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A friend of a bride-to-be took to TikTok to share her friend’s shock and disappointment in the price it cost to have a traveling makeup artist for her wedding
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The friend revealed that a makeup artist provided a quote over $125,000 for the service
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The friend expressed doubt that she might ever get married due to weddings being “outrageously expensive”
One 2025 bride-to-be is putting her foot down when it comes to certain costs for her wedding.
A friend of the bride-to-be shared how disappointed and shocked the bride was to learn it would cost over $125,000 to have a well-known makeup artist travel for her upcoming wedding.
“I feel so bad for the girls and the fiancées who are 2025, 2026 brides. I’m feeling bad for the whole family at this point, because in today’s day and time, every aspect of a wedding is so outrageously expensive,” TikTok user Emily Landon said in a May 1 post to the platform.
She added, “My friend reached out to a well-known makeup artist to see what the pricing will be.”
The TikToker then brought up a screenshot of the email that her friend received from the unnamed makeup artist with the breakdown of the fees in order to travel to the wedding, which appears to be in Sicily.
The breakdown included a fee to reserve the dates of travel for the wedding, a separate fee for the wedding day makeup, reserved business class flights for the makeup artist and the assistant and more.
While Landon noted that makeup artists are entitled to require fees and accommodations for their time, she said, “these makeup artists and other vendors and venues are charging people…it’s not even a down payment for a house, you could buy the whole f—— house.”
“[The makeup artist’s] typical rate starting out is $25,000 each travel day. Glam for the wedding day [is] $50,000,” she explained. “We’re spending $125,000 and we haven’t even gotten to travel accommodations.”
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The TikToker continued, “The hotel has to be pre-approved. You have to pay for the transportation for their makeup artist and their assistant. I get it, but $100,000-plus? I will not be getting married.”
Users in the comments agreed with Landon and were unable to understand why wedding day makeup would ever cost that amount of money.
“I come from a wealthy community where some people pay a million dollars for a wedding and I’ve literally never heard of makeup costing more than $1,500????” one user shared, while another user added, “That price is actually them saying no without having to fight or be guilt tripped by brides who don’t hear no very often.”
A third TikTok user pointed out that “this person probably works with very specific clientele and/or gave these rates to scare off your friend. The average person doesn’t have to worry about paying anything close to this for makeup.”
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In a follow-up video, Landon confirmed that the well-known makeup artist has done makeup for celebrities like Hailey Bieber and Sabrina Carpenter, but did not reveal who the makeup artist was.
“If it’s a celeb then duh it’s gonna cost a lot. It’s like asking Beyonce to perform at your wedding for $3,000,” a user remarked on the follow-up video.
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