Should I Use a Stylist?

Cost: $150 for women, $100 for men

Great question! We highly recommend a stylist for your photos or video. Regardless of gender, using a stylist for makeup, hair, and wardrobe assistance will make your final product look polished and pop, allowing for more usable images without the need for additional retouching.​

Men

Women

Men - Do You Need Makeup?

Makeup will fix blemishes, lighten under eye circles, and smooth out skin tones and redness in the face, and even contour jaw lines. Certain things can't be done in Photoshop and using a stylist will give you even more flexibility with your unretouched photos at the end of your session. For video, it's absolutely essential since there is no way to retouch or otherwise fix these problems in post.

The job of a stylist is primarily to watch your makeup, hair, and clothing to ensure everything looks great in each shot. The shooter's attention is primarily focused on bringing out your personality, getting great lighting, and making sure you look awesome on camera. Having an extra pair of eyes watching your hair, makeup, and the details of your clothing is extraordinarily important so everything comes out perfect.

​Women - Do You Need Makeup?

​An important thing to note is that makeup for camera is different than makeup done for everyday life. The stylist tailors her makeup to what you feel comfortable with while making sure it will look great on a digital image. She uses specific products that are designed for HD-camera and knows what will work if the image is captured in natural light or with studio flash. She also has a special technique she uses to highlight the eyes and draw more light in there so your eyes show up really nicely on camera.

We carry a range of high-quality products so there is no need to bring any makeup with you. If there is a lip color or mascara you are very fond of and would like to bring it, we can add it into your look as well (related article - What to Bring). Please be sure to let us know if you have any allergies before your shoot so we can make sure that our products will accommodate your needs. 

​​Our stylists are friendly and fun to work with and guarantee you'll be happy with not only your makeup, hair, and clothing, but with the experience as a whole. If you have any questions for them, feel free to email or call the studio at (212) 706-1902.

Note: Our stylists are very familiar working with all different skin tones, hair types, and ethnicities, but if you have a very specific question, feel free to ask - info@cityheadshots.com.

Before

After

Hair Styling 

For hair styling, it is best to come with your hair mostly ready, and then the stylist will spruce it up. Unless otherwise noted in the package you select, there will not be time for a full blow-out or complete hair styling before your shoot begins. Also, please note that we cannot do any hair cutting in the studio. If you are interested in blow-outs and more advanced hair styling, we partner with a few hair salons near our studios and might be able to get you a special discount - just ask.

Important Note 1: Makeup cannot remove wrinkles, change face shape, remove minuscule flyaway hairs from wind, or fix certain other tiny little imperfections that may happen while we shoot. For smaller images, this is rarely a problem. But for a truly perfect final image (especially if you plan to use it in a large format), you may want to consider digital retouching as well - this is included with most of our packages.

Important Note 2: Please let us know in advance if you need "glam" makeup done. Most of our standard makeup is natural, but if you need anything extra it's best to let us know in advance in case it requires extra time.

​Makeup Brands We Use