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Formals · Inner West

Formal Hair & Makeup in the Inner West

Terrace, flat or family home: your artist comes to the place you're getting ready in, so the whole group is done in one spot before the formal. Tell us the suburb, who needs makeup or hair, and the time you need to be ready by.

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Formal Artists near Newtown

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Each price is the total for one person getting ready in Newtown (2042), travel included. Your own suburb can move it, and your whole group goes into one total when you search.

Formals in the Inner West

Terraces are long and narrow, and the daylight is usually strongest at the front window or the back door. Set up a chair there and your artist works where the light is; it shows in the photos.

Streets from Newtown to Leichhardt can be tight for parking. Once your booking's confirmed, tell your artist where they can park and which door to come to.

If two of you have formals on different nights, each night is its own request, and you can ask the same artist for both.

Who comes to you

Eleven Glamr artists who do formal makeup cover Newtown at a local price. The nearest is based in Pyrmont, about 4 km away. Eight of them do hair as well. Formal makeup for one person there comes to between $152.40 and $400.05, travel included.

Getting ready as a group of four? Formal makeup for four people in Newtown starts at $609.60 all up, travel included, on one request.

How booking works

  1. 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.
  2. See the artists who cover your suburb, each with one total for your whole group, travel included.
  3. Send a request to the artist you like.
  4. Your artist accepts, or suggests a different time, with the time they'll start and finish.
  5. You accept that time, suggest another, or cancel.
  6. 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 Inner West?
For one person getting ready in Newtown, formal makeup starts at $152.40, and up to $400.05 depending on the artist, travel included. Makeup and hair together starts at $203.20. A group of four starts at $609.60 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 Newtown starts at $609.60 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. Eight of the eleven artists who cover Newtown for formals do makeup and hair together, from $203.20 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

  1. WeddingsA bride in an off-shoulder lace gown, soft glam and a low bun
  2. BridesmaidsA bridesmaid in a floral robe, glowing makeup and blonde curls
  3. FormalsA formal look: defined eyes, a nude lip and long waves
  4. PhotoshootsA photoshoot look: bronzed eyes and a full blow-out
  5. The racesA race-day look: a red lip and long glossy waves
  6. BirthdaysA birthday look: a soft pink lip and dark waves

Photos: work by Elisa.

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