Skip to main content
City LightsBeauty Agency
Check Your Date

Since 2006 · Tampa Bay · Chicago · 22 Cities

Tell us what
you are planning.

A wedding, a two-day commercial, a festival activation and a headshot booked on your own dime are four different jobs. We do all four — to the same production standard — and we quote each one differently. Start by telling us which one you are.

Find Your Starting Point See the Work

Twenty years · 70+ vetted artists · One team that shows up at call time.

Client at the end of a long event with hair and makeup still holding
Best of the Bay Creative Loafing, 2025
2006Working since
70+Vetted artists
22+Cities staffed
TA1765FL Talent Agency License
Creative Loafing Best of the Bay 2025 award
LUXlife Health, Beauty and Wellness Awards 2025

Start Here

What brought you here?

Pick the closest one. Each page tells you exactly how that job works, what is included, and what we need from you — and each form only asks what you can actually answer today.

Weddings

Brides and wedding parties. Staffed to your headcount, timed to your first look. Every experience priced openly.

See how it works

Special Events

One wedding guest or a whole table. Galas, work events, family photoshoots, a headshot you booked yourself.

See how it works

Quinceañeras

The court, the mom, the abuela, the photos that live on the wall for thirty years.

See how it works

Photoshoots & Branding

An individual rebrand, or a whole boutique team, agency or office shot in one day.

See how it works

Productions & Corporate

Commercial, editorial, broadcast, conferences and executive portraits. Call sheets welcome.

See how it works

Experiential & Activations

The beauty partner experiential agencies, conference and summit producers subcontract. Green rooms, glam bars, keynote and VIP support.

See how it works

Public Figures & Speakers

Keynotes, coaches, press days, appearances. Camera-ready across a whole tour, not just one stage.

See how it works

Artists Who Want Work

Hair and makeup artists in Tampa Bay, Chicago, and 22 cities beyond. Booked work, not leads.

See how it works

None of these quite fit?

Describe the day in your own words and we will work out what it needs. You do not have to know what to call it, how many artists it takes, or what it should cost.

Tell us about it

Trusted By

Twenty years of call sheets.

Brands, networks, agencies and productions that have put our artists on their set, their stage, or their activation floor.

Client logos including Vera Wang, Disney, Sephora, ESPN, CoverGirl, Budweiser, NASCAR, Netflix, Amazon, CBS, NBC, Nike, L'Oréal, Walmart, LinkedIn and Nickelodeon

Proof

Built for volume. Designed for precision.

Budweiser VIP lounge at Lollapalooza with guests in glam chairs

Experiential

Lollapalooza × Budweiser VIP

Three festival days, a branded glam lounge, and a queue that never stopped moving.

  • 200+VIP guests
  • 15Elite artists
  • 50+Guests / hour
Speaker at the 3% Conference podium, camera-ready

Conference & Broadcast

The 3% Conference

Back-to-back speakers in and out of the chair without ever holding the stage.

  • 30+Elite speakers
  • 15 minTurnovers
  • HDBroadcast ready
AmeriLife corporate summit audience

Corporate

AmeriLife Summit

A full corporate floor through glam, plus keynote support and coaching follow-up.

  • 300+Employees
  • 1Live keynote
  • MultiBreakout rooms

See the full portfolio →

Why We Cost More

We're priced like a production, because that's what we are.

A cheaper quote usually means one artist, one chair, and nine people running ninety minutes behind. Here is what you're actually paying for.

  • Staffed to headcount, not to budget

    We size the team to the room so the last person out of the chair isn't the one holding up the day.

  • A real timeline, written before the day

    Start times per person, built backward from your first look or your first camera call — and shared with everyone who needs it.

  • Bench depth in 22 cities

    Seventy-plus artists we have actually worked with — not a last-minute sub found in a group chat.

  • Contracts, COIs, insurance and invoices

    The boring part venues and producers actually care about. Handled before you have to ask.

A City Lights glam station set up on location

Selected Work

Twenty years, on location.

Bride in motion, black and white
Fashion editorial, model walking
Special effects character makeup
Budweiser brand activation
Editorial beauty look with bold styling
Gala and red carpet event
Corporate headshot on location
Artists working the Budweiser glam chairs at Lollapalooza

Browse the full portfolio by category →

Runway show produced with City Lights Beauty Agency artists

For Artists

Work with us, not for exposure.

We are building the bench nationwide. If you are a makeup artist or hair stylist who is tired of chasing leads, negotiating your own rate, and getting paid late, this is the other side of that.

  • Booked work, not leads

    We do the selling, the quoting, and the client management. You show up and do the work you are good at.

  • Rates set at the top of the market

    We charge more than everyone else, and that is the point. Our artists are paid accordingly.

  • Contracts, insurance, and a real call sheet

    You get a timeline, a scope, and a signed agreement before the day. No surprises on site.

  • Weddings, editorial, commercial, and activations

    Range you would spend years assembling on your own. Bring your portfolio and your reliability.

Apply to Join the Team

Press & Recognition

Named, not implied.

Twenty years of work has a paper trail. Here is ours.

  • CBS  2020
  • WGN
  • Women's Health
  • Windy City Live
  • Judy Justice
  • Creative Loafing  Best of the Bay 2025
  • LUXlife  Best Luxury Makeup Specialist 2025
  • LUXlife  Most Empowering Makeup Lessons 2025

All press and recognition →