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Dana Joy Beauty offers on site hair and makeup services to help make your wedding day as relaxed and stress free as possible! Updo specialist and certified makeup artist, offering both traditional and airbrush makeup. Allow passion and more than ten years in the beauty industry to help bring your wedding day vision to life!

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Frequently asked questions

What is the base price for updos/styling for brides?

$140

What is the price of trial service for updos/styling for brides?

$100

What is the base price for updos/styling for attendants/family members?

$100

What is the price of trial service for updos/styling for attendants/family members?

$100

What is the base price for traditional makeup for brides?

$140

What is the price of trial service for traditional makeup for brides?

$100

What is the base price for airbrush makeup for brides?

$140

What is the price of trial service for airbrush makeup for brides?

$100

What is the base price for traditional makeup for attendants/family members?

$100

What is the price of trial service for traditional makeup for attendants/family members?

$100

Does makeup price include false lashes?

Yes

Which of the following are included in prices?

Consultation

What beauty services do you offer?

Consultations

What hair services do you offer?

Blowouts
Coloring
Extensions
Haircuts
Textured Hair Styling
Updos / Styling
Hair Trial
On-Site Hair

What makeup services do you offer?

Airbrush Makeup
Eye Makeup
Natural Makeup
On-Site Makeup
Wedding Party Makeup
Makeup Trial
Fake Lashes
Brow/Lash Tinting

What is the maximum group size you can accommodate?

15

Reviews of Dana Joy

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Dana and her team are professional, organized, and communicative, creating calm, timely getting-ready schedules. They delivered beautiful, long-lasting natural/soft‑glam hair and makeup for brides and diverse bridal parties, handling varied hair types with ease. Highly recommended for weddings.

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Dana and her team are professional, organized, and communicative, creating calm, timely getting-ready schedules. They delivered beautiful, long-lasting natural/soft‑glam hair and makeup for brides and diverse bridal parties, handling varied hair types with ease. Highly recommended for weddings.

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Cindy Sent on 10/21/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Highly recommend using Dana!

Hiring Dana for my wedding was a great experience. She was organized, professional, and did an amazing job on my 4 bridesmaids and myself. She worked very efficiently and her work was absolutely beautiful. You will not regret hiring her for your wedding. She was a pleasure to work with 😊
Alissa
Alissa Sent on 08/14/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Beautiful wedding hair/make up!

Dana is so sweet and made my wedding hair and make up vision come to life! I cannot thank her enough for her wonderful work and making me feel so beautiful on my wedding day!
Alanna
Alanna Sent on 06/22/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Dana Joy was Wonderful!

Dana was an absolute joy to work with!
She recently did hair and makeup for me (the bride), my mom, and maid of honor, and we couldn’t have been happier with the experience. Dana was warm, professional, and incredibly communicative leading up to the big day. I absolutely loved how everything turned out during my hair and makeup trial, and she somehow made it even better on the wedding day.

She made each of us feel so comfortable and truly brought out our natural beauty. I felt the most beautiful I’ve ever felt thanks to Dana’s talent and care, and I couldn’t be more grateful. I’m so glad we chose her!
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Gabby Sent on 10/21/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Dana rocks

Dana took excellent care of me (the bride), my two bridesmaids (one with very curly hair, one redhead), and my mom(she had no clue what she wanted). She listened to everyone’s needs, followed inspo pics, and everyone felt AND LOOKED so beautiful. Highly recommend Dana for all hair and makeup needs! Beyond amazing!
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Kat Sent on 05/28/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Highly recommend!

I used Dana Joy Beauty for both hair and make-up for my wedding. I agree with all the reviews that Dana was absolutely amazing to work with! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND getting on her calendar asap. She was always prompt with her responses and providing the information you needed. The day of my wedding, the team was super organized in getting everyone done in time (even with the fire alarm in the hotel going off!). I really admire her professionalism and expertise. I have fine, straight hair and she created the most beautiful up-do I could have asked for! Not to mention that the rest of the wedding party looked stunning and everyone was very happy with the results. Thank you Dana, Joanna, and Sarah for being a special part of my day and making me feel so gorgeous!
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Marci Sent on 05/16/2024
5 out of 5 rating

5/5 Experience

I can’t recommend Dana and her team enough! My hair and make up for my wedding was one of the best parts of the day. The weather was terrible but my hair stayed perfect the entire day and night. I had a large wedding party and she was able to work with various types of hair and they all turned out beautifully. Dana was fast and clear with her communication making working with her a breeze! Highly recommend!
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Justine Sent on 11/17/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Perfection

Dana was absolutely amazing from the start! She was able to do hair for 12 people and stayed on time despite having a hiccup and having to evacuate the hotel for 20 minutes. Dana and her team were professional, extremely kind and gave everyone exactly what they were looking for. Our friends and family could not stop commenting on how beautiful everyone looked. I can’t recommend them enough!
Julia
Julia Sent on 11/14/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Ideal & Perfect!

After scouring Instagram for someone who’s hair and makeup style matched our simple yet elegant aesthetic, we booked Dana for our June 2023 wedding. Dana did hair and makeup for both of us (two brides) as well as hair for my wife’s mother. Dana particularly excelled at listening to our visions and bringing them to life. During our trials (which we do recommend), we brought in pictures of hairstyles for inspiration, and Dana was able to easily recreate them knowing how exactly to work with our individual hair texture and style. Also, neither of us wear much makeup (I don’t wear any), and Dana was able to achieve the “natural” or “soft-glam” look very well, which was what we both wanted. We felt that most other makeup artists we looked at went too far even with the “soft-glam” style.

Dana was perhaps the most organized of all the vendors we worked with for our wedding. During each of our trials, she took incredibly detailed notes, brought them with her the day of our wedding, and followed them exactly. While it’s impossible to recreate your trial look 100% perfectly, what Dana did was closer than we ever expected. In addition, she helped us craft the perfect getting ready schedule for the morning of our wedding, and stuck to it, so we didn’t feel stressed or rushed and actually enjoyed the process! While we were a small “bridal party” and worked with only Dana herself, something Dana mentioned is that she never brings in other hair or makeup artists unless she trusts them and their work completely. That instilled confidence in us that her quality standard was really high, and her performance confirmed that. Her confidence made us confident!

Our hair and makeup looked almost perfect at the end of the day after an outdoor ceremony in the wind and 4+ hours of running around and dancing. We were super impressed. We have absolutely no reservations in recommending Dana for your wedding day. Make sure you follow her instructions on how to prep your face/hair and design the getting ready schedule for your wedding and you’ll have a great time!
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Nicole Sent on 10/07/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Perfection!

I cannot say enough good things about Dana! She was phenomenal all throughout the process of wedding planning from my trial, organizing the day-of, and executing everything on wedding day flawlessly! She has such a kind, calm presence and made me feel the most beautiful on my wedding day. I can’t recommend her enough - she is so wonderful and sweet! All of my bridesmaids loved her as well as myself. She is very organized as well, which assured that myself and my party were ready on time. Not to mention everyone’s hair and makeup looked stunning and lasted perfectly ALL day :)
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Lindsay Sent on 08/30/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Dana is the best!

I am sooooo happy I chose Dana to do my hair and makeup for my wedding day! She is so professional and amazing at what she does! I loved my hair so so much. And my makeup was perfect!!! Exactly what I wanted - she made me look beautiful and glowy but still natural. Every single one of my bridesmaids also LOVED their hair and makeup. She is that good!!! Thank you Dana!!!
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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2024 Winner
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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2022 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2021 Winner
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