Wedding Forum - How long did it take you to get ready?...

We are getting married at 1.30pm and I was just wondering if anyone could tell me how long it took them to get ready from when you got out of bed to being ready to go. I aren't the type of person who enjoys getting up early and my mum told me we would all be getting up at like 6am?! Someone please tell me I won't have to get up that early? x

Im getting married at 10:30, but need to be at the venue for 10:15 to see the registrar.. however we need to leave 9:30 latest...
The hairdresser is roughly coming between 6 & 6:30am.. there will be 5 of us getting ready
just to mention there will be 3 hairdressers and im trying to get 2 makeup artists :)

xxx

I got married at 2pm & my hairdressers appointment was at 10, that took about an hour and a quarter, then back home to do makeup & get into dresses. I think we were done about 1/4 past 12 when the photographer arrived (I didn't want any 'getting ready' pics). He left about 1.15 and we then left for church at 1.45. Hope this helps x

I got married at 2.45pm (I don't do mornings lol). I spent the morning doing last minute things, such as collecting the schedule from the registry office (we needed to give it to the minister at our venue before the ceremony) and collecting flowers for both mums.

I got back to the hotel at about noon and had a shower and the hairdresser was booked for 12.30pm, but she was delayed and arrived about 1pm. She only had myself and one bridesmaid to do though, so only took about 3/4 of an hour. Once she'd gone we got ready and did our own make up.

My bm left with the best man, usher and groom at 2.25pm and was ready with time to spare. In fact I was ready before she left as well, then finished up killing 15 minutes hanging around waiting for the transport lol.

Mrs Hurley 2 b, I woke up at 5.30am even tho hairdresser wasn't until 10, and went to bed after 2, think its the longest I've ever been up in one day. Gotta make the most of it!

We got married at half 1 but i couldnt sleep and was up at 5. It took me agggges to eat breakfast so leave plenty of time for this! The hairdresser and make up turned up at half 9 as was doing my bridesmaids also but took 1.5 hours for my hair, 1 hr for make up. Allow an hour to faff and half an hour to get in to your dress and have piccys taken! So, taking into account breakfast etc, i would give yourself approx 5 hours in the morning so you need to start having breakfast by 8 :-) from my experience anyway xx

from Mrs B2B advice i gotta be up at 4: :O lol hmm pass on that one... think because we have 3 hair dressers for the 5 of us, & hopefully 2 people doing makeup, it should be too bad :) ill be picking at breakfast
xxx

We're getting married at eleven.

So far my schedule reads like this:

6.30 wake up, bath and dry hair
8.00 breakfast
9.00 do make up and hair (I'm doing it myself and not doing much different from my usual style as I have short hair)
9.30 into dress, bms arrive in their dresses etc. touch up makeup, last minute adjustments etc
10.15 photog arrives, few group shots of me with bms, parents etc
10.45 meet with registrar
11.00 get married!

Hopefully shouldn't feel to rushed, was worried about timing a bit but as I'm doing my own hair and makeup, shouldn't be too bad xx

I think it depends on lots of things eg will you have to go to a salon to have your hair and make-up done, or are they coming to you? Are you getting ready at the venue, or at home? If at home, how long do you comfortably need to leave to get to the venue? (allowing for traffic and meeting the registrar beforehand) Are your bridesmaids having their hair and make-up done by the same hairdresser/make-up artists? Is your dress difficult to put on? Etc.

In my case, our ceremony will be at 12.30/1pm (undecided as of yet). I'm getting ready at the reception venue, which is a 2 minute walk from the ceremony venue; me and my mum are having our hair and make-up done, my BMs are doing their own, so will be able to get ready at the same time as me. My dress is fairly easy to get into, ad I'll be showering/washing my hair the night before, not on the morning, as I can't have freshly-washed hair. So, I plan to get up at 7.30/8am, which should be MORE than enough time (my hair will take approx 40 minutes, as will my mums; make-up about 30 minutes each; and we'll rotate eg I'll have my hair done then my make-up, my mum her make-up then her hair); I'd like to be ready 30-45 minutes before I need to leave, so we have time to relax and have a quick glass of champagne lol.

So yeah, lots of factors to consider; and I'd be looking at adding an extra hour/hour and a half on to your estimated times to allow for delays and provide a 'cushion'.

we started hair and make up at 7am and we didnt start getting in to dresses til 9.30 and the girls had to be ready for 10.10 as the car was arriving to get them to the church for 10.30 to then get back for me and dad to get us there for 10.55

it was all very rushed and i wish we had started half an hour earlier as it was a little rushed towards the end. the hair and make up people had to do me, 2 adult BM's hair and make-up my mum's hair and make up and two little BM's hair and for some reason they left me til last?!

I would recommend getting ready with half an hour before you have to leave so you can get the getting ready pictures you want and any other family pictures

mmmm i would say 6am just because there are a lot of you

We got up at 7 for brekkie at 745. Left for the haidressers at 830 for appt at 9. back to hotel about 10ish. moh arrived at 1030. photographer (friend) arrived at 11. Lots of pics etc. make up at midday, bms arrived at 1. photographer (pro) at 1.15 registrar at 1.30 then married at 2!

my BM was having all curls and the other a side pony curled and they took about 30 mins each then make up was about 15-20 mins each

mine only took about 30 mins for my hair and again 20 mins for make up

We are getting married at 3pm as it stands but that's because we are decorating our reception venue / doing our own food!

My schedule atm reads at:

Night before:
Drop off food at venue for them to put out for us the next day
Drop off decorations to the church

On the day:
6:00am - Bath / hair washed and dried
8:00am - Breakfast
9:00am - Take all decorations to the venue with mum / bridesmaids and get decorating!
12:00pm - Get to hairdresser!
1:00pm - Go gome, have a glass of wine and apply my face.
2:00pm - Get the dress on!
2:30pm - Cars turn up!

That is provisional depending on what the venue decides.

this is a rely good post i thiknk ill be looking to get married between 1230 n 1pm bit undecided ywt lol

When my sister got married, to get her plus me and the other BM ready with hair, makeup and getting dressed and ready to walk downstairs (we stayed the night before and got ready at the venue) plus having photo's done too before we "left" for the ceremony it took us approx 2.5 hours. We got up at 8am to have brekkie at 8:30am, then back to the room for 9am and have a quick shower and start getting hair and makeup done at 10:30am ish. We took little breaks between hair, makeup and getting dressed before photos for the ceremony to start at 1:30pm.

xx

lol i'm not an early bird either so really hping our venue doesn't have this last minute booking confirmed so we can do it the night before lol. Not looking forward to getting up at 6.45 to get to the venue to dress that early in the morning, especially with my 9 year old in tow!

I'm getting married at 10.30, do I time to go to bed the night before?? lol. I was thinking I need to be getting ready from 9am. Will have a pamper the day before and visit the venue to decorate. So up for 7.30, get to my mum's for 8.15 with BMs arriving 8.30. Go to hairdressers over the road / have them come to us. Do each other's makeup and professional for me. Get into dress 9.45. BM leave just before 10 then me to leave with dad 10.20. I hope I have left enough time.

We have a 4pm ceremony, so I have a bit more time to get ready. Watch me still be late!