Bridal Hair & Makeup

When only the best will do for your big day

Welcome to CJ Beauty & Co

Welcome to CJ Beauty & Co, owned and run by Colette Johnson – Multi-Award Winning Professional Makeup Artist and Hair Designer. CJ Beauty & Co offer hair and makeup services for weddings, proms and other special occasions; personal makeup lessons and makeover photoshoot experiences.

Colette has a wealth of experience in the industry and her passion and dedication ensure an exceptional service to each and every customer. Colette and her Pro Team have the expertise to skillfully create a truly stunning look for you for your wedding day, prom or any special event where you really want to look a million dollars! – Or transform you in one of our makeover photoshoot experiences!

If you just want to learn to apply your own makeup – our personal makeup lessons teach you how – Colette’s personal makeup lessons take you through step by step – you tell Colette the sort of look that you’d like to create and she will teach you how! Personal makeup lessons are held at our smaller studio in Basingstoke, either on a one-to-one basis or as a small group.

Our Services

Wedding Make-up & Hair Styling

Getting married is one of the most special days in a girls’ life, and likely to be one that you have dreamt of since you were young! Click here

Special Occasion Makeup & Hair Styling

Makeup / hair styling for any special occasion – Day or Evening – A School Prom, a Birthday party, a Graduation, a Corporate party... Click here

Personal Makeup Lessons

One-to-one makeup lessons and workshops aimed at ladies/men looking for professional guidance to achieve their desired look. Click here

Photoshoots

We offer a fabulous range of ‘pre’ and ‘post’ wedding photoshoot packages including... Click here

Colette Johnson

Colette is an award winning makeup artist and hair designer with experience spanning 18 years across various areas within the makeup industry.

"I am a self-confessed makeup addict - I love makeup, and I love making people feel special. What a better combination to work in such an exciting industry!" Read more

Shani Dickins' Wedding

The Wellington Arms, Sherfield, London

Gillian Pistorius' Wedding

Hampshire Court Hotel, Basingstoke

Faith Jackson's Wedding

Windsor

You don’t need many words to describe a makeup experience with Colette….Wow! Pure talent. My sister and I were lucky enough to have our makeup done by Colette for my wedding in December. The whole experience exceeded all of our expectations. Colette makes you feel relaxed and comfortable while she works her magic. She totally gets what you explain and creates the exact look that you asked for. Colette made sure we were entirely happy before she left and we could not have asked for a better service. I absolutely loved my makeup and I’m now itching to have a makeup lesson! Thank goodness LJ Photographics recommended her…

Gemma Phillips-Hardy | Married at Rivervale Barn, Yateley
Colette did my makeup for my wedding and she was absolutely wonderful and a delight to work with. I went for a trial a few weeks before and without even saying a word she knew exactly what would look good on me. On the wedding day Colette arrived slightly early which was great as we didn’t have a huge window but in true form I was turned from a 43 year old plain Jane into a beautiful swan, despite the 4000 interruptions of questions I had to answer, it’s not easy trying to paint a moving face!! I loved that I still looked like ‘me’ as often brides have such a mask on that they are practically unrecognisable, she just made me the best version of me…huge thanks to you Colette, you are very talented with an extremely warm and caring soul.

Chadina Chanel | Married at Highfield Park, Hook
I can honestly say that having my bridal hair and makeup done by Colette is one of the highlights of my wedding day. Her amazing talent is obvious to see on her social media but this does not represent her kindness, empathy and great sense of humour. I would not hesitate to book with Colette again for future events and wish her good luck and love with her future ventures. Thank you so much Colette for helping to make my wedding day the best day of my life.

Emma Dewey | Married at Clock Barn, Whitchurch
Colette did an amazing job with mine, 2 bridesmaids and the mums hair and makeup… Would highly recommend she managed to do all of this in record time and went beyond her duties… Even after getting emotional during the day all of our makeup stayed on so can’t thank Colette enough

Mary Loughnane | Married at Wokefield Park, Mortimer
Colette did my hair on Saturday and it looked amazing. I was out all day and night and it stayed in place and still looked fantastic and 1.30am in the morning! I would recommend Colette to anyone. I showed her a picture of the hairstyle that I was looking for and she did it 10 times better! Thank you for doing such a brilliant job on my hair.

Dena Ward | Basingstoke