June 2010 - Lahore

since your barat dress is deep red, I suggest you go with allenora. Their typical bridal makeup look (although repititive) goes great with deep red colours. I know because my sis got married in sep 2009 and she got ready from allenora she wore a deep red dress and the makeup looked great on her but i saw another bride a week later with the same makeup look which did not suit her at all .. maybe because her dress colour was more pinky red than deep red.. also, they had put on too much bronzer on her cheek bones. And another thing that was different on that bride (from my sister's makeup) was that she was wearing a peachy pink lipstick!!! That did not look good at all... allenora tried to match her lipstick to her blouse colour but the rest of the lehenga was more red, so the bride didn't look as pretty as she is in reality.

Anyways... allenora is also cheaper than ather shehzad. It cost my sis 16000 to get it done from an assistant but the makeup was perfect so dont worry about HAVING to get it done from the owner herself. Ather shezad is flying away in the sky these days.. he needs to come back to the earth and be realistic with his prices!

Also, don't expect these people to be giving you the respect that you deserve as a customer! 90% of the Photographers or designers or makeup artists or hall owners etc etc in pakistan lack professionalism so be ready to deal with some crap from people while organising your wedding..

Congrats on your marriage in advance.

Oh, by the way... do check out ANCIENT bazaars in lahore.. lol.. I mean to say places like icchra. My sis got her dress from icchra for 35000 and it was gorgeous! And guess what... the shopkeeper dropped the price from 75000.. lol some bargain han! Always try to bargain they will always tell u an invalid price.. and NEVER tell them ur from abroad! They'll rip u off like crazy!

Good luck!