About this vendor
Based out of North Arlington, NJ, Nadine Gave Makeup offers on-site makeup services for weddings and special events. Owner and lead makeup artist Nadine Gave loves to use her skills to help every client feel confident in themselves. She is happy to work with to-be-weds across northern New Jersey.
Nadine Gave has more than a decade of experience in the beauty industry. She studied at Parisian Paul Mitchell, where she earned her cosmetology license and went on to attend Make-up Designory. At this internationally renowned trade school, Nadine received qualifications in beauty, airbrushing, and special effects makeup. Before opening Nadine Gave Makeup, she worked with several recognizable beauty brands such as Aveda and MAC Cosmetics.
Nadine Gave Makeup offers makeup application services for you and your wedding party, so you can all be camera-ready. She is happy to work with groups of 10 people. Nadine specializes in airbrush makeup for a long-lasting, luminous finish. Before the day itself, you are invited to attend a consultation and trial session where you can discuss and see your ideas come to life. To complete the look, you can choose to have mink lashes applied for an extra dash of glamor.
Details
Beauty
- Beauty Group Bookings
- Makeup
- Airbrushed Makeup
- Makeup Artists
- Makeup Trials Available
- On-Site Hair & Makeup
Business Attributes
- LGBTQ+-owned Business
- Woman-owned Business
Awards and Affiliations
2-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2023.2022.
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out of 5.015 reviews
Nadine is extremely talented and knows what she is doing. She was so thorough, kind, and patient when I came in for my makeup trial. She guided me through the process to book make...
up for my wedding for myself, bridesmaids, and family members. Her online portal makes is so easy to pay in installments, Leading up to my big day, I had two phone calls with Nadine to go over the final details. She helped make a schedule for the day and was so flexible when I changed it several times. On the day of my wedding she arrived early to the venue and we were ahead of schedule for the entire day. All of my family members and bridesmaids keep raving about how her and Ashley did makeup. They said it was the best they've had and everyone looked beautiful. Nadine spent over an hour on me and made sure I was happy. I looked beautiful for my wedding day all thanks to Nadine and the Gave Beauty Team!
Nadine was truly everything I could have dreamed of for my wedding makeup look. She had great ideas, listened to my vision, and made me look better than I could have imagined. My g...
irls and I all looked amazing thanks to her. She was able to make everyone happy with a wide range of "glam" and more "natural" looks. She is fun and professional and brought perfect vibes on wedding (and bridal shower) morning. Would use her over and over again!
Nadine is the absolute best! She made me feel absolutely beautiful and was so accommodating to what not only I wanted but to what my bridal party wanted for their looks. The very f...
irst moment I cried on my wedding day was when Nadine had me look at the reveal after she was done, I knew my husband was going to love everything about the look because l still looked like ME. I felt incredibly beautiful all night long and my guests are still raving about my makeup!
Nadine was amazing. She is talented, kind, and professional. She gave me exactly what I wanted, and made me feel like a princess. I still felt like even with makeup, I still looked...
like myself. Props to her for also somehow making my makeup stay on for 5 hours of sweat, heat, and tears. It never budged. Thank you again for making me into a Princess and feel the very best about myself đź’•
Nadine did a phenomenal job doing my mother and my makeup for my wedding! She made us both feel and look our absolute best! I was so impressed by her attention to detail and how fl...
awlessly she matched my skin tone. Nadine was punctual reliable and a pleasure to be around. The makeup lasted all day and still looked fresh at the end of our wedding day. I loved what she did so much I didn’t want to wash my face that night! I highly recommend Nadine for Makeup !
Nadie is amazing every time! In the summer, she did my makeup for a wedding I was attending and I absolutely loved it!! I loved it so much I decided to use her again for my holi...
day party. I received so many compliments both times. She is truly amazing and she's passionate about her work. I plan on using her again for any other future events without hesitation! Don't look any further, she is the makeup artist you are looking for!
Nadine did a great job on everyone’s make up. Received so many compliments throughout the night and a great reasonable price too!
If you want to look your absolute best.. HIRE HER!
I looked and felt like myself — but 1,000x more glamorous!
My makeup lasted ALL night. It looked just as good at 1AM as it did a...
t 5PM when she finished applying it.
She did an amazing job. Punctual, professional, personable.. 10/10!
Nadine is not only a superbly talented make up artist, but she also has the skill of dealing with people who aren’t the easiest to please. One of my bridesmaids never wears make up...
and was being really annoying and Nadine treaded those waters with ease! All of our make up stayed on the whole day and night and it was over 90° when I got married. She is sweet and accommodating to everyone and listened to what they all preferred. She was great with my mom who never had her make up done before, and more recently entertained my 3 year old niece with some sparkle at my sister’s wedding! She will give you the look you’re looking for. I use her for all of my make up needs for every event! You will receive a ton of compliments. I cannot recommend her enough because she’s so great at what she does!
Nadie is incredibly talented at what she does and if you are looking for someone that has the ability to make you feel like she has a magic wand she is your artist.
Nadie is, by f...
ar, the best makeup artist I have ever encountered. She is super professional, funny and listened to everything a person wants or doesn't want. She made me feel so comfortable and very personable.
She takes her time and makes sure everything is done to the finest detail. Her application is flawless !!!
Nadie did my makeup making me feel sooooo pretty for a wedding I was attending. So good that she brought me to happy tears. Never felt so beautiful in my life. She brought out the best version of myself.
I would highly recommend her and she will always be my forever makeup artist !!!
I have never been a big makeup person so I was nervous to have my makeup done . However Nadine was amazing , totally understood the look I was going for & I felt so beautiful all n...
ight long.
Excellent service, very attentive & it lasted all night !
Nadie was my go to MUA for all of my events in 2021 and will continue to be so for the rest of my life. She was able to give me every look from a Bridesmaid to Wedding Guest and w...
as available for all my personal or professional events. Nadie was able to adapt to all my makeup look needs. She is highly professional and was able to make me look and feel great for all of my events. Her work is flawless and I was given complements at each event. As someone who wears only mascara(if that) in my day to day life she was able to give me classic yet sophisticated looks that boosted my confidence every time her services were provided. Her attention to detail is unparalleled with other MUA's with her tenacity to maintain a prompt/adaptable MUA schedule for my event dates. Above all else, the professional care Nadie provides to her clients is why I'll will always be a repeat client.
Bonus: my eyebrows have never looked this good in my entire life.
Nadie is seriously the best! I received many compliments my whole wedding night on how me and my bridesmaids looked incredible. She was very easy to reach and was always available ...
for any questions I had. Not only is she amazing at makeup, but she is also hilarious and made me and my bridesmaids laugh all morning!! I love her so much :)
Nadine is AMAZING!!!! I could not be happier. Her skill, punctuality, professionalism and ability is top tier. She knew exactly what look we wanted and executed it impeccably. Her ...
kindness, thoughtfulness and understanding is just the icing on the cake. There are not enough words to describe how great she is just all around. By far the BEST MUA I have ever encountered. She did the makeup for my entire bridal party, moms and myself for my wedding. My girls looked absolutely stunning! And for me, she honestly made me look and feel sooo absolutely beautiful for my day. My makeup stood the entire day, more than 12 hours. I didn’t look overdone, I looked like ME! A beautiful version of me. I have never felt or looked more beautiful in my entire life and she did it effortlessly. I give her 10 stars, all around.
This girl works miracles and magic through her makeup brush ! Loved how gorgeous I looked. I am extremely grateful for her work. My bridesmaids look beautiful as well !
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