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!

Anna - you were amazing and kind Did such an amazing job on…read moremy very special day! Came thru with such short notice and everyone specially me are so glad and happy to have found you! Thank you sooooo much for such an amazing job!!

This review is long overdue (Sorry Ana!). Found Ana and made an appointment for my…read moredaughter-in-law's beautification for her wedding to my son. So glad we used Ana. Those women tagged teamed it and worked their magic in no time flat. They were so coordinated it was great to watch. My daughter-in-law was very happy with the results. She looked and felt like a princess. Ana was always very responsive and kept in touch every time we contacted her to ask questions. We didn't have any concerns that she wouldn't show up or complete the job. She and her assistant were fabulous! We highly recommend her services. Thank you!

My wife had the pleasure of working with Tuyen on our wedding day. We booked her for a wedding…read moretrial for hair and make-up and for the big day. We communicated mainly via text message and she was always very responsive (within hours). A few days before the trial she recommended for my wife to bring inspiration photos to help guide her in a particular style my wife was going for. It takes about 2 hours for bridal hair and make-up but time flies by so fast when you are with Tuyen. She has a fun and down to earth personality and was super easy to talk to. On the day of the wedding, we had Tuyen and her team do hair and make-up for my wife, 4 bridesmaids, and 3 family members. We had an early Chinese tea ceremony that day so we had a super early start. We told Tuyen we wanted to be done in a particular time and she delivered. Tuyen was super efficient in time management and sent us a time-table schedule that breaks down the time so each girl knows what time their own hair make-up starts and which artists to go to. Tuyen came with 2 artists, Isabella and Lois. They were definitely the dream team! Lois is very skilled in hair and was able to use the hair accessories we brought in. Isabella is amazing with make-up, all of my ladies love and adored her. The girls had received numerous compliments throughout the wedding day, all thanks to Tuyen and her team. We highly recommend her to anyone and everyone!

I can't believe I haven't written a review for Tuyen yet! Tuyen has been my go to for special event…read morehair and make up the last several years. She never fails to make me feel beautiful and glamorous but still look like myself. Her makeup skills are seriously next level. She's also very professional and makes you feel so comfortable. Highly highly recommend her for both wedding and special event.

Ashley is a miracle-worker…read more She worked her magic, doing hair and make-up for my mom and me at wedding. Ashley does not paint you up to look like any other beautiful, blushing bride, she enhances YOU. Not being a user of make-up (unless you count zombie), I sought out Ashley's services. I still looked like and felt like ME, but with dangerous, smoky eyes. I was like Katniss in "Catching Fire," smoldering and fierce aboard her chariot in the Capitol. Like I said, Ashley's a miracle-worker. Before the wedding, I'd completely dropped the ball on getting her details on when we were to meet at the venue, so she ended up there way too early. I kept apologizing profusely and she repeatedly said it's OK and offered to help where we she could. Woman made an Office Depot run for us! God, I love her! Furthermore, in the mad rush that is throwing together a wedding, I was still behind on writing my vows. Ashley encouraged me to work on them while she worked on me. Being a seasoned pro at this, she told me about all the different ways people went about their vows at their weddings. Along with working on the physical, teasing hair and whatnot, Ashley eases the soul. For the first time in days, I was relaxing in the build-up to the altar. Seriously, hire this woman!

If you need wedding hair and makeup, book Ashley Gannon. She will make you look exactly how you…read morewant to look...but even better than that! Many professional stylists have tried to curl my hair using a variety of products and a colorful array of different devices. Few have succeeded, and several have given up. Ashley just looked at my Pinterest board, did some work, and WOW. My hair looked amazing, and she also showed me two distinct and equally glamorous looks for my wedding makeup. Ashley is not only extremely skilled, but she a wonderful person as well. On my wedding day, she sensed that I was nervous and immediately got one of my bridesmaids to feed me a drink. She even had a bag of straws so that we wouldn't ruin our lipstick. A lot of planning, and a ton of both insight and foresight. Ashley comes prepared, but she also genuinely cares. Ashley came highly recommended, and it didn't take me long to figure out why. She's punctual, she's professional, and she's actually really fun. You only get one wedding day, and I couldn't imagine a better person to help me get ready for mine.

Angelina did my hair & makeup for my recent wedding. She did a great job! I was very happy with the…read moreresults and it lasted ALL DAY, no touch up necessary. Angelina was very professional. I did a trial session with her which I would recommend because it helped me get a better idea of what I wanted as well as what looked good on me versus what did not. I didn't have to explain in detail what look I was going for. I just showed Angelina pictures of my wedding dress as well as bridesmaid dresses and some sample pictures of hair/makeup styles I was interested in and BAM, she just knew what I was going for. She uses multiple brand name makeup and for me, the makeup lasted all day. I got a lot of compliments on my hair and makeup on my wedding day. To get the hairstyle I was going for, Angelina recommended hair extensions, which I was able to rent from her. Also, I was able to rent my hair accessory from her. This was perfect for me, since I do not own hair extensions and to buy good extensions would have cost like $100. Also, I had bought some hair accessories as well but they weren't as nice as what Angelina had. So I was happy she brought her hair accessories as back up and that I was able to rent it from her. Angelina arrived to my hotel suite on time with her assistant and finished exactly on time for everyone. She was very easy to work with and responds to texts promptly. She also brought body shimmer for me to put on my chest, shoulders, and back as I had a very sparkly dress for my NYE wedding. Overall, very happy with Angelina and her work. Her assistant did a great job on hair and makeup for my bridesmaids and mother in law.

Very bad w communication. After reaching out and receiving her price packages, I sent Angelina the…read more"ok" to book for my wedding - no response. I even checked in with her after 3 weeks. She responded saying sorry for the delay she has been busy (however I see her IG page being very active with new posts) Definitely dodged a bullet bc I'm sure this type of communication would drive me crazy towards my wedding day. Just wish she had the customer service to at least decline rather than ghost.

I had Connie do my makeup for my engagement and wedding photos and got so many compliments on my…read morebig day! I knew that I had chosen the right person. I really appreciate all she has done for me and I highly recommended family and friends to her! She has a professional service with reasonable and affordable prices. Thank you again Connie for making my wedding a memorable event!

Connie is an amazing hair and makeup artist with years of experience. She did my hair and makeup…read morefor my engagement photoshoot and wedding and did a great job both times. The makeup lasted all night despite a long day, sweating, and dancing. I got so many compliments on it! She is very receptive of feedback if I wanted adjustments to anything. I love that her makeup style accentuates your features without being overdone. It's the perfect amount of pop and still looks natural. In terms of hair, my bangs are very finicky so she listened to my concerns and made sure to address them so that I was satisfied with the final hairdo. She is very easy to communicate with and flexible when I had a time change to my wedding day schedule, so she was able to accommodate an earlier start. I definitely recommend Connie and her team for your events!

Rosie's amazing at wedding hair, and I can't recommend her enough! Her prices are reasonable, and…read moreshe has such a nice and easygoing personality. She really is a master of her craft, and makes sure all the details are perfect. My hollywood curls lasted all day long, even with a nighttime wedding! Luckily, there wasn't too much wind during our beach wedding, but either way I would be good since she accounted for that. She also helped trim my bangs the day-of the wedding so they would be fuller. Things really didn't budge too much at all.

Rosie did an amazing job on my hair and makeup! She was professional, responsive, and so easy to…read morework with. I really appreciated her honest advice and calm energy. I felt confident and beautiful the entire day/night. Highly recommend her any special event! Definitely coming back to her!

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.