them in a way that they can approach the day in a better way.

Yvette:

Yeah, you're like that relationships counselor type person in the daytime. Yes, yeah, it's a little little special knack you've got to have, isn't it really?

Ingalisa:

Oh, there, absolutely is. That's actually why I got into life coaching also. I think every hairdresser is a little bit of a counsellor at times, but I have seen every bride and I've seen them handle the day in different ways as well, with all the things that happen good and not so good. At the end of the day, it's yeah at the end of the day. It's not always perfect Sometimes. Sometimes there is a few little hiccups and I suppose it's the way they respond to that and the way they handle that, no matter how much planning goes into it sometimes. Yeah, but it is the way they handle it and, yeah, it's up to me whether I talk them through that or respond to their unhappiness or whatever they're going through. I just sort of handle it in the best way possible to get them through and through all the tears if need be, even if the makeup is ruined. Wow.

Yvette:

That's a beautiful role that you have. It's really nice. It's so much more than just hair and makeup. I mean, who you're booking for that free wedding prep is with you all day long. So it's like because I always say to my brides, I always say to them when you're picking your vendors, make sure you resonate with the person, because you are spending time with these people. You might like their work because you've looked at Instagram or Facebook. But talk to them, meet them. If you can't meet them in person, zoom with them. Just get a feel that if you're going to get along with them because you've got to feel it between each other, it's so important, so important.

Ingalisa:

I 100% agree with that. Yeah, there have been so many brides that I've just vibed with and the day's just been amazing. I seem to attract those sort of people that I just connect with and I think initially, when they contact me, if I can speak to them over the phone, I'll get it. It's me with them just as much as they're sort of wanting to work with me. It's sort of a give and take Some people that, yeah, we don't vibe with or I can't give them what they're wanting to achieve. There have been times that's happened as well and I would pass them on to someone who is more suitable for that sort of look that they're going for or whatever, so yeah, yeah, I get that.

Yvette:

That's so important. I love that you do that too, because we all want to work with the people that we connect with and vice versa, like it goes hand in hand for both. It's great that you do that. Yes, can you share with us some do's and don'ts for brides in terms of hair and makeup preparation? And it's funny I'm asking this question because I only last night was looking at some photos of my wedding day. I got married just gone, 10 years ago, and the kids and I were looking through my album and the photos are lovely, the makeup was beautiful and, except for when there's close-ups of me, I notice how, oh my gosh, my skin must have been really dry or dehydrated, and any close-ups I can see. I can sort of see it, and I was looking last night and I'm like, oh, I'm glad I'm asking this question tomorrow. So obviously I didn't prep my skin as well as I could have. But please share with us some do's and don'ts.

Ingalisa:

Yes, oh my gosh.

Ingalisa:

That is so, so important because skin prep can make the makeup just absolutely flawless and, as you said, in photos can just really shine through and make them feel as well, radiant on whether the makeup lasts throughout the day better, as opposed to when the skin's not prepped.

Ingalisa:

It won't last as well, 100%. I would do either a course, a series of microdermabrasions, or even, if it is just one, microneedling as well. That's a little bit more invasive, but you'd want to be doing that a couple of months before. That just sort of resurfaces the skin and takes away any dead skin cells that you may have built up, that you sometimes don't even realize that it's there, but that just gives you a fresh new layer of skin for the makeup to be able to be built upon. And so when we're working with makeup at the moment, that's generally like soft and dewy and the natural skin's being allowed to be shown through. That's a perfect base for that. So I would recommend that Anything to do with exfoliant I wouldn't do a few days before, I would stop it a week before, at least On the day prior a hydration mask. Hydration is what it's all about, definitely these days, that's what I needed.

Ingalisa:

Yes, definitely, and the eye patches as well. These weren't around years and years ago. This is why now, makeup has totally changed and I don't know what we did years ago. We've put on the hydration mask and-.

Yvette:

Cucumbers, yeah, cucumbers on the hydration mask Cucumbers, yeah, cucumbers and the tea bags yeah, and we had yeah, like eye gel.

Ingalisa:

I remember we used to utilize that on the cruise ship and just pack on the eye gel. That used to make a little bit of a difference, but what we're using now makes a significant change, and so I would definitely recommend that. And it's a great photo opportunity as well having the girls lined up with the masks on. Yes, yes, it's fun. Yeah, but definitely your Using nothing unusual. I always say just do your normal routine, nothing invasive, meaning exfoliant, and nothing unusual as well. So, yeah, your moisturizer, and whether you use your special hyaluronic acid or your vitamin C or whatever it may be, to brighten your skin and to give you an overall clear, smooth complexion. But that's ready for us to be able to then, work on you.

Yvette:

Yeah, yeah, that's good. Yeah, when you talk about that, because when I look at my photos, it is just around my eyes. It's not really any of my other part of my skin. It was just around my eyes, and stress probably plays a part in that, sometimes right until your eyes cake it all.

Ingalisa:

Yes, definitely. I was also going to say as well, when I have people have an eyelash tint or have their eyebrows shaped and tinted as well, and particularly if they have their face microplaned or microbladed or have waxing done, it does make a significant difference as well. Microbladed or have waxing done, it does make a significant difference as well. It gives you a beautiful, fresh line to be able to just obviously shape and work with. So, particularly with mascara, sometimes it doesn't get right to the roots. You need to put on at least a couple of applications for it to get right to the root and all those little tiny bottom lashes there they're certainly exposed by getting them tinted as opposed to just mascara.

Yvette:

Yeah, that's a great idea, especially because if we shed some tears during the ceremony, yes, and also for your honeymoon as well.

Ingalisa:

If your eyelashes are tinted and everything's done, you can just put on that nice BB cream or whatever. You're on holidays, you just want to nice BB cream or whatever. You're on holidays, you just want to not spend a lot of time. But if your definition is in your eyebrows and eyelashes, just a little bit of BB cream and a little bit of bronzer and gloss and you're right to go.

Yvette:

Love that. And what about the hair? What about hair prep?

Ingalisa:

Hair prep. Definitely I would be cutting and definitely treatment a few months before getting it into good condition. So, depending on what damage is there, if you're having it colored, I would definitely suggest doing that at least a month prior and getting it maybe freshened up two weeks before. I would definitely, yeah, just treatments. I would, depending on the hair. Definitely, yeah, just treatments. I would, depending on the hair.

Ingalisa:

As I said, on the day I've had brides where they've swum in chlorine and expected us to, or even bridesmaids expected us to, work with hair when it's just caked with chlorine. So yeah, definitely I wouldn't suggest that. So I always expect everybody to have their hair washed and blow-dried the day before, just so we're not dealing with oily or extremely frizzy hair. So if it dries frizzy, it's really hard to get out and if it is oily, if you're using a lot of products, it's only a certain amount of dry shampoo I can use in the hair to bring it back. So therefore, I suppose people who do have finer hair. It sort of makes it a medium, so everyone's very similar, so that we can get the hair looking the same, particularly if there's a few bridesmaids that we're working with, then we can get a very streamlined similar look yeah.

Yvette:

Love that. Yeah, they're great tips, very good tips. So tell us, ingalis, you've shared so much advice and tips around all the hair and makeup. You obviously also know quite a bit about weddings, because you hear it all during the day. Tell us what is your number one wedding planning tip.

Ingalisa:

That's a great question, Yvette. And going back to my wedding, I think the most important thing is having one person who's working with you throughout the end of the wedding so they know what's happening with each and every thing, whether the table decorations and the flowers and things like that and handing over the papers to that one person and they can check everything off, whether it be your bridesmaid or whether it be your bridesmaids as well as a team. But I would certainly do that and having the trust in them, knowing that they're going to sort it out, because overriding them like half putting trust in them and overriding them, it just doesn't work. So that's what my number one tip would be.

Yvette:

I love that tip so much, it's so important and I stress it because we don't want to be phoned a million times a day at the wedding if something's wrong or something's not being delivered and all those little things. People, I was actually only chatting to a bride before I got onto this podcast with you on Instagram and she was saying all her family had arrived from England into Perth for the wedding. Her family had arrived from England into Perth for the wedding and she said all the planning is great, but the guests are so stressful. Everyone keeps messaging me a million questions about the wedding and asking me the same questions over and over. And I said to her you need to put somebody in charge for the rest of the week. Give everybody a contact number of one of your bridesmaids so that they stop ringing you and texting you, and it's such an important thing. So I love that you point that out. Delegation makes things so much easier, so much easier.

Yvette:

Absolutely yeah, and people actually want to help you, don't they Like frontmanes especially? They want to help, yes they do.

Ingalisa:

I do find, though, the people that don't put their trust in others I find that they're just some of them can be like well known as control freaks, I would say. And they know they are, they know they are.

Yvette:

But.

Ingalisa:

But the thing is I find those people don't particularly get the day. They don't enjoy the day as much as they possibly could if they just let go. And that's another thing that I would suggest just you've done all the work up until a point and just let it go and just enjoy sit back and enjoy, and that's what.

Ingalisa:

And enjoy, and that's what I would do, and that's what I suggest any bride to do with me. And when they do that, they just know I've got it all sorted, and they're the ones that enjoy their day so much more.

Yvette:

Yeah, I love that. It's such great advice. And, galicia, you've hit the nail. You know, you've seen it, so I agree with you. So much so, so much, so important. They're the ones too, I think the day after the wedding they're like oh, so many things went wrong Because they're the only one that knew all the detail. So they're like all trying to be all over it.

Ingalisa:

So, yeah, just enjoy it Relax, let it flow, let it flow, yes, yes. I think sometimes there's a what goes on in their mind. They've played it out so much that everything, to every detail, is meant to happen, exactly correct, and then they have that disappointment in their mind if it doesn't happen. And then one disappointment after the next and it just builds up. But I've seen that happen and it's quite unfortunate, and they end up being in tears throughout the night. I hear, yeah, so that's where I just go. Yeah, absolutely, let it go and just enjoy. But you do all the groundwork. You put so much time and effort in briefing everybody and being really crystal clear on exactly what you want and all talking with them and getting ideas. Working together yeah, with each professional, yeah. So I think the groundwork is so important working with those trades, getting that trust and then just handing it over to them.

Yvette:

Yeah, yeah, they're the professionals. They know, they know, they do, they do. Thank you so much. Those tips are great. You've shared so much of your knowledge and, like I said, you do some really beautiful work. I know you work do celebrities. You're so involved in so many things, so congratulations to you and your success as well. Thank you, and tell the listeners where can they find you.

Ingalisa:

Yeah, absolutely so. On Instagram, ingelisa underscore H-M-U, and that's where the majority of my communication is. Otherwise, facebook, ingelisa hair and makeup. So yeah, definitely DM me there if you're wanting to connect and have any questions, or happy to answer them and happy to assist you for your big day, upcoming day.

Yvette:

Oh, thank you so much. I'm going to pop all those links and everything in the show notes as well, but I'm very grateful. Thank you so much for taking the time.

Ingalisa:

My pleasure. Thank you so much for having me, yvette, and it's been a great chat I've had with you. It's been awesome, and I have assisted many brides.

Yvette:

Oh, you have definitely, thank you.