California makeup artists

Any good California makeup artists? Pictures appreciated =]

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farhana baig is pretty well known in norcal n socal

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Yeah, she charges $350-400 dollars, a bit out of my budget for just makeup and hair, plus she said extra $40 dollars for a very simple hair do, and extra $30-40 for dupatta setting. I asked her to work with me on the price because I need nikkah and mehndi makeup also and she said she'll charge ONLY $200 for light makeup for nikah and $200 for mehndi.

I agree her work is good, but I'm not about to spend $1,000 dollars for makeup that I'm gonna wash off after 4 hours.

I'm looking for good alternatives

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YIKES! i cant think of anything else except maybe goin to a mac store and asking the girls if they know of any freelance make up artist n then u can prob get cheaper quotes with a non desi girl. plus where do u live?

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Where are you in CA?

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Southern Cali, Orange County area

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Look up Beauty by NG on fb

Her name is Nida she works at the MAC at SouthCoast, you can book her at MAC or privately.

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i agree, with the MAC idea. try out a couple makeup artists at the mall til u find one that suits u. go before u go to a party lol.

i would tell u to go to oscar at zibas, but hes ridiculously priced and not worth it. i really cant think of anyone off the top of my head but i'll post some if i do! good luck!

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Yeah I love Oscar's work but there's no way I'm gonna let a man do my makeup. I wear Hijab so thats out of the question.

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I called her, she's really nice! Thanks!

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YAYYY ur from cali...mee too! We can help each other! Try finding Sajal Hubbs on facebook. She lives in chino, ca and shes done makeup for Hina and Latif ( a popular wedding in 2009)

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ive also heard of farah from my fair bride

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anyone in socal have experience with MUA nida gazi? below is her portfolio on facebook. not a lot of pictures to go by, but her brides look a lot better than most i’ve seen in socal (is it just me or is there a dearth of talented MUAs for desi brides on the west coast?)

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=110469628978264&v=wall#!/group.php?gid=110469628978264&v=photos&so=15

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Try marium she is very good
www.laenka.com
She does everything hair, makeup and dupatta.
She does airbrush makeup

Goodluck:)

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Nida G is good, she works at the South Coast Mac, I’ve seen her work, she’s very good

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does anyone know how much she charges? And whats the standard or average rate for a bridal MUA?

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Hey guys- this is per all my research and discussions with these folks – you kind find all of them on facebook

Farhana Baig - makeup/hair/dupatta setting = $ 500 (Norther Cali).. you can refer to above posts for more details on her

Oscar at Ziba beauty - makeup/hair/dupatta = $ 600 + $ 100 travel if he comes to you (southern cali)
- he takes $ 75 for make up only for formal and 150 for makeup + hair formal

Nida - $ 100 for makeup, not hair http://beautybyng.com/ (southern cali)

Hair by Anaa K - $ 300 bridal makeup/hair http://www.bridelicious.net/ (also Northern Cali)
- she takes $ 150 formal makeup/hair

Marwah - $ 75 for makeup formal (she is in Northern Cali, a MAC pro makeup artist, Anaa K can connect you to her)

Farah Manekia - can’t find my papers with her info on it but here is her website (southern cali) http://www.myfairbride.com/#
0 she has two girls she can also recommend if she is unavailable. They only do makeup.. asked about 65, plus 50 for travel. But i have no idea how their work looks.

Jesse Sillas - Jesus Sillas | Flickr Southern Cali, you may recognize some of the brides on his page, or on facebook

Maria Jones - MAC pro artist [EMAIL=“[email protected]”][email protected] … she charges by the hour… since she is a high in demand artist.. she hasn’t gotten back to me as yet with her prices, but I’m sure she is expensive. (southern cali)

I’ve looked at Monique Powers (southern Cali).. hmmm.. no comment, I wasn’t impressed, but everyone has their own taste

Good Luck !! When I find my notes on a few others, I’ll post it…

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@ shafaaf- I had asked Nida about anybody she can refer in the Bay Area, she does have a MAC pro MUA contact there as well. You can email her, she is really nice. We really liked her work... a friend of ours who was in a fashion show she did looked amazing and raves about her.

Good luck!

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Wow! this is soooo helpful!! Thanks soo much! =)

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If thats Marwah from GS, i'd hire her!!! the girl KNOWS her stuff!