Dawn was fantastic! She was wonderful to work with and did an amazing job on my makeup as well as my bridesmaids and mom for my wedding. I found her after I had a terrible trial makeup session with someone else, and I could not have been happier with Dawn. I highly recommend her!!

Dawn and her assistant were very prompt and professional! My daughter showed Dawn pictures of how she wanted her hair for her wedding day and Dawn did exactly what she wanted. Even after fixing all our hair and makeup if a girl wanted a change or something added Dawn and her assistant did it with a smile! They were very concerned with keeping us all on time so that we could meet our schedule! I can't say enought about Dawn and her services. I would highly recommend her for any special event you might have!! Thanks again Dawn for making my daughters wedding day dreams come true!!!

All I can say is I wish Dawn could follow me around in life with that airbrush. She did such an amazing job on my hair and makeup that my friends, family, and I have used her several times for events since then. She makes you look flawless, nothing like the ladies at the makeup counters in the mall (I'm sorry if you like makeup counter ladies, but this is your wedding, not prom, just being honest). Her makeup style is simple, elegant, and just beautiful!

Dawn made me look more beautiful than I ever have on my wedding night, and best of all, the make-up and hair she did for me remained flawless the entire night. She did the airbrush make-up application for my whole bridal party and mother as well, and when other people saw how amazing she was, they asked her to do their make-up or hair as well. People could not believe how talented she was. I think one of the best qualities about Dawn's services are her level of professionalism and flexibility. I am crazy when it comes to my hair, and she did exactly what I wanted. I got compliments on my hair and make-up all night long!

I was really happy with my decision to use Dawn from MakeupCouture on my wedding day for beauty services. Dawn arrived on time at my home to do hair for my 3 sisters and both hair and makeup for my mother and myself. Dawn was professional and well organized. She was able to create beautiful and modern up-do's for my 3 sisters who were all my maids of honor. She did a wonderful job on hair and makeup for my mom, who received compliments on her youth and beauty all night. Dawn also did a fabulous job with my hair and makeup and help me to put my wedding nerves at ease after seeing what a beautiful job she did. She also created my wedding hair piece (a flower) that was perfect to go with my dress and style for the event. I would recommend Dawn to any bride to assure a beautiful and fresh look for that special wedding day!!!!!

I'm Korean and I was skeptical of a non-Asian doing my hair and makeup, but I loved her work after my trial! She did my hair and makeup for my wedding, and for two of my bridesmaids too. She does an amazing job with asian people's hair and makeup! She'll also come right to you with no travel fee.

My bridesmaids are still thanking me for hosting such a fun pre wedding beauty event. Most of my crowd never wears makeup so the mere thought of airbrushing made us feel like we were preparing for the red carpet. Dawn arrived on time, with ample makeup and backup if need. Listened to the way each bridesmaid wanted their makeup and even airbrushed clevage on me (the bride) :) She went above and beyond the call of duty for all my bridesmaids and was such a joy to be around. I have no regrets with MakeupCouture!!!

Fantastic! All my girls and I enjoyed so much having our hair and makeup done and I don't think it would be too vain to say we all looked gorgeous all night long for my wedding!

I rarely ever wear makeup and honestly I do not know how to put on makeup and I'm 24 years old! I couldn't believe how natural Dawn made me look. She did a fabulous job and made me feel so beautiful! Also, Funda did a wonderful job on my hair. Both my makeup and hair lasted the whole night!

Beautiful makeup! Very knowledgeable and friendly! All of the girls were extremely happy with their makeup and looked great all night! We had to start at 10:30 that morning sense there were 7 bridesmaids, 2 moms, 2 grandmothers, and a friend. Everyone's makeup lasted until the end which was 11:00 that night! Great, great company! Will definitely refer to others and use again if I have another function that calls for it!

Dawn is amazing! She picks colors and shades perfectly, and I looked and felt gorgeous on my wedding day!

Dawn and her hair stylist were fantastic! I felt incredibly beautiful on my wedding day, as did the rest of my wedding party. They were both wonderfully talented and a pleasure to work with. I am very happy I chose Makeup Couture.

Dawn and Funda were so great, trust me when I say my hair and make-up had never looked better. Great to work with, searched several vendors and although they were a bit more pricey than others I would use again in a heartbeat and will for any event I have! Their work is truly a work of art! Thanks girls!

Dawn Edwards does EXCELLENT work! They entire wedding party got rave reviews on their hair and makeup. She will do whatever you want for however long it takes to get your hair and makeup preferences just right. Plus, she's kind, pleasant, and flexible.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND HER!!

I booked Dawn Johnson eight months before my wedding date. We had specific terms in the contract for two hairstyles and makeup that would require her to stay during the ceremony to change my hairstyle for the reception.

I contacted her in March to book a trial in May. Setting the trial date with her was extremely difficult. Given my work schedule I needed a weekend trial and she mainly did only week day trials. Dawn was not flexible with my schedule, even though I was providing her two months notice. In April she set the trial date for May, and stated it was "tentative." That should have been clue #1 that she was not dependable.

A few days after setting our trial date, she booked a wedding for the same day. I understood that a wedding was more important than a trial, so we rescheduled for August. When attempting to reschedule, Dawn said I was not flexible because I told her that my work schedule would not allow me to do a trial during a weekday. We then reset the trial for four months later, in August. I think the one being inflexible was Dawn, considering I had requested a trial that was four months in advance.

Three weeks before my trial in August, Dawn emailed me to say that she was not available to do my trial and would have a senior artist from LA complete my trial. She said that if I was satisfied with the replacement, she would be available to do my hair and makeup on my wedding day.

I was devastated. I executed a contract with Dawn Johnson, not a senior artist from LA. I told Dawn that I would be disheartened if she was not able to complete my look for the trial and wedding day. I even called her to find out what circumstances arose that she was not available. She didn't provide a clear answer. I was left in a horrible predicament given that my trial was in three weeks and my wedding was a month and a half away. Dawn’s only consolation was “don’t worry, she’s from LA...”

Therefore, given the history I had Dawn (setting the trial dates and the predicament she placed me in), I asked her to revise the contract to include language that would guarantee her replacement would be present the day of the wedding and would fulfill the original contract to include the wait time that I had requested. Although it was written in the contract, Dawn did not recall that she was required to stay between the reception and the ceremony. To make sure I wouldn’t have to go through that again, I sent Dawn sample language that I wanted included in the new contract.

Dawn replied that her replacement was "overwhelmed" with my request and did not feel good about working together. She terminated the contract and returned my deposit. She did this one month before my wedding and left me in bad predicament.

Through my dealings with Dawn, she has exhibited very poor business ethics. I feel that she booked a bigger wedding party, after she and I committed to a contract, because my wedding party was only two people. I also found it irresponsible that she was not aware of my requests in that contract. Despite her assurances, I could care less if the senior artist was from LA. As long as she did a good job, the artist could have been from Wichita for all I cared. I felt my request to include language that would obligate the replacement to execute the original contract was neither extreme nor overwhelming. Dawn was obligated to my trial and wedding and failed to fulfill her duty.

I would be cautious about working with Dawn Johnson of Makeup Couture. She has poor business ethics and may cancel on you a month before your wedding!

I would like to say, Dawn is a talented makeup artist. With that being said, I would only recommend Dawn for makeup.

I was completely disappointed in my experience with Dawn. I had a great trial but her time management on my wedding day created a lot of unnecessary stress and took away from a good two hours of my photo time. I was told for the amount of people I had getting hair and makeup, there would be two people onsite to handle the workload. I emailed her to confirm this about two weeks out. When Dawn arrived, she was by herself. One positive, she did arrive on time and got straight to work. My bridesmaids provided photos of how they wanted their updos for the wedding. The first BM wanted a curly, slightly messy updo. Dawn gave her a classic bun. My BM was unhappy with the look and asked Dawn to fix it since it looked nothing like the photos she had shown her. Dawn did fix her hair but not after fighting her on what my friend was asking for. Another bridesmaid asked for a classic bun look (very Audrey Hepburn) and for some reason Dawn braided her hair into two pigtails and then tried to make it into a messy bun... it looked AWFUL. When my friend asked for her to fix her hair, Dawn argued with her on how her hair she be. She did fix it but my friend was never satisfied as it wasn't what she had asked for. Then my Mom went to get her hair done. My mom asked for it not to be too teased but that she wanted loose curls put into her hair. She gave my mom a mullet. It was awful and by this point, I still hadn't had my turn in the chair. My mom ended up having my friend that was getting ready with us, fix her hair after she had to pay Dawn for a style she didn't like. My mom was also suppose to have makeup done by Dawn and due to loss of time, my mom ended up having one of my friends do her makeup. So around two hours after I had told Dawn that I was scheduled for hair and makeup, I finally got into the makeup chair. Dawn proceed to complain to me about my friends and my mom not indicating what they really wanted with their hair. It was my wedding day and the last thing I wanted to hear was a complaint from someone I had hired to do make my friends feel beautiful.

I was pleased with how my makeup and hair turned out ALTHOUGH- I paid a lot of money for real hair extensions and she bought the wrong color for my hair (luckily she worked them into my hair pretty well and my lighting was on the darker side so you couldn't tell). Also, I asked for added length and volume with the extensions and all I had was extra volume in the back of my head. Not the end of the world but I would of liked to have had even fuller hair.

She also did an amazing job on makeup for my bridesmaids that used her for makeup (I think 4 BMs out of the 6 used her for it).

So all in all, I guess I would recommend her for makeup but not hair.