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Roxy D'Souza is a makeup artist and hair stylist working across Charlton and the SE7 postcode. She covers hair as well as makeup, so there is one artist in the room and one schedule to keep to on the morning.
Charlton bookings are usually at home. It is a neighbourhood of Victorian terraces and, along the riverside, a growing number of new flats, and most brides here get ready in their own front room with two or three other people waiting. Roxy brings her own chair and lighting so she is not relying on the room.
More than fifteen years in the chair and more than five hundred clients. Charlton is about fifteen minutes from her home studio in Thamesmead.
Weddings at Charlton House and nearby
Charlton House and Gardens is the reason Charlton punches above its weight for weddings: a Jacobean manor house with its own grounds, licensed for ceremonies, and it runs its own wedding fair. The Charlton Assembly Rooms handle receptions that do not fit a manor house, and The Valley takes larger parties and corporate evenings.
Woolwich Town Hall, the Greenwich register office, is ten minutes east, and that is where a lot of Charlton ceremonies actually happen before everyone moves on. If the ceremony and the photographs are both in the Charlton House grounds, say so when you enquire, because outdoor light and wind change which products go on.
Trials run six to eight weeks before a wedding date. For everything else a few weeks' notice is usually enough.
Where Roxy travels around Charlton
Charlton SE7 and Charlton Riverside, Westcombe Park, Kidbrooke, Blackheath, Greenwich, Woolwich, Plumstead and North Greenwich, and across the rest of London.
There is no travel charge anywhere in London. Outside Greater London a travel fee of £10 to £20 applies. Bridal makeup, occasion makeup and makeup lessons are all booked the same way.
Do you come to me in Charlton?
Yes. Roxy works on location across Charlton and SE7 and brings everything with her, including a chair and lighting. There is no travel charge anywhere in London.
Can several of us get ready together?
Yes. Tell her how many and when you need to leave, and she will send back a running order that gets everyone finished at the same time.
Do you do hair as well as makeup?
Both, herself. For a wedding party that usually saves an hour and takes a supplier out of the morning.
How far ahead should I book?
Summer Saturdays often go a year out. Occasion makeup usually needs a few weeks. Ask about your date and she will tell you honestly what is left.
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