The Bridal Morning
Your wedding-day makeup, applied at your getting-ready location with time built in for photographs.
- Skin prep and lash options
- Timing plan from your trial
- Touch-up card to take with you
Bridal makeup studio
Written softly,
worn all day.
Plum Letter is a small bridal makeup studio for brides who want to look like themselves in every photograph — skin first, colour second, and nothing that needs rescuing by the first dance.
Getting-ready mornings. I travel to you and work from wherever the light is best.
Trials by appointment. Held in the studio, unhurried, with notes you keep.
I come to you
The full kit arrives at your room, your parents' house or the cottage you rented for the weekend.
Skin before pigment
Prep, cleanse and a base matched in daylight, so the finish looks like skin rather than makeup.
A written timing plan
After your trial you get a simple schedule for the morning, so nobody is guessing at 7am.
The services
Four letters, four kinds of morning.
Every booking is quoted individually once I know your date, location and how many faces are in the room. Below is what each one usually includes.
The Trial Sitting
An unhurried studio appointment where we build the look together and write down what works.
- Two finishes tried side by side
- Product and shade notes
- Photographed in daylight
The Bridal Party
Mothers, sisters and bridesmaids, scheduled around you so the room stays calm and on time.
- 45 minutes per person
- Coordinated with your photographer
- Assistant added for larger parties
Elopement & Editorial
Small ceremonies, registry-office mornings and styled shoots that need a camera-ready finish.
- Travel-light kit
- On-set touch-ups if needed
- Half-day or full-day
How it works
From first message to the wedding morning.
01
You send the date
Tell me the date, the venue area and roughly how many people need makeup. I reply with availability and a quote for exactly what you asked for — no packages you did not want.
02
We meet for the trial
We try two directions, adjust until it feels like you, and I write down every product and shade. You leave with photographs of the finished look in daylight and indoor light.
03
I arrive on the day
I set up early, work to the timing plan we agreed, and stay through the first photographs so anything that needs softening gets softened before you walk out.
Gallery
Recent work and the kit behind it.
Soft definition, warm neutrals and a base that holds through a long day of hugging people.
The artist
A note from the studio.
I started Plum Letter because too many brides told me the same thing after their trial elsewhere: it was beautiful, but it was not their face.
So I work the other way round. We begin with your skin and the light you will actually be photographed in, then add only what earns its place. I keep a fragrance-free option for every step of the base, I patch test anything new at the trial, and I write the whole thing down so you could recreate it yourself on your anniversary.
One artist, one wedding a day. That is the whole model — it means your morning is never shared with someone else's.
Neve AshcombeFounder & makeup artist
Questions
Asked before every booking.
How far will you travel?
Anywhere within a comfortable morning's drive of the studio is included. Further afield is welcome too — I will simply add travel and, for very early starts, accommodation to the quote before you commit to anything.
Do I have to book a trial?
For wedding-day bookings, yes. The trial is where the timing plan and product notes come from, and it is the difference between a calm morning and a hopeful one. Elopements and editorial work can be booked without one.
When should I get in touch?
As soon as you have a date. Because I take one wedding a day, weekends in the warmer months go first. If your date has gone, I will say so straight away rather than leaving you waiting.
My skin is sensitive or reactive.
Tell me in your enquiry. I keep fragrance-free cleansers, primers and bases in the kit, and we patch test at the trial so there are no surprises on the day. Bring anything your dermatologist has recommended and we will build around it.
Is my date held while I decide?
I hold a date informally for seven days after sending your quote. If someone else asks for the same day inside that window, I will contact you first before releasing it.
Enquire
Check your date.
Fill in what you know so far. I read every message myself and reply with availability and a quote — usually within a couple of days.