Judy Stettler

Judy Stettler is a makeup artist and visagiste with a studio in Sursee, in the canton of Lucerne, who has worked with makeup professionally for more than 16 years. Her site publishes 2 bridal packages with fixed prices, a rate for the bridal party, and a mobile service that comes to the bride's home or venue. She also runs a second company, Nannyland AG, which provides childcare at weddings and events. For a couple in the Lucerne region who want makeup handled calmly and to a known budget, and who may have small children among the guests, her site answers many of the practical questions up front.

Her approach

Her About page sets out a clear position. Makeup, she writes, is never about changing someone completely; she wants to underline the client's personality and create a look in which she feels beautiful and entirely herself. That matters most to her for bridal makeup: «Dein Hochzeitstag ist kein Tag für Experimente», your wedding day is not a day for experiments. So she takes time, listens closely and discusses with the bride what suits her face, her style and her wedding day. She does not want a client to leave thinking «Wow, was hat sie mit mir gemacht?» (wow, what has she done to me?) but rather «Genau so wollte ich aussehen» (that is exactly how I wanted to look).

Over those years, she writes, she has made up countless faces, accompanied people at weddings and events, worked on shoots and passed her knowledge on to other beauty professionals. She describes her Sursee studio as the right setting for a personal trial and for the bridal makeup itself. Makeup suited to the client's type is always her starting point, and her stated goal is simple: a makeup that fits the person, her face and her occasion, so that she feels like the best version of herself rather than dressed up.

Bridal packages

The offer page lists 2 bridal packages:

• Brautpaket First Look, CHF 399. A personal trial of about 1.5 hours in her Sursee studio, plus the bridal makeup on the wedding day.
• Brautpaket Forever, CHF 549. 2 different makeup looks on the wedding day, which she suggests for a bride who wants one look for the ceremony and another for the evening party.

Makeup for members of the bridal party is available on request at CHF 129 per person. The page does not say whether the Forever package also includes the studio trial, so a bride choosing it should confirm that.

Mobile service

For weddings, events and shoots she also comes directly to the client or to the chosen location, which she points out saves the bride the trip to the studio on the wedding morning. She names her working area as the Lucerne region, the canton of Nidwalden and beyond, depending on the booking. The page does not publish a travel charge, so a couple should ask whether one applies to their venue.

Other services

The same page lists makeup for special occasions, including attending a wedding as a guest: day makeup at CHF 81, evening makeup at CHF 135 and men's makeup at CHF 63. For photo shoots, business portraits and advertising, she says makeup has to take light, camera, clothing and skin into account, and she charges a day rate of CHF 1,044 and a half-day rate of CHF 540. A personal makeup coaching session, in which she works on the client's own face and explains which colors, products and techniques suit her, costs CHF 399. Small-group workshops for beginners and enthusiasts are listed with their dates and prices on the individual course pages, and coaching and training for beauty professionals is priced on request. The menu also shows a Judy Stettler Academy, a Social Media for Beginners course and gift vouchers.

Teaching and volunteering

She teaches at the Kosmetikfachschule Maria Schweizer AG in Dübendorf, where she takes trainee beauticians through the theory and practice of professional makeup, and she also teaches makeup to hairdressing apprentices. She writes that her training courses have been included in the training programs of 3 different cantons. For 13 years she volunteered for Herzensbilder, an organization that gives affected families professional photographs as lasting memories, and she says the experience changed how she sees beauty and people.

Childcare at the wedding: Nannyland AG

Since 2017 she has also run Nannyland AG, which with its team provides professional childcare at weddings and events, so that parents and guests can celebrate while their children are looked after. It is a separate company from the makeup business, and the makeup site does not describe how bookings for the 2 are combined, but for a couple with many young guests it is a useful contact to know about.

Contact and location

The contact section lists Judy Stettler, Make-up Artist, at Kavalleriestrasse 2, 6210 Sursee, email judy@judystettler.ch and phone +41 79 696 22 20, with a contact form. The site's title gives a different street, Glockenstrasse 1, 6210 Sursee, so a bride coming for a trial should confirm the studio address.

What the site does not settle

The site is written in German and does not say whether she works in English. It does not state a travel charge for the mobile service, a booking lead time, a deposit or cancellation terms (the footer links to terms and conditions, AGB, which are the place to check). It does not say whether she does hair, so a bride will need to ask or book a hairstylist separately. It does not say how many people she can make up on one wedding morning or whether she brings help for a large bridal party.

Who it suits

Judy Stettler suits a bride marrying in the Lucerne region or Nidwalden who wants a natural, personal look, a set price that includes the trial, and the option of being made up at home or at the venue. The Forever package suits a long wedding day with a change of look for the evening, and the Nannyland connection may help a couple with young children among the guests.

The caveats are that hair is not part of the published offer, the travel terms and working languages are not stated, and the studio address appears in 2 versions. A couple planning from abroad should confirm all 3 when they first get in touch.