Luxury Bridal Hair & Makeup

Award-winning, on-location bridal beauty with production-level precision since 2006.

Luxury Bridal Hair Styling & Custom Airbrush Makeup

City Lights Beauty is a founder-led bridal hair and makeup agency serving Chicago, Tampa, and destination weddings nationwide.

Our elite production artist team specializes in elevated, camera-ready glam designed for long wear, high-definition photography, and seamless wedding-day execution.

From intimate ceremonies to large-scale luxury productions, we provide structured timelines, coordinated artist placements, and white-glove communication that ensures every bride experiences calm, confident preparation.

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Chicago | Tampa | St. Pete | Clearwater | Miami & Beyond

Wedding Makeup Artists & Hair Styling Specialists

Our team understands venue logistics, seasonal climate considerations, photography lighting, and large bridal party coordination.

Beauty is part of the production—and we operate accordingly.

Brides choose City Lights Beauty for organization, reliability, and consistently refined results under real wedding-day conditions.

The City Lights Bridal Experience

For the bride who expects production quality glam that looks perfect in person and on camera.

Every Bride Receives:

Customized bridal hair and makeup design tailored to your features, wardrobe, venue, and lighting

Studio-grade, long-wear products built to withstand humidity, tears, flash photography, and 12+ hour timelines

Structured timelines coordinated with planners, venues and photographers

Strategic artist placement for large bridal parties

Calm, high-touch communication throughout the planning process

Intentionally limited weekend bookings to preserve quality and performance

Luxury requires structure — and we protect it.

Experience Options–for the Bride

Option A. A la carté Bridal Experience:

– With in room service, you won't have to lift a finger.

– Planning, timeline structure and coordinating with your planner and/or venue.

– Communications with our team leading up to your wedding day.

– Personal Beauty Portal to upload photos of yourself, inspiration, your dress and any other details to assist in designing your moodboard.

– In room professional lighting setup, airbrush machine, professional directors chair and of course our full production makeup and hair kit–in room for the most elevated and pampered experience.

– All inclusive production quality makeup artistry and/or hair styling, built to last on your wedding day and look incredible both in person and on camera. No charge for lashes, airbrush–we don't do "upgrades", we work at a high-level and ensure you feel that.

Investment: $300 Makeup | $300 Hair Styling

Option B. Bride's Full Day Production Support Experience:

– Includes everything in Option A.

– We remain on location with you–reserves your artist for up to 8 hours.

– Your day is treated as a production, we're on standby and step in for unlimited touch ups during photos, before/after first looks etc for lip touch ups, shine control, hair placement etc.

– While we're with you, this package includes optional look changes. Look Change Examples: Change your hair from uptodown or vice versa. Enhance your eyes for the evening for a more sultry look–after the ceremony.

– Unlimited touch-ups and look changes are included for both you and everyone in your party who's booked services.

– Added Photo/Video Perk: We capture behind the scenes content of special moments typically not captured by your photo/video team–providing even more beautiful memories to hold forever.

No bride in history has ever regretted selecting this option.

Bridal Investment: $1500 (8hrs)

Option C. Bridal Elopement Package:

– For the destination bride or vow renewals, this package does not include planning, ongoing communications, timelines or moodboards.

– Structured as a traditional hair & makeup appointment.

Investment: $250 Makeup | $250 Hair

Preview Session Vs. Trial Session:

No blackout dates, you are free to schedule your preview session for an event, party, photoshoot, bachelorette party or shower.

Preview Session (with booked contract) Investment: $200 Makeup | $200 Hair

Trial Session (without booked contract) Investment: $250 Makeup | $250 Hair

Bridal Party + Guests Investment: $150 Makeup | $150 Hair

Review conditional fees on our Agency Terms page.

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