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Beauty & The Bride
As a bride, you’re focused on looking your best for the happiest day of your life. Odds are, you’re exercising regularly, eating healthy and primping up a storm. From the hair to the nails to the make-up…it can all add up quick. Throw your girls into the mix and the numbers start to look astronomical, just for beauty! Whoever said “it costs a lot of money to look this good” obviously didn’t know Joanne Mcdunnah (SP?). What’s that? You don’t know her either!? Well you should. She’s the owner of Joya Beauty in Dover, NH and a primer make-up artist to runway models, business women, and brides since…well, let’s just say she’s very experienced. Her goal this year is to make at least fifty brides look beautiful for the most exciting event of their lives.
If you’ve looked into make-up artists’ costs already, you’ve likely found them to be quite pricey. Well, that’s just not “the Joya way.” Joanne believes in keeping costs reasonable as you start your new life, and every day before or after that. Perhaps you’ve had some run-ins with the mall make-up counter clerks who just want you to buy, buy, buy regardless of necessity or desire. Joanne helps her brides to look their best on a budget. Bring in the make-up you already own and Joanne will help you to utilize it to your best advantage while making suggestions for items that will keep you looking fabulous even after the honeymoon tan wears off.
It’s your big day, so you want to look like…well, YOU! Joanne can help your inner beauty to shine through, no layers of caked-on foundation and tarantula mascara needed. Want to test drive your look before hand? That’s highly recommended! Schedule a trip to Joya the same day you’ll be testing your wedding-day hair and bring the whole picture into focus. Need help with taming out-of-control pimples as the anxiety builds? A facial and skin-care treatment in “the most comfortable chair in Dover” will relax body, mind, soul and skin to have pores looking picture-perfect.
Share the fun with your bffs, sisters and the moms of honor by having a makeover, lip gloss, brow-shaping, facial, or mani-pedi party before the big event. This can be a great ice breaker for meeting future in-laws, de-stressing the bridal party, or primping up before the bachelorette party. Joanne can take up to five people in her salon, or is happy to travel to your home to doll you all up, party-style.
So, you may be wondering…where’s the bottom line here? Well, pricing for the wedding itself is a mere $570 for the bride plus four (be that bridesmaids, moms, whomever) and that includes up to fifty miles of travel. Pre-wedding parties will vary by number of participants and services rendered, but a classic brow-shaping and mini make-up lesson will run $30 per person and have everyone learning to look their best. Feeling like you don’t need a whole lot of glam to look great? Maybe you’re every-day look just needs a spark for the big day. Well, for just $108, Joanne will teach you some new tricks to putting on your own bridal make-up and give you a few new tools for the occasion as well. This can be the ultimate money saver if you feel competent with a make-up brush and eye-lash curler. It’s also great if you’re having a destination wedding that Joanne won’t be able to travel to…it’s like having her in your head!
Hurry to www.joyabeauty.com to be one of the fifty brides by Joanne in 2009!