Katie Saarikko
Makeup and beauty photography – Melbourne, Australia
I am a makeup artist and photographer in Melbourne, Australia. My passion lies in beauty editorial makeup and photography.
Wedding makeup
Your wedding day is one of the most cherished moments of your life. After spending countless hours planning every detail, you deserve to feel pampered and enjoy the celebration. With me by your side, you can relax and let me take care of you and your bridal party, ensuring you feel confident and beautiful every step of the way.
I work with a team of excellent artists to make your get ready time shorter. My goal is to make you look and feel like yourself, but enhanced.
Why choose me for your wedding makeup?
- Custom makeup designs: I love to creates natural, flawless bridal looks tailored to your unique features, personal style, and the conditions of your big day.
- Professional-grade products: I only use long-lasting, high-quality products to ensure your makeup stays fresh and radiant throughout the celebration.
- Inclusive services: Makeup services are available for all skin tones, ages, and genders.
- Luxury touches: Every service includes ultra-comfortable human hair false lashes for added elegance.
- Grooming services available: For people that prefer to look like they are not wearing makeup, but want to look fresh and tidy for photos.
- I am an ally to the LGBTQIA* community: I understand that gender is diverse and love working with people from all over the spectrum.
Bridal makeup experience
- Relax and be pampered: Start with a soothing skincare routine to prep your skin for makeup. Sit back as I carefully apply a look that enhances your natural beauty while reflecting your style.
- Time commitment: Bridal makeup typically takes about one hour per person, ensuring everyone is ready without feeling rushed.
Look amazing in your photos
Your wedding photos will be a lasting memento of one of the most important days of your life. I create wedding makeup looks using products designed to photograph perfectly. I design the look to ensures that your face looks dimensional and not flat, and that imperfections will not draw the eye.
Wedding grooming services
If you don’t want to look like you wear makeup, consider booking a grooming service. Grooming is a unique style of makeup that is applied in a way that makes it almost invisible. Dark eye circles, dull skin, contouring, redness in the face and pimples are the focus when performing a grooming application. Oily or shiny areas are made matte to ensure they do not create hot spots in the photographs.
My grooming service is ideal for people that do not wear makeup but want to ensure they look their best in their wedding photos.
Grooming includes:
- Preparation of the skin
- Treatment of dry or problem areas
- Concealing spots, dark eye circles and injuries
- Mattifying shiny or oily areas
- Neatening of brows and facial hair (shaving not included)
- Ensuring skin looks clean and fresh
- Lip treatment
- Contouring
- Creating consistent skin tone
- Redness concealing
- Soft definition of the eyes
Making and securing bookings
To secure your booking on a particular date you may be required to pay a non-refundable holding fee. This fee goes towards your final fee on the day and is a retainer to ensure that your date is kept free for you. Your booking is not confirmed until this fee has been paid if requested. Occasionally the makeup artist will not request the retainer fee until someone else has requests that date, but you will be informed.
You will receive an invoice for the amount and can pay by bank transfer. The remaining fee must be paid up in full prior to or on the day in cash. Bank transfer on the day is not acceptable.