Two teams print a price; the rest price by the date and the headcount
Long Island Makeup and Hair publishes bridal hair and makeup beginning at $1,000, with the final figure scaling by party size and coverage, and books by application with limited dates per season. Elite Bridal Beauty in East Moriches publishes Just the Bride packages from $2,100 and a Signature package, bride plus three others with a trial, from $3,980. Touch-up packages there start at $5,700 and wedding party a la carte runs $180 to $200 per person. Both hold dates by contract and retainer.
Make Me Glamorous in Smithtown shows $125 starting on WeddingWire, which is the shape of that whole page: $100 to $900 per-person starting rates. Love Crush Beauty in Greenlawn states its pricing changes by day of week, month, year, time of day and location, and quotes only after a detailed inquiry form. Beyond the Brush, Beauty Studio Inc., Northeast Bridal and Victoria Elizabeth publish no figures. For scale, The Knot's national averages are $150 per person for hair and $150 for makeup, and Zola puts hair and makeup at $982 per wedding. Neither is a Long Island number, and no Long Island average is published.
A paid trial photographed under flash is the test that matters
Makeup that reads well in a mirror can look chalky under a flash. A good artist does a paid trial and photographs the result. Make Me Glamorous runs 60 to 90 minute trials. Love Crush holds trials at its Greenlawn studio and covers HD makeup, clip-in extension placement, lashes and the veil or headpiece. Beyond the Brush recommends trials but does not require them. Long Island Makeup and Hair sells its Bridal Preview Experience separately, and Elite's Signature package builds the trial in. The trial is usually not part of the wedding-day price, so ask.
Then count artists. Ask for the exact number coming and a written schedule with a buffer before the first look. Love Crush adds team members for large parties at no extra fee. Make Me Glamorous and Beyond the Brush both staff large parties with multiple artists. Beauty Studio Inc. takes parties from one person to 30 or more. Elite's founder, Cherise Loren, assigns the artists to each wedding rather than letting clients pick. Northeast Bridal is a fixed two-artist team, Kristen and Nicole, which means you know exactly who is coming.
Read the contract for the before-8am fee and the gratuity line
Beauty Studio Inc., a national agency with 1,500 or more artists across 60 or more markets, prints the terms most local teams leave unsaid. A $50 nonrefundable but transferable deposit reserves the date. Appointments before 8am or after 8pm carry a $35 to $55 fee. Gratuity is not included, and the site cites 20% as standard. Group cancellations inside 7 days are charged in full. Travel is included, though venue parking may be billed. The agency substitutes an artist if the assigned one drops out, which is also a reminder that the artist is agency-assigned.
The others show pieces of the same shape. Beyond the Brush in Bayport takes a $200 nonrefundable deposit applied to the balance, includes standard lashes in every makeup price, charges extra for mink, and offers no discounted eyes-only service. Elite applies minimums to wedding-party services. Long Island Makeup and Hair requires a contract and retainer. Airbrush and lashes are per-person upcharges that add up across a party, so add gratuity, which Beauty Studio Inc. cites at 20%, plus tax to any per-person rate before comparing. Two separate contracts, one for hair and one for makeup, is common and doubles your coordination. Teams on this page that do both are worth the shortlist.
Church timelines start before 8am, and Montauk is a travel line
Long Island church weddings with early photo timelines push arrivals before 8am. Beauty Studio Inc. charges $35 to $55 for it, and it is the only team on this page that publishes the fee; ask the others. Love Crush and Make Me Glamorous both list early-morning starts as a specialty, which is a good place to start that question. Travel and parking are billed separately and matter on the East End. Elite Bridal Beauty works from a private East Moriches studio out to Montauk; Gurney's Montauk and the Montauk Yacht Club both appear in its portfolio, as does Peconic Bay Yacht Club. Its service area also runs to Manhattan, Connecticut, the Hudson Valley and destinations.
Getting-ready space is the newer Long Island add-on. Beyond the Brush rents its Bayport studio as a getting-ready space. Victoria Elizabeth rents a suite in East Northport with add-ons that include breakfast, champagne, a gelato station, a photo booth and a DJ, and sells its own cosmetics line. Booking windows run long: Beyond the Brush recommends 6 to 18 months ahead, Elite books 1 to 1.5 years out, Make Me Glamorous recommends 1 to 2 years, and Long Island Makeup and Hair takes applications for limited dates. Love Crush prices by month and day of week, which is the same pressure expressed as a rate.
How much is bridal hair and makeup on Long Island?
Two teams publish it. Long Island Makeup and Hair starts bridal hair and makeup at $1,000, and Elite Bridal Beauty starts bride-only packages at $2,100 with wedding party a la carte at $180 to $200 per person. WeddingWire's Long Island page runs $100 to $900 in per-person starting rates, and The Knot shows no prices for its 80 listings. Add the trial, any early-start fee, travel and 20% gratuity before comparing.
Is the trial included?
Long Island Makeup and Hair sells its Bridal Preview Experience separately, and Beyond the Brush recommends a trial without requiring one, so assume it is extra. Elite's Signature package from $3,980 is the exception on this page, since it builds the trial in. Make Me Glamorous runs trials of 60 to 90 minutes.
How many artists will come for a large bridal party?
Love Crush adds team members for large parties at no extra charge, and Make Me Glamorous and Beyond the Brush both bring multiple artists. Beauty Studio Inc. takes parties from one person to 30 or more, while Northeast Bridal is a fixed team of two. Ask for the exact number coming and a written schedule.
Do they charge extra for an early start?
Beauty Studio Inc. does, and publishes it: a $35 to $55 fee for appointments before 8am or after 8pm. No other team on this page prints an early-start fee, so ask the others directly. Church weddings with early photo timelines are where this lands on Long Island.
Facts read from each vendor’s own site and, where noted, its The Knot or WeddingWire listing, on 3 September 2026. Prices marked “on their site” are first party; anything marked “on The Knot” or “on WeddingWire” is marketplace sourced and may have changed. Run a Long Island hair and makeup artist business? Claim or correct a listing, free.
