Introduction: •Weddings by Kara Kemp Beauty; Self employed/freelance wedding/bridal onsite hair & makeup in the Chicagoland area!
•Airbrush, tattoo coverage, camera ready and video ready expert
•Travel to bride and her party and do all hair and makeup
•Paid hourly to stay with photographer and change brides hair and makeup from day for night.
•Style bride prior to wedding ceremony in a style to compliment her veil and daytime makeup, and stabs by to make sure she looks perfect for photos during this time.
•Style the bride sometimes into a completely different dress, whole new hairstyle, and a night time makeup for reception.
• I stand by to keep the bride looking fresh and perfect for each and every photo.
•”About the owner”....
-Kara Kemp is a Master Level Stylist with almost 15 years of knowledge and experience within the beauty industry.
-Kara studied at the David Pressley School of Cosmetology, became licensed in Michigan in 2008’, and obtained her license in Illinois cosmetology license in 2018’, giving Kemp dual state licenses; which is the up most credit that any hair and makeup artist can possibly be granted.
-Kara prides herself on staying up to date and current with the industry’s trends, and never ceases to infuse each service with her god given talent and extensive knowledge and experience.
-Her expertise has been enhanced by classes and certifications, led by some of the top names in the industry.
-Kara's diverse list of talents and achievements have earned her the industry’s praise and respect.
-Kara's results vary in personal style, but never stray from being the most current and “trending” look available.
-Kemp’s signature look is to focus on enhancing individual beauty by using class and timeless techniques with a a soft romantic touch.
- 2021’s wedding hair and makeup by Kara Kemp Beauty has taken over the Chicagoland area by infusing what Kemp calls her “Joshua tree” wedding style infusion; infusing a fishtail, bohemian style braid with a Pantone makeup color pallet, using camera ready products and efficient application process, starting with a daytime makeup color palette enhancing each individuals natural features.
-Kemp has been using braids, lash extensions, and airbrush makeup to do streamlined bridal party makeup in order to keep them all streamlined, and urging bridal parties to hire her to give them all differjt variants of “boho” braiding special occasion hair styling, and simple bronze, earth toned streamlined makeup coloring and application technique.
-Kemp urges brides to give her bridal party very explicit instructions for their hair and makeup, if you don’t do this you will have a member of the bridal party that stands out and takes away from you, the bride, you want your bridal party to look tan, bronzes makeup, no false lashes, no airbrush makeup, and virtually the same hairstyles, this keeps them looking the same so they blend together as one large color tone, be individual looks, one large streamlined group will compliment the bride, and allow the bride to be the eyes focal point.
-Kemp urges brides to hire her for $96 up front fee, which includes 3 hour trial at brides home, we will lock in a timeline for the wedding day, which means that we need to coordinate with the photographer, Why? Kemp’s 15 year success comes from allowing brides to hire her for $36-$56 an hour to stay at her side, Kemp usually urges brides to book her for the same amount of time style photographer is booked for, Kemp charges no less then $28 an hour after the $96 initial trial run, timeline, hair and makeup plan for wedding party, timeline/plan in coordination with the photographer, urges bride to book Kemp at venue prior to photographers arrival or the bride will end up with unwanted photos, let Kemp deal with the photographer, she knows the best way to accomplish the most flattering photos of the bride, and will not let the photographer take photos until Kemp’s positive that each new location and pose for photos be perfect by having tools in hand and using quick fixes to help photographer and bride by making bride BEAUTIFUL in every photo, ensuring that the bride is getting as many useable shots as possible.
-Kemp urges brides to hire one person hourly to focus on the brides hair and makeup, and schedule her for the entire event / or for the equal amount of time photographer is booked.
-Kemp knows that going to a salon or having a stylist come and do bridal hair and makeup and bridal party hair & makeup will result in the brides makeup and hair not it’s best after an hour of completing hair and makeup, resulting in the bride feeling like her photos were a let down and she didn’t look beautiful on her wedding day and she will never be able get that day back and she will not be able to pay for most all photos to cherish forever.
-Kemp’s recommendation is to meet or talk to bride and let Kemp’s professional expertise dictate the plan for the day, Kemp knows that the the only thing that matters is that the bride feels like she looks breathtaking during the special day and trusts Kemp to ensure that she is flawless during the day and in the photos!!
- Quote from Kara Kemp regarding making sure you hire a makeup artist who is also a hair stylist to stay with photographer, the photographer isn’t a stylist and doesn’t know how to capture the best photos of you without the hair & makeup professionals here to help, the two professionals lean on one another and 15 years of experience in this industry, Kemp said she would stay with a bride free of charge if she knew her photos weren’t going to turn out and be a waste of money if they didn’t have a beauty professional polishing the bride, many beauty stylist “you’re wedding budget needs to make the #1 priority be for an hourly bridal hair and makeup stylist, this money ensures that the bride feels most confident and she doesn’t have to worry about looking her very best throughout at least a 14 hour day, when she hires a professional to take care of her looks she is always most happy because she is not worried about how she looks during the event and she’s confident that all her photos are going to be worth the cost of hiring a photographer for the whole event, but you cannot have a photographer hired for the entire event without a hair and makeup artist specializing in wedding and camera ready hair and makeup as well, the two go hand in hand and without a stylist you will
Not use 90% of your wedding photos due to your hair and makeup lacking professional hair and makeup from start to do end”.
-Kemp often asks brides, “ would a magazine photo shoot be successful if the hair and makeup stylist left after she completed a nice look? NOPE, the photographer is going to take so many different photos in different lighting and with different backgrounds, and it’s simply not possible to obtain beautiful photos without having hair and makeup with you for the whole event.
