Hi there! Hopefully this is the right sub for my question. I am excited to be involved in the wedding of one of my close friends, coming up in May. It will be my first time as a bridesmaid! For reference I am 26F.

I literally never wear makeup. The most I have done is a bit of light blush for a different wedding where I was a guest. I don’t have a clue about what makeup products are common or how they are typically used.

For the wedding, the bride is extremely chill - one of her “bridespeople” is nonbinary and I expect they will wear a tux and no makeup. For those of us wearing dresses, we’ve been given free rein to choose any style as long as it is in the correct color and length. I imagine if I told her I didn’t want to wear any makeup she would be completely fine with it.

However, I kind of do want to wear some makeup for the wedding. I don’t want a full face or anything (I have a lot of freckles and always think it would look weird to cover them with foundation?) but something light that will stop me looking washed out or “under-makeuped” compared to everyone else in the bridal party.

With my limited knowledge I would assume something wedding-appropriate but still in line with my style would be mascara, blush, and possibly some eyeshadow. I also anticipate needing a bit of concealer as I am prone to minor hormonal acne on my forehead - tips appreciated on how to avoid breakouts within the time frame of the wedding lol.

Anyways, the bride recently contacted us and said she is setting up a contract with a salon to do all of our hair for the ceremony. She also said we can let her know on an individual basis if we would like our makeup done and she can add us individually to the contract. I am conflicted here. One person already said they would rather do their own makeup.

I think it would be a waste to ask my friend to pay what I assume would be $50+ for someone to do very light makeup on me. On the other hand, I can’t really do my makeup myself. In this situation I might typically ask a friend or my mom to help me out, but my mom does not live near the wedding venue and my friends are all also in the bridal party so I think they will be busy enough lol. My only other thought is to learn how to achieve this sort of look myself within the next five months, which should be plenty of time.

Any thoughts or advice here? I am feeling super conflicted and want to think more about this whole situation. I am probably making a mountain out of a molehill tbh