I cannot imagine my wedding without Trine. I got married in the Dordogne in southwest France (40…read morepeople coming in from California for a small destination wedding) and initially had a very negative trial with a local makeup artist who had no idea what I was going for, told me I needed to pluck my eyebrows or else she didn't know what to do with them, and thought our appointment was two hours later than it had been scheduled for. After scrambling and juggling the budget around, I decided to bring someone in from Paris so I could feel confident. Trine was that person and she was worth every penny and then some!
She made me look and feel beautiful, and managed to understand my half-downloaded Pinterest board and general ideas right away and helped me decide what direction to take. She then made them look better than I could have ever even dreamed of. I'm so happy with the way the hair and makeup turned out, felt beautiful and confident on the day, and can now look back at pictures and feel the same way every time. I wanted to avoid an updo that looked too "wedding-y" and I felt like her experience on the editorial side of things really helped in that department - I showed her tons of pictures of Jennifer Lawrence on the red carpet and she knew exactly what to do and how to make it work with my hair. It also stayed put all night long through lots of dancing.
I had read horror stories on Yelp of other hair and makeup artists in France being unreliable, but Trine was incredibly professional, on time, had reasonable travel fees even though I was bringing her out to the middle of nowhere, and when her flight was cancelled the day of my trial, she was promptly in touch and flexible so that we could schedule an alternate time. She was also very conscientious ahead of time. I sent her pictures of myself and the looks I was going for, and she responded to emails promptly and thoughtfully, even going so far as to notice that I had ombre highlights and think about how they would translate to an updo, so she was super prepared before we even got to the trial.
On top of everything, she was a positive, calming, encouraging and sweet presence during the whole day - even/especially when we had a power outage crisis and it was much needed. She even used her phone to play music for us when none of us had service or wifi and kept everyone in good spirits. Everyone in the room getting ready commented on how amazing she was. She is an incredibly sweet and lovely person who also happens to be very good at her job (and as other reviewers have noted, speaks perfect English - important for communicating what you want to look like!). I cannot thank her enough and would sing her praises to any future brides.
