Gold Coast Hinterland

SOL Gardens Wedding Hair & Makeup

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Soft, sun-kissed bridal beauty for your SOL Gardens wedding

SOL Gardens sits tucked into the Currumbin Valley — seven acres of Balinese-flavoured tropical gardens, ferns and bamboo wrapped around a glassy lagoon with little islands and timber bridges. It's lush, green and humid, and that's exactly the kind of setting we love building a look for. Heavy, cakey makeup has no place here. We work toward a soft, natural, sun-kissed finish that feels like you — and, just as importantly, holds up through a warm garden morning and an open-air ceremony.

We're Tina and Kristen, a sister duo who are both fully trained in hair and makeup. We come to you, so there's no rushing into town and back — we set up wherever you're getting ready and bring the whole kit with us. Because SOL Gardens doesn't have a dedicated bridal suite, most couples we look after get ready at nearby accommodation around Currumbin, Tugun or the Tweed before heading up the valley, and we plan the morning around that drive so you arrive calm and camera-ready.

Whether it's just you and a couple of bridesmaids or a full party of girls, we can work as a team of two to keep everyone on time without the morning ever feeling like a production line. The goal is simple: you relax, we handle the timing, and you walk into those gardens looking and feeling like the most natural version of yourself.

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What we know about getting ready for SOL Gardens

The space

SOL Gardens is a ceremony-and-reception venue, not an accommodation one — there's no formal bridal suite on the property. That's not a problem at all: most of our SOL Gardens couples get ready at nearby accommodation around Currumbin, Tugun, Palm Beach or just over the border in the Tweed, where there's room to spread out, hang the dress and relax. We set up our kit wherever the best light is and bring everything with us.

The light

The valley is green and the light is gorgeous, but it's also warm and humid most of the year, with that soft, foliage-filtered shade through the gardens. We factor the humidity into everything — long-wear, sweat-resistant bases and a setting routine built to survive a tropical garden afternoon, so your makeup looks as fresh in the festoon-lit pavilion at night as it did that morning.

The timing

SOL Gardens is up Bains Road in the Currumbin Valley — roughly 15 minutes inland from the Gold Coast beaches, and the last stretch is a quieter country drive. We build in a buffer for that travel plus detail photos and final touch-ups, so you're never finishing hair and makeup in the car. Calm in, calm down the aisle.

A calm morning

Sample wedding-morning timeline

A sample morning for a SOL Gardens wedding — we tailor the exact run sheet to your ceremony time, party size and where you're staying.

From 7:30am
We arrive & set up
We come to your accommodation, set up our station by the best window, and get the space calm and organised before the first person sits down. Coffee in hand, no rush.
8:00am
Bridal party first
We start on the bridesmaids and family, working through hair and makeup. As a team of two we can keep a larger group moving so no one's left waiting around.
10:30am
The bride
You go last so your look is freshest for the ceremony. This is the relaxed, unhurried part of the morning — the soft, natural finish that lasts all day comes together here.
11:45am
Touch-ups & you're off
Final touch-ups, lipstick locked in, a quick check before photos, then we send you off with time to spare for the drive up Bains Road to SOL Gardens.
Experience you can trust

A safe pair of hands for a tropical garden wedding

Garden venues like SOL Gardens have their own quirks — humidity, open-air ceremonies, that warm valley light and a drive up a quieter country road. We've worked across the Gold Coast hinterland and Tweed long enough to know how to plan a morning around all of it, so nothing about your day is a guess. Both of us are professionally trained in hair and makeup and fully insured, which matters when a venue or your photographer wants to know who's coming.

Being a sister duo means you get two calm, experienced sets of hands who actually work together every weekend — not a stranger paired with you last-minute. We know how to keep a getting-ready morning relaxed, how to build a look that survives heat and a long day, and how to have you finished with time to spare. That's the difference between a frantic morning and one you actually get to enjoy.

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Venue FAQs

What time should hair and makeup start for a SOL Gardens wedding? +

It depends on your ceremony time and party size, but for an early-afternoon ceremony at SOL Gardens we usually start around 7:30–8:00am. We build in extra time for the drive up the Currumbin Valley, plus detail photos and touch-ups, so you're never rushing. When you book we map out an exact run sheet for your day.

Do you travel to SOL Gardens in Currumbin Valley? +

Yes — we're a fully mobile sister duo and Currumbin Valley is right in our home patch. Because SOL Gardens has no bridal suite, we come to wherever you're getting ready nearby, set up our whole kit, then you make the short drive up to the gardens. The Gold Coast, Tweed Coast and Byron Bay are all covered.

Can you do hair and makeup for my whole bridal party at SOL Gardens? +

Absolutely. Tina and Kristen are both trained in hair and makeup, so for bigger groups we work as a team of two and get everyone done in time without the morning feeling rushed. Whether it's an intimate two or a full party of girls, just let us know your numbers and we'll plan the timing around your drive up to the gardens.

Will my makeup last all day in the SOL Gardens garden heat? +

Yes — this is exactly what we plan for at SOL Gardens. The valley is warm and humid, so we use long-wear, sweat-resistant bases and a setting routine designed to hold through an open-air ceremony and into the evening pavilion. You'll look as fresh under the festoon lights at night as you did that morning.

Find the venue

Where is SOL Gardens?

Directions & parking

Address
SOL Gardens
10 Bains Rd
Currumbin Valley QLD 4223
Drive times
About 15 minutes inland from the southern Gold Coast beaches (Currumbin/Tugun), ~25 min from Gold Coast Airport, and roughly 45–50 minutes north of Byron Bay.
On the morning
We travel to you and set up on site — no need to leave the venue.
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