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Asian bridal makeup and hair in Amsterdam is done by Vlada Vladykina, a bridal makeup artist and hair stylist with seven years of experience and more than 1000 clients, based just north of Amsterdam and working in the Netherlands since 2022.
She specialises in monolid and hooded eyes, warm and olive undertones, and thick straight hair, and travels to your home, hotel or venue across Amsterdam and roughly 50 km around.
Bridal makeup starts at €250, makeup and hair together at €425, with an optional trial session in her Amsterdam studio. For weddings between May and September she is usually booked four to eight months in advance.
Hi, I’m Vlada. A big part of my brides are Asian:
So monolid and hooded eyes, warm and olive undertones, strong dark brows and thick straight hair are my everyday work, not an exception.
I don’t try to “westernise” your face. I work with what makes it beautiful, and I make sure it lasts from the first photo in the morning to the last dance at night.
Bridal makeup from €250, makeup and hair together from €425, trial session available. I work in Amsterdam and about 50 km around, and I come to you.
All prices include tax. Travel to your location is charged per km, see Prices.
Real brides I did makeup and hair for in Amsterdam and around North Holland — Filipino, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Indonesian and Thai. No stock photos, no filters.
Same bride, same day. She still looks like herself, just rested, glowing and ready for the camera. That is the goal every time.
A photo only shows one angle. Bridal makeup has to hold up in daylight, in movement and up close, when she turns her head, laughs and hugs fifty people.
This is one of my brides right after we finished, on the morning of her wedding: skin with a soft glow, eyes that stay open and visible when she smiles, hair set to last until the last dance.
No filter, no retouching, just the light in the room.
Finished bridal look, morning of the wedding.
A Filipino wedding in the Netherlands, from the first curler to the first look. Hair and makeup by me, start to finish.
This is what a morning with me usually looks like: calm, unhurried, with enough time for photos before anyone has to run.
Filipino bride, wedding in the Netherlands. Hair and makeup from scratch on the morning, one artist, no second pair of hands.
Set the curls first so they had time to cool and settle, then matched the base in daylight by the window and built a soft gradient eye.
She was ready before the photographer needed her, with time left for getting-ready photos. Nothing was redone when the veil went on.
Every bride on this page gets the same approach and a different result. This one wore a strapless ballgown in a room with panelled walls and chandeliers.
So the makeup went soft glam: a bit more definition on the eye to hold up in a formal setting, a clean satin base, and a lip that still reads as her own colour.
Hair already set, dress still on the hanger — the quiet part of the morning.
Her hair is thick and very straight, so I prepared it properly and set a sleek low updo that had to survive a full day: ceremony, photos outside, dinner and dancing. Nothing was pinned back up during the evening.
Strapless ballgown, formal venue, thick and very straight hair. One look had to carry the whole day, indoors and out.
Soft glam rather than natural: more definition on the eye, a clean satin base, a lip in her own colour. Low updo set on a properly prepped base.
It held through the ceremony, outdoor photos, dinner and dancing. No touch-ups to the hair and no powder runs in the evening.
Most bridal tutorials are made for a deep eye crease and a cool, pink skin tone. On an Asian face the same steps give a muddy eye and a flat, grey complexion. The technique has to change.
“An Asian face is not a harder version of a European one,” says Vlada Vladykina, a bridal makeup artist and hair stylist working in Amsterdam since 2022. “It follows a different set of rules, and three of them matter more than the rest.”
Soft gradient eye, warm base matched in daylight, brows kept in their own shape.
On monolid and hooded eyes, put the colour where it is still visible when the eye is open — not in the crease, where it disappears the moment you stop looking down. Check it by looking straight into the mirror after every step, not down at your lap.
Vlada Vladykina, bridal makeup artist and hair stylist in Amsterdam
Match foundation at a window in daylight, never under bathroom light — warm and olive undertones go grey or orange under a camera flash, and a wedding is hours of flash. Test the shade on your jaw and your chest, not on your hand.
The most requested look. Glowing skin, defined lashes, soft brown or peach tones on the eyes, a lip close to your own colour. You still look like you in every photo.
A bit more definition: a soft smokey eye or a clean wing, shimmer on the lid, sculpted cheeks, a warm rosy or nude lip. Beautiful for evening receptions and professional photography.
Dewy glass skin, straight soft brows, puppy or gradient liner, blurred gradient lips. Very fresh and youthful, lovely for daytime ceremonies.
Often a softer look for the morning ceremony and a stronger, more glamorous one for the evening banquet and the red dress or qipao.
Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi: deeper, warmer skin tones, richer colour on the eyes and lips, a long-wear base for a full day of ceremonies. I also do bridesmaids and family on the same morning.
Bring your reference photos. If you like a look on a face very different from yours, I will tell you honestly what will translate and what will not, and we adapt it so it works for you.
Asian hair is often very straight, smooth and heavy, so curls drop and pins slide out if the hair is not prepared. I build a proper base with texture products and heat before styling, and I secure everything for a full day.
What my brides usually choose:
Before we finish I always check how the veil and the headpiece sit with the hairstyle, so nothing has to be redone when the veil goes on.
Bridal hair on its own is from €250; hair together with makeup is €425.
Setting the waves on the morning of the wedding.
Wash your hair the day before the wedding, not on the morning. Freshly washed straight hair is slippery, pins have nothing to grip, and a low bun starts sliding before the ceremony. Skip conditioner on the lengths for that one wash.
Vlada Vladykina, bridal makeup artist and hair stylist in Amsterdam
Book the date early, but do the trial one to two months before the wedding, not half a year — your skin and your tan change in between. And if you can, book it at the same time of day as your ceremony.
I am based in Assendelft, just north of Amsterdam, and I come to you — your home, your hotel room or the venue. I work in Amsterdam and roughly 50 km around, which covers most of North Holland and the top of South Holland.
A tulip field in North Holland — one of the places I have worked this season.
Not on the list? Send me the address and I will tell you straight away whether I can take the date. Further away is possible by arrangement. Travel is charged per kilometre for the round trip — see Prices for the exact rates.
Early ceremony? If your start is very early and the venue is at the edge of my area, tell me when you book — I plan the timing so your morning stays calm.
Your photographer will take you outside whatever the forecast said. Wind and damp are harder on bridal hair than rain, which is why I set an updo instead of leaving long hair loose for outdoor photos. On the face, a thin cream layer under light powder lasts longer than heavy powder alone.
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The first look — hair and makeup still exactly as they were that morning.
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