I found Grace through a friend who got married a little before I did. She looked beautiful and my day was fast approaching so I had to find someone quick. My makeup was beautiful and mostly lasted throughout the night. The hair was a different ...story. At the trial run, she warned me that my updo would probably not hold up very long because she did not have the right size bobby pins for how thick my hair was. But she assured me that for the real deal she would have the larger bobby pins. She was right. I went to dinner with my maid of honor right after the trial run and the hair did not make it through dinner. No biggie, she had warned me, but I let her know anyways and she insisted that would not be an issue the day of and that her hair never moves on wedding day. Come wedding day, she did bring the bigger bobby pins and the hair looked great. By the time I got to my wedding venue I already had a few loose strands! My bridesmaids managed to place a couple extra bobby pins to secure the loose bits and that at least got me through my pictures and the ceremony. The entire updo came undone at the beginning of the reception (before the dancing and party even began). The whole thing came undone except the ponytail underneath. One of my friends managed to use the pack of emergency bobby pins we had on hand (small ones btw) to create a makeshift updo which Did last me for the rest of the night. What I paid Grace was no small change. Between the trial run for hair and makeup plus the day of, and my mothers hair and makeup for the day of, I spent almost $600. This does not include what she got from some of my bridesmaids' hair and makeup. For this large investment I expected MUCH more and was very disappointment with the outcome. I don't mind paying a little extra for great quality, but in this case it did not pay off. I don't know if it was because she was rushed that she had another event after me (which is a whole other story altogether), or if she was not capable of doing a hairdo for my type of hair (in which case I would have appreciated knowing at the time of the trial) but this ended up being one of the expenses I ended up regretting most on my wedding day. Either way, it's done and I felt beautiful on my day regardless, but if I could go back I would have gone a different route with hair and found something that would last more than an hour.