Married at the Laurel Point Inn - SR Bride Tells her Story....

"Shortly after becoming engaged I was eager to find the perfect person to stylize my hair and makeup for my engagement shoot and my wedding day. It was important to me that I was able to find someone who specialized in bridal hair & makeup. Since I've only lived in Victoria for 5 years I wasn't familiar with anyone who provided these services. It was through word of mouth I learned about Sharon Rai Hair & Makeup Artistry. After meeting with her, I decided she was definitely the perfect stylist I was hoping to find to be a part of this big event in my life.

Initially I wasn't entirely sure of how I wanted my hair and makeup to look the day of the wedding, other than it had to look and make me feel completely fabulous. Sharon was fantastic at brainstorming different ideas based on my skin tone, the shape of my face, the length and colour of my hair, the style of my dress and my personality. 

I loved having the wedding day preview, I found this was really helpful to see how I would look on the day of my wedding. This included appetizers, trying different styles of hair and makeup, then getting into my wedding dress with all the accessories and having a mini photo shoot. It was really helpful to take these pictures because we could then see how well everything photographed together. This allowed us to make some changes we felt were necessary.

I loved having Sharon come to my hotel room the morning of my wedding. It just made my life so much easier that she provides mobile services. All I had to do that morning was wake up, shower and eat breakfast, the rest was in her hands, and I felt so excited and relaxed having her be a part of the big day. Once she had finished with my hair and makeup I couldn't get over how AMAZING I felt and looked. I still get excited just thinking about it. My hair and makeup held up the entire day which was from 1pm til 3:30am! When my husband first saw me he was completely blown away with how I looked. He had loved what she did with my hair and makeup for our engagement shoot, but just couldn't get over how she topped herself even more with our wedding day.  Everyone at the wedding  and those who have only seen some of our wedding photos have commented how stunning I looked.  I've been asked many times who did my hair and makeup. I definitely feel it was worth the investment I made to have Sharon's services for my wedding day and engagement shoot.

I would highly recommend Sharon and her team for any occasion! She just makes you feel and look amazing. You will still look like yourself, but just a more fabulous self and honestly who doesn't want to feel that way!"

Rebecca Corriveau Visser

Wedding Location:  Inn at Laurel Point - Victoria, BC

Book your After Session Today!

Thank you for all the interest in After Session we are now all booked up until the new year!  We are taking our last set of bookings for January - April 2012.

Limited time offer of $299.  Please book by December 31, 2011.  Go ahead you deserve it!

Relive your moment together, and have the look and photography you always wanted.  Take a moment to pull our your wedding dress from your closet, and be a bride again.  Let us show you the wedding pictures you deserved.

Package Includes:
Your own private Studio
Professional makeup application
Professional hairstyling
Styling session
Professional 90 minute couples photo-shoot with guidance
20 edited images on disc
On-site stylist with touchups

SR Bride Lisa with her Bridal Experience || Port Alberni Wedding

I first met Sharon a year before my wedding, and was instantly drawn to her warm, friendly personality.  I visited her again the morning of my Engagement Photo session, where Sharon not only did my makeup, but my hair as well.  I was so excited to have her professional expertise to make me look my best for my engagement photos.  A few months later, I had a trial session for my bridal makeup where we finalized the “look” for my wedding day, and it wasn’t long before that the big day arrived.  Sharon travelled from Victoria to my parents’ home on Sproat Lake, just outside of Port Alberni, where she did the makeup for me, my mother and my six bridesmaids.  Sharon’s expertise and skill was clearly evident.  She not only worked efficiently, but she made us feel relaxed and pampered.  Not only did we look absolutely gorgeous when she was done, but our makeup still looked fresh and fabulous at 10:00 p.m. that same evening!  My advice for those thinking of hiring Sharon Rai - she is an amazing makeup artist and I would highly recommend her to anyone who needs professional makeup for a special occasion.  

 

Lisa Arbanas - Parksville, BC

Wedding Location:  Port Alberni, BC

Laurel Point Inn Brides chats about her SR Experience!

"Sharon Rai and her team of professional hair and make-up artists created a natural and elegant look that suited the individual styles of my mom, my mother-in-law, my three bridesmaids and me as we got ready together. They came to our venue to get us ready -- it felt like we had our own individualized professional hair and make-up team for a day.  Not only that, the process of getting ready was relaxed, fun and easy.  Sharon is very organized, and professional and she and her team are exceptionally talented.  Sharon had a huge part in keeping me on-time, beautiful, picture-perfect, relaxed, worry-free and ready to enjoy every moment of the wedding day. Sharon had created a look that best suited my personality, my style and my dress-- when she was done, I was so impressed with the look she created and very excited to walk down the aisle to see my husband. It was a pleasure working with Sharon and her team. Our wedding party was very happy to have Sharon contribute her time and talent to our special day."


Sabrina Eliason
Wedding Location - Victoria BC - Laurel Point Inn