My experience with Rare Bird Beauties was perfect—enjoyable, stress-free, and made me feel beautiful. I inquired with many hair and makeup companies in Chicago and the first interactions I had with Rare Bird Beauties really made them stand out. They are bride-focused and will help you achieve exactly what you want on your wedding day. RBB created a detailed timeline, which was amazing considering we had a large wedding party to work with.
The trial experience with them was great and I had full trust in their skills and experience for the day of. I also got custom extensions from Rare Bird Beauties and it was a great decision! You couldn’t tell I had them in—they matched perfectly and really helped the style hold throughout the day.

Shout out to Courtney for my makeup and Anastasia for my Hollywood waves! Konstantin and Laura were incredible as well, and I was really impressed by the whole team for being so organized and doing hair & makeup for 13 people.
My hair and makeup both lasted all day and well into the evening as we danced the night away! Thank you to the entire team for making us all feel so beautiful!

When I was early in my research, I saw RBB tagged in a photo of a mutual friend on Instagram- I instantly fell in love with the pictures and reached out to the bride. After speaking with her about her wedding day, I instantly knew I wanted to have the RBB team beautify me for our wedding day. I reached out to Ioana with positive thoughts she was available and DONE! Ioana was a true artist and everyone looked so natural and beautiful!

Second to none! Book them now!

Let me start by saying RBB is AMAZING! They were one of the last vendors I had to choose and choosing a wonderful hair and make up artist can be stressful. They put me at ease immediately! I set up a test with them and everything was flawless. My stylist, Milian, is amazing along with everyone on the team! The online personalized page was also extremely helpful and when you're planning a wedding, ease of use is key!

On the big day, we also had Chadwick and Aviana. All three stylists were so kind and fun and the getting ready process was a true party! With that said, everyone looked flawless while still looking natural! I was floored by how glowing & beautiful my bridesmaids looked. They also did makeup and hair for the moms, my officiant, and my grandmother and they were all telling me that they've never felt so beautiful!

My hair and makeup was absolutely perfect and I was thrilled. I still looked like myself and felt more beautiful than ever! The groom was also blown away :). They are definitely on top of the trends making everyone look like effortless boho beauties!

If you're looking for a hair and makeup company with stylists who truly care about your vision AND care about making sure everyone looks stunning, look no further!

I couldn't be happier with Ioana and Jen from rarebird beauties! I'm very particular with my makeup and Ioana did an amazing job for my wedding makeup. It was absolutely perfect. She made the few minor changes I requested after my trial and I loved my makeup for my wedding day! Jen did an amazing job with my hair as well, and it held it's curl all night! She made a few last minute changes to my hair and I loved the final result. Ioana and Jen were very responsive, so easy to work with, answered all my questions promptly, and arrived on time and ready to go on my wedding day. No complaints!

After seeing the results of one friend using RBB for her wedding trial I immediately booked them and it was the best and easiest decision I made! At my trial they spent so much time checking in and asking preferences to ensure the look was what I wanted the day of, and seeing the results (with the veil on too!) made me so sure and excited for the day of.

Jen and Ioana did hair and make up for myself, 4 bridesmaids and both mothers. They were prompt with the early start time, incredibly fun to have with us while getting ready, and spent time working with each individual to ensure everyone had the hair and make up they wanted. The morning was dark and rainy, so Ioana even went out of her way to get extra lighting from their studio to ensure the team had everything they needed for beauty.

On top of looking and feeling beautiful all day, everyone’s hair and makeup stayed in perfect condition despite walking through rain and windy outdoor photos before the ceremony. Throughout the entire booking process Natalie was so kind and helpful. Feeling confident and my best was such an important part of my wedding day and RBB made it all possible. I would recommend them to anyone and everyone who asks.

OH MY GOSH! Best duo EVER!! I am beyond picky with hair & makeup and I couldn’t be more pleased with how everything turned out! All of my bridesmaids and mother loves everything. Even some who weren’t going to get theirs done ended up doing so after seeing the others!! They put time & effort in to each of us and we couldn’t have had a more enjoyable time. They listened to what we each wanted & made it ALL happen! So much love for these to ladies!!

I truly believe I could not have worked with two better human beings the morning of our wedding than Konstantine and Angelica from Rare Bird Beauties. (For reference getting ready included myself, two girlfriends, MOB & MOG)

Konstantine does such beautiful work that it blew me away and my girlfriends. I’ve seen them with professional makeup done before and it has never looked quite as good as it did on our wedding day. Personally, you guys know from our email exchanges, I’m not very well educated on makeup or wear it often and you guys paired me with the perfect person. Konstantine is so amazing at his job that it took no direction from me other than simply saying I wanted to look natural and he went ABOVE & BEYOND that! My makeup was flawless yet so light but photographed beautifully in just the previews we’ve gotten. I promise to send the professionals when we get the full album! I danced nonstop from 8pm to midnight and my makeup never budged! We took a picture when we got back to the hotel and it was as if I had just had my makeup done! I could speak praises to his artistic work all day but it’s not just that, he’s also one of the best humans! He’s so funny and kind, instantly makes everyone in his chair feel comfortable. I feel so lucky that he was there with me on our wedding day, he made that whole morning so fun!

Angelica is simply one of the sweetest people I have ever met! She came prepped with all these goodies specifically for me which was the loveliest surprise! The pearl pin she put in my hair for our wedding, I wore all throughout our honeymoon and each time it made me smile. She is an amazing artist who is delivery and so so proud of her craft that she takes time to make sure it’s the absolute best work. Everyone’s hair looked so beautiful and even my girlfriend with loose waves had her hair stay in place till the very end after all the dancing! You guys know the beautiful work Angelica does so I don’t have to go on about it but it’s her spirit and personality that truly touched me. She is really just the kindest soul and while I was emotional with all wedding day jitters, she made me feel at ease.

I am beyond grateful for the both Angelica & Konstantine and for RBB! We had the absolute best wedding day and I don’t think we could’ve done that without the wonderful humans we worked with!

Listen up, folks- I have never felt more beautiful in my life than on my wedding day. Ever. Let's be real, we all know someone who looked a little extra after getting wedding hair and makeup done, but trust me when I say that you will look and feel ethereal if you hire Konstantine and Danielle from Rare Bird Beauties. The owners, Ioana and Jen, are incredibly committed and passionate about their jobs, which is demonstrated in how wonderful they were throughout what is a very stressful wedding planning process. Both Konstantine and Danielle were attentive to what I was envisioned and definitely delivered, but also provided this added level of expertise that resulted in a more perfect look than I could've imagined. I am so grateful for Konstantine, Danielle, and RBB and HIGHLY recommend them. Don't be a dummy and book with them.

After being blown off by our previous booked make-up person, my daughter frantically looked for someone else about a month before the wedding. Rare Birds was recommended to her. Well, let's just say we are happy the first make-up person blew her off, because Rare Birds turned out to be so much better. First, her trial was different than any others she had. They didn't do my daughter's whole face then show her when they were done. They continually showed her what they were doing as they were doing it. So if there was something she didn't like they could change it right then. When my daughter came by to show me it was the first time I was actually wowed by the make-up. It was so natural & beautiful. My daughter knew it was right, too. I had thought before that I personally was just not a full face make-up person, but no, if it's done correctly it's fantastic. She had airbrush done for all her trials, but one. I had thought our first hire was really good but nope. Rare Birds blew her out of the water. Communicating with Rare Birds was always easy for my daughter. Also, whats nice is that they will just do the bride's make-up. Many places want a minimum of 5 faces to do. Cynthia did my daughter's make-up the day of the wedding wonderfully. We highly recommend. The price I'm showing is for the trial & day of work. That may seem a bit expensive, but totally worth it. I wish we had found them first instead of spending money on the other trials. Hopefully we can help other save their money, by not bothering with trials with others. I'll include a pic when we get the professional photos.