The week before your wedding: a skin plan
Nothing new, nothing harsh, plenty of water: what to do with your skin in the last seven days (sample).
Halden Makeup Studio, Orchard Street, Springfield (sample)
Makeup planned on a face chart first
Every bridal trial, event look and lesson starts on paper: what goes where, in which shade, in which order. You see the plan before you see the mirror, and you keep the chart.
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Soft glam bridal look for an 11:00 ceremony (sample chart).
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Prep
Hydrating primer, pressed in with the fingertips
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Skin
Satin foundation, shade 4W (sample), in thin layers
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Conceal
Peach corrector, then concealer one shade lighter
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Brows
Soft brown pencil in hair strokes, clear gel
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Eyes
Taupe in the crease, champagne on the lid
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Lashes
Brown liner at the roots, single lashes on the outer third
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Cheeks
Apricot cream blush, blended up to the temple
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Lips
Rose liner, satin rose lipstick, blotted once
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Set
Fine powder on the T-zone, setting spray to finish
Services and prices
Times are time in the chair. The strip shows which of the nine chart steps each appointment includes.
Wedding day
Your trial chart, followed to the minute on the morning, at the studio or your venue.
$220
90 minutes
All nine chart steps
Bridal trial
We try the look, adjust it with you in daylight and paint your chart.
$95
75 minutes
All nine chart steps
Event and evening
Galas, birthdays, nights out: a full look that lasts past midnight.
$85
60 minutes
All nine chart steps
Express glow
Skin, brows, cheeks and lips for a meeting, a date or a video call.
$45
30 minutes
Chart steps: prep, skin, brows, cheeks, lips
Photo and editorial
An artist on set for portraits, headshots and campaigns, with touch-ups between shots.
$280
Half day
All nine chart steps
Example prices. Travel to your venue is added by distance.
Bridal makeup, from trial to the last photo
A wedding look is planned twice: once at the trial and once on the chart. On the morning nothing is guessed.
Months ahead
Hold the date
Send the date, the venue and how many people need makeup. We hold the date for seven days while you pay the deposit.
6 to 8 weeks before
The trial
Bring photos you like, the neckline of the dress and the earrings if you have them. We paint your chart as we go.
1 week before
The final chart
You get the chart and the morning schedule by email, with the time each person sits in the chair.
The morning
Wedding day
We arrive three hours before the photographer and leave you a lip and powder kit for the day.
The artists
Three artists share the studio chair and travel to venues. Each one keeps their own kit, cleaned the same way.
Mara Lind
Founder, bridal and soft glam (sample)
Fourteen years of weddings. Works with every skin tone and loves mature skin; known for skin that still looks like skin at the evening reception.
Next free Saturday
14 Mar (sample)
Priya Nair
Events, colour and South Asian bridal (sample)
Bold eyes, gold and jewel tones, long wedding days with several looks. Bridal party bookings of up to eight people.
Next free Saturday
21 Mar (sample)
Tess Okafor
Photo, editorial and lessons (sample)
Works on set with photographers and teaches the one-to-one lessons and the Thursday masterclass.
Next free Saturday
28 Mar (sample)
Learn your own face
In a one-to-one lesson the artist does one side of your face and you do the other with your own makeup bag. You go home with your own chart: the steps, the products you already own and what to buy, if anything.
One-to-one lesson, 2 hours
$140
Group masterclass, 3 hours
Thursday evenings, six people at most
$95
Lesson for two friends
$230
Example prices.
A clean kit for every face
You should never have to ask whether a brush has been washed. This is what happens before you sit down.
- Brushes are washed and disinfected after every client, never just wiped
- Mascara wands, lip applicators and sponges are single-use
- Creams and lipsticks are scooped onto a clean palette, never used from the bullet
- Patch test 48 hours before for lash glue and any product new to you
- Ingredient lists for every product on request
From the journal
How we clean brushes between clients
Wash, disinfect, dry flat: the routine every brush goes through before it touches the next face (sample).
Brows first: why we shape brows before eyes
Brows frame the lid, so we fix them before a single shade of eyeshadow goes on (sample).
Come to the studio, or we come to you
22 Orchard Street, Springfield (sample). Ground floor, step-free, with a daylight window for checking the look.
Tuesday to Friday
10:00 to 19:00
Saturday
From 06:30 for weddings
Sunday and Monday
Weddings and shoots only
Opening times (sample). We travel up to 40 miles for weddings; travel from $30 (example prices).