Before my wedding in July, I had a makeup trial with Janet. She invited me to her home instead of the studio since it was a closer drive. I had pictures of the hair and makeup I wanted. For the makeup, she didn't have any of the right colors. She spent a lot of time looking around and didn't seem very confident that she had the right shades (the colors I wanted were pretty natural, so I was a little worried as to why she didn't have similar ones). I had to suggest bringing in my own palettes on wedding day to help her out. When she was finished, I was kind of in shock because it looked absolutely nothing like the picture I showed her. It looked okay, but it felt really old-fashioned. No contouring. My eyebrows looked atrocious, so I told her politely that I would do them myself on wedding day. She told me that my lashes would be free then, which was very nice of her. Next came the hair. I had some pictures of a messy low bun with some braids going into it - nothing too complicated. I can't even remember how many times she had to redo it. The outcome was... pretty bad. Again, nothing like the pictures. A two hour appointment turned into five. I'm young, so I like to keep up with hair and makeup trends and have gotten pretty good at doing my own makeup. I just don't think this place can keep up. I finally decided that I was going to do my own makeup and hire a different company to do hair for the bridal party. Janet was very understanding, even offered to do another trial for free with a different stylist, but I had already made my decision. Got my deposit back and everything. Janet was a very nice lady and tried her very best, but she just couldn't deliver the the modern, mature look I was going for. read more