Makeup Artist Charges Woman $500 Instead Of $150 After Finding Out She’s A Bride, Asks If They’re A Jerk

She can charge whatever she wants as long as she is being honest about what her bridal makeupe services are. I PROMISE you noone would book her for bridal services if they knew that she doesnt use luxury brands that hold up better vs the shitty ones she uses gor regular makeup. On top of that, other REAL bridal makeup artists tend to offer other little extras. So to be honest, it doesnt sound like she was being very honest with the client, or maybe the client knew it was the same makeup which is why she opted for the party makeup scene. You have zero common sense to truly back such a petty scam.

That's like going to a barber for a $20 cut, then telling them you're going to a wedding and having them discretely switch your service to $100 for a full lineup and shave. It's unethical. It's like Dollarama charging you 10x for f*****g paper plates if they realize you're buying for a wedding. Zero sense, and zero sympaty for this exploitative grifter.

So your point would be valid if the price list said: "If you are a bride, the price of the make up is 500, if you are not a bride it's 150" However, it says "bridal make up", which means DIFFERENT kind of make up from just party make up. The person didn't want this make up to be done, so she shouldn't pay extra money just because she is a bride, because she didn't ask for a specific treatment. Imagine: you go to the store that sells only two kinds of clothing: shorts and wedding dresses. You buy shorts, but their price magically increases when the cashier hears that you want to wear them for your wedding. It's the shorts you should pay for, not the wedding dress. Same with this make up.

Wow. What aren’t YOU getting? She didn’t lie, she requested party makeup, not wedding, period. She should’ve gotten the service she asked for, no more, no less, regardless of what the artist feels the client should’ve gotten, and for the artist to switch up in middle of the service and adding product that was unasked for and then trying to charge for that is unethical AF! People like you, sitting here and supporting that kind of sketchy, backhanded behavior is what’s wrong with the world these days. SMH.

The bride never LIED, she just asked for simple party makeup. So what she's getting married, if she WANTS simple party makeup for WHATEVER REASON then she can should get that. The makeup artist was doing makeup for a bride, but she wasn't doing bridal makeup. From what I'm understanding is that the bridal makeup is a makeup set not "oh you're a bride? Well everything will 350$ more, just because of who you are" you know what I mean?

Exactly. Maybe she wanted to look like herself on her wedding day, not a "better" version of herself. Makeup artist is a scam artist.

Uhm she never said it was for a party she just wanted party MAKEUP the bride wasn't aware of this price change she used the same makeup and the same time for bridal makeup as party makeup so there would be no reason for their to be a 350$ price change for the same exact thing but just for a wedding

She didn't say it wasn't for a wedding. She didn't say what the occasion was, she asked for a party makeup, so the makeup artist should have give her just the party makeup. Instead the artist gave her the $350 setting spray, without discussing the details about the occasion and informing the bride about the price change before she used the spray, and charged the bride for it. The artist is the AH, if the client asks for a service, the artist only does what's being paid for and done

Ding dong your opinion is wrong

How do you know she knew? Perhaps the artist didn't ask her what the occasion was.

My little sister who's an MUA did my hair and makeup as her wedding gift to me. Old Hollywood glamour, victory curls and all. My mother made my dress. And my mums best friend who is a professional photographer did our photographs as a lesson to teach her son how to use good lighting so photos were free. We majorly lucked out for our wedding but it still wasn't an upscale event. All the comestics my sister and I bought E.L.F and Covergirl.

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Makeup artist: "I charge $500 for wedding slap and $150 if it's for a party. These are my prices, they're clearly laid out, and potential clients are free to go elsewhere if it's too expensive." Bride, to self: "Hmm, I do not wish to pay $500. I know, I shall lie and say it isn't for a wedding at all. Idiots everywhere will agree this is morally okay and the artist is in the wrong. Yaaay me!"

The op has 0 reason to care what the party was for. If the woman wanted party makeup it should have been just that. Nothing more less. She didn't as for wedding makeup.

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It was for a WEDDING!

What in the hell is your point!? Who CARES if it was for a wedding, a funeral, a graduation, a bridal shower….she ordered the PARTY MAKEUP PACKAGE! That’s what the client should’ve received because that is what the client requested! Plain and simple.

And? By your logic, if she were going to a job interview, then she’d have been lying by asking for a ‘party’ makeover, and then the makeover should be free! She’s not pricing job interviews, after all! The MUA has the right to set prices for specific services and products. The fact that someone is wearing a wedding dress instead of a party dress alone is not justification for more than tripling the price of the exact same service. I was a bridesmaid for my mother’s wedding. I bought a dress from a catalog that cost me less than $85, instead of going to a bridal shop and ordering a ‘bridesmaid’s dress’ for four to five times the price. The catalog I bought the dress from doesn’t get to up charge me because I wore that dress in a wedding party! Bridal makeup packages should actually have extra services/products if they’re going to cost more money. A test run? A touch up kit? Give the bride the makeup? Something! Otherwise, this MUA is just a scam artist.

So what? It shouldn't matter. You'd think that the word Wedding is a magical word. It's not. The client had every right to not say what the make up was for. It's none of anyone's business but her own.

So?

Is it really what drives the price. Was customer lying if bought party makeup instead of wedding package. By your logic if I go to bakery and by myself three cakes and I don't tell them it's for a birthday party/wedding party they can come and show up at my.house demanding more money. What if I book a room, can hotel charge me for newlywed package if I paid for normal room. If I pay for party makeup, and artist later finds out that I went to a wedding as a bridesmaid, she would be right to show up and ask for more money because I didn't tell a stranger what my plans are. I'm so confused, I never give details why I need a haircut, make up. Also in the middle of the make up you find out the customer is a bride surely you would have ASKED the Paying Customer are they sure they want party makeup as you do offer bridal packages. If she would have done that she could have left without finishing if she somehow felled robbed. I don't need extra service if I can afford only 100.

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Everything about your argument is wrong. Literally everything.

Everything about your argument is the only thing wrong. It was not clearly laid out as if you are a bride it cost X amount. It was laid out as packages with the names party and bridal were available for purchase. No where did it say if you are a bride it is $500 dollars. It said the party makeup package is $150 and the Bridal package is $500. She didn't feel she needed the extras that came in the Bridal package and wanted simple makeup. If someone purchases party makeup but isn't actually going to a party are they being deceitful and lying? If a girl just wants to go out for a night and look good can she not get the party package? And on the same token if someone wants all the bells and whistles for her bday PARTY can she not purchase the bridal package?? Because I'm sure that MUA will gladly charge her for a bridal package even though she is only going to a party.

Its not $300, but $500. Thats why after the bride pay $150, MUA ask more $350. But i think most people confeus about this because the bride mother give MUA another $200 more. And for really little different of the make-up but the fees go more high is not right for me. Its like you go to restaurant to have a cheap meat of beef, but when the butcher see like you have so much money, he charge you base on wagyu price. For me that so crazy. And lastly, i had a friend which is MUA, but she will using a differens type of make-up depend on the package she offer.

I think I would hate to do any business of any kind with Michael here Prob a lawyer, as most are scumbags who charge so much knowing it will put their own clients in the poor house (or on the street) , but they do not care cuz "they got theirs"!

He's not a lawyer. He confuses moral behavior with legal behavior (at least, his version of moral behavior). It's like when people get divorced and confuse equitable with equal (in some states, in a few the marital property is divided equally).

There was no "lying", you absolute fn moron. The customer doesn't have to disclose what it's for. If they want a specific package, and request that, then that's what they get. You don't order a few pizzas from little Caesars for a birthday party and get charged an extra $10 a pizza at the register if they find out what it's for, do you? Fck no. Same concept applies here.

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Lol...wow such a nice person...insulting because you don't agree...you are so civilized. And friend a lie of omission is still a lie...I am sorry you can't be civil and discuss this...but you are rude. Have a nice rest of your day.

Michael, you are using the "still a lie by omission" in a situation where it doesn't apply. The woman chose a service/price point from the makeup artist's offerings. There is nothing, legally or morally, that requires her to tell a stranger her plans. The bride didn't expect more product/service than the price point she chose offered.

Sorry, just want to ask, if i go to restaurant to buy a kids meal since i not eat so much and rather i wasted the food that i cant finish if i order normal meal. Is that mean i lie? And for that kid meal, is that normal for me being charge 3times than the usual price? Just think about that. And you so much rude because you fight for people that change the package that customer and she agree before hand WITHOUT INFORMING the custer before hand. Is that an civil for you?

there are ppl who want thick make up that lasts for hours and then there are ppl not used to wear much make up and just want something simple. if she had a simple wedding with only a few guests lasting only a couple of hours it is a much different occasion than a hollywood star big wedding partying for 3 days and the make up is also different. she didnt lie because she did not order a bridal package she wanted a simpler make up suitable for tge occasion