I had a "wimple" to cover my hair, but incredibly, no wax fell on either my teacher or myself. And I carried the shamadan into the restaurant and put it in the "changing" room.
There were a lot of customers there and I was terrified. Not to mention, I had a virus of some sort and had vertigo for days.
The owner, the bar tender and two customers complimented me, surprisingly. I was a bit dull at the time, but later on, when I was feeling better, I realized what those compliments meant to me. They didn't come from my teacher, classmates, or friends, these were other customers and owners of the restaurant and they know a lot more about shamadan than I do.