Hair & make-up for hire in the UK
Hair and make-up create and maintain each character's look on camera, from natural to effects, through every take.
Are you a hair & make-up? Get listed and take work near you
Post the role, your postcode and your rate. The nearest hair & make-up is asked first — within 19 miles, or further for anyone who has said they travel — and if they pass it moves to the next nearest. Nothing is charged unless someone accepts.
Be the first hair & make-up here
No hair & make-up has published a profile yet — the crew side is new. Post your request anyway: it pings everyone online nearby, and if you work as a hair & make-up, set up your profile to be the first listed.
What a hair & make-up does on a shoot
- Designs and applies each character's hair and make-up for camera.
- Maintains continuity through the day — touch-ups between takes, matching across setups.
- Handles what the script asks for: ageing, blood, tattoos, prosthetics or period looks.
How hiring a hair & make-up works
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Post the role
Say you need a hair & make-up, where the shoot is, the dates and the rate you're offering.
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The nearest is asked first
The closest hair & make-up gets it alone, and it widens to the next nearest every 60 seconds until someone accepts.
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First to accept takes it
The job locks to them, you swap details, and you rate each other afterwards.
Hiring a hair & make-up
- Is hair and make-up one hire or two?
- On smaller shoots one person often covers both, and they will say so on their profile. Period looks, wigs or a large cast usually need separate hair and make-up artists.
- What do they need on the day?
- A lit, powered space with a mirror and room to lay kit out, and a realistic call time. Make-up runs before the shoot starts — build it into the schedule rather than around it.