Once every blue moon, I must leave my hibernation cave and look presentable for an important event…read more The kind that requires more than just washing my face...and maybe brushing my hair. This event was one of my closest friend's weddings where I was also going to be giving a speech. No wallflower girl or invisibility cloak will help this girl, except for a makeup artist guru. Trying to find a good makeup artist is fairly easy I feel. But finding a great makeup artist who really knows how to bring out all the best of one's feature...that's a feat. Thank goodness for Cherry of Sessions Makeup. Cherry was recommended to me by a dear family friend. My friend told me she knows I will love Cherry. If this review looks too long, this is the TLDR version: Cherry is a phenomenal makeup artist, a guru, who knows how to bring out the best features in people through her art, and her energy is magical. Have faith in her skills and know one will walk away in the end feeling beautiful and confident. Here's my longer review: I hesitated to make an appointment, only because I am not one to have my makeup done professionally, and it was just nerve wrecking, especially for someone who is makeup-illiterate and also has low confidence. My brain would say: "how could any makeup possibly fix something that is not pretty nor beautiful?" Eventually panicking as my friend's wedding approached, and knowing I wasn't going to become makeup literate in less than a week, I scheduled an appointment with Cherry. I appreciate so much how organized Cherry is from the start with the appointment time, location information, and deposit information. I knew exactly what to expect, because I even asked her follow up questions about the makeup session. From the moment I stepped into Cherry's studio, the energy of her joy, passion, enthusiasm, love for her craft, and infectious laughter was lovingly contagious. Cherry is so compassionate, warm, and has a way of making one feel completely at ease, and to put fear aside and trust Cherry and her process. Did I also mention how genuine and kind she is too! I let Cherry know the wedding was going to be outdoors, and despite the ceremony being in the evening, it was one of the hottest days of the summer in Orange County, CA. Cherry listened to my concern and told me not to worry if I was afraid that my makeup would melt. She said the makeup would actually do just fine and be dewy, in the good kind of way, if I did sweat. Cherry then proceeded to ask me what kind of makeup I wanted. I told Cherry that all I knew was that I loved the winged liner look and for her to highlight my eyes. Everything else, I told her to do her magic and gave her free creative reign. Cherry definitely has all the skills and talent up her sleeves. She is meticulous and pays attention to detail. She is also a perfectionist, in a good way. Several times I teared up as she was applying my liner, and that's because I am super sensitive to eye liner, but also at the time, I was suffering from allergies, hence the watery eyes also didn't help. Cherry fixed my eyes constantly because the tears would mess them up. As soon as she was able to get my eyes to dry completely with a little fan, she nailed the winged liner look I wanted, and made it infinitely better with what she called a "soft winged liner". Cherry took her time applying foundation and all the other amazing makeup tools in her arsenal of weapons. At the end of the session, I actually walked away feeling so beautiful, so glamorous, and yet knew it was still me staring back from the mirror. That night and in the pictures, I received so many kind compliments about my makeup. Many of my friends told me my makeup was glamorous and also natural, which is the best kind of compliment. And the real test too...my makeup was still PERFECT 11 hours later. My makeup withstood emotional crying at the wedding, sweating through the heat, and yet at the end of the day, my face remained flawless. Cherry's price is also reasonable. From what I know as of July 2024, the price for professional makeup in Orange County, CA ranges from $100-$250. With that being said, I would 10/10 recommend Cherry in a heartbeat, especially for those who need to look flawless and beautiful for any special occasion. Cherry is an artist who is incredible at her craft and has a huge heart.

Reviews of wedding services:…read more Oh my word! Cherry Sessions of Sessions Makeup is absolutely one of the most consumate professionals I have ever worked with. A hundred years ago I was a swimsuit model and dealt with lots of makeup artists. Cherry is top of the top. I hired her for my wedding, which was a smaller beach wedding that we put together in about 5 weeks (please see my other reviews for all the services we used). The outcome was gorgeous- and Cherry was a major part of making it so. Although our wedding was an impromptu and less formal affair, I still wanted a some very high quality services such as hair, makeup, flowers & food. After lots of research I found Sessions Makeup on Yelp and looked at Cherry's work and who she works with. She kicks butt for national pageant contestants, she works on professional models as well as brides and the like. Everyone she does looks beautiful and flawless. Her makeup is matched and perfect to the face. Sessions Makeup is not inexpensive, however, for a quality professional that is what you do. We started off with the test makeup, I had photos of what I thought I wanted but it ended up looking too heavy & dark. We worked around and played with it for a little bit and we came up up with a beautiful palette. Her skills are amazing. It is easy and fun interacting with Cherry as she was so aware of my thought process and my evolving vision. In the couple of weeks before my day, Cherry checked in with me several times, helping me to prepare. "Get some little eye gel patches" she said, "and put them on your eyes on the morning of the event". I forgot and she had them and did it for me. "Drink lots of water and get some good sleep" she said. Things that you'd think you would remember to do, but with everything going on I didn't and to have her in the background coaxing me along was simply wonderful. The wedding plans were fluid with regards to location and time until I was able to lock things in, and Cherry was always available to talk or text and she worked with me easily so it flowed well. The morning of my wedding I was setting up flowers and table cloths, and napkins at Pete's and of course it always takes longer than you think. We had planned to start at 9 I couldn't get back to the suite until 9:20, so Cherry had gone and set up everything beautifully. She had relaxing music on so when I came back, I fell into a state of calm and happy. I sat back in the directors chair that she brought, and let her do her magic. Now, aside from all her excellent work and talent. She possesses a true and unfettered demeanor and handled herself like an absolute pro regarding what happened with my hair stylist. My hairstylist, (and again, please read the review) was absolutely insane. I have been going to her for years which made us friends, but that makes no difference when someone is hired to do a job. She blew in late like a tornado, with crap falling all over out of her bins, not dressed, no make up on and swearing and carrying on about some one in her family. Then she had the nerve to come up to Cherry and ask her if she if she really wanted to use that particular make up for whatever Cherry was doing on my eyes at the moment. I would've liked to bite her but Cherry handled it so eloquently, and kindly, she simply said "Oh, it's waterproof" and turned up the music louder and said "Breathe my bride, breathe" and she had me back in a good place. As you can see from the photos, my make up was absolutely spectacular. I felt beautiful and full of joy and thankful because Cherry was such a good "balancer "and had such positive effect on everything. In conclusion, an emphatic thumbs up, I absolutely highly recommend Sessions Makeup. Thank you Cherry, thank you, thank you, thank you!

Melody was my wedding MUA. Initially, I wasn't going to do a makeup artist for myself but then my…read moregirls reminded me to relax that day. Immediately I knew I needed to reach out to Melody to have her do my makeup. I'd been following her makeup for years. I've seen her skills first hand for almost a decade at that point. We did a trial a few months before so we could talk about the look and colors and style and see if and where we wanted to make any improvements. I walked away feeling so confident and beautiful. The big day came and she over delivered again! Everybody looked like a better version of themselves and felt comfortable, confident, and beautiful. We all had nothing but good reviews for Melody and her work. She's an amazing artist and such a wonderful human.

Let me just say I'm 51 and not terribly thin.....Melody and Toni were amazing doing my shoot. They…read moremade me feel comfortable and beautiful. The make up Melody did was amazing, I've never seen my eyes pop so much. Thank you so many times over

Just did my bridal test run but I'm efficient so I used my trial run for my engagement shoot some…read morecall me cheap but I'm frugal and smart, thank you very much! Pros: Professional Contouring (yay for fat face people like me!) Nice Cons: She's a perfectionist..took 2hrs :P Trial Run $60-75 Bridal Day Make-Up $150-$200 Her Email: maida_le901@yahoo.com for all your professional make up artist needs :D

Wow! So many great things i can say about Maida!!!…read more I reached out to Maida to see if she can do my makeup for a friend's wedding 2 days ago. Maida was quick to respond and i was SO fortunate she was available! I booked her right away because i know she gets booked fast! Maida was super sweet from beginning to end. She was very accomodating and made arrangements for me as i had to be ready super early in the morning! During our session she made sure i'd be all glammed up and ready to go! It was so relieving since i was so stressed and in a hurry! I absolutely loved my makeup! 15 hours, rain or shine (yes, unfortunately it rained), my makeup lasted all day! I received tons of compliments! Maida's a true MUA! I'm so happy i met her. Only now i wish i had more events to attend so i can book Maida again :) I definitely recommend Maida! She will make you look flawless!

Oh wow do I love Yara! She arrived to my hotel to do my makeup half an hour early, which made…read morethings go much smoother for me considering I was a bridesmaid for my brothers wedding. Yara comes prepared with absolutely everything you can think of, she brings her own ringlight, her own makeup chair, & of course her huge case of makeup. She even asked if I wanted to listen to music & allowed me to choose any song I wished to listen to. While doing my makeup, we talked so much & wow did she make me feel so comfortable and at ease- she knows how to keep the convo going, rather than being in an awkward phase! Overall, she only charged me $125 for my makeup which includes lashes & she traveled to my hotel which made things way easier for me. She was such a sweetheart & I highly recommend getting your makeup done with Yara!

As a wedding planner, I've worked with Yara for several years and I can honestly say she is one of…read moreTHE BEST in the business! She is a beautiful person inside and out and extremely talented! She will make you look like the best version of yourself!! Book a trial with Yara folks, you won't regret it!! Love Yara!! Just take a look at some of my clients she's glammed up!!

You can tell that Dia treats each of her customers with extreme care and patience. Her 10+ years…read moreexperience in makeup really shows! I super appreciated getting to know her personally as a HMU artist and enjoyed knowing what products worked best on my face, in addition to skincare tips! The process was lengthy but it was comfortable and enjoyable. I really liked how my hair turned out and Dia was super flexible with feedback. Great service and experience truly :) My photographer actually cancelled on me the morning of and Dia was so sweet to even try to reach out to her connections to try and get me a shoot still, which I think is a testament of her care for her customers!

This was my first Lash Extension ever and I am honestly so happy I did it with Dia! I was nervous…read moreand unsurue how the process goes but Dia explained everything she did and was so patient with me. The process was so relaxing because of the lovely music and the fun conversations I had with Dia. I am excited to come again for her services! Thank you Dia!!

I was first drawn to Magaly as I love the way she does her own makeup. She always looks so flawless…read moreand stunning, and I love the way she effortlessly blended eye shadow. Needless to say, it was an absolute dream for her to do my makeup for my wedding day. Magaly is absolutely meant to be a makeup artist! I can't see her in any other career. Not only is her level of talent hard to find, but she is such a sweet person with positive energy. She uses high quality products and delivers exactly what you expect from your vision. She is also very receptive to making any changes to your look should edits be requested. It was so much fun getting ready with her on my wedding day, and I can't thank her enough for her flexibility, attention to detail, and the extra efforts she put in to make my day that much more special. She definitely wants to make sure the bride is having a marvelous experience. Thank you, Magaly!

Needed a make up artist for a special event I had and used magaly on short notice and I was amazed…read more! Her make up prices are reasonable and her work is pure talent ! My make up stayed through out the event ! She blended and contour my face and popped my eye shadow ! She's amazing . I have been using magaly ever since ! She comes to you and will add eye lashes and is reasonable !!

Annie was incredibly easy to communicate with and made scheduling seamless. She was friendly,…read moredetail-oriented, and absolutely nailed my pageant makeup. She created such a comfortable, welcoming environment with great vibes and music that made the whole experience even more enjoyable. It lasted all day and looked flawless from start to finish. I couldn't have been happier with how it turned out - highly recommend!

Highly recommended AC makeup! The best makeup studio in…read moretown! AC makeup did the hair and make up for me and three of my bridesmaids on my wedding day. Can't be happier with the result! I found her on Yelp after consulting several makeup artists in this area. She has such wonderful personality. She's professional, friendly, detail oriented, responsible and she makes me and my girl friends feel very comfortable. We have tried a couple of different looks, and she helped us to put the overall look and the wedding theme together. She shared her experience and gave us some ideas and recommendations based on what we are looking for. After the trial, she wrote down each product she has used and took pictures so she can memorize all the details and well prepared for the wedding day when is 2 months away. she spent most of her time on me to make sure everything was perfect. I felt very comfortable having her to take care of me and my bridesmaids make up and hair. I've never felt more beautiful. She did such a great job on one of my most important day in my life. I love her and will definitely work with her for any makeup needs I have in the future!

So immensely happy that I was able to find Haley for my wedding makeup! She came highly recommended…read moreby another makeup artist who gave her rave reviews, and she did not disappoint. Through a consultation call, a trial, and the makeup on the day, Haley showed herself to be not only a professional but also an artist and master of her talent. She was able to take my concerns, opinions, and Pinterest board/inspo and create the perfect wedding look that fit my vision on the day and photographed AMAZING! She was always checking in throughout the process and was happy to change or tweak things. Communication with her was easy and breezy. The makeup and hair stayed on through the crying, the laughing, the dancing, and the after party. Truly amazed!

From the moment we started working together, Haley was exceptional. Her sweet and calm personality…read moreis exactly what I needed on a busy wedding day. During my trial, we experimented with three different hairstyles because I was having a hard time deciding. She was incredibly patient and supportive throughout, focusing on exactly what I wanted and needed. Leading up to the wedding, Haley helped answer questions about extensions, skincare, and what to avoid leading up to the wedding and gave recommendations about how to ensure I look my absolute best. On my wedding day, Haley intently listened to the bridesmaids' hairstyle and makeup preferences to make them each feel comfortable and confident. She brought along a second hairstylist (Christina) who was equally just as amazing and skilled in all different types of hair. My MOH has extremely thick hair, and was able to make her hair look stunning throughout the day. When it was my turn, Haley asked if I wanted any changes from the trial, and my answer was simple "No, I trust you" and I really did trust her. The wedding day makeup came out even better than the trial!! I truly have never felt more beautiful in my life--when I saw my hair and makeup in the mirror, I was speechless. Haley's professionalism, talent, and warm personality made the whole getting ready experience truly special. She truly has special a gift for making her brides feel beautiful.