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Karen Malcolm-Pye – Makeup Artist

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Last reviewed: August 12, 2026 | Calgary | Wedding Makeup |

Business status: Active.

Last reviewed: August 12, 2026. Business status: Active.

Last reviewed: August 12, 2026. Karen Malcolm-Pye is a Calgary wedding makeup artist with a dedicated wedding makeup gallery on her official website. The site identifies her as a Calgary-based freelance makeup artist and provides a direct route to ask about booking availability and rates.

This profile is based on Karen Malcolm-Pye’s current official website, not the legacy listing. The official site also presents her wider work in television, music, commercial and editorial makeup, while the wedding gallery specifically documents wedding makeup as part of her portfolio.

Services and specialization

The official website has a standalone Wedding Makeup Gallery. It presents a visual portfolio of wedding makeup work and labels the images as Karen Malcolm’s Calgary wedding makeup. That is the clearest first-party evidence for including the business in the wedding makeup category.

Beyond weddings, the home page describes Karen Malcolm-Pye as a celebrity makeup artist and TV beauty specialist, and refers to red-carpet and multimedia makeup and grooming. Her resume page also documents work across television, awards shows, editorial and corporate projects. Those broader credentials provide context for her practice, but couples should ask directly which wedding-day services are currently offered for their date.

Confirmed wedding-related evidence: a dedicated Wedding Makeup Gallery on the official website.
Confirmed wider practice: freelance makeup, television beauty work, commercial/editorial work, red-carpet makeup and grooming.

Service area and who it may suit

Karen Malcolm-Pye’s official contact page says she is based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The official site does not publish a defined travel radius, destination-wedding policy or on-location terms, so Calgary is the only location that can be confirmed from first-party evidence.

The public wedding gallery may be useful for couples who want to review examples of the artist’s wedding makeup before making contact. It may also suit couples who value an artist whose official portfolio spans wedding, television and editorial settings. Whether a requested style, timeline, party size or venue location is a fit must be confirmed directly.

Confirmed base: Calgary, Alberta.
Not publicly confirmed: travel outside Calgary, on-site arrangements, team size and large-party capacity.

Portfolio and documented experience

The wedding page functions as a portfolio gallery rather than a written wedding package menu. It gives couples a direct place to review wedding makeup images attributed to Karen Malcolm before enquiring.

The official home page says Karen Malcolm-Pye has worked as a makeup artist for more than 20 years. Her official resume lists credits across television, awards shows, editorial work and commercial projects. These are documented career features, not a guarantee that a particular wedding look, date or service format will be available.

Confirmed strength: a separate first-party wedding makeup gallery.
Confirmed strength: the official site documents more than 20 years of makeup-artistry experience.
Practical limitation: the public gallery does not explain the process for choosing, revising or trialling a wedding look.

Confirmed strengths and practical limitations

A practical strength is that the official site gives a clear, current contact route and explicitly invites prospective clients to enquire about booking availability and rates. The wedding portfolio and broader resume also let couples review relevant work before that conversation.

Several details that matter on a wedding morning are not published on the official pages reviewed: package inclusions, trial appointments, false lashes, touch-ups, sanitation practices, start times, travel fees, a minimum booking requirement, contract terms and cancellation terms. Their absence is not a negative finding; it means couples should obtain those details in writing before committing.

Confirmed strength: official phone and email contact information are published.
Limitation: no official postal business address is published, so no address is displayed here.
Limitation: operational wedding-day details and policies are not publicly listed.

Pricing

Current pricing is not explicitly published. The official website asks prospective clients to contact Karen for availability and rates, but it does not show wedding package prices, a trial price, travel charges, taxes, deposits or any other fee schedule.

Ask for a written quote that identifies the exact services, number of people, date, getting-ready location, timing, travel or parking charges, taxes, deposit, payment schedule and any overtime or early-start fees. A written scope makes it easier to compare like-for-like proposals from Calgary wedding makeup providers.

Current prices are not published on the official pages reviewed.

Published pricing: none found on the official pages reviewed.
Published instruction: contact Karen for booking availability and rates.

Contact and booking

The official site lists Karen Malcolm-Pye’s phone number as (403) 383-6500 and email as karenmalcolm@telus.net. It directs visitors to contact her for booking availability and rates. These details replace the unrelated legacy Facebook link supplied with the historic listing.

No street address appears on the official site pages reviewed. For that reason, this profile intentionally leaves the address field blank rather than repeating an unverified historical address. Contacting the artist directly is the appropriate way to confirm a consultation location, if applicable, and the wedding-day service location.

Phone: (403) 383-6500.
Email: karenmalcolm@telus.net.
Official website: karenmalcolm.ca.

What couples should confirm

Before booking, share the wedding date, getting-ready address, ceremony timing, number of people needing makeup and the type of look you are considering. Ask whether the artist is available personally for the full booking and how the morning schedule would be planned.

Request recent wedding examples relevant to your preferred look if the gallery does not answer your questions. Confirm whether a preview or trial is offered, what products or lashes are included, whether touch-ups are available, and how any travel, parking, early call time or additional-person charges are handled. Finally, review the written agreement, deposit, payment timing, cancellation terms and any rescheduling process before paying a deposit.