Coiffure et maquillage de mariée : les prix en 2026, quand faire l'essai, combien de temps prend chaque personne, et un planning du matin qui tient la route.
L'équipe Eventadore11 min de lectureMis à jour le 26 octobre 2026
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As a rough guide for 2026, bridal hair and makeup costs about €250–700 for the bride on the day in most of Europe, plus €80–200 per service for a trial if it is not included, and €90–200 for each bridesmaid or mother who has both done. Book your wedding makeup trial one to three months before the day, allow two to three hours in the chair for the bride and about an hour and a half for everyone else, and set the start time by working back from the moment you leave for the ceremony.
Prices are per person and per service. As a rough guide for 2026:
Region comes first: a bridal look in Munich, Paris or London costs more than in much of Portugal, Poland or Greece, where hair and makeup together often costs €150–400. Then season and weekday (Saturdays from May to September are in highest demand), the number of people, hours on site, travel, an early start, which often costs extra, and complexity: braids, extensions, a heavy headpiece.
Lena and Jonas marry on a Saturday in June. Lena, her mother, her sister and her best friend all have hair and makeup done, by an artist who brings a colleague:
Total: €960, of which €550 is Lena's own look. Give hair and makeup its own line when you set your wedding budget.
To compare real figures rather than averages, search hair and makeup artists on Eventadore with your place, date and number of guests: every card then shows what that day costs, all in, travel included. Without a date, you see each artist's price range.
The trial is where you agree on the look, test how long it lasts and see whether you get on with the artist. Book it one to three months before the wedding; about six weeks is a good default. By then you should have your dress, or a photo of its neckline and colour, your veil or headpiece, and your hair at the length and colour it will be on the day.
Plan two to three hours for both. Book it on a day with plans afterwards, such as a dinner, to see how the look holds up.
Look at the photos the next day, not only in the mirror, and ask for changes now rather than on the morning. Then confirm the look, the people, the times and the price in writing.
Artists plan by chair time, and so should you:
Add up the chair time and share it between the artists: the one with the most to do decides when you start. One artist can manage the bride and one or two others; from three or four people with both hair and makeup, a second artist saves you a dawn start.
Count backwards from the ceremony. Here is Lena's morning, with the ceremony at 14:00, a hotel 25 minutes from the venue and two artists: one for Lena and her mother, one for her sister and her best friend.
The total chair time is 7 hours 15 minutes. With one artist, the first person would have sat down at 05:15.
Allow 20–30 minutes for the dress, longer with many buttons. Whoever must be ready first goes first, such as a mother who greets guests, and the bride's makeup comes last or nearly last. Put the times in your running order and send them to the artists, the photographer and everyone getting ready. The whole day is in our sample wedding day timeline, and choosing a wedding photographer explains why the photographer comes for the last hour.
Most bridal artists come to you: at home, in a hotel or in the venue's bridal suite. Travel is usually free within a set distance, then charged by the kilometre or as a flat fee, plus a night's stay if the drive is long and the start early. For a wedding abroad, ask whether your artist travels, or find one where you marry and hold the trial on an earlier visit.
Wherever it is, the artist needs:
A bridal look is built to last 10 to 12 hours: primer, long-wear foundation, waterproof mascara, setting spray, hair pinned to hold. Tears, hugs and heat still take their toll. You have two options:
Touch up right after the ceremony, before the couple portraits, before the speeches and before the first dance. Ask the stylist to show a bridesmaid how to take out the veil without pulling the hair down.
Good makeup starts with skin you know, so try nothing new at the last minute.
The groom needs less, but not nothing: a haircut about a week before, the beard trimmed two or three days before, and a little powder against shine before the photos. Ask your artist whether they do men's grooming.
Decide early who gets what: hair and makeup, makeup only or hair only. Each person adds 30–90 minutes and roughly €50–200, so the list sets your start time and your total. Ask whether the artist has a minimum number of people for a Saturday in season.
Who pays depends on the family and the country; whichever it is, say so when you ask your bridesmaids.
Mothers usually want to look like themselves, only rested: hydrating products, less powder on mature skin, and a word to the artist about glasses. Children's hair is best done shortly before you leave, so there is less time to pull it out.
Book your artist once you have the date and the venue. For a Saturday between May and September, six to nine months ahead is sensible; the trial comes later, and our wedding planning checklist shows where both fit. Before you book, ask:
More, for every supplier, are in questions to ask wedding suppliers.
On Eventadore you can message any artist from their profile; phone numbers and links stay hidden until a booking is paid, and reviews come only from couples who booked and whose wedding has happened. Once you add an artist to your Planning, the price is locked: they only say whether they are free, within 72 hours while your day is more than two weeks away. Reserving holds a booking fee on your card, charged only when they say yes and already inside the price; the deposit and the rest go to the artist directly (how paying works).
As a rough guide for 2026, about €250–700 for the bride on the day in most of Europe, more with sought-after artists or in big cities. A trial adds €80–200 per service unless included; each bridesmaid or mother costs about €90–200 for both.
One to three months before the wedding; about six weeks is a good default. By then, have your dress or a photo of it, your veil and your hair at its wedding colour and length.
Two to three hours for the bride and 1 to 1.5 hours for each other person having both, plus about 10 minutes between people and 15 to 30 minutes to set up.
Work back from the moment you leave: allow about 45 minutes for the veil, the dress and a little slack, then subtract the chair time of the artist with the most to do. For a 14:00 ceremony, four people and two artists, the first person sits down at 08:15.
It depends on the family and the country: some couples pay as a thank-you, others ask each bridesmaid to pay their own. Both are normal; just say which when you ask them.
