The morning math of hair and makeup

I look at a lot of draft schedules. The most common error happens before the event even starts. People write down a start time of nine in the morning and expect six people to be fully dressed and ready for photos by noon. They forget that a single stylist cannot bend time. A standard professional […]

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The myth of the one-hour cocktail hour

I see a lot of sample schedules that allocate exactly sixty minutes for a cocktail hour. I understand why it happens. It looks incredibly tidy on a spreadsheet. You block out an hour for drinks, an hour for dinner, and three hours for dancing. This is a massive trap. If you have more than eighty […]

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