WEDDING MORNING MAKEUP TIMELINE
Work backwards from the ceremony. Leave about 30 minutes of buffer before photographs, allow about an hour of makeup for the bride and 30 to 45 minutes for each additional person, and have the artist arrive around 20 minutes before the first face. The calculator below does that arithmetic for you and adds an honest travel estimate from Lewiston at $100 per hour. Bridal makeup is $300 for the bride and includes the bridal preview.
YOUR MORNING
Ready by 2:30 PM
Makeup starts 12:00 PM, allowing 150 minutes of makeup for 3 people
Bridgette arrives 11:40 AM
She leaves Lewiston about 10:58 AM
Travel to Portland is about $140 for the round trip, at $100 per hour, confirmed at booking.
THE ASSUMPTIONS BEHIND THE NUMBERS
- 60 minutes of makeup for the bride.
- 45 minutes for each additional person having makeup.
- 30 minutes of buffer before photographs begin.
- An extra hour reserved when photographs happen before the ceremony.
- The artist arrives about 20 minutes before the first face to set up and light.
- Drive time from Lewiston taken from the town pages, and travel priced at $100 per hour of round trip drive time.
These are planning figures, not a contract. Hair, photographs, transport and the number of people all move a morning around, so the final schedule is agreed with you at the bridal preview.
TIMELINE QUESTIONS
Allow about an hour for the bride and 30 to 45 minutes for each additional person. The calculator on this page uses 60 minutes for the bride and 45 minutes for everyone else, which is the safer end.
About 30 minutes between the last face being finished and the first photograph. It absorbs a late hairstylist, a dress that needs help or a delayed car without touching the ceremony time.
Normally about 20 minutes before the first face, so the kit and lighting are set up before anyone sits down. On long drives she may suggest travelling the night before.
CHECK MY DATE
Tell her the date and where you are getting ready and she will come back to you within one business day. For studio appointments such as lashes, brows or a facial, use online booking.