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Wedding Hair and Makeup in New England & Beyond

Your wedding morning should feel calm, personal, and beautifully taken care of.

Leather & Lace Artistry provides luxury on-location wedding hair and makeup for brides, wedding parties, mothers of the bride, family members, and honored guests throughout Newport, Rhode Island, Cape Cod, Boston, and the rest of New England.

Led by Bre Welch, our team specializes in natural, polished bridal makeup, romantic wedding hair, clean beauty options whenever possible, and a beauty experience that feels as thoughtful as the final look.

Whether you’re getting ready in a Newport mansion, a coastal Rhode Island estate, a Cape Cod beach house, a Boston hotel, or a private New England venue, our team brings the full bridal beauty experience directly to you.

A Wedding Beauty Experience Designed Around You

No two brides should look exactly the same.

Your bridal hair and makeup should reflect your features, your personal style, your dress, your venue, your photography, and the way you want to feel walking into your wedding day.

At Leather & Lace Artistry, we begin with listening. We want to understand what makes you feel most beautiful, what you usually love or avoid with hair and makeup, and how you envision your wedding morning.

From there, we create a look that feels natural, elevated, long-lasting, and completely yours.

Our goal is simple: you should still feel like yourself, only more polished, confident, and wedding-day ready.

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Leather & Lace Artistry is a strong fit for brides who want to feel elevated, not disguised. We do not believe in one signature bridal look for every person. We believe in creating a signature look for you.

Inclusive Bridal Beauty

Every bride, wedding party member, mother, and guest deserves to feel comfortable and respected in the chair.

Leather & Lace Artistry works with all skin tones, ages, hair types, textures, identities, and beauty preferences.

Whether you wear makeup every day or almost never, whether you know exactly what you want or need guidance from the beginning, our team will meet you where you are.

The goal is not to make you look like someone else.

The goal is to help you feel beautifully, confidently yourself.

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Bridal Hair

Your wedding hairstyle should feel effortless, romantic, and secure enough to carry you through the entire day.

Our team creates bridal hairstyles that complement your dress, neckline, veil, accessories, hair texture, and overall wedding aesthetic.

Bridal hair may include:

  • Soft waves

  • Hollywood waves

  • Romantic updos

  • Textured buns

  • Half-up styles

  • Braided details

  • Sleek, classic styling

  • Veil and accessory placement

  • Touchable, long-lasting finishing

Whether you want something soft and undone or refined and timeless, we’ll help create a hairstyle that feels like you and fits the full vision of your day.

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Leather & Lace Artistry is known for natural, polished bridal makeup that enhances your features without feeling heavy or overdone.

We create makeup that looks beautiful in person, photographs well, and holds up through the emotions, movement, weather, and celebration of a wedding day.

Your bridal makeup may include:

  • Skin preparation

  • Complexion products selected for your skin type and desired finish

  • Soft, defined eyes

  • Individual lashes customized to your eye shape

  • Natural or elevated bridal lip color

  • Long-wear finishing products

  • Clean and non-toxic beauty options whenever possible

Whether your vision is barely-there, soft glam, timeless, romantic, or more editorial, your makeup will be customized to your face, comfort level, and wedding style.

Bridal Make-up

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Wedding Party Hair & Make-up

Leather & Lace Artistry provides hair and makeup for wedding parties of all sizes, including bridesmaids, mothers, family members, and honored guests.

Our ten-person team is experienced in creating cohesive looks that complement the wedding aesthetic while still honoring each person’s features, age, skin tone, hair type, texture, and personal comfort level.

We believe everyone in your wedding party deserves to feel beautiful, respected, and cared for.

Services include:

  • Bridesmaid hair

  • Bridesmaid makeup

  • Mother-of-the-bride hair and makeup

  • Mother-of-the-groom hair and makeup

  • Family and guest hair and makeup

  • Flower girl styling

Leather & Lace Artistry's team of ten artists can handle any size bridal party in New England or at a destination wedding. Call or email us today for a quote!
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Bridal Trials And Previews

Refine your wedding day look before the big day arrives.

Wedding days move quickly. Experience matters.

Our team understands how to work within a timeline, coordinate with planners and photographers, manage multiple services, adjust gracefully when schedules shift, and keep the room feeling calm.

We know when to move with efficiency and when to give you a quiet moment.

During your preview appointment, we’ll talk through your inspiration, dress, venue, season, photography style, hair accessories, veil, skin preferences, and any concerns you may have.

This is where we test the details, adjust what needs adjusting, and create a look that helps you feel confident before your wedding day.

Your bridal trial may include hair, makeup, or both depending on your services.

Trials are especially helpful if you want to compare styles, fine-tune your makeup comfort level, test lashes, or make sure your final look aligns with the full feel of your wedding.

Frequently Asked Questions

Proudly Serving Newport, Rhode Island, Cape Cod, Boston, New England & Destination Weddings for 25 Years

Travel fees may apply based on location, start time, parking, ferry access, team size, and total services needed.

We would be honored to be part of your wedding morning. Please contact us and share your date, location, and beauty needs, and we will follow up with availability, service details, and next steps.