I’ve gone back and forth for almost a year now on whether to write this post or not. I’ve obviously decided to share my experience to hopefully give the owner some constructive & honest feedback and also give warning to other upcoming clients /... potential clients. This has bothered me since my wedding day. My experience with Shannon was awful. I completely regret hiring her for my wedding. Although she came highly recommended, I found her to be rude, unprofessional, disorganized, and, most importantly, unwilling to listen to her clients. She was the worst part of my day. Before I get into why my experience was so awful, I do want to share one positive. The only positive thing I can say about Shannon is that she is VERY responsive to any / all emails. Now to explain why I wish I didn’t hire her. I’ll start with my practice hair & makeup session - it went okay. I came with pictures of what I wanted my hair and makeup to come out as. My makeup came out fine (although not done full out), but my hair didn’t come out like I had wanted at all. Not only that, but when I told her I was not a fan of my hair she just said it will be different / perfect on my wedding day. I thought she would redo it to make sure I was happy...NOPE! Fast forward to my wedding, I had a lot of girls to get done and a tight timeframe to get it all done in. Shannon showed up with her assistant and was immediately overwhelmed. She was ordering my mom, sister, and I around like cattle and seemed flustered, unorganized, and frustrated. Not a great way to start my wedding day. Then it’s time to start getting hair and makeup set. While my mom was getting her hair done, I was sharing a funny story about how I got my husband an engraved hammer and accidentally tried to take it through airport security. Shannon and her assistant then started talking about how awful it is to be married and a number of other inappropriate remarks I will not leave on the internet. This was the conversation they decided to have in front of me & my family ON MY WEDDING DAY! Awful. On top of that, when she set me aside and started working on my bridesmaids, she made each person she worked on feel uncomfortable. Anyone that got their hair and makeup done by Shannon was unhappy with their hair. She even made fun of one of my bridesmaid’s hair. She was extremely loud and obnoxious and made sure everyone heard every negative comment she had. SO RUDE! SO UPSETTING! I wanted to do something nice for my bridal party and pay for all of us to get our hair & makeup done together and instead all Shannon caused us was stress, anxiety, sadness, and brought down the mood. I let Shannon continue with my hair and I didn’t like it AGAIN. She argued with me A LOT. She wouldn’t listen or do what I was asking her to do with my hair. When it came to my makeup, I wanted to feel like myself and add more blush. Again, she argued with me A LOT and said “if the photographer makes a comment, I’m telling her this was all you.” WOW! I ended up having to put my own blush on. My makeup came out okay, but I did not end up liking my hair for my wedding day. Pictures that will last forever and I don’t love the way I look. All because Shannon wouldn’t listen. All because Shannon was negative and overwhelmed. Please ladies, if you’ve hired her, set some boundaries. Shannon, if you’ve read this, know you really upset me on my wedding day and I hope you never treat your brides or their families the way you treated me and mine ever again.