Our New Bridal Studio Is Open!

Three years ago I was sitting in my living room talking to my husband about a crazy idea I had. I was thinking about leaving my comfortable job at a top salon in Charleston and starting an on-site bridal hair and makeup company. He encouraged me to open my own business and that’s how Paper Dolls came to life! I was fortunate enough to make some great contacts in the wedding industry and met some really inspirational women. They have all became friends of mine over the years and still inspire me all of the time! My dream 3 years ago for Paper Dolls was just to be able to make my own schedule and enough money to live a comfortable life. I didn’t even dare dream that some day I would own a beautiful studio in the heart of Downtown Charleston!!! Well here we are 3 years later and thanks to all of the wonderful brides that I’ve had the privelage of working with and with all the love and support of my family and friends I am proud to announce that Paper Dolls has opened our first bridal studio!!! We are located at 209-C Meeting Street directly next to the Charleston Place Hotel in a stunning brick studio built in the 1800′s. I would also like to thank all of the planners, property managers, photographers, other hair stylists and other makeup artists in Charleston that have sent me so many referrals over the years. I would also like to thank the girls that have worked with Paper Dolls and have always maintained our standards of putting out our best work every single day for every single bride! They have grown with me along the way and have always taken company changes in stride and have shown me so much loyalty and patience. I absolutely wouldn’t be here today announcing the opening of this beautiful space without them!

We will be offering several new services at the bridal studio. Alise Buckner will be there full time offering full hair salon services. We have a beautiful spa room where Kristen Brown will be offering sugaring hair removal services, organic airbrush tanning and a large variety of facials. We will also be doing makeup applications, makeup lessons and special event hair styling. My hope with the new studio is that we can offer a variety of services for our brides prior to their wedding day as well as offer services to other brides who’s wedding days we aren’t available for. All of the services at the new studio will be done to the high standards that we always strive to provide at Paper Dolls! I would love for everyone to come by and see the studio in person. Here are a few sneak peeks courtesy of the super talented Erin Sage Photography!  To make an appointment please call:  Carrie McLeod 843.602.6486  - Wedding hair and makeup and organic airbrush tanning. Alise Buckner 404.247.0473  - Hair cuts, colors and styling. Kristen Brown 619.370.8801  - Makeup applications/lessons, facials, organic airbrush tanning and hair removal services.

Bridal Hair & Makeup Studio

Bridal Hair & Makeup Studio

Bridal Hair & Makeup Studio

Bridal Hair & Makeup Studio

 

Bridal Hair & Makeup Studio

Bridal Hair & Makeup Studio

 

Bridal Hair & Makeup Studio

Bridal Hair & Makeup Studio

 

Spa Room

Spa Room

 

Spa Room

Spa Room

 

 

Lauren & Matt’s Wedding

I had the honor of doing hair and makeup for Lauren in March! We instantly hit it off! She is quite the prankster and smack talker and I can appreciate that because those are definitely two adjectives used to describe me all the time!! Here are a few shots from the wedding day…

I had to include this last picture because it’s the two of us cracking up!!

I’ve also included a link for their wedding video. Just a warning…..it’s a tear jerker!!! :)

Watch Lauren & Matt’s Video

 

 

 

A Few Of Our Lovely Brides

I haven’t been on here in a while because we’ve been blessed with the opportunity to do so many brides so far this Spring Wedding Season! This is just a quick sneak peek of some of the brides that we’ve done so far! Trust me…….I’m still waiting on a ton of pictures but all of the talented photographers in Charleston are really busy this time of year too! I promise as soon as we have more I will post them. I hope everyone is taking a moment to stop and enjoy this beautiful weather that we’ve been having! xoxo Carrie