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Roxy D'Souza is a makeup artist and hair stylist who has worked on more than seventy Asian and Sikh weddings. She does the hair as well as the makeup herself, dupatta setting included, which matters when there is more than one look and more than one day to plan around.
Gravesend is about half an hour from her studio in Thamesmead by road, or a direct train from Abbey Wood on the North Kent line. Early starts are normal for her and expected here.
More than fifteen years in the chair and more than five hundred clients.
Weddings around Gravesend
The Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara on Clarence Place is one of the largest gurdwaras in Europe and the centre of a large Sikh community in Gravesend, and Woodville Halls takes a great many of the receptions. The Clarendon Royal Hotel on the riverside is the main hotel option in the town itself.
Just outside Gravesend is the nearest run of country house venues to south east London: Cobham Hall, Nurstead Court at Meopham, Knowle Country House, Inn on the Lake at Shorne and The Lost Village of Dode at Luddesdown. All of them are inside her range.
Most bookings start with a trial six to eight weeks before the date. Where there is more than one function, the look for each is agreed at the trial rather than on the morning.
Where Roxy travels around Gravesend
Gravesend DA11 and DA12, Northfleet, Perry Street, Istead Rise, Meopham, Shorne, Higham and Cobham, and back along the A2 to Dartford, Bexleyheath and Thamesmead.
Gravesend is outside Greater London, so a travel fee applies here, agreed when you book. Anywhere inside London is free. Bridal makeup, occasion makeup and makeup lessons are all booked the same way.
Do you do Sikh and Asian bridal makeup?
Yes, hair as well as makeup, and she has worked on more than seventy of them. Tell her which functions you need covering and how many people when you enquire, and she will come back with timings and a price per person.
Can you cover more than one day?
Yes. Where there is more than one function the look for each is agreed at the trial, so every day is planned rather than improvised.
Is there a travel charge to Gravesend?
Gravesend is outside Greater London, so there is a travel fee of £10 to £20, agreed when you book.
Do you travel to the venues outside Gravesend?
Yes. Cobham Hall, Nurstead Court, Knowle Country House, Inn on the Lake and Dode are all inside her range.
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