Wedding Hair & Makeup

Santa Barbara

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Our specialty is natural, effortless, and modern bridal hair and makeup looks!

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Featured in Martha Stewart Weddings, People, ELLE, Love Inc., Modern Luxury Weddings, Brides, Style Me Pretty, LA Times, Junebug Weddings, Wedding Chicks, 100 Layer Cake

Emily Lynn & Co. is Southern California's trusted bridal hair and makeup team, founded by Emily Wright and based in Los Angeles. Featured in 80+ publications including Vogue, ELLE, Martha Stewart Weddings, The LA TIMES, BRIDES, and more.

We've built an established reputation in the industry for perfecting natural, glowing airbrush makeup and effortless, modern hair styling that's stunning in person, on camera and lasts all night long.

Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara is one of the most romantic wedding destinations in all of California, and Emily Lynn & Co. has been providing on-site bridal hair and makeup services for Santa Barbara and Montecito weddings for over a decade. We travel to Santa Barbara regularly and have built lasting relationships with the venue teams, planners, and photographers in the area.

The Santa Barbara wedding aesthetic tends to lean classic, romantic, and naturally elegant, and that's exactly where our team thrives. No matter the direction, our approach is always the same: you should look in the mirror and feel like yourself. That less is more philosophy is at the core of everything we do, and Santa Barbara brides absolutely resonate with it.

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…Everything from start to finish was the most wonderful experience with Emily and her team. When looking for vendors, especially HMU, it can feel overwhelming and I didn't know where to begin. I'm so glad I found her! Emily made understanding how to work with her very easy and she was the most perfect person to have with us on my wedding day. She did hair and makeup for me and three bridesmaids. Emily's work is priceless and I felt so beautiful on my wedding day.

JENNIFER M — GOOGLE REVIEW

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OUR TEAM

Available for travel to Santa Barbara's best wedding venues and resorts like Belmond El Encanto, The Ritz Bacara, Villa and Vine, Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort, The Montecito Club, Kimpton Canary, Four Seasons Resort the Biltmore, Santa Barbara Zoo, Ojai Valley Inn, Santa Barbara Courthouse, Rosewood Miramar Beach, and San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito. Whether your celebration is an intimate elopement at a cliffside overlook or a 200+ guest weekend at a Montecito estate, our team arrives fully prepared and ready to execute.

Santa Barbara attracts couples from all over the country, and we work with a lot of destination brides who are flying in for their celebrations. For brides who can't schedule a consultation appointment before the wedding, we feel 100% confident executing the look on the morning of without a prior trial. We do this regularly and our communication process is designed to make sure your artist understands your vision completely before they arrive.

FAQ’s

Our Team+

Every artist on our team will be able to execute a wide variety of hair and makeup styles for any skin/hair type, texture, age, ethnicity, etc. We don't book you or the bridal party with "assistants", but with trusted industry professionals who all give that seamless, luxury client experience. Maintaining a high quality of work and professionalism from the bride's service to a bridesmaid's service is extremely important to us. When booking with any of our artists, we will still handle all questions, logistics, timelines, scheduling, and payments.

We are proud to be a California compliant employer with our hair and makeup artists hired on as part time employees and our admin team full time with benefits.

Availability+

Our team's availability is first come, first serve, and changes by the day. Email us through the contact form on our website and we will email you a custom quote. If you are interested in booking from there, we will check on our artist availability and usually this takes about 2 business days. You will be able to see a small portfolio and a have a little more information about each artist available. A deposit with signed contract will lock in our artist's availability for your date.

What time do we need to start?+

We handle the timeline for all of our bookings! Normally, each service is scheduled in a 30-45 minute time slot. Our services for brides are scheduled with 45-60 minutes per service.

Once we know the time you need to be ready, our booking manager will create a customized and detailed timeline that helps everyone stay on the same page! We suggest having a conversation with your wedding planner and/or photographer to determine the ready time. We like to be completely finished with hair and makeup before your photographer arrives. That way we will be able to pose with you for any “getting ready” shots you’d like, but you are already done, stress-free, and can jump right into the rest of your photos!

What is the booking process like?+

A non-refundable deposit and signed contract completes your booking and secures your artist. The remainder of your balance is due 2 weeks before your event - no worrying about paying on the day of! Your date/booking is not confirmed or held available until deposit paid and signed contract is received and counter signed. We use a secure, online system for our invoicing and contracts to keep things as easy as can be for our clients!

How many hair stylists or makeup artists do I need to get myself and my bridal party ready on the wedding day?+

We will help you decide how many artists you need, based upon how many services you have. Each artist on our team has different service minimums and maximums. Usually, each artist can do up to 6-8 services on a wedding day.

Where are you located? Where will the hair and makeup services be completed? Can you travel to my venue?+

Our hair and makeup artists are local to Los Angeles. We do not operate as a salon - our team is fully on-site/mobile with our clients, from the wedding day to consultations appointments. Our services involve each artist curating their meticulously clean kit and including the products and tools needed for every skin tone, hair/skin type, age, and desired look. We brave the LA traffic to arrive on time, transporting our 50+ pound kits all over the city, so you can relax in the comfort of your home, hotel, or venue! We want to provide an effortless client experience. Each travel fee quote is per appointment and per artist. We are fully on-site, and come straight to you to make it easy, and as stress-free as possible!

Hair and Makeup Trials (Consultation) Appointments+

We offer hair and makeup consultations for brides - also on-site appointments. (We use the term “consultation” and “trial” interchangeably.) This is a great chance before the wedding to meet your lead artist and implement any ideas you have. The consultation appointment includes full hair and makeup (with options of lashes + airbrush foundation included), and lasts around 2-3 hours so that you and your artist can nail your vision and create your dream look together! (Consultation balance is due 2 weeks before the appointment.)

I've never had my makeup done before. How should I prep?+

We have a full PDF resource with all the details and suggestions on preparation for getting your hair and makeup done with us. You can view our PDF HERE.

Are you insured?+

Yes! And if your venue needs a COI or to be additionally insured, we can absolutely accommodate that.

What services do you offer?+

We provide on-site hair styling, makeup application, men’s grooming, touch ups throughout the wedding day, bridal trials and consultations, and more for your wedding, elopement, engagement shoot, rehearsal dinner, welcome party, photoshoot, or event!

What is airbrush makeup?+

Airbrush foundation is essentially a highly pigmented formula that gets sheered out through an airbrush gun and compressor. The magic is that you get more coverage with less product on the skin — so it feels lightweight, looks natural, and wears significantly longer than a traditional liquid foundation. We have a whole page dedicated to airbrush - read more in depth HERE!

Do you charge a travel fee?+

Yes, there will be a travel fee charge for every booking. We feel our fees are fair and conservative considering the time and effort we put into traveling to each client. This compensates your artist for their time in traffic, the cost of gas, car wear/tear, setting up at a location, and is equivalent to CA employee mileage requirements. Our team is local to the Los Angeles and Orange County areas. We will email you with an exact travel fee quote based on your location address!

Do you offer discounts?+

We do not offer discounts, out of respect for our clients who pay our rates.

If I'm planning a destination wedding and can't schedule a consultation appointment, is that normal?+

Southern California is such a destination spot for couples from all across the U.S. and also out of the Country! We work with so many brides on their destination weddings and elopements and feel totally and 100% confident executing the look on the day-of, without a consultation/trial. Our consult appointments are not required and really it’s up to each client and their comfort level!

We will try to be as flexible as possible to schedule consults the week of the wedding for our out-of-town brides who really want to make it happen but can’t travel in multiple times before their wedding date.

How do you clean your kit?+

Cleanliness is HUGE. We prioritize our sanitation practices and make sure that after every single job, our kits are clean and ready for the next clients. This is a commitment of time and a lot of energy after getting home from a long work day, but it’s 100% worth it to know that we are doing everything we can to provide the best for our clients. You can read more about some of our protocols and safe practices HERE.

What do other brides say after working with Emily Lynn & Co?+

What our clients consistently tell us they didn't realize they'd value so much is everything that comes with having our team in your corner: the seamless communication, the detailed timelines we create to keep everything running smoothly, and the peace of mind that comes from working with a team rather than an individual... If anything unexpected happens, we have backup systems in place. We operate like a well-oiled machine, and that organization shows up at every step, not just when we're doing your hair and makeup.

Here is a link to our Recent Client Reviews!

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