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Formal Hair & Makeup in the Eastern Suburbs
Whether it's the family home or a flat near the beach, your artist comes to you, so you and your friends get ready together and leave together. Tell us where you're getting ready, who needs makeup or hair, and your ready-by time.
Nearest first
Formal Artists near Bondi
Hela
Based in Pyrmont
Bela
Based in Neutral Bay
Nadine
Based in Cammeray
Alice
Based in Lane Cove North
Ritu
Based in Dee Why
Sienna
Based in Curl Curl
Sarah
Based in Roselands
Rebecca
Based in Avalon
Elisa
Based in Engadine
Zainab
Based in Liverpool
Each price is the total for one person getting ready in Bondi (2026), travel included. Your own suburb can move it, and your whole group goes into one total when you search.
Formals in the Eastern Suburbs
A flat near the beach can be short on floor space. Clear a table by the window, find a tall chair (a bar stool is ideal), and keep the group in one room, so your artist sets up once and works through everyone in turn.
Photos on the coast before the formal look great and test the look: wind off the water lifts hair and loosens curls. Mention it once your booking's confirmed, so hair is pinned and set to hold and makeup is built for a long night.
Parking near the beaches can take a while to find on a warm evening, so sort out a spot for your artist before they arrive.
Who comes to you
Ten Glamr artists who do formal makeup cover Bondi at a local price. The nearest is based in Pyrmont, about 7 km away. Seven of them do hair as well. Formal makeup for one person there comes to between $171.45 and $400.05, travel included.
Getting ready as a group of four? Formal makeup for four people in Bondi starts at $628.65 all up, travel included, on one request.
How booking works
- Enter the suburb you're getting ready in, pick Non-bridal and add everyone in your group, with makeup, hair or both for each. Add the date and the time you need to be ready by.
- See the artists who cover your suburb, each with one total for your whole group, travel included.
- Send a request to the artist you like.
- Your artist accepts, or suggests a different time, with the time they'll start and finish.
- You accept that time, suggest another, or cancel.
- Once you've accepted, you pay the deposit online to lock in your date. The rest goes to your artist on the day.
A few artists take bookings straight away: you pay to lock in your date and your booking's confirmed there and then, unless your party is bigger than they take on alone, which waits for them to accept first. With everyone else, you send a request first and your artist replies with the time they'll start.
It works the same way on the website and in the Glamr app.
Booking for a group?
One request can include everyone getting ready for your formal. For a big group or an event, tell us who needs hair and makeup and when, and we can ask several artists at once.
Getting a group ready? Plan the timeline and see how many artists you need →
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FAQs
- How much is formal makeup in the Eastern Suburbs?
- For one person getting ready in Bondi, formal makeup starts at $171.45, and up to $400.05 depending on the artist, travel included. Makeup and hair together starts at $222.25. A group of four starts at $628.65 all up. Prices change with your suburb, and every artist's card shows their total before you send a request.
- Can my friends and I get ready together?
- Yes. Put the whole group in one request: pick Non-bridal, then add how many need makeup, hair or both. Your artist does everyone in turn, and how many people they take on is their call: they work out how long your group takes and reply with the time they'll start and finish. For a big group they may bring help, or you can split the group between two artists, with a request to each. Getting ready as a group of four? Formal makeup for four people in Bondi starts at $628.65 all up, travel included, on one request.
- How far ahead should I book for a Year 12 formal?
- In NSW, Year 12 formals come after the HSC written exams, which finish on Thursday 5 November 2026. If yours is in the weeks after that, send your request as soon as you know the date and where you're getting ready. You can request any date, and your artist replies to say whether they can do it.
- Can I have my hair done as well?
- Yes. Seven of the ten artists who cover Bondi for formals do makeup and hair together, from $222.25 for one person, travel included. The others do makeup only, and each card says which. In your request, choose makeup, hair or both for each person.
- How does booking work?
- Send a request to the artist you like. They reply with the time they'll start and finish; once you've accepted it, you pay the deposit to lock in your date, and you pay your artist the rest on the day. A few artists take bookings straight away: you pay to lock in your date and your booking's confirmed there and then, unless your party is bigger than they take on alone, which waits for them to accept first. With everyone else, you send a request first and your artist replies with the time they'll start.
Whatever the day
Occasions
Photos: work by Elisa.
Where our artists travel
Across Sydney
Suburb by suburb. Travel is priced in, never added on.
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