Fairytale Hair and Makeup - Ventura, California

J F.

A week has passed since our intimate civil wedding on 11-15-24 and I’m still on cloud 9. fairytale services made my special day feel like a fairytale! Lily did my makeup and hair that day and I felt like a bride. She was very receptive to any adjustments I wanted. Advice to brides is do the makeup trial!
The final look was 10 xs better on my wedding day. Thank you for making me feel beautiful!
Thank you Lily for being my calm before my crazy wedding day! So worth it and I will be booking again for my church wedding. 🤍 ( I will post later when I receive photos from photographer)

Anya R.

Alicia was AMAZING! I can’t say enough good things about her. We had a 6am start time with her arrival at 5:45 (Woof). She was not only perfectly on time, but super on top of it all morning. I had a super stressful wedding (full DIY) and she was so great about feeling out my vibe and matching it. I was super anxious, so she was just calm and quiet and doing her thing.

Not only was she the exact vibes I needed, but I LOVED my hair and makeup! I was a bit nervous since I had made some notes from my trial. Alicia really took in all my notes and executed it flawlessly. She even read my mind a bit and covered parts where you could see my scalp (gotta love curly hair) with brown eyeshadow before I could ask for it! I was also adamant that I wanted to use my own curls for my wedding and she was so awesome about it! She really knows how to handle styling curls and how to break them apart without frizzing. She was gentle and purposeful with every piece.

My makeup lasted all day and I got so many compliments on it! It was the perfect balance between full glam bridal and makeup that I would do myself for nice events. I still looked like ME, just with REALLY well done makeup!

Hannah T.

I want to kick this review off by saying in the loudest digital voice possible -- Meghan Zambada is incredible! My wife and I both loved having her as our stylist for both our engagement shoot (see my Google Profile photo) and our wedding (see attached). She did an amazing job of capturing what we requested in our inspiration photos, and also made us feel incredibly comfortable and supported throughout the whole process. Note -- I have the longer hair, and Meghan did my makeup and hair, while Addison only needed hairstyle services for the day of the wedding.

While I do have a couple of small critiques of the company, I want to make it clear that they do amazing work and I would still recommend them to other couples. My recommendations for improvement are as follows:

1. In my opinion, there should be more affordable packages offered to add on your wedding party's hair and makeup services. None of our wedding party members were able to opt in due to the expense.

2. The online portal Fairytale Hair & Makeup has for communication and payment is not very user friendly. I had to go through 2FA via my email each time I logged in, and often it wasn't clear who I was speaking with. Sometimes replies were delayed, and isn't wasn't clear what specific payment requests were for. The company allows payments via cash or Venmo, but then the online payments still show up as due. I would recommend an overhaul of the system to make it more user-friendly for event couples.

Again, overall, we had a great experience with Meghan and the team and hope to work with her again for future events!

Katie S.

Michelle and Meghan of Fairytale Hair and Makeup were absolutely amazing from the very beginning! Very responsive, always kind, and incredibly professional! Michelle and Meghan were right on time to meet at the very early hour of 3:45am and were just the best to work with! They worked quickly while still making us feel very comfortable and ensuring we look and feel our very best! Our hair and makeup stayed amazing the entire day without needing any further touch ups! Thank you again for being such a vital part of my wedding day!!

Brittney L.

Fairytale was great to work with for my formal event. A girlfriend and I got hair and makeup done & we were both happy with the results. The gals were so fun and easy to talk to. They worked with the looks we wanted but also had beautiful ideas based on their experience and expertise! I hope to work with them again in the future.

Nicole &. M. A.

I got Married on June 8, 2024. Tara was my hairstylist from Fairytale Hair and Makeup and I cant even begin to explain how amazing she was. She made me feel so comfortable and right at home on the day of my hair trial. Then when the wedding day came she literally blew me away!! She was able to work so quickly and efficiently with our timeline and made every one of my bridesmaids look soooo beautiful and perfect. Tara did my hair so beautiful and it exceeded all of my expectations and I couldn't believe how amazing it looked. She is a perfectionist like me so her attention to detail was perfect and my hair lasted all night. I highly recommend booking them for your wedding and ask for Tara if possible. Thank you for making me feel so beautiful Tara!!!

Jessica D.

My hair stylist cancelled on me a month before my wedding, but as a referral from my wedding planner, I booked Fairy Tale last minute and wow did they deliver! They made everything so easy and seamless and completely put my mind at ease. I was so confident in my stylist Alma’s ability to achieve the style I was looking for that I didn’t even book a trial due to the lack of time before the big day. Alma showed up on time and had such a soothing energy to her that was much appreciated in the chaos of the morning. My hair was EXACTLY what I had imagined and it held until I painstakingly brushed it out the next morning. Do yourself a favor and skip on booking the flashy instagram hairstylists who couldn’t actually care less about you and hire a true professional from Fairy Tale.

Kelly M.

Myline from Fairytale makeup made me look absolutely beautiful for my wedding! She did both my hair and makeup and was so professional and patient even when things didn’t go as planned. I would highly recommend them for all of your special occasion beauty needs!