I had a wedding to attend and scheduled my 45 minute makeup application appointment here due to the good reviews I've received about Ulta salon overall. However, this branch was nothing close to what I expected it to be.
My appointment was at 4:00 p.m., so I should have been done at 4:45 p.m. I arrived at 4:01, which I take full responsibility for not remembering the parking situation at Atlas park. I told an associate I was there for a makeup application appointment. She looked around the store and responded with "O.K." and continued with what she was doing. Another associate happened to pass by and the first associate asked her, "Do you know anything about a makeup appointment?" as if she had no idea they did that there. The second associate took me to the back where the salon section was. She looked around to find an artist but no one was around, except for one who was doing someone's hair. At this point time is ticking away. She went to the back and came back after a few minutes saying that my artist will be out in 5 minutes. Now I've had other beauty appointments before, where the artist was waiting and ready at the time that the appointment was. The fact that the artist was nowhere to be found and then still needed extra time was very unprofessional to me. Genevieve came out at 4:15 and then had to set up her area. She asked me what I was looking for and I told her. She laid me in a reclined seat, which I never experienced for makeup before, but there's a first time for everything. She then suggested an additional service to exfoliate my skin. I told her there was no time for that and that I didn't need it. So she started. I didn't see her get any foundations or powders to test my skin color or anything, but trusted that as a professional this would have come at some later time.
She was breathing so heavily in my face as she was over me applying the makeup, and it seemed that she was eating right before... a fact I arrived at with the smell of her breath and the crumbs still lingering on her face. Very professional indeed. She started doing my eyes and after finishing one eye that was when she decided to show me a mirror and ask me if I liked it... I mean at this point if I didn't would you remove everything and start all over? Thereby extending my time? It was so poorly done and I told her what I wanted fixed. She went on to correct it and do my other eye. When she finished and stepped away I quickly grabbed a palette to see a mirror, it was nothing close to professional. The colors were caked on my lids and starting to crack - no proper blending. The eyeliner was so poorly done. I tried to fix it myself.
When she moved on to my foundation she dived right in and started with whatever shades she brought, without checking it against my skin - I still trusted she would have done a fair job at this, and I also had no mirror to check as I was laying. She was almost done when I think she realized that the color was not very close at all and she tried blending it out. At this point it was 5:10 - remember that I should have been done at 4:45. She applied a bright pink blush (I have tan skin color). She finished up and went to get lip colors. Again I tried to fix what she had done when I grabbed the mirror again. When she came back she brought 2 choices, which she had tried on her hands. I picked one and she took out a balm and put some on her fingers and applied it right to my lips... Very unsanitary as she was touching testers and other handles before! I jumped back when I realized what she had done. She applied the lip color outside my lip lines. But didn't fix it - I had to when I looked in the mirror. It's now 5:20, I am now running very late. I waited in line to pay for the service and ran out the store. When I looked in the car mirror I screamed. The lighting in her area didn't make my face look so bad, but when I was outside, my face was orange/brown! I was so livid because I was now so late and had to try to fix this mess.
I would steer clear of Genevieve. I made small talk and asked her how long she's been doing makeup - she had said 10 years. I don't see how that could possibly be true. With her lack of professional behavior and terrible skills. read more