Prices, timing and a skin plan that suits Surat.
Peak: November to February. Quiet: June to September.
Gujarati, Marwari and Saurashtrian families, with big-budget diamond-trade weddings.
Humid coastal air with high heat. Makeup slides even in December evenings.
Moderately hard, and heavily chlorinated in some zones.
Surat weddings run very large and very long. Ask the artist to stay on for touch-ups for the first three hours instead of leaving after the ceremony. It costs less than a second full sitting.
Large party plots on the Dumas Road belt and banquet halls in Adajan.
Bride's own makeup and hair on the wedding day: about Rs 12000 to Rs 60000. Family or party makeup: about Rs 3500 to Rs 12000. A full pre-bridal package: about Rs 5500 to Rs 24000. These are ranges people actually pay, not quotes.