Wedding Planner: Aimee Wendell, 2Chic Events & Design
Ceremony: St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco
Reception & Catering: Private Club
Floral Design: Main Street Floragardens
Hair & Make-up: WowPretty Team
Band: Hip-Service
Cake: Katrina Rozelle
The review from Jen @ Yelp.com
Jira and her team did my hair and makeup (plus my bridal party's hair and makeup) for my wedding on October 22. I chose her after an initial makeup trial with someone else -- this first person's work was fine, but she was so unpleasant I couldn't imagine spending several hours with her on my wedding day. Luckily, after some additional searching, my photographer (Lori Paladino...who I also can't recommend highly enough) pointed me toward Jira.
I went in for my trial several months out and decided on the spot that I wanted to work with Jira -- she was extremely friendly and helpful and I could tell she was incredibly skilled, even though I wasn't 100% in love with the first look we came up with. She had a slightly different vision of what would look best on me, but I did some additional thinking / research between my first and second trials and got a firmer idea of what I wanted. When I came back with more specific instructions, she did exactly what I had in mind -- even if I did get the impression that it wasn't what she might have chosen -- and I thought it looked amazing.
The day of the wedding, Jira and her team showed up on time, stayed on schedule without making us feel rushed, and were calm and fun to work with. Everyone in my bridal party had a great experience, especially my maid of honor, Michelle -- she was having her hair done by Sylvie and didn't really like the first attempt, and Sylvie completely re-did her hair, no complaints. Michelle ended up thrilled with her style in the end. The other thing I would mention how uniformly skilled and professional Jira and all of her junior stylists were -- I would have been 100% happy to have any of them work on me, they were all that good.
I haven't got my professional wedding photos back yet, but from the number of compliments I got on my hair and makeup that day, plus the informal shots my friends took, I know Jira did a great job transforming me from my everyday self! I absolutely recommend her.
If I was going to offer any constructive criticism, I'd warn that her prices are slightly higher than average, and I did have to pay full price for both of my two trials, which I thought was somewhat off-market. However, you get what you pay for, and I was VERY glad I went with her in the end.
Jen~
Ceremony: St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco
Reception & Catering: Private Club
Floral Design: Main Street Floragardens
Hair & Make-up: WowPretty Team
Band: Hip-Service
Cake: Katrina Rozelle
The review from Jen @ Yelp.com
Jira and her team did my hair and makeup (plus my bridal party's hair and makeup) for my wedding on October 22. I chose her after an initial makeup trial with someone else -- this first person's work was fine, but she was so unpleasant I couldn't imagine spending several hours with her on my wedding day. Luckily, after some additional searching, my photographer (Lori Paladino...who I also can't recommend highly enough) pointed me toward Jira.
I went in for my trial several months out and decided on the spot that I wanted to work with Jira -- she was extremely friendly and helpful and I could tell she was incredibly skilled, even though I wasn't 100% in love with the first look we came up with. She had a slightly different vision of what would look best on me, but I did some additional thinking / research between my first and second trials and got a firmer idea of what I wanted. When I came back with more specific instructions, she did exactly what I had in mind -- even if I did get the impression that it wasn't what she might have chosen -- and I thought it looked amazing.
The day of the wedding, Jira and her team showed up on time, stayed on schedule without making us feel rushed, and were calm and fun to work with. Everyone in my bridal party had a great experience, especially my maid of honor, Michelle -- she was having her hair done by Sylvie and didn't really like the first attempt, and Sylvie completely re-did her hair, no complaints. Michelle ended up thrilled with her style in the end. The other thing I would mention how uniformly skilled and professional Jira and all of her junior stylists were -- I would have been 100% happy to have any of them work on me, they were all that good.
I haven't got my professional wedding photos back yet, but from the number of compliments I got on my hair and makeup that day, plus the informal shots my friends took, I know Jira did a great job transforming me from my everyday self! I absolutely recommend her.
If I was going to offer any constructive criticism, I'd warn that her prices are slightly higher than average, and I did have to pay full price for both of my two trials, which I thought was somewhat off-market. However, you get what you pay for, and I was VERY glad I went with her in the end.
Jen~
