A bride asks if you are free on the 14th. Before you say yes, you need about a dozen answers: what time everyone must be ready, how many faces, where you are going, and what you quoted. A booking form collects them once, in writing, so the date you hold is the job you will actually do.
Most booking trouble starts with a date held on a guess. You said yes to the 14th in a DM, then learned there are seven bridesmaids, the venue is an hour away, and everyone has to be ready by 9am. The price you quoted no longer fits the job.
A booking form fixes that by asking the questions before you commit. This guide covers what to ask, why each answer matters, and when to send it. A one-page form you can print or send is free at the end: download the PDF.
Booking form or consultation form?
They are easy to blur, and they do different jobs. The booking form is about the job: the date, the time, the address, the number of faces and the money. The consultation form is about the person: her skin, her allergies, the look she has in mind. Send the booking form when an enquiry turns serious, and a makeup consultation form closer to the trial or the day.
What to ask before you hold a date
Every question here changes either your price or your morning. If an answer would not change either, leave it off the form.
- Name, phone, email and Instagram, so you can reach her the way she answers
- The occasion and the event date
- The time everyone must be ready by, and when the photographer arrives
- The getting-ready address, with the floor and whether there is a lift
- How many people need makeup, and who they are
- Whether she wants a trial, and who needs lashes
- Any allergies or sensitivities in the party
- Parking, so travel time and cost are not a surprise
- The quoted total, the travel fee, the deposit and when the balance is due
The ready-by time matters more than the ceremony time. It is the fixed point you plan backwards from, and building a bridal hair and makeup timeline starts from exactly that number.
"Hold the date on the answers, not on the first message."
Why each answer changes the job
Party size changes the price and the start time. Seven faces is not one bride plus a bit. At forty five minutes to an hour each, it decides whether you start at 5am or bring a second artist.
The address changes travel. Distance, parking and stairs with a full kit all cost time. Ask now and put a travel fee in the quote, rather than absorbing it on the day.
Allergies change your kit. A bridal party is several people you have never met. One line on the form tells you which products to leave out before you pack.
The money changes whether the date is held. Writing the quoted total, the deposit and the balance due on the form means you and the client agree on the numbers before anything is signed.
When to send it
Send it when the enquiry turns real
Once she has a date and wants a price, send the form instead of answering ten questions one DM at a time.
Quote from the answers
Price the actual party, travel and timing. The form makes the quote easy to explain, because every line came from her.
Send the contract
Turn the answers into terms: the date, the services, the deposit and the cancellation policy, signed before the day.
Hold the date when the deposit arrives
Until then it is an enquiry. Say so on the form, so nobody assumes the date is theirs because they asked first.
The form gathers the facts; the contract makes them binding. The bridal makeup contract template covers the trial, deposit and travel clauses that follow from these answers, and a makeup artist cancellation policy sets out what happens if the date moves.
How Artisee handles bookings for you
With Artisee, the booking link does much of this form’s work. A client sees the times you are actually free, worked out from your weekly hours, time off and buffers, and sends a request. It lands in your Pending requests inbox, and nothing is confirmed until you approve it.
Each booking then records the price, the deposit you have taken and the balance still due, and the service agreement fills in from the booking, ready to sign on her phone. The public booking link is part of the Pro plan, and every new account starts with a month of Pro.
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Makeup artist booking form
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Download the PDF One printable page. Adapt it to your services and keep completed forms private, they hold your client's details.Or let the booking link collect it
Send your Artisee booking link instead. She picks a time you are free and sends a request you approve, and the date, the price and the deposit sit on the booking, ready for the contract.
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