How to Select the Right Makeup Artist For Your Wedding in 2025
The Right Makeup Artist for you is the one that makes you feel comfortable and confident, Although this is our end goal reaching this might be more than just a 1 word answer
Bridal Makeup: Hire or Solo
Let’s address the Elephant in the room. We all are guilty of thinking “Bridal Makeup toh mai khud hi kar lungi”.
Trust me girls it’s the nightmare of nightmares, We recently had a bride who was doing her wedding makeup by herself to save the cost and booked us for the reception makeup for 2 primary reasons.
One Being That What looks good in person might not look good on camera
Second is you have no help for last minute mistakes.
When our artist reached the location and saw The confidence of the bride went from roof to the ground and she admitted that i should have booked you guyz for the wedding as well.
Solution:
So Step 0: No DIY Makeup on Wedding Day, Do Hire a Professional Makeup Artist
Instagram Regrets You Don’t Deserve
Since you have now decide to hire the makeup artist.
If looking at instagram profile of the makeup artist is your way to book bridal makeup.
Be ready for the unexpected surpise.
But “Our Friends Booked their artist the same way.”
The story is different today,
Photo’s and Reels you see on the profile might not be their’s and there is no way to verify that.
Also If you observe smartly many of the accounts with 10’s of thousands of followers have 50 views on reels.
Means they have fake followers. And trust me this is the last thing you want to face.
Because most of them don’t provide a trial and want you to directly book.
Also it’s free anyone can make a profile on instagram.
Solution:
Instead check out Google My Business, Website
Google actually verifies the information you can see on it.
Website takes a good chunk of money to build a professional website.
Also you can know more about the artist from the about sections.
Checking Multiple Points is Crucial
Trial is a Complusory Choice
You can have opinions but if their is only 1 thing you can follow from this guide, Do take a Trial. (Yes i have highlighted it)
Every Bride is Different No Matter the Experience and Makeup Artist are humans similar to us.
Taking a Trial Reduces the chances by 50% of your bridal makeup going wrong.
Insider Info: No Trial, No Booking is a must have policy for brides.
Because this is your once in a lifetime day.
Apart from seeing the makeup do check the personality match and the ability to listen
of the makeup artist.
Package, Pricing and T&C (Terms and Conditions)
Although this is the boring part make sure you get these things in written from the makeup artist on a physical sheet rather than whatsapp messages
What things are included in the package ?
What price have you both agreed upon ?
Do they take the amount before the wedding or after ?
Is it in installments or full payment ?
Will i be getting invoices for the payments I do?
This industry lacks professionalism , and depends on verbal agreements which can bite you later.
That’s a wrap if this feels too much to handle, You can DM us and we can help you with the same.