Makeup artist

Does makeup for the getting-ready morning. Choose who's getting done and the plan estimates timing and fits it alongside hair, worked backward from the ceremony.

Also called: makeup, mua, makeup artist, hair and makeup, glam.

When couples book this

Usually booked about 7 months out. It moves with your date.

Your wishlist, before you talk to anyone

Questions you can answer early — they become the yardstick you compare candidates against.

What makeup look do you want?
Airbrush or traditional?
Who's getting makeup done?
Wishlist mirror of the services roster — the party size you're planning for.
Where would you like makeup to happen?
Wishlist mirror of getting_ready_location — whether you want someone who travels to you.

What to ask each candidate

Facts that differ from one vendor to the next — worth writing down while you shop.

Which makeup services do you want?
Where is makeup happening?

What settles once booked

The working details you and your vendor pin down together.

How many people getting makeup done?
DERIVED from party roles.
Getting-ready start time
Makeup trial
Looks, inspiration, skin notes, and allergies
Sharing the morning with a hair stylist?
What time do they arrive?
The time you agreed together, not an estimate worked back from the ceremony.
What times are set on the day?
One row per moment — a serving round, a pickup leg, a person's slot, a set. Each row becomes its own block on your run of show, labeled with whatever you type, so name it for whoever will be reading it.
What time do they finish?
Who do you call on the day?
The name and cell number of whoever is on site — not the office line.
Where do they come in, and where do they park?
The load-in door or dock, where the vehicles go, and who opens up.
Do they need a meal?
Counts toward your caterer's vendor-meal number.
What balance is due on the day?
Your own figure, from your contract — what is still owed when they arrive.
What gratuity are you planning?
Your own figure. It rides beside the balance on the day-of money sheet.

How it lands on your day

Makeup
Artist arrival
Set time
One block per row of the cell's dayof_service_times answer; the row's own label names it, and its `until` makes it a window.

How it’s usually priced

Usually priced per service.

Lines that sometimes ride along: Makeup trial, Travel / on-location fee, Airbrush upgrade, Lashes.

What your vendor reads from your plan

Book on or off Beetrothed — either way the plan assembles a brief your vendor can work from: the morning, services, contacts.

Plan your makeup artist — and everything around it

These questions live as one cell of a connected plan: your budget, guest list, checklist and timeline all read from the same answers. See the whole board work, or join the waitlist and we’ll write when it’s your turn.

We will write when there is something worth telling you.