Bride-to-be’s pal shocked over makeup artist’s $125K quote for wedding day primping: ‘I will not be getting married’

Bridal glitter conscionable sewage a full batch little beautiful pinch its chaotic cost.

A Texas female is going viral for her guidance to her friend’s mind-blowing $125,000 quote to person her constitution done connected her wedding day.

“In today’s time and time, each facet of a wedding is truthful outrageously expensive,” Emily Landon said successful a now-trending TikTok pinch complete 1.5 cardinal views.

“I’m emotion truthful bad for nan girls and nan fiancées who are 2025 and 2026 brides,” nan 23-year-old added. 

The Dallas section told Newsweek she was floored aft her friend reached retired to a “well-known” constitution creator — and was emailed an invoice that could money a mini wedding… aliases two.

Landon collapsed down nan invoice, explaining that nan constitution artist’s emblematic time complaint is $25,000 starting out.

“Glam for nan wedding date? $50,000. Right disconnected nan rip, we’re spending $125,000 and we haven’t moreover gotten to recreation accommodations.”

Add successful demands for illustration business-class flights and edifice support — and nan bride-to-be was already complete it.

“This is conscionable truthful shocking to me,” Landon said. “But … 100 expansive plus? I’m sorry, I can’t. I will not beryllium getting married.”

Commenters clutched their pearls.

The Dallas bride-to-be, whose TikTok tirade racked up 1.5 cardinal views, told Newsweek she was floored erstwhile her friend deed up a “well-known” constitution creator — and sewage a glitter measure large capable to bankroll a wedding… aliases two. Pixel-Shot – stock.adobe.com

“Did you guys announcement nan business people request for nan flight?! This is outrageous,” 1 personification gasped.

But others questioned nan logic.

“Okay but why would she scope retired to a well-known MUA (who presumably useful pinch A-listers)?” different posted. 

“That’s for illustration asking Harry Styles to execute astatine your wedding and being shocked erstwhile he asks for $2 million.”

Professional constitution creator Jonna Legg chimed in, “That’s ace weird. I’m a pro, award-winning MUA and I complaint $200 for a bride. $1 per km for travel.”

Some brides are ditching glitter squads altogether this twelvemonth — and their slope accounts are breathing easier.

“I decided to do it myself,” Megan Diem Easton, 25, of Nashville, Tennessee, recently told The Post, adding she spent little than $100 connected products from drugstore constitution brand, Milani Cosmetics.

“My wedding greeting was very wholesome… The full time was astir emotion — not really I looked.”

It’s a increasing trend, particularly successful nan Big Apple.

Not each constitution creator will make a bride weep earlier nan vows — 1 pro successful nan TikTok comments said she’s award-winning and only charges $200 for bridal glam. boryanam – stock.adobe.com

“The New York bride is an independent, self-sufficient woman — nan metropolis conscionable brings it retired of them,” personage MUA Kelli Ann Sewell, 29, told The Post.

“The [DIY bridal] constitution inclination is reflective of that self-confidence.”

With US weddings now averaging a whopping $36,000, galore brides are cutting corners creatively. 

Monica Razak, 29, of Jersey City, hand-stitched her ain gown for $700 aft ghosting her $10K Kleinfeld bridal dress dreams.

California bride Lauren Avery Holmes moreover washed disconnected a pro’s activity 20 minutes earlier saying “I do.”

“I already look a batch much for illustration myself,” she declared successful a now-private TikTok. “So overmuch better.”

Boston bride Zoe Bucuvalas made a pit extremity astatine Sephora connected her wedding day.

“My constitution creator was amazing, but I wanted to deterioration my favourite articulator gloss astatine nan reception,” she told The Post. 

“There’s this stigma that brides person to afloat entrust their looks to constitution artists, but you really don’t… I felt for illustration nan champion type of myself.”

In nan end, it’s not astir nan glitter — it’s astir emotion bully capable to opportunity “I do.”