KADEPAY FOR MAKEUP ARTISTS
Your biggest days start at 5 AM in a hotel suite with six faces and one timeline. KadePay handles the retainer that holds the date, the trial, travel costs, a signed booking agreement and the balance due before the wedding, so the morning is about the bride, not her Venmo.
Pay-As-You-Go starts at $0 per month. Usage and payment fees apply.
Sound familiar?
Bridal and event work is booked months ahead, paid in pieces and delivered on someone else's schedule. These are the money moments freelance makeup artists say keep them up at night, and how KadePay steadies each one.
A bride asks you to save her date, you turn down two other inquiries, and the retainer she promised never arrives.
With KadePay
Send a fixed retainer link the day she says yes, with questions for the wedding date, venue and number of faces. On Team or Pro, a vanishing bill expires if the hold goes unpaid.
Vanishing billsSome brides book a trial, love the look, and then hire another artist for the wedding after you spent 90 minutes on them.
With KadePay
Bill the bridal makeup trial on its own, write in your booking agreement that only the retainer holds the date, and have the bride sign it on her phone before the trial.
Forms and signaturesThe last conversation you want at 5 AM in a hotel room is about who still owes $640 and which app it went to.
With KadePay
Send the balance as a bill with reminders weeks before the event, or split it into a payment plan she agrees to, collected from her saved card. Affirm pay-over-time may be offered where eligible.
Payment plansFour bridesmaids, four payment apps and one maid of honor who swears she will collect it all after the reception.
With KadePay
Share one fixed-amount link for bridal party makeup so each bridesmaid pays her own $120, or record her Venmo or Zelle against her name with no KadePay fee.
Payment links and QR codesThe venue is 40 minutes away and the call time is 4:30 AM, but the bill you sent still shows only the makeup.
With KadePay
Add travel and early call charges to the makeup artist invoice before you send it, attach the timeline file, and set the appointment at the venue address instead of your studio.
Appointment bookingHow it fits your week
The bride taps your link and requests a trial or a consultation time. You confirm it and set the location, whether that is your studio or her venue.
She pays the retainer link, signs your booking agreement and policies on her phone, and adds inspiration photos to a shared Gallery folder.
Photograph the final trial look into her Gallery, note the shades and products privately, and bill the trial or charge the card she authorized.
The balance bill goes out with reminders, or follows the payment plan you agreed. Bridesmaids pay their own link or settle at the suite with Tap to Pay.
Your schedule shows each face, start time and address. Nobody hands you cash between lipsticks, and every payment is already in Transactions.
Every way your clients pay
Availability depends on your account setup and eligibility. You confirm Venmo and Zelle payments after checking they arrived.
Built in
Each tool writes to the same client record, from the first booking request to the receipt.
KadePay for makeup artists
For a freelance makeup artist, the calendar is only half the job. The other half is money that arrives in stages: a retainer, a trial fee, a balance, travel costs and sometimes a separate payment from every bridesmaid. KadePay keeps those payments on the bride's profile next to her appointments, so you can see what is paid and what is due without a spreadsheet.
A bridal makeup deposit should hold the date and nothing else. State that in your makeup artist contract terms, collect the signature through a form, and send the makeup artist retainer as a fixed link on the day she commits. Then book the bridal makeup trial as its own appointment and bill it separately.
On-location makeup brings costs a studio artist never sees: parking, early call times and mileage. Put them on the bill, attach the day-of timeline, and set the appointment at the venue address. For bridal party makeup, a per-person link lets each guest pay her own share, and Tap to Pay on a compatible phone catches anyone who forgot.
Between weddings, the same tools carry the rest of your book: prom and photoshoot clients request a time from your link, editorial jobs get a bill with the call sheet attached, and a self-makeup class can sell tickets checked in by QR at the door.
CLEAR ANSWERS
Look for one that handles the whole wedding, not just the calendar. KadePay covers booking requests you confirm, retainer links, signed booking agreements, trial and balance bills with reminders, payment plans, per-person bridal party links and appointments at any address.
Send a fixed-amount link the day the bride commits, and add questions for her wedding date, venue and party size. If your agreement credits the retainer toward the total, bill the remaining balance with reminders a few weeks before the date.
Yes. Share a fixed-amount link for each service, and every bridesmaid pays her own share by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. If someone sends Venmo or Zelle instead, record it on her profile; recorded Venmo and Zelle payments carry no KadePay fee.
Include the travel amount on the bill with the services, set the appointment at the venue address, and attach the timeline or venue details as a file. The client sees one total and pays it from the link.
Yes. Agree on a set number of installments, and a payment plan collects them from the bride's eligible saved payment method. Affirm pay-over-time is another option where the bride is eligible and the provider approves her.
Most freelance artists begin on Pay-As-You-Go, which starts at $0 per month with payment and usage fees. Team at $10 per month and Pro at $35 per month add vanishing bills and team members for assistants. Details are on the pricing page.
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