Beauty Unveiled

actively warn other brides away from. I booked Beauty Unveiled because their portfolio looked excellent for naturally curly hair, and as a redhead, I wanted artists who understood my coloring. Unfortunately, the problems started early. My introductory call was missed, and after booking, I was reassigned from the makeup artist I'd requested to another whose portfolio concerned me. I later found another bride's public post describing her makeup melting off, and discovered it had been done by the same artist assigned to me. At my first trial, my hair looked good, but I was surprised by how much prep I was expected to do myself, including putting my regular product (gel) in after showering, bringing my own diffuser and spray bottle. The makeup was almost the opposite of what I'd requested despite sending detailed inspiration and color guidance. It was cool-toned instead of warm, the blush went too far down my cheek, she gave me a dead lift, my lash started lifting, and several friends felt it aged me. I requested a second trial with Tia, who improved the makeup enough that I decided to move forward. The week before the wedding, I emailed new hairstyle inspiration with a few simple braids. Tia approved it and even had us start an hour earlier to allow time. On my wedding day, things unraveled. My makeup again turned out cooler and darker than the second, approved trial and the placement was off. My eyelash immediately started lifting. The biggest issue was my hair: after spending roughly three hours styling it, Tia showed me she'd pinned it up into essentially the exact style we'd rejected during both trials. She had to undo it and start over, leaving no time to fix the makeup. Just before the ceremony, my makeup literally began crumbling off my face, and my eyelash was falling off again. My mother-in-law insisted I remove the makeup rather than go into the reception looking like that. I've had professional makeup done many times before, including in hotter weather, and have never experienced anything similar. My bridesmaids' makeup, done by another artist (Kalley), lasted perfectly all day and looked great: flattering colors and shape. One bridesmaid requested she redo hers as she thought it was too heavy, and Kalley was accommodating and made it look even better. When my wedding planner called Tia, I was initially told it would cost $150 to have someone come fix the company's mistake because Tia was mistakenly told I had had airbrush. Although they later agreed to send someone at no charge, a communication error resulted in the artist being sent to the wrong bride. I ended up missing part of cocktail hour removing my makeup and reapplying drugstore foundation one of my guest's left the wedding and bought at the drugstore. To Tia's credit, she later refunded the amount I requested and was empathetic afterward. However, that didn't change what happened on my wedding day. If I could change one vendor decision from my wedding, this would be it.