I had gotten quotes from a LOT of hairstylists and makeup artists in the DC area - and so many of them were VERY high priced. I finally found Alison and Belle Souer who I thought were reasonably priced- and the pictures on their website looked like the style I was going for. I wanted to look like "me but prettier" on my wedding day - nothing too over the top for hair or makeup, but glam me up a bit. I also was really excited to try the airbrush makeup because I had heard such good things about it.

Katy and Caitlyn (whose names I am probably spelling wrong - sorry ladies!) came to do my trial hair and makeup. They are such fun sweet girls! After each was done, they worked with me to make all the little tweaks I wanted to get the look just right - like a little more blush, a little darker lip color, a little softer on the hair style, a little shorter on the fake eyelashes, etc. It was great - they were happy to accomodate the changes and I got exactly the look I wanted!

On the day of the wedding they were there exactly on time and ready to get to work! The three of them did my Mom, mine, and two bridesmaids hair and makeup and were done on time in the 3 hours. That said - one of my bridesmaids added makeup at the last minute (after seeing how great the airbrush makeup looked on us!) and they graciously were able to add her in and still be done on time.

The day of the wedding was pretty stress free - I wanted a few tweaks to my hair, which they fixed no problem, and it looked perfect - me but prettier, as well as the makeiup which looked natural, but gorgeous. My bridesmaids loved their looks, as did my Mom (who was VERY specific about what she didn't like :-)!

One of the other things I liked was the attention they paid to being very sanitary - they didn't apply makeup to me straight from the compact or the tube, she put it on a a little glass mirror, and used a new brush for everything, even for mascara.

I never had a problem getting in touch with Alison to coordinate scheduling the trial, the day of, payment, or anything. She was always very responsive.

Thanks ladies!