Ashlee Miller Artistry

d a very good job with the makeup. She had asked me about wedding hair and said she could get girls for it if needed. I told her that I already had that handled by someone else. Fast forward to December and my hair dresser had to cancel because she has cancer. I asked Ashlee if she could find me 2 girls for the wedding and she agreed to match my hairdressers 50 dollar per girl price. I kept texting her for 3 weeks trying to get confirmation that she found someone, and she just kept saying “no but I promise I will find some girls”. I struggled to rely on a promise to have someone show up that I haven’t even gotten the name of. I also had a girl who wanted to pay for one of my bridesmaids hair, so I gave her ashlee’s number to link up. Ashlee told her that it would be $75 instead of $50. I immediately texted her and asked what was up, and she never responded. In the meantime, I decided to find a more reliable hair girl. I found someone in 24 hours who was more than willing to help out (who wouldn’t want that commission?). I texted Ashlee who still hadn’t responded and told her that I no longer needed her for hair, but needed a confirmation that she was still going to do makeup. She didn’t answer me again. 24 hours later, I decided that this was WAY too much stress right before my wedding, so I started looking for another makeup artist. Again, within hours I found someone more than willing to help. I texted Ashlee to tell her that I am going with someone else for both hair and makeup. I told her that since I need to do another makeup trial (a month before my wedding), the right thing to do would be to refund me for the one she did on me. She responded that she was moving and had a very overwhelming 3 weeks, but she’s been doing this for 17 years and has never missed a wedding. She still has yet to refund me my money and make it right. A major issue that I had with the experience is that Ashlee never asked me for a deposit or signed a contract with me. According to my new makeup girl, this is VERY common in the industry if people are trying to wait it out and see if they can find a better gig. Another issue is that everything was done through texting-leaving room for error and she didn’t come off as being personable. Not the mention the fact that she couldn’t even answer my text messages, which take 2 seconds to respond to. I would be very careful choosing her for your event. I had everything set up perfectly 4 months out, and was rushed into a panic of resetting two of the most important parts of the wedding. I understand that everyone has their own life problems, but if you can’t handle the job, then tell me earlier so I am not scrambling to find other people. This was the true definition of ghosting.