Best Makeup Artists in New Orleans, LA

Face By Trace is the studio of makeup artist Tracie Turner, who is based in Metairie and serves clients throughout the New Orleans metro area, Southern Louisiana, and Mississippi. Turner's work has appeared on VH1 and WGN America and in National Geographic Magazine, and she has worked with the New Orleans Pelican Dancers and done male grooming for the New Orleans Saints. Turner specializes in bridal and engagement makeup, and also offers before-and-after glamour makeup photoshoots.

Lynna Vo is a New Orleans-based makeup artist who has been involved with several local institutions, including New Orleans Fashion Week and the New Orleans Pelican Dancers. Vo offers a variety of makeup services, including wedding and other event makeup, fashion show makeup, and à la carte services like brow tweezing, individual lashes, and strip lashes. Vo is able to travel outside of New Orleans for an additional fee.

Posh Salon and Spa is based in Boutte and serves clients from throughout the New Orleans metro area. Owner and makeup artist Ashley Sea has been working in the beauty industry for nearly a decade, and the salon is a 2015 The Knot Best of Weddings pick and a Featured Wedding Vendor on Borrowed & Blue. Sea specializes in weddings, beauty, and editorial styling, offering a variety of hair and airbrush makeup packages. Specialty hair services like keratin smoothing treatments, color correction, and special effects are also available, and the salon's stylists can travel for weddings.

NOLA Bridal Artistry is the New Orleans-based bridal hair and makeup studio of Christine Fitzpatrick, a L'Oreal Professionnel Educator and Artist. Founded in 2014, the studio offers both traditional makeup application and High Definition Airbrush makeup, along with lash application and hair styling. Clients who are, or whose fiancés are, members of the military or veterans receive a 20 percent discount on hair and makeup services.

The Robert Hudson Makeup Studio is located in New Orleans and has had work featured in numerous local and national media outlets, including Vogue, Spin, Women's Wear Daily, TLC, and music videos by Sheryl Crow and Ne-Yo. In addition to fashion and celebrity makeup, Hudson also offers wedding makeup services in studio and on location. 90-minute makeup lessons are also available.

About Face of New Orleans is based in Old Metairie Village and serves clients in the New Orleans metro area. The studio's five licensed makeup artists and estheticians offer a range of makeup and skincare services, including both traditional and airbrush makeup application, false lashes, waxing, dermaplaning, and a variety of facial treatments and chemical peels. Bridal makeup services are also available, and the makeup artists teach makeup lessons at the studio.

Dazzle Doll Makeup and Hair is the mobile studio of certified MAC Pro Artist Ann Marie White, who was raised in New Orleans and has been a beauty professional for almost a decade. White offers a full slate of hair and makeup services, performed either on location or in the studio, for weddings, editorial fashion shoots, and individual before-and-after glamour portraits, among other events. The studio is located in New Orleans, and the artists can travel throughout the surrounding area for an additional fee depending on distance.

Beauty Marks is the New Orleans-based makeup and waxing studio of licensed esthetician Megan Marks, who has been in the industry in the New Orleans area for more than five years. The studio offers a variety of makeup and waxing services, specializing in wedding makeup. Marks' work has been featured in a variety of publications and venues, including NOLA Fashion Week, Felicity Magazine, and New Orleans Magazine. She offers makeup lessons for both individuals and groups in the studio.

Flawless Bride is the mobile bridal hair and makeup studio of Metairie-based makeup artist Heather Burnham. The studio is featured in The Knot Best of Weddings Hall of Fame and won a Best of Borrowed & Blue award in 2016. Brides can choose from a variety of services, including updos, blowouts, extensions, false lashes, brow styling, and traditional or airbrush makeup. Makeup services are also available for portrait sessions and other events.