It genuinely upsets me to write this review because of how much I was looking forward to working with CB, and how much of a mess my hair and makeup turned out to be the night of my engagement party.
Cinderella Bridez have done hair and makeup for a few people I know for their engagement and wedding. As a south asian, it's hard to find someone who understands what your makeup preference is. Often people turn you out to look tanner or whiter than you like. Cniderella Bridez was a company that seemed to do really well for hair and makeup, specifically for South Asians so I was really looking forward to working with them. Unfortunately, I did not have a good experience on the day of my engagement party.
First off, when I showed Barbie what look I wanted, I was told that it was more of a bridal look, and something lighter would be more appropriate for an engagement party. I felt it was rude to correct the look I wanted, especially when I'm paying $350 for it + $100 for travel to Philadelphia. Furthermore, my engagement party was 450 people, so it was definitely on the scale of a wedding which is why I wanted a look that matched the scale of the event.
Second, we were not done in time. I will say that I added extensions to my service which Laura warned me would take an extra 15-20 min, but I actually had told the team that I needed to be ready an hour earlier than I actually needed to be ready (in fear that we wouldn't be done in time), which still allows 45 min extra. However, even with that, we were not done in time. Priya, a junior artist, is who did my sister's hair and makeup (initially). My sister ended up looking like a clown because there was red eyeshadow all over her eyes, which she did not ask for, and heavy red/pink blush - also not part of the look she asked for. She showed Priya a picture of the look she wanted, no where in which there was all this red. Laura, my MUA, ended up having to fix it all for her.
I will say that Laura did a great job fixing what she could at that point to make my sister's look closer to what she'd asked for. Laura also did a good job with my sister's hair, which Priya was supposed to do, but was running so late that Laura did it.
I will say that Laura worked hard to give me the look that I wanted. My makeup was initially contoured darker than I wanted and she tried to fix it, which I appreciated it. However, in pictures, my face is still darker than the rest of my body - exactly what I didn't want. However, at that point, we were already running so behind, I didn't have time to complain and just went on with it. Also, I told Laura in the beginning I wanted extensions and showed her a picture of the rope braids I wanted in my hair. I had to remind her midway through (but apparently at the perfect time) to put them in 'cuz she'd forgotten, and after curling my hair, she said "done" but my rope braids weren't in so I had to remind her again to do that. But she got it done, so it's fine. What wasn't so fine is that my hair did not last me an hour. While Laura fixed my sister's look, I went to the bathroom and recurled my hair. But because there was so much hairspray in there, it was hard to get to stay curled. So after the mass, before my reception, instead of taking pictures with my fiance during the gap, I went and recurled my whole head. Absolute waste of my $400. read more