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Brides enquire with the date and sign for the whole party online. Trials book themselves, and the balance is paid by card before the day.

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A bridal party proposal from Rosewood Bridal Beauty for Emma Clarke, with the cover, the list of contents, the bridal party package chosen and the total in a bar at the foot of the screen.

This combination of six Magpie areas fits a makeup artist.

Forms
Forms takes wedding enquiries, with the date, the venue and the size of the party.
Proposals
Proposals quotes the bridal party by the person, signed online with a deposit.
Appointments
Appointments lets clients book a trial or a lesson in your free times.
Contacts
Contacts keeps each client's wedding date, skin notes and every appointment.
Invoicing
Invoicing bills the balance before the wedding, paid by card.
Social Media
Social Media schedules posts of your bridal looks.

Brides send an enquiry with the date, the venue and the size of the party.

Forms builds your enquiry page, with questions such as the wedding date and the getting-ready address. A file question takes a photo of the look they love.

You are emailed each enquiry, and mark it Reviewed once you reply. The answers download as a CSV file.

Building forms in Forms

Rosewood Bridal Beauty’s wedding enquiry Form in the Form builder: the wedding date, the getting-ready address, how many need makeup and a photo of the look the bride loves.

The bride chooses the party's looks, signs online and pays the deposit.

Proposals turns your rates into a proposal the client reads and signs. Bridal makeup, each bridesmaid and the mother of the bride are lines. The client can change the numbers.

A trial and an early start can be options they add. The deposit invoice is issued as they sign, and the balance when you choose.

Sending and signing in Proposals

Clients book a bridal trial or a makeup lesson in your free times.

Appointments gives you a booking page. Each service has its length and price, such as a 90-minute bridal trial. Clients choose a free time, and the confirmation lets them reschedule.

Your calendar's events keep wedding mornings off the booking page. A buffer keeps time free to travel between clients.

Booking page in Appointments

Rosewood Bridal Beauty’s booking page for a 90-minute bridal trial, with Talia’s free start times on the chosen day.

Each bride's date, skin notes and trial are on their contact.

Contacts keeps a page for each client. A pinned note holds their skin type, allergies and the products used at the trial. Their trial, proposal and invoices appear in its history.

A follow-up sets the day to call, such as a week before the wedding. The follow-ups list shows what is overdue, due today and coming up.

History and follow-ups in Contacts

Rosewood Bridal Beauty’s follow-ups with its brides, grouped as Overdue, Today and Upcoming, each with its reason, such as confirming timings or booking a trial.

The balance is billed before the wedding, and paid by card.

Invoicing bills the proposal's final payment when you choose, for whatever is left. Extras on the day, such as a touch-up kit, go on as lines.

Clients pay by card into your own Stripe account, with no Magpie fee.

Create invoices in Invoicing

Your bridal looks go out on your accounts at their time.

Social Media posts to Bluesky, Mastodon and LinkedIn at the time you choose. For Instagram, Magpie reminds you and opens it with the post filled in.

Instagram's portrait and square shapes are cropped around a focal point you set on each photo. A campaign holds a season's posts, and schedules them at your posting times.

Writing and scheduling in Social Media

Two more areas cover your links and your calendar.

Link-In-Bio List
Link-In-Bio List puts your enquiry form, booking page and portfolio on one page of links.
Calendar
Calendar holds each wedding morning, which keeps it off your booking page.

A wedding goes from an enquiry to a finished bridal party and a paid balance.

Everything about one wedding stays on the client's contact.

  1. The enquiry

    The bride sends the date, the venue and the size of the party.

  2. The proposal

    You quote the party by the person, and the client signs with a deposit.

  3. The trial

    The bride books a trial on your booking page.

  4. The notes

    Skin notes and the products used go in a pinned note.

  5. The day

    The wedding morning is on your calendar, so nobody books it.

  6. The balance

    You bill the balance before the day, and it is paid by card.

Setting up takes five steps.

  1. Make your enquiry form

    You add the questions you ask every bride, and publish it. Help: Build, publish, and share a form.

  2. Publish your booking page

    You add your trial and lessons, with their lengths and prices. Help: Set up Appointments.

  3. Set your bridal rates

    You save your rates per person and your deposit in a starter. Help: Proposal starters, saved sections and the price list.

  4. Connect Stripe

    You connect your Stripe account, so clients can pay by card. Help: Connect Stripe to receive money.

  5. Add your social accounts

    You connect Bluesky, Mastodon or LinkedIn, and add Instagram. Help: Connect social accounts.

Plans

An artist working alone fits Pro, for your own work in Personal. A team of artists fits the Team plan, one price for up to 25 members.

Bookings are unlimited on every plan. On the free plan, you can send 5 proposals and create 5 invoices a month.

Magpie adds no fee to invoice payments. Stripe's processing fee is taken from each card payment. Prices are on the Pricing page.

Prices are on the Pricing page

Other people who work on a wedding day have pages of their own.

Photographers

A photographer quotes the day with packages, and delivers the photos.

Questions makeup artists ask

Can brides send an enquiry online?

Yes. Your enquiry form asks for the wedding date, the venue and how many need makeup. A file question takes a photo of the look they love. You are emailed each one.

Can I quote the whole bridal party?

Yes. The proposal has a line for the bride and one for the bridesmaids. Each is at your rate per person. The client can change the number of bridesmaids. A trial or an early start can be options.

Can I take a deposit?

Yes. The proposal's payment schedule takes a deposit when the client signs. Its invoice is issued at once, and they can pay it by card. You bill the balance when you choose.

Can clients book a trial online?

Yes. Your booking page lists the trial with its length and price. The client chooses a free time, and needs only a name and an email address.

Can I keep wedding mornings off my booking page?

Yes. Times taken by events on your calendar are not offered. A wedding morning on your calendar keeps that time free.

Can I travel to clients?

Yes. A service's location can say that you come to them. A buffer before and after each appointment keeps time free to travel.

Where do I keep a client's skin notes?

In a pinned note on their contact, near the top of the page. It can hold their skin type, allergies and the products from the trial.

Can I schedule Instagram posts of my work?

Yes. Magpie reminds you at the time and opens Instagram with the post filled in. You mark it as posted. Bluesky, Mastodon and LinkedIn posts go out on their own.

What does Magpie take from payments?

Magpie adds no fee to invoice payments. Stripe's processing fee is taken from each card payment. The rest goes to your own Stripe account.

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