— Your Wedding Day Timeline —
Beloved,
The hour-by-hour breakdown of how our team delivers a finished bride, a glowing bridal party, and a quietly held set of mothers — from setup at sunrise to send-off at midnight.
— The Morning Of —
Your day, hour by hour
Two stylists, one assistant, the bridal kit (twenty-three pounds of tools, products, and emergency supplies), and a Yeti of cold-brew coffee. We are on the road before sunrise — because your photographer wants you ready for first-look photos by 11.
We arrive ninety minutes before the first chair. Setup includes two portable stations with full lighting, a mirror that works in any room, a steamer for the dress, and a champagne bucket if the bride is having a quiet moment with her mom.
We start with the bridesmaids — sixty to seventy-five minutes each. Hair first, makeup right after. We sequence so no one is sitting around in a robe waiting. Coffee, croissants from Bread & Cie, and Spotify control to whoever is in the chair.
A separate slot for the women who have been waiting forty years for this morning. We do their hair the way they want it, not the way Pinterest wants it. They get the bride's same lead stylist. They cry. We cry too.
Two hours, no exceptions. Hair first — usually a classic chignon, sometimes a half-up, occasionally something braided and Bohemian. Trial-and-tweak from the photo board. Makeup begins ninety minutes in: skin prep, primer, full coverage with a layer of airbrush for the photos, contour, lash extensions, lip.
We bring three veil clips and a hidden-tooth comb. We pin the veil while the photographer takes detail shots of the dress. If the veil has been your grandmother's for sixty years, we will not pin it through the antique lace. We have a workaround.
You meet your photographer. Hair and makeup is locked in for ten hours. We hand you your touch-up kit and step into the background.
For Diamond-tier weddings, one stylist stays through ceremony for any emergency — windblown hair, a tear-damaged lash, a mother who decided last minute she wants softer waves. We are invisible until you need us. Then we are immediate.
Optional second style for the reception — an updo dropped into waves, or a sleek topknot for dancing. Forty-five minutes between ceremony and reception. We use the bride's suite, never the bathroom.
We send you home with a small kit: two bobby pins of the exact shade we used, a lash glue tube, lipstick, and a printed makeup map showing exactly where each product went. Your honeymoon glam will look like ours did this morning.
— Bridal Packages —
Choose your tier
Up to 4 services total. Two stylists, in-studio at our Hillcrest atelier. Best for elopements, courthouse weddings, and bridal parties of three.
Up to 8 services. On-location at your venue or Airbnb. Our most-booked package — designed for a bridal party of six to eight.
Up to 12 services. Full creative direction, on-call stylist through ceremony, optional second look for reception. Our top-tier — booked twelve to eighteen months out.
For anything outside the package. Sized so you can add precisely what you need.
— Inquiry to “I do” —
The booking journey
You've set a date and venue. Reach out — we'll confirm we're available and send a starting proposal. About a third of our Saturdays book at this stage.
$500 deposit holds the date. Trial scheduled for 6-8 weeks before the wedding. We send you our Pinterest board template and a hair history questionnaire.
For brides growing out hair or doing transformative color — we lay out a six-month plan. Olaplex memberships at Lumière (our sister salon) at a 20% courtesy discount.
Three to four hours. We sit with your dress photos, your venue lighting, your veil if you have it, and your maid of honor. We work through two to three hair looks and two makeup looks. You leave with photos and a locked-in plan.
Forty-five-minute call. We finalize the morning-of timeline with your planner, confirm vendor access, lock in lash extension appointment, and confirm any allergies or sensitivities.
Lashes that morning will not have time to settle. We do them two days out, at no extra charge, at our studio. Brow tinting if you ordered it. We give you a "morning of" hair-prep sheet.
Ninety minutes early. With coffee. With everything we said we'd bring. We have done this 340 times. The day will unfold exactly as we walked through.
— Practical Details —
The fine print
Included within 30 miles of our Hillcrest studio. Beyond that, $1.20/mile travel charge applied transparently. Destination weddings (out of state, Mexico, Hawaii) priced per quote — we have done eighteen.
$500 non-refundable deposit holds your date. Final balance due 14 days before the wedding. We accept Visa, AMEX, and Zelle. No personal checks within 60 days of wedding day.
Cancel 90+ days out, deposit refunded minus a $150 admin fee. Within 90 days, deposit is non-refundable. Within 30 days, full balance is owed. We have never enforced this for a true emergency — but the policy exists so we can.
If a stylist is sick the morning of, we have backup stylists on retainer who can step in within 90 minutes. We have used this protocol seven times. No bride has ever gone unstyled.
When you're ready,
Trial appointments are scheduled six to eight weeks before the wedding. Reach out as soon as your date and venue are locked — Saturdays from April through October book a year in advance.
Schedule trial Email our bridal team