Beauty by May Reviews
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![Molly]()
Molly Sent on 04/11/2025Beach Wedding Hair and Makeup
I hired May to do my hair and makeup for my beach wedding. Her attention to detail is spectacular. She has many talents as I wanted airbrushing for skin and needed my hair curled with extensions/veil/flowers... lots going on. I felt beautiful all day and hair/makeup lasted in the wind. Thank you May, Molly Hendrickson -
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![Glenda]()
Glenda Sent on 02/01/2025Wedding Vow Renewal on 12/12/24
May came on site to do my makeup and hair for an early morning ceremony. She was on time, kind, and very professional. From our very early contacts, I got the impression she wouldn’t let me down and she delivered! I loved my makeup and hair! My makeup lasted all day and my hair stood up against the wind during our outside ceremony. I got many compliments on how beautiful I looked and I felt beautiful! -
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Somjai Sent on 12/20/2024Exceptional beauty artists
May is an exceptional beauty artist as she is detail oriented and focus on what customers’ desire. She was punctual and reached out to me beforehand for all little details. I had both makeup and hair styling done by her on two occasions and she transformed me from a mid 60 years old lady into a young movie star. I’m very pleased with the results of her artworks. -
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Kimberly Sent on 11/14/2024May was aMAYzing!!
May did my makeup and hair for my elopement in Hawaii. She was extremely professional, personal, and caring to me!! I was alone with no family or friends and she assisted me in every way possible! Thank you May for making my wedding day perfect❤️ -
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![Dana]()
Dana Sent on 11/06/2024Hair & Make-Up
When I inquired about booking with Beauty by May’s hair and makeup services for a Marine Corps Ball, May responded promptly and provided detailed pricing and background information. As someone who has worked with multiple salon professionals in South Carolina, I can confidently rank May as my top choice. She listened carefully to my preferences and delivered exceptional results. Her pricing is reasonable and her willingness to travel to my location during my visit in Hawaii was much appreciated. I received many compliments and found May to be a pleasure to work with throughout the entire process. I highly recommend her services to anyone seeking a flawless and professional look. -
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Thi M. Sent on 07/30/2024Patient and Kind
You’ve read many other reviews of what a great job May did for everyone. I want to speak to how patient and kind May was. And flexible. First it was only make up and hair for my mother and me as the bride. Then we added my sister in law. And then my girlfriend came to help me get dressed and wanted to get her hair done. Throughout all the add ona and changes requested, May was so patient and took it all in stride.
And of course she did a beautiful job. Everyone thought so too, not just me.
She’s the best. Book her. Don’t wait. -
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Li-Jay Sent on 07/29/2024An Amazing Makeup Artist That We Were Lucky To Have
Finding a makeup artist for our wedding was one of the things we were the most worried about. In the past, my wife and I have experienced makeup artists that were not familiar with doing makeup well on Asian faces. We didn't want that, especially for our wedding.
Our prayers were answered when we found May. This review is a bit long because it isn't fair to only describe her as amazing, because she is so much more!
First off, May is so incredibly talented as a makeup artist. She has artistic vision and works to emphasize your features versus a "copy & paste" makeup style. Secondly, she is also very organized and professional from communicating before the wedding, to the makeup trial, to the day of the wedding making it easy to discuss and confirm with her.
To start off, we are 2 brides, so that is double the makeup! My wife and I typically don't wear a lot of makeup so it was difficult for us to voice what we wanted and know what would look good on us. We decided to include a makeup trial which I HIGHLY recommend all brides do.
My wife showed May some photos of the makeup look and up-do hairstyles she liked. May was so talented and gave my wife exactly the look she asked for. However, this is why the makeup trial is important because, my wife ended up realizing that she actually want a more natural look because it would make her feel more comfortable and that she actually would prefer her hair down. May was so understanding and had suggestions on how she can create that as she knew exactly what my wife wanted! With May's expertise, my wife felt so comfortable and beautiful with her hair and makeup on our wedding day.
As for me, I shared a few images with May and described to her the feel I wanted to evoke with my hair and makeup. I mainly spoke about the facial features that I wished to emphasize and those I wished to minimize and trusted May to create the final vision. She did just that! May gave me the fresh faced look and styled my hair to matched the vision I had but didn't know how to voice entirely.
May also went the extra mile for us to make our wedding perfect. On the day of our wedding, I suddenly asked if she could support us on-site at the wedding ceremony and for photos afterwards. This was because we did a small photo shoot on the day of our makeup trial, at the wedding location, the wind was insane and our hair was in our faces for all the photos. The weather also looked to be about the same on our wedding day, so for our wedding, we didn't want the same thing to happen, and I presented May with this last minute request.
When I tell you she is kind and caring, I can't emphasize that enough. She told me that she had something already scheduled but she understood why and that she will try. She shifted her personal schedule around asking for her friend to help to take care of her personal errands, to be able to accompanying us to the wedding ceremony and photoshoot afterwards. I almost felt undeserving because this was essentially a stranger we met that week, but she has such a big and kind heart and was so caring that she was willing to go above and beyond to make us look and feel good on our wedding day. During the ceremony she was always watching to make sure both my wife and I looked our best.
I really can't express or thank her enough for her talent, time, and kindness. She IS the best makeup artist in Hawaii! -
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Amanda Sent on 05/17/202410/10 She is amazing
I am really satisfied by her hair and makeup! She is so professional and she knew exactly what i want. I asked her for different design hairstyle that i asked earlier. She did it so well! -
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Joycelyn Sent on 10/10/2023Exceptional!
May is amazing! It was the first time I’ve had such a great experience with hair and makeup. My whole party looked great—beautiful and natural. Even my mom was pleased and she is a tough lady to satisfy! -
![Melody]()
Melody Sent on 03/17/2023You won’t regret booking May!
May was an absolute gem to work with! I was flying to Oahu from New York and had to do the trial two days before the ceremony. May was flexible with my schedule and came to my hotel for the hair and makeup. I had sent her some hair and makeup ideas via email beforehand, but I wasn’t sure if she could do the hairstyle I wanted because I thought my hair would be too short, but she made it happen!! The trial was so important because i decided that I wanted more natural falsies after a whole day of walking around with more dramatic falsies. This small change actually required May to tone down on the makeup and change the color palette, but the result was even better than during the trial! My mom asked if I could bring May to New York for my reception haha! The makeup was great but I was extremely obsessed with the hairdo she did for me. It looked even better than the inspiration picture I sent her! She had great work ethics - arriving early, very responsive, practiced safe hygiene by wearing mask, shield, and gloves, and provided a small makeup kit for any needed touch ups. I also enjoyed chatting with her because she was very sweet. The bonus is that she has very gentle hands! -
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![Tania]()
Tania Sent on 01/27/2023Made my special day Perfect!
I cannot Thankyou enough for making my wedding day so perfect and stress free! May and her mom were so kind and knew exactly what I asked for with my makeup and hair, they did such an amazing job with all of us and were so on schedule, they made my entire day so stress free!
All the products May used were the best!
My hair and makeup lasted all day! I LOVED it! -
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![Jenny]()
Jenny Sent on 12/29/2022Absolute best stylist!
May was an absolute dream! She was incredibly flexible given changing schedules for both my trial as well as my wedding day, given my groom wanted to add a little makeup to the schedule and we needed to do touch ups at the venue (which was ~30 min away) after my maid of honor and mother were done. She also took my feedback after the trial to heart and made adjustments the morning of my wedding that were absolutely PERFECT. I looked better than I could have imagined and I know my pictures will be stunning.
At one point I bawled my eyes out during the reception but my makeup stayed intact and I didn't need to touch anything up! She also left me a small touch up kit for my lipgloss, which I was so glad I could reapply throughout the evening so my look stayed fresh! -
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Lauren Sent on 09/23/2022Hire this woman!
May was wonderful to work with. My husband and I had scheduled our wedding at 10:00AM. May came to our hotel room very, very early in the morning (5:00AM) and did my hair and makeup. She did an amazing job! Before meeting her on our wedding day, May was easy to get in contact with, and we corresponded back and forth on the look I wanted for the big day. She is very professional, personable, and very talented. I highly recommend her! -
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![Joy]()
Joy S. Sent on 09/21/2022Thank you May ❤️!!!
May was awesome!!!
May did a great job on all our makeup and hair, I had so many compliments.
Thank you May, look forward to working with you again 🥰! -
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![Mrs. G to be]()
Pc Sent on 06/27/2022I was “May’d beautiful! Thank you May!
May did my hair and make up for my wedding in June. She is a pro! She asked me for inspiration pictures for what I envisioned for my special day. I sent her pictures of looks that I liked and also some of myself with no make up so she could see what she was working with. Haha I felt beautiful all day and well into the night. My hair and make up lasted all day even in the hot summer of June. -
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![Michelle]()
Michelle Sent on 06/05/2022May will make you feel and look beautiful on your special day!
May was the epitome of professional and artistically talented. She was warm and friendly and work meticulously while keeping conversation. She has an eye for color and what would look good on you and had us send her photos well in advance of the day. I would absolutely recommend her. We all wanted a natural beauty look with emphasis on the eyes. The bride had a rosette in the back of her hair, and the bridesmaid asked for the crisscross braids. The bride was given a touch up kit as well. Her prices were fair and her work exceptionally beautiful! Don’t keep searching, hire her!!
You will be so happy you did. 😊 -
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![Brittany]()
Brittany Sent on 05/03/2022Best Makeup Artist!
May is one of the sweetest person ever to work with! I found her through my wedding coordinator, and I can't thank them both enough in helping me make the wedding of my dreams come true. I gravitate more towards a natural look, but of course, wanted it a little "glam". I showed only two photos of my hair and makeup and May got the look down to a T! It was truly exceptional and GORGEOUS! The best part is the makeup doesn't feel heavy at all, and it lasted throughout the night. Her friendly and charming personality made me super comfortable during my trial run that it made it seem like I was talking to a bestie for two hours! As for the day of, she was super professional and worked really well with coordinating her time management with my bridal team. I highly recommend May for all your wedding/event makeup and hair needs! -
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Sonya Sent on 02/28/2022Highly Recommend! Professional, talented and great attention to detail
May did an amazing job making 5 bridesmaids, 2 moms, 1 grandmother and myself all look beautiful on my wedding day! What was impressive was that she managed to get through all of us in less than 6 hours (make up and hair for 9 people). She understood everyone's skin/hair/style concerns, catered to their preferences while creating a unified look and feel for my bridal party. She helped create an understated yet elegant look for the moms & grandmother (as they had all requested "not super made up" looks). She has great attention to detail, patience and overall a great demeanor even though she had to work with a gaggle of girls all day :) The make-up stayed on the entire evening and we all look great in photos! Also, she's just the sweetest and an absolute pleasure to work with. -
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Piper Sent on 01/19/2022Lovely to work with
May was great and very professional. She asked a lot of questions about how I wanted to look so it was easy to achieve the best bridal look. I recommend doing a hair and makeup trial before the wedding just to see what everything would look like because that helped a lot before the big day. -
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![Dayna]()
Dayna Sent on 12/12/2021Awesome HMU
May is awesome! She totally made me feel beautiful on my special day! I would totally recommend her to anyone that needs one! -
![Margie]()
Margie Sent on 09/28/2021Very talented hair and make up artist!
May is so professional and knowledgeable on everything about hair and make up. I have no idea what to do for my big event “wedding” yet, May magically made it happened. She made me confident, happy and made me feel beautiful and special. Thanks again May, for being a part of my wonderful event. Mahalo! -
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![Lacey]()
Lacey Sent on 09/09/2021Amazing!!! Look no further!
May was amazing! Easily one of the nicest women I’ve ever met! She also accommodated us one day earlier (due to mandates being put in place on our actual wedding day) and took almost everyone even though she had another place to be! She worked so quickly and everything came out beautiful. We would all highly recommend her!
Thank you may & team! -
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![MBM]()
Mbm Sent on 08/31/2021Wonderful!!
May is wonderful!! I rarely dress up and never wear makeup, so the thought of finding someone for my wedding day was daunting. She put me at ease. We did a trial just to make sure I would be comfortable with everything when my wedding day came. I gave her inspiration for my hair style, but for makeup all I could tell her is “I don’t ever wear make-up so please make sure I still look like ‘me’ on my big day” Everyone was so impressed. She was able to glam me up, picture perfect, all while making me feel so comfortable. Exactly what I asked for. May always arrived on time, in fact early, and responds quickly. She was also very professional, especially during this difficult time of the pandemic. She always wore a mask, face shield, and gloves, making me feel safe. Through email, I already felt like she was the sweetest, most kind person, and couldn’t wait to meet her. I would highly recommend May!! -
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![Mischa]()
Mischa Sent on 08/06/2021Sweet, attentive, professional, skilled
Wow, May and her assistant went beyond our expectations and delivered day of! Once we secured her as a vendor, she was there to help make my vision of the day possible. May and her team were so sweet and relaxed day off, their energy was what we needed to make my bridesmaids and I feel beautiful!
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