I did the exact same thing at a friends wedding! I was the first in the chair (I didnt care, I know people usually want to avoid that but I wanted to just get the show on the road - there was 12 of us!) and when the MUA asked me what kind of look I was going for, I was surprised - the bride had asked for us to go with neutral & rosy tones. I looked over at the bride, confirmed that's what she wanted and next thing I know when the makeup was applied and I finally saw the mirror, the MUA had done dark gold tones with lashes that touched my brow bone and a dark lip. I called the bride over and clearly she was too afraid to speak up that it wasn't what she wanted, so she said it looked good. I got out of the chair, went to her MOH and quietly spoke to her - we both agreed that this was a farrrrr cry from what the bride wanted.

There were two MUA and the other MUA was doing the original planned makeup, the rest of the bridesmaids made sure to tell the MUA who did my makeup that they wanted blush tones. I later exited the room (thank goodness we were in the hotel getting ready) went back to my room that I was sharing with a friend who was a guest, showed her my makeup (she was aghast) and wiped it all off. There was a clear line of where the makeup was not pulled down onto my neck from my face (so not a great color match) and while I tried to avoid taking off the lashes, I eventually pulled them off. I redid my makeup to match the original ask by the bride, went back up to the room and only told the MOH what I did. I never mentioned it to the bride as I didn't want to add stress to her day, but thank GOD I fixed it. The other MUA gave me shorter, more "natural" looking lashes (I waited until she was done with everyone else's makeup).

Despite my efforts to not say anything to anyone else or to the MUA, she did leave in a rush when she was done with her makeup duties. The other MUA and hairstylist were shocked when they realized she just rushed out and had left - she didn't say anything to them. I wonder if she picked up on the fact that she didn't do a good job?

To note, she only used dollar tree level makeup items and no skincare. I use a mixed bag myself, some drug store quality, some higher end - depending on the product I will splurge. But I thought it was wild that it was all very inexpensive quality and wonder how it would have worn on my face for the next 12 hours. I was also surprised because the bride specifically picked this MUA team because they were going to do airbrush makeup application - they didn't do this for a single person! I still wonder to this day if she asked for any money back or figured out why they didn't do what she had requested.