An award-winning make-up artist has been accused of taking deposits and in some cases full payments from brides-to-be and not showing up on the day. / (min cost $ 0 ) or signup to continue reading ACM has spoken with nearly half-a-dozen brides-to-be who engaged Makeup By Kye to do make-up for them and their bridal party between 2021 and now, only for their chosen make-up artist to block them, stop replying to messages or leave them to do their own faces. Rhi contacted Makeup By Kye three months before her mother's wedding on the NSW South Coast to do make-up for herself and her mother, choosing the business, run by Kye Mitchell, because she wanted to support a local vendor.
Communication flowed freely between the pair until Rhi transferred the $200 deposit, after which she did not receive a reply for a month. After following up, Ms Mitchell sent a message to confirm details and ask for the full amount to be paid in the space of days. Rhi transferred the amount and continued to plan her mother's wedding day.
"I sort of started thinking, I wonder if she's actually coming. But then I just thought to myself, 'No, she'll be here. I've booked her in and I've paid.
'" Little did Rhi know, Ms Mitchell had left behind a trail of stressed brides and unfulfilled deposits over the past three years. Awarded the best Bridal Makeup Artist in 2020 and 2021 at the Australian Wedding Industry Awards - Shoalhaven and South Coast, Ms Mitchell's reputation spread throughout the South Coast, with b.
