Christin and Ashe were amazing to work with! I searched hard to find a hair and makeup team in the Santa Barbara area that showed a true range of diversity on their websites. I was honored to be able to find and hire a Black-owned, women-owned, queer-owned team! I did a hair and makeup trial before my wedding and loved the look, but it didn’t hold up as well as I would have liked. I sent Christin and Ashe pictures and feedback, and they NAILED IT on my wedding day! They really took everything I said into consideration, and the result was amazing! More perfect that I could have imagined! They are true artists. Very friendly and fun to work with. Highly recommend.

There are truly not enough words to describe how wonderful Ashley and Christin are. I was blown away with their professionalism, kindness, expertise, and efficiencies. Both of them instantly got it when sharing the hair and makeup I was hoping to achieve and were able to accomplish it in 45ish minutes due to their vast experience allowing them to be more efficient. Better than that though, sitting in their chair and being with them felt like I was taking "me time" right before our ceremony and squashed any stress from what else needed to be done that day. Photos in this review range from before the ceremony to hours after, to show just how well the hair and makeup lasted!

We hired Ashley and Christin of Lunabella Hair and Makeup for our Santa Barbara Historical Museum wedding in April 2018. With a wide range of skin tones among my bridal party, mother, and mother-in-law, it was a priority for me to choose hair and makeup artists experienced in working with all kinds of beauty. It was also important to me to select artists skilled at enhancing one’s features for a lovely, natural look. Though Lunabella services are certainly not inexpensive, hiring their team was one of the best wedding planning decisions we made!

On the day of our wedding, Ashley and Christin provided makeup services to my six bridesmaids, mother, and mother-in-law. Ashley did my bridal makeup and Christin my hair. Our morning of getting ready in the bridal suite of the Historical Museum could not have gone better. Ashley and Christin were incredibly kind, attentive, personable, and encouraging to each woman in our group – all while remaining exactly on schedule, despite their assistant not being able to make it to the venue that day. Every woman was thrilled with the results of her makeup – they each looked stunning, with fresh, natural makeup that lasted all day. My mother and mother-in-law were very hesitant to have their makeup done (this was the first time for both), but they ended up loving the results. Ashley and Christin also helped me to feel comfortable and relaxed over the course of the morning. I felt I was in the hands of two old friends! And I was absolutely thrilled with their bridal hair and makeup: Ashley’s makeup was just the fresh, natural, glowing look I had requested, and Christin’s braided half-up/curled half-down hairstyle was gorgeous. I had never felt more beautiful or more myself and received numerous compliments over the course of the day. My hair and makeup lasted from the morning through our after-party and late-night tacos.

I cannot recommend enough the Lunabella team for wedding hair and makeup. They are absolutely amazing!