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Des Moines & Central Iowa, Iowa

Hair & Makeup

In Des Moines & Central Iowa: Twelve hair and makeup vendors are listed, with clusters in Des Moines, West Des Moines and Ankeny and a pair in Clive, and per-person pricing commonly runs $100 to $280. Humidity is the local variable that decides most of this. From July into September central Iowa holds moisture in the air all day, and a style that sits perfectly in an air-conditioned salon can drop within an hour outdoors — so book your trial in roughly the same season as your wedding if you can, and tell the stylist plainly that you will be outside, for how long, and in what. Ask what they use to hold against sweat and what the touch-up kit contains. The other local factor is travel: the artists are concentrated in the metro, so a getting-ready suite in Pella, Boone or Grinnell means an early call time and a travel fee, and some will not travel the full 65-mile reach of the region at all. Confirm day-of timing, which always takes longer than couples plan, and coverage for anyone else who wants it.

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