What should a makeup artist invoice include?

Your business details and logo, the client, the date and place of the booking, each service with the number of people and the price per person, add-ons such as lashes, travel or an early start on their own lines, the total, the due date and your booking terms. Clodou prints each of these and numbers the invoice in your sequence; there is no makeup artist invoice template to fill in.

How do I price a bridal party?

Give Clodou each service with the number of people and your rate: bridal makeup at $250, 5 bridesmaids at $95, lashes for 3 at $15. It works out each line and the total, $770, from your prices. Hair styling can sit on the same quote, each service on its own line.

What if the bride adds people after booking?

If the invoice is still a draft, ask Clodou to change the number, such as 6 bridesmaids instead of 5, and it works out the totals again. If it has been sent, ask for a second invoice for the extra people at the same rate, so the first stays as the client agreed it.

Does Clodou book appointments or take card payments?

No. Clodou has no booking calendar, online booking, contracts, e-signature, client questionnaires or face charts, and it does not take card payments. On Solo and Team, your own payment link prints on invoices, and you record each payment when it arrives. It handles the business side: clients, quotes, invoices, payments, expenses and tasks.

Can my team of artists use it?

Yes. Team includes 5 seats for $79 a month per workspace: invite each artist by email as an owner, admin or member. Everyone works in the same workspace from the chat, while recording a payment or emailing an invoice to a client waits for the approval of an owner or admin. Clodou does not run payroll or split payments between artists.

Free covers up to 5 clients and 20 AI actions a month, with no separate cap on quotes and invoices (making them in the chat uses AI actions). Solo, with your payment link on invoices, is $29 a month per workspace. Team, with 5 seats and automatic reminders, is $79 a month. Prices are in USD, and the first 14 days are a free Team trial.

Who it's for / Makeup artists

Makeup artist invoices for the bride, the party and the early start

Freelance makeup artists, and hair stylists who work on location, price a wedding per person: the bride, each bridesmaid, the mothers of the couple, with a trial before the day and extras such as lashes, touch-up time, travel or an early start. A booking fee or deposit holds the date, and the balance is due before or on the day. Commercial and editorial work is often a half-day or day rate. Tell Clodou what you agreed and it writes the quote and the invoice, records the deposit and keeps the balance in view.

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Sound familiar?

A bridal party of eight priced per person, with lashes for some, worked out on a notepad
The trial, travel and the 6 am start agreed by message and left off the invoice
Booking fees taken months ahead and balances chased on the wedding morning
No single list of which bookings still have money owed

How Clodou helps

Bridal party quotes, person by person

"Quote Amara Bell: bridal makeup at $250, 5 bridesmaids at $95 and lashes for 3 at $15" writes the quote with three lines, $770 before tax. Each service has its number of people and price, so the couple sees what each costs.

Booking fee now, balance on the day

Write your booking terms in the quote's note, turn the accepted quote into the invoice and record the booking fee as a partial payment. Clodou keeps the balance until the last payment marks the invoice paid.

Day rates for shoots

"Invoice Northlight Studio for a full-day editorial shoot at $650, plus $40 parking" creates the invoice with two lines. Overtime by the hour goes on as its own line at the rate you give.

How makeup artists bill, and how Clodou handles it

Per person, with trials and add-ons

Bridal work is usually priced per person: one rate for the bride, another for each bridesmaid or guest, often a lower one for children. A trial before the day is billed on its own or included in the bridal rate, and add-ons such as lashes or airbrush are priced per person. Clodou takes a quantity and a unit price for each: 5 bridesmaids at $95 is one line of $475, and lashes for 3 at $15 is $45. It never picks a rate for you.

Booking fees, deposits and the balance

A booking fee or deposit, often non-refundable, holds the date, with the balance due before the wedding or on the morning. Write your terms in the quote's note, turn the accepted quote into one invoice and record the booking fee as a partial payment; Clodou keeps the balance. If people are added after the invoice is sent, invoice them separately at the same rate, so the first invoice stays as agreed.

Travel, early starts and day rates

Travel beyond a set distance, parking, a start before a set hour and touch-up time on the day are often charged on top, each as its own line at the price your terms state. Clodou never adds a fee by itself. Commercial, editorial and film work is usually billed at a half-day or day rate, with overtime by the hour: a full day at $650 is one line. Whether sales tax applies to your services depends on where you work; Clodou applies the rate you set.

A wedding party, from the booking fee to the balance

Step 1
Quote Amara Bell for her wedding on September 18: bridal makeup at $250, 5 bridesmaids at $95 each, lashes for 3 at $15 and an early start fee of $60 for 6 am. Note: $200 non-refundable booking fee, balance due on the morning.
Adds Amara Bell as a client and creates quote DEV-0026 with four lines: bridal makeup, $250; bridesmaid makeup, 5 at $95, $475; lashes, 3 at $15, $45; early start, 6 am, $60. No tax is set on this workspace, so the total is $830, and the booking terms print in the note.
Step 2
Amara booked and paid the $200 booking fee. Turn DEV-0026 into an invoice due September 18; I sent it to her.
Creates invoice INV-0033 for $830 with the same lines and note, plus a reference to DEV-0026, sets the due date to September 18 and marks it sent. It shows an approval card to record $200 received; once you approve it, $630 is still owed.
Step 3
Invoice Amara for her bridal trial on August 2 at $120. I gave it to her and she paid on the day.
Creates invoice INV-0034 with one line, bridal trial, August 2, $120, marks it sent and shows an approval card to record $120 received. Once you approve it, INV-0034 is marked paid.
Step 4
Amara paid the $630 balance on the morning of the wedding.
Shows an approval card to record $630 on INV-0033. Once you approve it, the invoice is marked paid and nothing is owed.

Just ask

Quote Amara Bell for her wedding: bridal makeup at $250, 5 bridesmaids at $95 each and lashes for 3 at $15

Invoice Amara Bell for her bridal trial on August 2 at $120

Invoice Northlight Studio for a full-day editorial shoot at $650, plus $40 parking

Questions

What should a makeup artist invoice include?: Your business details and logo, the client, the date and place of the booking, each service with the number of people and the price per person, add-ons such as lashes, travel or an early start on their own lines, the total, the due date and your booking terms. Clodou prints each of these and numbers the invoice in your sequence; there is no makeup artist invoice template to fill in.
How do I price a bridal party?: Give Clodou each service with the number of people and your rate: bridal makeup at $250, 5 bridesmaids at $95, lashes for 3 at $15. It works out each line and the total, $770, from your prices. Hair styling can sit on the same quote, each service on its own line.
What if the bride adds people after booking?: If the invoice is still a draft, ask Clodou to change the number, such as 6 bridesmaids instead of 5, and it works out the totals again. If it has been sent, ask for a second invoice for the extra people at the same rate, so the first stays as the client agreed it.
Does Clodou book appointments or take card payments?: No. Clodou has no booking calendar, online booking, contracts, e-signature, client questionnaires or face charts, and it does not take card payments. On Solo and Team, your own payment link prints on invoices, and you record each payment when it arrives. It handles the business side: clients, quotes, invoices, payments, expenses and tasks.
Can my team of artists use it?: Yes. Team includes 5 seats for $79 a month per workspace: invite each artist by email as an owner, admin or member. Everyone works in the same workspace from the chat, while recording a payment or emailing an invoice to a client waits for the approval of an owner or admin. Clodou does not run payroll or split payments between artists.
What does it cost?: Free covers up to 5 clients and 20 AI actions a month, with no separate cap on quotes and invoices (making them in the chat uses AI actions). Solo, with your payment link on invoices, is $29 a month per workspace. Team, with 5 seats and automatic reminders, is $79 a month. Prices are in USD, and the first 14 days are a free Team trial.

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