I had high expectations for Blossom and Beauty based on all the great reviews I read online, however I was pretty disappointed overall with my experience. I am giving 2 stars only because communication with Jasmine was decent.

I got married a couple of weekends ago and my makeup artist was Vicky. I did not feel like my bridal makeup and hair trial went well at all. I had sent her inspo pictures the days leading up to the trial and she was very confident that I would love how everything would turn out. When the trial was over, I looked in the mirror for the very first time and I didn't feel "wow" initially, however I thought I had to go home and take it all in/look at the big picture. I went home and realized I was not happy at all with my makeup or hair; I did not feel like it looked even close to the pictures I sent her. In particular, my foundation was cakey, and there was a lot of eyeshadow powder on my lashes, which made the entire look very dirty/messy. I thought the point of the trial was to look somewhat close to how I would look on the day of my wedding so I was surprised there was no attention to detail there. Something I wish she did was sit me in front of a mirror (I was sitting in a chair facing her door/hallway when she did my makeup), or allow me to periodically look at the progress so that I could give some input on what I do/do not like. This was something I wish I knew before or that she had offered. I texted Vicky after my trial with some more pictures and tips that I thought would look better, and she agreed.

On my wedding day, Vicky started with my MOH's hair and makeup and did well. When it was my turn, she did my makeup well, but I was extremely disappointed in my hair. The picture that I had shown her at the trial and also that morning was a low bun with volume throughout (honestly seemed pretty simple to me). I had looked at my hair progress in the mirror halfway and asked her to add more volume to the bun, however she stated that she didn't want to do it that way because she wanted the bun to hold for the entire day. I then pulled up the picture again and told her that I really wanted it to look that way. Again, she refused to change the shape of the bun. My MOH even suggested that she would help me touch up my hair throughout the day if that was what Vicky was worried about. Vicky disregarded that comment and at that point I realized she would not listen to what I wanted, so I let her finish my hairstyle how SHE wanted. When she was done, I immediately went into the bathroom so that I could look at the final look and was extremely, extremely upset. I ended up taking out the bun she did and had my MOH (who does not have any background in beauty) re-do my hair in less than 10 minutes, exactly how I wanted. I was fortunate that Vicky ended the make-up/hair earlier than expected or else I would have ran out of time to re-do my hair. My new hairstyle held up with NO touchups for 14+ hours.

I did not feel my experience was worth the $600+ price and it was truly my one and only regret for my wedding. My wedding was an extremely important day (as it is for the majority of people), and I did not feel confident going into my wedding at all with how I looked. As the bride, I felt like Vicky should have listened to what I wanted as I was paying a lot of money for a service that was extremely important to me that day. I know how to do my own makeup and hair but thought it would be nice to be "pampered" and have the opportunity to just sit and relax. Overall, just truly disappointed.