Cotton Rouge & Co originally started in 2006 with a solo artist, Katie Cotton. Due to family, Katie had just moved to Greenville from Los Angeles where she had been a professional artist in Hollywood. At the time, the beauty industry was very different in South Carolina without many "on location" beauty professionals. While she loved her time in LA and in the production world, she wanted to couple her expertise of working with celebrity clients and focus more on the every day lady to make her feel like a star. It seems like the bridal and special event world was a great focus for the start of her business in the Upstate. She still loves working with production teams of course and definitely doesn't feel like a wedding day is the only day someone needs to feel like a rockstar!
Working with bridal parties every weekend, commercial work during the week and an ever growing client list of those needing makeup/hair for photoshoots, personal events, makeup lessons and more, Katie found her availability to simply be not enough to service the Greenville market. In 2009, she added her first team member. Soon enough again, there still wasn't enough availability for their demand so the team grew and grew. Currently the team has a total of 27 artists servicing over 500 bridal parties a year as well as countless other photo sessions and commercial jobs.
There have been many different studio headquarters for CRC but in 2019 they were able to purchase a historic home in the Pettigru district of Downtown Greenville. This new studio home helps to provide a convenient location for clients to come for single appointments and also is available to rent for bridal parties, etc. "On Location" is still something that the CRC team loves to provide to clients as well.
Working with bridal parties every weekend, commercial work during the week and an ever growing client list of those needing makeup/hair for photoshoots, personal events, makeup lessons and more, Katie found her availability to simply be not enough to service the Greenville market. In 2009, she added her first team member. Soon enough again, there still wasn't enough availability for their demand so the team grew and grew. Currently the team has a total of 27 artists servicing over 500 bridal parties a year as well as countless other photo sessions and commercial jobs.
There have been many different studio headquarters for CRC but in 2019 they were able to purchase a historic home in the Pettigru district of Downtown Greenville. This new studio home helps to provide a convenient location for clients to come for single appointments and also is available to rent for bridal parties, etc. "On Location" is still something that the CRC team loves to provide to clients as well.
I always worry hair and makeup might just be too much. The team here did an amazing job of listening to each style my 7 bridesmaids wanted and executing the perfect look for the day. They were prompt, timely, sweet and ultimately total QUEENS at what they do. Everyone loved every surface and my pictures are beautiful, without looking too over done." - Lauren, Married November 2019