Welcome to the award winning Forever Fabulous.Rachel O'Riordan is an internationally
qualified make-up artist and lecturer, specialising in bridal make-up. Having
worked in the industry for many years Rachel has vast experience in creating
the perfect look for you and your bridal party. It is important that you look
radiant and feel beautiful on your big day. Every bride is different and
each look is tailored to suit individual needs, skin types and tastes.Rachel only uses
the best skincare and make-up brands on her brides & travels nationwide with
many international clients. Rachel is fully insured so you are in the best
hands! Weddings Online Bridal Artist of the Year NomineeBest MUA Nominee Beauty Blog Awards Mrs2Be Best Wedding Makeup Artist Nominee Silver Website Award Mrs2Be Best Wedding Makeup
Artist Nominee Weddings Online Bridal Artist of the
Year NomineeBronze Website Award Rachel studied Beauty Therapy, Cosmetology & Make-Up at Bronwyn Conroy Beauty School earning the renowned CIBTAC qualification in , then went on to earn a Diploma in Business Management from The National College of Ireland. To keep updated on new make-up trends she received the ITEC accreditation in Professional Make-Up Artistry. With years experience as a trainer in the corporate sector Rachel has a very professional approach. Make-up Lecturer at Bronwyn Conroy International Beauty School and Portobello Institute. Rachel has worked on many different projects from TV, Radio, Miss Ireland, Xpose, music videos, calendars & working with many or Ireland's blue chip companies. Model portfolios, actor head-shots & various photo-shoots & makeovers! Having work published in The Sunday World, The Sunday Business Post, Darren Kennedy's Fashion Look book, Men's Fashion Magazine, Tatler, Irish Wedding Journal to name but a few. Specialising in weddings & special occasions. Offering Wedding Packages with bespoke looks for the bride and the bridal party on the Big Day. Also looking after same sex couples and their parties along with male make-up if required. Can arrange for the grooms family to have a make-up artist and hairdresser the morning of wedding so everyone is taken care of. Being a total perfectionist Rachel knows how important it is that you look and feel beautiful on your big day. Rachel always recommends having a bridal make-up trial at least six months before the big day to ensure you are happy and confident with your bridal look. Rachel will take time to get to know your personality so you will look and feel yourself only more radiant and beautiful. When you are happy with the result the final preparations will be made for the day. Rachel and her team will fit in with your schedule on the morning and her professional yet calming approach will ease any tension, making sure there is plenty of time to relax and enjoy being pampered. You are then free to enjoy your big day knowing your make-up will last well into the night.Rachel also knows the importance of looking and feeling fabulous for any big occasion or night out and getting that final look just right. Rachel will work with you and create the look you want, whether it is a natural or full on glamour look with false eye lashes.Group bookings and private/group makeup lessons also available.Tags: makeup artist Dublin, makeup artist Wicklow
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Vicky Owens
5.0
Married on 19th Aug 2017
I was delighted I was lucky enough to have Rachel as my makeup artist for my wedding and for my bridal party. She's is amazing at what she does. She helped create an air of calm on the morning of the wedding.
I found her very acccomdating and always quick to respond to any queries I had which was much appreciated. Highly recommend Rachel at forever fabulous. Vicky
Added 4th Sep 2017
Gordon and Dan
5.0
Married on 1st Jul 2017
Very professional and managed to keep all the party moving around to get it all done in time. Arrived early so there was plenty of time and people didn't feel rushed. Would highly recommend.
Added 31st Oct 2017
Becky
5.0
Married on 22nd Jun 2017
Rachel was amazing, I was planning my wedding from America, so it was extra stressful, but she managed to get me in a week before the wedding for another trial, and although I was still really nervous, by the wedding she got it perfect! I don't wear makeup, and really wanted the least amount as possible. She got what I wanted to the T and it was perfect! I felt so pretty, and it was exactly what I wanted!
Added 11th Sep 2017
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Rachel was the amazing makeup artist for my wedding day on December 22nd! I was so happy with Rachel's expertise and unique personal touches, for example, she gave me beauty and skin tips/regimes to follow 6 months in advance of the wedding. She welcomed any and all feedback and was super collaborative, for example: we shared many texts and emails (and pinterest boards!) and she always made herself available for questions. Rachel excels in customer service and really makes all her clients feel in safe, warm & friendly hands. Given her extensive experience, I definitely leaned on Rachel for advice and recommendations which she was glad to share. On the day of the wedding, everyone thought Rachel was a pleasure to deal with and she brought a calming aura and cracking sense of humour with her :D Rachel advised on exactly what I'd need with me on the day for small touch ups and even briefed my maid of honour on run of show! Thank you so much, Rachel! I've recommended you to anyone I know getting hitched!! x
Added 11th May 2017
Laura
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Married on 8th Oct 2016
Rachel was amazing! The quality of the service was so professional - each of the looks was personalized to the girl's features and comfort yet all hung together as a bridal party. She was so fun to work with as well! I cannot recommend her highly enough!
Added 18th Oct 2016
R?is?n Mulford
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Married on 30th Jul 2016
Rachel was amazing from the trial to the morning of the wedding. She was calm and good humoured and kept us all relaxed. I really felt like she listened to me about how I wanted to look on my Wedding Day. We have just got our photos back and I'm delighted with how my make up looks in all of them. Thank you Rachel.
Added 25th Aug 2016
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I was delighted with my choice in Rachel for my wedding day makeup. She is incredibly professional and knowledgeable. She advised on skin prep in the lead up to the wedding which was useful and importantly for me she is really easy to get along with and had a very calming influence on the day. She also arranged for family and friends makeup to be done while she looked after the bridal party. Can't recommend her enough, thanks Rachel!!
Added 9th Sep 2016
Claire Relihan
5.0
Married on 30th Apr 2016
Hi Rachel,
Thank you so so much for doing my makeup, my mums and bridesmaids. It was gorgeous, natural and flawless and it stayed on all day. I didn't even need to retouch. Thank you again. Claire xx
Added 1st Jun 2016
Grace
5.0
Married on 29th Apr 2016
Rachel was absolutely amazing from the moment I met her at the trial to the touch ups before I left the house the morning of the wedding. So many people complimented me on my make up. I will definitely get my makeup done again by Rachel and will recommend her to anyone.
Added 27th May 2016
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Rachel was very flexible and willing to do any style of make up I requested. My make up lasted all day and night and didn't have to touch it up at all. It was great!
Response from Forever Fabulous Makeup Artist
Hi Joyce, Many thanks for the lovely feedback! Thank you for booking me and sharing your wedding morning with me. I look forward to working with you again.
Rachel.
Added 5th Mar 2016
Maria Sheridan Graydon
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Married on 19th Feb 2016
I had an Amazing experience with The lovely Rachel O Riordan and her Assistant Trish. The professionalism and care went beyond best. I'm so grateful for an incredible morning getting ready for my eternal companion my best friend. Thankyou Forever Fabulous
Added 3rd Apr 2016
Christine Judd
Married on 28th Dec 2015
Rachel has been absolutely amazing and I would absolutely recommend anyone to work with her. Her bubbly personality combined with the fact that she makes sure you're the best version of yourself is unique. As a person not used to wearing makeup she absolutely managed to create a makeup that is still me bringing out the best features of my (and my bridal party) face without making me feel like I'm wearing a mask.
Absolutely fabulous and will recommend her to anyone I know getting married
Response from Forever Fabulous Makeup Artist
Christine, thank you so much for taking the time to write this and for your kind words, It was a pleasure looking after you and your bridal party. I look forward to seeing some photos. Kind regards, Rachel.
Added 25th Jan 2016
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Rachel is amazing, very professional, obliging and friendly. A pleasure to have around on the day of your wedding.
Response from Forever Fabulous Makeup Artist
Hi Jacinta,
Thank you so much for such wonderful feedback.
I hope your special week was amazing! You were a pleasure to work with and thank you for your lovely gifts!!
Speak soon, Rachel.
Added 20th Oct 2015
Natalie
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Married on 3rd Oct 2015
Delighted with my make up on the day. Rachel really listened to the natural look I requested and purchased shorter eyelashes especially. Would highly recommend.
Response from Forever Fabulous Makeup Artist
Hi Natalie,
Thank you so much for such wonderful feedback.
I hope your day was amazing! You were a pleasure to work with.
Speak soon, Rachel.
Added 20th Oct 2015
Caitriona Hart
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Married on 10th Sep 2015
Rachel is amazing at make up. She is so nice and very professional. I absolutely loved my make up, my bridesmaids and mum loved their make up too. She's very good with ideas and is very honest to what would suit you best. She wants to help make you look perfect for your special day. That's exactly how she made me feel. I would definetly recommend her to anyone. I will be using Rachel for future events. Thanks Rachel for making us look great.
Response from Forever Fabulous Makeup Artist
Caitriona, Thank you for such lovely feedback, this makes my job a pleasure! Thank you for booking me and I look forward to seeing you again very soon. Rachel.
Added 29th Dec 2015
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Rachel did an amazing job and was so helpful with guiding me through when and what I needed to do with makeup trails, bridesmaid makeup etc
On the big day Rachel did mine and the bridesmaids and she had it all organised for us so that it worked with getting our hair done and getting dresses on.
I went for a natural look and feel for my makeup and the same for the bridemaids and it looked lovely!
I would highly recommend Rachel, she did a great job!
Response from Forever Fabulous Makeup Artist
Julia, thank you so much for taking the time to write this and for your kind words, It was a pleasure looking after you and your bridal party. I look forward to seeing some photos. Kind regards, Rachel.
Added 29th Jan 2016
Claire Doyle
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Married on 13th Aug 2015
I would absolutely recommend Forever Fabulous to any bride and her bridal party. Rachel was fantastic - she was great at keeping in touch on everything from booking a trial date to discussing changes in my eye make up by email. Rachel was a pleasure to have at the house on the morning of the wedding, so lovely, chatty and friendly to everyone. She is an absolute professional who takes pride her work. I loved my make up. I have skin that is very prone to red flare ups and Rachel did an amazing job. I danced all night long and my make up was still perfect at 2am!
Response from Forever Fabulous Makeup Artist
Hi Claire,
Thank you so much for such wonderful feedback.
I hope your day was amazing! You were a pleasure to work with.
Speak soon, Rachel.
Added 26th Aug 2015
Fidelma
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Married on 27th Jun 2015
Thanks Rachel for your work on my wedding. My make up was flawless. Everyone was commenting on my make up throughout the day and it looks fantastic in the photos!
My mom and bridesmaids loved working with you too. Your enthusiasm on the day was infectious.
I will definitely be organising a make up lesson with you and will let you know if I need make up for any future events.
Response from Forever Fabulous Makeup Artist
Hi Fidelma, thank you so much for your lovely words, it was such a pleasure working on your wedding. I look forward to seeing you soon and thank you for such fabulous photos! Rachel.
Added 13th Jul 2015
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Rachel did make up for myself, 3 bridesmaids and mother of the bride. We were all so happy with our looks. Rachel listened to us and helped us achieve the looks that were in our heads but we couldn't quite articulate! I would recommend Rachel and Forever Fabulous to anyone.
Response from Forever Fabulous Makeup Artist
Hi Aine,
Thank you so much for such wonderful feedback.
I hope your day was amazing! You were a pleasure to work with.
I look forward to seeing some photos of the big day!
Speak soon, Rachel.
Added 9th Jun 2015
Kathy
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Married on 29th May 2015
Rachel was a dream to work with. I wanted very natural make-up because I'm so fair skinned and she knew just what to do. I looked flawless on the day as did my bridesmaids. The trial was great and we had loads of fun getting ready as well. Highly recommended.
Added 9th Jun 2015
Linda Keegan
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Married on 4th Apr 2015
Rachel is an absolutely phenomenal make-up artist. From the first email she was a pleasure to deal with. I don't really wear make-up at all so I was a bit nervous about how it would look on the day. There was absolutely no need; Rachel is brilliant and she listened to what I wanted every step of the way. I was delighted with what she did as were my Mum and sisters with their looks. I would recommend Rachel without question and would definitely hire her again.
Response from Forever Fabulous Makeup Artist
Hi Linda,
Thank you so much for such wonderful feedback.
I hope your day was amazing! You were a pleasure to work with.
Hope to see you again soon!
Rachel.
Added 21st May 2015
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I booked Rachel for my wedding make-up. I researched a bit online and wanted to find someone that would come to my house the morning of the wedding and would be very flexible but that also knew their stuff. I contacted Rachel, we exchanged a few mails and I really liked the way she came across, seemed to know her stuff and was very easy-going (a must for me for the big day!! no stress allowed!! And she was amazing on the day!)
So I went ahead and booked with her. Rachel has been really great all the way through our wedding. I had my make-up trial done the weekend of my hen and she came to us in the center of Dublin at a time that suited us.... her last appointment before going on maternity leave too!! You couldn't really ask for anymore than that!! :-)
The make-up she did was just gorgeous!!! She gave a mini-tutorial while there, applying all of the different layers, she really knows her stuff!! And when all of these layers were applied, I still felt like I had barely any make-up on! Sometimes I feel like I've more on when I apply my own few small bits!!
I had a change of heart about the colour of my lipstick/gloss the next day, so I contacted her and she immediately suggested meeting up and picking another!
I've had the greatest experience with Rachel the whole way through our wedding, she really took the time to understand me and what I wanted, was always very flexible about any changes and had detailed discussions with me around what I wanted and my skin prior to starting any of the application!
The Big Day itself came around and true to everything I hoped for Rachel was amazing, from arriving early to our house no issues noted, to setting up and not causing any stress, to just getting us to sit for our make-up whenever we were done with hair or getting ready, etc. Rachel was so calm on the day and really contributed to keeping a happy, chat-filled, fun morning of wedding prep! We didn't do a make-up trial for my Bridesmaids prior to the Wedding morning, Rachel did both their make-ups and they looked stunning! One of the girls doesn't ever wear make-up and prior to my trial had decided not to wear any, then she saw my make-up from the trial and decided to go for it, she was so happy with how it all looked and how light it was! A true tribute to Rachel's work!
From chatting with Rachel, prior to the "The Big Day", I knew it would all go as seamlessly from her side as it possibly could. It really did, Rachel helped to create an air of excitement and fun in the house that morning, it was a pleasure to have her their on such a "Big" celebration and I will definitely be using her again in the future!!
Response from Forever Fabulous Makeup Artist
Hi Kara,
Thank you so much for such wonderful feedback. You were a pleasure to work with.
I look forward to seeing some photos of the big day and catching up with you around Greystones soon!
Kind regards,
Rachel.
Added 8th Apr 2015
Mark Garvie, MG Millinery, Co. Dublin
Amazing work by a fantastic lady!
Added 5th Aug 2014
Rebecca Neill-Watson, Monkstown, Co. Dublin
Amazing make up artist! Any parties or special occasions coming up Rachel is your lady. Get booking girls!
Added 5th Aug 2014
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Absolutely fabulous! Not only do u get value for money u actually get advice n useful tips. I .will definitely recommend Rachel to my friends and family
Added 4th Aug 2014
Gillian Diver, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow
I found Rachel on Facebook and decided to treat myself to getting my make up done going to a friend's wedding. It was the best decision I made and I'm fussy! Rachel is so talented and a perfectionist. She did a brilliant job and I felt fabulous! People complimented me the entire day and it's all thanks to Rachel. Will definitely be booking her again!
Added 3rd Aug 2014
Elizabeth Neil-Watson, Monkstown, Co. Dublin
Rachel is one of the best and a total professional, you will truly delighted with a make over from her.
Added 2nd Aug 2014
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I worked with Rachel on a photo-shoot, her make up was outstanding and flawless, it felt light on my face and felt as though I didn't have much on at all which is a very good feeling. Rachel is a pleasure to work with and such a lovely women. I would recommend Rachel for any shoot /occasion, she is the best make up artist I've ever worked with and I will be asking Rachel to do my make up again! happy happy!
Added 1st Aug 2014
Jenni
Thanks a million Rachel- I loved my look on my wedding day as did my bridesmaid. It was different look I wanted after the trial but what I asked for you delivered. It stayed all day and you were a pleasure to deal with! Thanks again :)
Added 23rd Feb 2014
Anna
"Thank you a million times over to Rachel O'Riordan from Forever Fabulous & Roger Kenny from Roger Kenny Photography, Delgany for an amazing make over and photo-shoot afternoon. I felt like a princess getting my make up done. It looked amazing and I felt amazing! I learned so much about make up too. I was so nervous about having my picture taken but Roger was a fab. I have never laughed so much and had so much fun! I can't wait to see the final result of the photo's. Thanks again so much x
Added 1st Nov 2013
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Rachel did my make up and my bridesmaids for my wedding in August and I must say you did a fab job Rachel. I knew you would as I had already done a trial with you but I looked the best I ever did and you did exactly what I wanted and listened to exactly what I wanted. A total professional while keeping the atmosphere bright and breezy for the mrning of the wedding. I'm so glad I got you to do my make up and I highly recommend Rachel to all brides out there!
Added 1st Oct 2013
Esme
I have been lucky enough to have my make up done by loads of different people for events and photoshoots and Rachel is definitely one of my favourites. She is so talented and always gives a different look depending on the job, I have always had a big grin on my face when I see how transformed I am and she has the ability to make every girl look and feel like a million dollars! I couldn't recommend her enough and she is an absolutely fabulous person. I guarantee you will get the look you want. Xx :-)
Added 30th Sep 2013
Emma
Got my make done for a big girls night out and it was fab, it lasted all night, everyone commented how nice it was. Rachel was on time, professional,very friendly and used some really good product on me I will definitely be using her again.
Added 30th Sep 2013
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Thank you so much for making me look and feel fabulous!
Added 1st Jan 1970
Susan Hogan, Skerries, Co. Dublin.
Thank you so much it was the opportunity of a life time,'such a confidence boost and you make me feel amazing,?I cannot wait to show everyone the photos!
Added 1st Jan 1970
Andrea Rooney, Model.
My make-up was gorgeous; I did not want to take it off.
Added 1st Jan 1970
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I got my make-up done today with the fabulous make -up artist Rachel O'Riordan for my actor headshots and I am so happy with it. It was flawless to say the least. Thank you so much!
Added 1st Jan 1970
Sue
The bracelet arrived today and am delighted with it...lovely packaging and brilliant customer service...it's a Christmas gift for my daughter so am thrilled to have it so quickly. Thank you so much.
Added 1st Jan 1970
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I found her very acccomdating and always quick to respond to any queries I had which was much appreciated. Highly recommend Rachel at forever fabulous. Vicky