Privacy & Cookie Policy

Michelle T Makeup · Last updated: 9 November 2026

This policy explains what personal information Michelle T Makeup collects when you visit michelletmakeup.com or get in touch about a booking, how it’s used, and the choices you have. It’s written to be short and clear — if anything is unclear, just ask.

Who we are

Michelle T Makeup is a bridal and occasion makeup business run by Michelle Twomey, based in Co. Kerry, Ireland. For the purposes of data protection law (the GDPR and the Irish Data Protection Acts 1988–2018), Michelle T Makeup is the data controller for the information described here.

Email: michelletmakeup@gmail.com
Phone: +353 85 131 7519

What information we collect

We only collect what we need to answer your enquiry and look after your booking:

Enquiries: when you email, phone or message us (including through Facebook or Instagram), we receive your name, contact details and anything you choose to share — such as your wedding or event date, venue, number of people needing makeup, and any preferences.
Bookings: if you book, we keep the details needed to deliver your service, such as dates, times, locations, trial notes and payment records.
Skin information you choose to share: to keep you safe, we may ask about allergies or skin sensitivities before applying products. This is only used for your appointment and is treated with extra care.
Website data: basic technical information (such as your IP address and browser type) is processed automatically by our website host and by the services described in the Cookies section below.

We do not sell your information, and we never use it for anything unrelated to your enquiry or booking.

Why we use it, and our legal basis

To reply to your enquiry and give you a quote — because you asked us to (steps prior to entering a contract).
To deliver your booked service — to perform our contract with you.
To keep accounts and records — to meet our legal obligations, such as tax and Revenue requirements.
To keep you safe during your appointment (allergy or sensitivity details) — with your explicit consent, which you can withdraw at any time.
To share photos of your makeup on our website or social media — only with your consent. You can ask us to remove any image at any time.
To keep our website secure and working — our legitimate interest in running the site.

Who we share it with

We only share information with trusted providers who help us run the business, and only as much as they need:

Email provider (Google / Gmail) for handling enquiries.
Website hosting (Hostinger) which stores the website and its server logs.
Google Analytics and Google Search Console (Google Ireland Ltd), connected through the Google Site Kit plugin, which help us understand how visitors find and use the website. See the Cookies section below.
Our accountant, for bookkeeping and tax purposes.
Social media platforms (Facebook and Instagram, owned by Meta) if you contact us there — their own privacy policies apply to those conversations.

Some of these providers may process data outside the European Economic Area. Where this happens, they use safeguards approved under GDPR, such as the EU Standard Contractual Clauses or the EU–US Data Privacy Framework.

How long we keep it

Enquiries that don’t lead to a booking: deleted within 12 months.
Booking and payment records: kept for 6 years, as required for Irish tax purposes.
Allergy or skin notes: deleted once your booking is complete, unless you ask us to keep them for a future appointment.
Photos shared with consent: kept until you ask us to remove them.

Your rights

Under GDPR you have the right to:

ask for a copy of the information we hold about you
ask us to correct anything that’s wrong
ask us to delete your information (unless we must keep it by law)
object to, or ask us to restrict, how we use it
withdraw consent at any time, where we rely on consent
ask for your information in a portable format

To use any of these rights, email michelletmakeup@gmail.com. We’ll reply within one month. If you’re not happy with how we’ve handled your information, you can complain to the Data Protection Commission at www.dataprotection.ie.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. Our website uses as few as possible.

Essential cookies — needed for the site to work properly and to keep it secure. These don’t require consent. They include standard WordPress cookies (for example, wordpress_test_cookie and session cookies used if you log in to the site), which expire when you close your browser or shortly after.

Third-party content — our site displays fonts from Google Fonts. When a page loads, your browser may connect to Google’s servers, which can share your IP address with Google. See Google’s privacy policy for details.

Social media links — our site links to our Facebook and Instagram pages. These are simple links: no tracking cookies are placed until you click through to those sites, where Meta’s own cookie policy applies.

Analytics cookies (only with your consent) — we use Google Analytics, connected through the Google Site Kit plugin, to see how many people visit the site, which pages they look at and how they found us. This helps us improve the website. Google Analytics collects information such as pages visited, time on site, device and browser type, and approximate location (country or city). It does not tell us who you are, and IP addresses are not stored by Google Analytics 4. These cookies are only set if you accept them in our cookie banner.

Cookie	Provider	Purpose	Expires
`_ga`	Google Analytics	Distinguishes unique visitors	2 years
`_ga_<ID>`	Google Analytics	Keeps track of your visit (session)	2 years

The legal basis for analytics is your consent. You can accept or reject analytics cookies when you first visit the site, and change your mind at any time using the cookie settings link in the website footer. More about how Google uses this data: policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. You can also install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

Google Search Console — we also use Google Search Console to see how the website appears in Google search results (for example, which searches lead people to our site). This does not place any cookies on your device; Google provides us with summary search data only.

We do not use advertising or remarketing cookies. If that changes, we’ll update this policy and ask for your consent first.

Managing cookies: you can block or delete cookies in your browser settings at any time. Blocking essential cookies may stop parts of the site from working properly.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time, for example if we add new services to the website. The date at the top shows when it was last changed.

Contact

Questions about this policy or your information? Email michelletmakeup@gmail.com or call +353 85 131 7519.