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Make-up in Cardiff

1 listing · Wales

Professional make-up for weddings, events and lessons. Cardiff is the reference point for beauty in Wales and draws clients from Newport, Swansea and the Valleys as well as the city itself.

One listing currently offers make-up in Cardiff, identity-verified. Listed prices run from £35 to £110, with a 60-minute appointment typically around £75. Appointments are listed at 30, 60 or 90 minutes. They work mobile, coming to your home, hotel or office. Availability is concentrated in Cardiff Bay. Besides English, languages spoken here include Welsh.

About make-up

Professional make-up is booked for occasions: weddings, proms, parties, photoshoots and black-tie events. A make-up artist preps the skin, then builds a look to brief — from soft and natural to full glam — using professional products chosen to last through a long day and photograph well. Most also offer strip or individual lashes as part of the application.

Bridal make-up is the biggest part of the market and usually includes a trial a few weeks before the wedding to agree the look and test how it wears. Many artists are mobile and travel to the bride and bridal party on the morning, often working alongside a hairstylist. Lessons are a growing sideline too: an hour learning to do your own everyday or evening make-up with what is already in your bag.

A single application takes 45 minutes to an hour; bridal parties need a full morning. Arrive with clean, moisturised skin and photos of looks you like.

Read the full guide to make-up — what it involves, who it suits and what it costs. Also known as make-up artist, bridal make-up and occasion make-up.

Where to find it in Cardiff

The offering divides cleanly: the City Centre, around Queen Street, the arcades and St David's, has the larger salons, the aesthetic clinics and the threading and brow bars; Cardiff Bay is newer and apartment-based, with modern nail and lash studios and mobile beauticians who travel to visitors and hotels. Roath and Canton are residential, cheaper and full of independent salons where clients book with the same therapist for years for nails, brows, facials and waxing. Pontcanna has a growing number of boutique skin and lash studios.

More on beauty therapists, salons and clinics in Cardiff — areas, pricing and how booking works locally.

For make-up specifically, the professionals listed here work out of Cardiff Bay . You can also browse everything in Cardiff .

Frequently asked questions

What is the price of make-up in Cardiff?

Listed prices run from £35 to £110, depending on the treatment length and on whether you go to them or they come to you. A 60-minute appointment typically costs around £75.

Can I get make-up at home in Cardiff?

Yes — every listing offering make-up in Cardiff is mobile and comes to your home, hotel or office.

Where in Cardiff can I find make-up?

The listing listing here works out of Cardiff Bay.

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