Makeup And Hair By Traci

$85 and was sent a hostile email, stating that Traci had already been in contact with the bride and that the bride had told her she was happy with the services provided and that she would not be “threatened” by me. I had emailed saying I wanted to reach out to her to tell her what had happened before posting a review, since Traci was supposed to be there that day but had fallen ill. The bride, my daughter, was never contacted by Traci. When this was pointed out to Traci, she stated she does not give refunds. She stated she wanted every member of the bridal party to call her. Then she wanted the woman who hadn’t gotten her makeup done to call her. Then she wanted the bride to call her. I replied that she can call her herself. Of course she hasn’t. One woman had to redo her own eye makeup and remove black pins from her platinum blond hair that were extremely visible. I was told by Traci that perhaps I wasn’t aware, but there was a shortage on pins, and good for us that we walked down to Walgreens and were able to buy them. We had no issues ordering a selection of different colors from Amazon way before the wedding date for the bridesmaids bags, so this comment from Traci about walking to Walgreens is very odd. One woman’s makeup was falling off in chunks as soon as we walked into the venue, not even an hour after her makeup had been finished. One woman’s eye makeup had black mascara smudges under her eyes while still at the house. The makeup artist was too busy to fix it, so we fixed it. Maybe the makeup artist shouldn’t use Maybelline Great Lash mascara for a wedding? I had to ask Dana to fix my hair because she did the exact opposite of what I asked her to, yet I still complimented her on her work despite her complaining about having to fix my hair. Several members of our party witnessed Dana complaining and they all started saying to just leave my hair down then. So my hair was left down and Dana did curl it and it looked much better than what she’d previously done. My mascara also smudged. The false lashes that were applied weren’t even visible on my eyes. One woman had extensions fixed by the bride at the house because the pins were showing. The woman doing hair didn’t have time to fix it. One redid her own hair because she’d been given a style opposite of what she’d requested. Another woman also had to redo her own hair for the same reason. The bride’s makeup and hair done by Dana was absolutely beautiful, it’s a shame her hair didn’t stay in place for very long. The bride drove 2 hours to have her trial done by Dana and was happy with the makeup but not the hairstyle and felt confident that Dana would be able to correct that on the day of the wedding, which she did, but her hair did not stay up in place. It started falling down right after the ceremony. To pay that much money for everyone, you’d expect everyone to have beautiful makeup and hair, which was not the case in our situation. If you don’t receive a service that’s in a contract, you should be refunded for that immediately and an apology should be issued, not some lengthy, hostile email demanding everyone call you. We know we’ll never see that refund.

said they couldn't make it and sent me 3 inexperienced makeup artists instead. I did not like my makeup, it was cakey, flakey, and just looked nothing like my trial, same with my hair style, which I had to partially do myself (the braid). I paid $2,045 for the day alone for 9 of us, and I didn't like that some of my bridesmaids were so unhappy with their makeup that they cried, had it redone a few times, and some broke out with rashes, to what we assume may have been due to unclean brushes. I wish I could have had Dana there because she truly did a great job on the trial, alas it was not meant to be and I found Traci's Makeup and Hair business to be unreliable. Do not recommend.

do our hair makeup and we all looked amazing! We got so many compliments and our makeup still looked good when we woke up in the morning! Thank you Traci, Bre and Ashley!

and still look great in the morning, how amazing is that! I would hire Traci and her team over and over. Thank you for making me GORGEOUS on my wedding day! 10/10 recommending Makeup and Hair by Traci to everyone I know! Thank you again!

cifically mentioned that I was hiring her because others kept changing times. She talked constantly during the practice sitting. She interrupts and her young daughter was quite the distraction. I didn't like eyeliner on the inside of my lash line because it closes my eyes. She said it was because of the false lashes. She tried to change the time of my makeup for the wedding--THREE DAYS BEFORE THE WEDDING. I didn't know when I booked with her if two of my bridesmaids would make it. So I told her that I would meet her minimum with other family or friends. She must have forgotten and then cancelled. Told me that she would refund my deposit and never did. Stopped responding to texts. Told me she would call but didn't. Because I booked too far in advance, I couldn't dispute the charge to my credit card. I never got my refund. Never will. She may have been very good at make up. But to cancel on a bride willing to pay tells me she probably got a better offer. It was a stress I didn't need. I did my own make up and it turned out great!

atient, and will listen to your feedback if you want anything changed. Her priority is to ensure that her clients feel GORGEOUS...and girls trust me, YOU WILL!!!! I got married on a 90* day in Chicago (hello humid) and I cried throughout the ceremony and reception because I was overwhelmed with joy and love. Did my make-up even budge? NOPE! I woke up the next day still looking like I was ready for the runway. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND her. You will NOT regret it! In fact, you'll want to hire her for your personal makeup artist. You'll feel Hollywood sexy! Love, love, LOVE her!!!!!!!! If I get married again, I know who I am calling hahaha! Telling all my girls about her!

n tone well and I was confident she could handle that of my family as well. The day of, a different hair stylist came who wasn't there at the trial and Traci did our makeup. The trial was very expensive and it's super frustrating that there was no point in even having one I was going to be subject to entirely new artists who would only have a second to look at a photo from the trial for reference. We felt very pressured into these hideous "before" photos for her Instagram which made everything more stressful- though she did agree to take them down. I felt like I looked like I was wearing stage makeup that was too dark for my skin, despite me specifically begging in my trial to not have too much bronzer pancaked on. There wasn't time to fully explain what was discussed about m hair in the trial to the new stylist, and she did two things I absolutely hated with my hair, but I was ready to break down crying over having to keep asking for what I want. In a response to this review, Traci told me that she has video of me saying I was really happy about my hair, but I have to be honest that I felt very upset. I bought an expensive hairpiece to my trial that we were able to make work at the trial, but on the day of, I did not feel like it was attached to my head securely enough for the dancing I was going to have to do. I was upset that I had to give up he hairpiece that I spent so much time looking for and so much money on. I was unhappy with the makeup she did on my mother, with shades that I felt were too light and clashed with her skintone. I felt further stressed and unhappy that my mother seemed to feel uncomfortable and unhappy. I felt very stressed out and overwhelmed on the day of the wedding because it felt like Traci dominated the conversation so intensely the whole day that it felt like I had to work really hard to cut in when I, as the bride, actually needed to make a comment about anything. She also made really uncomfortable comments about the side of my family that isn't white by talking about how "exotic," we were and I breathed such a sigh of relief when she was finally gone. We were exchanging looks and quite on edge after that. It was such a difficult way to start my wedding day. I wish I had seen the reviews on here first, I would have not gone with her. Additionally, Traci's communication style feels very aggressive and stressful, I always felt anxious before and after I had to talk to her about anything. I even felt anxious when she wasn't upset with me. After I submitted this review, I received a long and angry email from where I felt like she was trying to tell me how I didn't actually feel this way on my wedding day. On the day of I felt like I had to be walking on eggshells to steer clear of conflict and intensity from her. She also forwarded my review to her other makeup artists. I'd like to add that I really liked the work of the artist who did my makeup at my trial, I was upset and confused that she wasn't there on my wedding day. I also felt the new hair artist was kind and great at her work, I just wished I had been able to have my trial with her to explain my goals. The trial felt like a waste of money without that.

e discrepancy (even though it was thousands of dollars overcharged). When we tried to speak to her it was a struggle to get an accurate invoice; prices and the amount of services kept changing. She added my deposit as a charge instead of subtracting it, and didn't understand how to correct the mistake, the added gratuity was a completely made up number that made no sense mathematically. The service was decent but just beware of the charges that go to your card or if you were to ask me, write a check to prevent the same frustrating struggle we went through.

ing to rectify this fraudulent charge with both Traci and my bank, and ultimately had to cancel my credit card only days before my honeymoon to Europe. Traci made the days leading up to my Wedding and honeymoon incredibly stressful and financially difficult. We followed her contract to a T, including the cancelation policy. It's clear she neither wrote her own contract nor has the capacity to understand its terms. I initially found Traci's company on the Knot when researching makeup artists for my wedding. My makeup trial was ok, but I didn’t like the hair trial (I felt the stylist wasn’t listening to what I wanted). I decided to tentatively hold my wedding date for makeup only in case I couldn’t find something better. Though I initially sent a deposit to save my wedding date for makeup only with Traci, we ultimately decided it was worth forfeiting the deposit to cancel the services because my mom and I were so disappointed with Traci's makeup trial with my mom and Traci’s general communication. My mom arrived on time to her pre-arranged trial, and it was clear Traci had forgot about the session. My mom not only had to leave and come back later, but had to wait in the salon for a significant amount of time once she got back. When Traci finally got to her trial, it was clear she was rushing through it and the makeup itself didn't come out well. Traci's demeanor is very frenzied and it is hard to communicate with her. Her email conversations with me were consistently incomprehensible and rife with errors, one time even containing typos about herpes (?). I find her communication style stressful both in person and via email, and since we were not confident in her reliability due to the issues with scheduling the trial, we ultimately decided she would cause too much stress on what would already be a stressful wedding day and choose to cancel the services according to the instructions within the contract. Let me emphasize we were willing to part with 300 DOLLARS ($100 deposit and $200 cancelation fee as listed in the contract) just to be rid of the headache of Traci’s services. We kindly communicated that we wanted to cancel the service a little over a week in advance. However, this was clearly not enough for Traci, and she became irrational and upset, sending us multiple long and incomprehensible emails. Later that day, she charged over $600 to my credit card number without notice or authorization, clearly violating the terms, not to mention stealing my money without my permission. We did our best to reason with her, but it soon became clearly impossible, as she doesn’t even understand her own contract. Ultimately, we had to put the charge through as fraud with our bank, which took weeks. We eventually were refunded our money from our bank, but words cannot express how terrible our experience was with Traci. Do yourself a favor and never work with her.

tural and really beautiful on the day! I looked just how I wanted to and really like myself with awesome makeup and hair and it was so perfect. She's so good at hair too, especially her beautiful updos, all of my bridesmaids looked so gorgeous on the day, and she was so on time and professional I never once worried about anything running over, which meant a lot to me on the day!! I was so happy with her work, she's really the best.

int. I had a received so many compliments on not only myself but my entire bridal party! I will definitely be referring you to my many bridesmaids that are getting married in the future and not only that but I definitely will be using you guys for future events thank you both so very much I cannot wait to send photos much love, Megan

ything was perfect.

y accompanied 14 of us in the bridal party both hair and makeup in under 5 1/2 hours no rushing everybody looked absolutely picture perfect I could have not asked for a better team!!! They made us feel so special and so pretty I cannot explain how grateful I am to have found Traci! So I am absolutely using her for my wedding of course and not only mine but NINE of my friends/family are getting married in the next 18 months and ALL of them want Traci! Everybody was complementing us all night and when I say all night our hair and make up lasted all day all night and some of us into the next day lol!! Thank you so much again we appreciate everything and cannot wait to work with you again on my special day it is so hard to find a good team that accommodates you at amazing prices but we found you, and we are keeping you 😉😘 Thanks again! I will post and send more photos once I get them uploaded!

m Traci was by far the best!! She did an amazing job with everybody’s makeup including my mom and grandmother 9 bridesmaids and of course, myself! Her team including herself and a girl named Deb who was just as amazing for hair I had met a few other team members of hers and they were all super friendly and extremely talented and very professional. I could not have asked for a better team to work with my bridal party on my special day thank you so much Traci I will DEFINITELY be using you for future events and DEFINITELY will be passing on your info to ALL my future bride to be gf’s! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I will send photos ASAP!!! thanks again, and have a wonderful holiday and happy New Years!