FAQ's by Tracy Saunders Makeup

At your place. Every class is mobile, I come to you, and there is no studio option. We work at your table, in your light, with your mirror and your own products. That matters more than it sounds, because a look built under studio lighting often falls apart in a real bathroom at seven in the morning. Yours will not, because we built it there. Free inside Seattle city limits, and travel outside the city is $1.50 a mile, quoted before you book.

No, and you do not need to buy anything before we meet. I arrive with a full professional kit and we work with whatever you already have. Part of every class is going through your drawer honestly and sorting it into keep, tweak and replace, with options at both drugstore and high-end prices. Most people find they already own more usable product than they thought and were simply using it in the wrong order.

Most people take Refresh at 2.5 hours, and it is the one I recommend by default. Essential at 2 hours is right if you want one clean everyday routine and nothing more. Signature at 3 hours is right if you want a day look and an evening look, more sculpting, and enough time to practise both on yourself while I watch. If you are not sure, send an enquiry and tell me what is not working, and I will tell you which one fits.

Yes. Each extra person is $125 and the class becomes a party. Everyone learns their own face rather than watching someone else learn theirs, which is the part people do not expect and the reason it works. It is available on Refresh and Signature only, never Essential, because two people means two sets of questions and that genuinely does not fit into two hours.

Yes, and it is its own class: the Bridal Lesson, 2.5 hours, $550. It is one bride on her own rather than a bridal party. We build the look on your face in your light, you practise it with me sitting there, and you leave with a written run-through for the morning, a shopping list, and an honest edit of what you already own. The whole point is that the wedding day is not the first time you have done it.

Both, and it makes no difference to how the class runs, because it is built around your face rather than a curriculum. Complete beginners leave with a routine they can repeat on their own. People who already know their way around leave having fixed the two or three things that were quietly holding the whole look back. Twenty years on set means I have seen most faces and most of the problems that come with them.