The bride
Getting ready and bridal portraits
Wedding Hair & Makeup · Tampa Bay · Chicago · Los Angeles · Destination
One rate with everything included, a written timeline and a named artist for everyone in the chair. No packages to decode, no day-of surprises.
5.0 on Google · 12 reviewsBride from $700 · Party from $350 each · 0% financing with Klarna and Afterpay
Before & After
Brides, moms and wedding parties. Every skin tone, texture and age. Tap to see full size.
Bridal glam
The bride
Bridal curls
Mother of the bride
Smoky glam
Bold red lip
Soft glam
Radiant skin
Redness & waves
Full glam
Glam curls
Bronzed glam
On the Day
Real City Lights brides and wedding days. Tap any photo to see it full size.
In Their Words
“They showed up on time & full of positive energy, laughter & personality. They made each girl feel confident, listened to what they wanted, & executed flawlessly.”
“During my preview, Carla was exceptional from start to finish. She made me feel confident that I will look and feel amazing on my special day.”
“The team was great and accommodating during a hiccup. 10/10 recommend! It was a beautiful day!”
Pricing
Choose the experience you want and it is complete as written. Coordination, the timeline and hospitality are already inside every number below, with nothing added at the bottom of your invoice.
On-location in-room service is $150 per artist and is stated separately only because it scales with the size of your party.
Payment plans available, including 0% financing through Klarna and Afterpay with approval.
The City Lights Standard
The same discipline we bring to a commercial set, brought to your morning.
Estimate Your Party
Choose who is in the chair. The total uses the prices above, and your written quote confirms it.
How It Works
Two minutes on the form below. We check real availability in your market.
Within one business day, with actual numbers and the artists we would assign.
Contract and itemized invoice. Your date is held once both are complete.
Your look session, your Beauty Portal mood board and a written per-person timeline.
Staffed to headcount, on schedule, with your planner and photographer briefed.
Venues We Know
The light, the load-in and how long the walk to first look takes. Hotels, estates, beaches and backyards.
Your venue not listed? Add it on the form. We plan every new room before the day. Check your date →
Questions Brides Actually Ask
No, and it never will be. Airbrush is a tool, not a tier, and charging extra for it would be a disservice on the most photographed day of your life. What actually matters is which formula, and where. There are silicone, water-based and alcohol-based airbrush formulas. Alcohol-based is the one marketed as waterproof, and it belongs on tattoo cover-ups, effects work and underwater shoots, not on a face for twelve hours, because it is too dry and cracks wherever you crease when you smile, and it cannot be touched up. So your artist picks the formula and the placement for you: full coverage, contour only, spot treatment, or none at all, alongside traditional product where that photographs better. It is included either way.
A preview is what most brides book, scheduled alongside your date once your contract is signed, at $225 per service. A trial is the same session run before you have booked anything, for brides who want to see the work first, at $350 per service. Both are priced per service, so hair and makeup counts as two, and both produce a written look plan your artist follows on the wedding day.
That is the whole point of the way we work. Skin prep is built around your environment before a single product goes on. An outdoor ceremony on Tampa Bay in July is a different job than a January ballroom at The Vinoy or a Chicago lakefront in October, and the work is planned to hold through the reception.
Yes, and the work starts before any makeup goes on. Redness is a color problem first, so it is neutralized in the prep with the right corrector under a foundation matched to your skin, instead of being buried under layers that photograph heavy. Rosacea, acne scarring, sunburn, broken capillaries and post-treatment redness are all routine for us. Mention it when you book and your artist plans the products around it, including what to do if your skin flares in heat or under stress on the day.
We plan for it rather than talk you out of the look you wanted. If a stylist tells a bride to wear her hair up because it is windy, that is the stylist solving their own problem: it would never happen on a commercial set, where the shot has to happen whatever the weather is doing. Your artist builds the style around the forecast, with the structure and product that hold it, a plan for the walk to your first look, and touch-ups through the day if you have booked the full day on site.
Eight hours on site, and the clock starts when you sit down. Your hair and makeup take three to four of them, and your artist stays for the rest rather than packing up when the room is ready. That is standby, the way a production keeps an artist on set: unlimited touch-ups for you and for everyone in your party who booked with us, shine and sweat control, lip touch-ups between courses, tear mitigation, hair placement and weather control, and checks before key photos. It includes an optional second look if you are changing dresses for the reception, the touch-up between the ceremony and the photographs that most brides want in the frame, and behind-the-scenes content from the morning. Additional hours are $250.
No. Coordination and hospitality are built into every rate on this page. The only separately stated line is on-location in-room service at $150 per artist, because it scales with the size of your team. Every booking is confirmed with a signed contract and an itemized invoice before anything is due.
Peak Saturdays in Tampa Bay and Chicago are typically claimed nine to twelve months out. Dates are held with a signed contract and a retainer, not a verbal hold or an email. Payment plans are available, including 0% financing through Klarna and Afterpay with approval.
Yes. We staff to headcount rather than to budget, and we write a per-person timeline backward from your first look. That schedule is shared with your planner and photographer so nobody is guessing on the day.
Yes, and nobody will be able to tell, including him. It is grooming rather than makeup: skin prep and moisture, shine control that holds through an outdoor ceremony and a warm reception, redness evened out, and concealment only where the camera would otherwise catch it. It is the same service we run before a corporate headshot or an on-camera segment. Groom and groomsmen are $200 each on a booking with the bride, and fifteen to twenty minutes per person, so it fits into the morning without moving anyone else's start time.
Yes. Our teams work from Tampa Bay, Chicago and Los Angeles, and we travel for destination weddings from each. Travel is quoted as part of your proposal, never as a surprise line after you have said yes.
Check Your Date
Date, venue and how many people need hair and makeup. You will hear back within one business day with real availability and a quote.
Peak Saturdays book nine to twelve months out. Questions first? Call (888) 619-0628.