Note from Jeannine:  Today’s post is from our wonderful guest contributor, NaShara Mitchell.  NaShara is the Owner & Creative Director of Ready to Blush, Your Wellness & Beauty Concierge.  Based out of Indianapolis, Indiana, NaShara is our Beauty & Wellness expert, contributing twice monthly on topics written with wedding and event planners in mind.  NaShara founded Ready to Blush in 2002 as a personal aesthetics company.  Services offered by Blush are a starting point to enhance, empower, and educate women, focusing on both inner and outer health, wellness, and beauty.  NaShara is a wonderful asset to The Stylish Planner and is such a pleasure to work with.  If you are attending Eventology, you undoubtedly enjoyed NaShara’s session on legal issues yesterday.  Please enjoy this installment from NaShara – live from Eventology 2010!

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Your personal and business brands should tell the same story.  When you are meeting with a client, they are looking at YOU.  Yes, they will glance at the inspiration board and other documents you are showing them but they are going to look at you, your eyes, your smile.  Are you sharing the same message that you presented on your website and marketing materials?  If your business speaks to the fun and quirky bride, is your personal style fun and quirky or are you presenting a prim and proper librarian?  Is your ideal client one that loves a clean and minimalistic look but your personal style is one that is would put a theatre makeup loving diva to shame?

A full face of makeup or a few touches of lip-gloss, mascara or blush along with your signature glasses may not only help you to look and feel better, but may also translate into increased trust with your client.  It’s a subtle investment in yourself that gives a nod to your consistency and attention to detail as a wedding professional.

Photos courtesy of Emilie Duncan and Opulent Couturier