bows's reviews

I booked Ann Ho from stylesbyann.com to do my hair and makeup for my wedding. It’s one of my best decisions.

Ann is someone who will give you her honest opinions and will not do something that will not look good on you. Since I have no experience with hair, the looks I want are not possible or not-good looking with my hair. She pointed out what I can get and cannot during consultation. I really like her professional feedback. I don't like the vendors who says "yeah, we can do whatever you want" because it might not be the best look for you and you will end up hating it.

I love how she did my hair. I didn't get to do the trial, and I still wasn't sure of what I want on the wedding day. Ann just asked me a few questions and she did an amazing updo for me. I didn't want a low bun, so she gave me a very modern mid-high updo that I ended up loving so much. Her styles are very modern and sophisticated, unlike most salons that will give you same old updo they’ve been doing since 10-20 yrs ago.

My hair stayed up intact for the whole day-night even with my veil on for most of the day. I didn't want to take it off at the end of the day.

I am comfortable with makeup and I wear heavy, crazy eye makeup on weekends, so I was worried that I might not look special or different from my own makeup. But I was wrong. I looked so different in a softer way that I don't want to look like my old look after the wedding. I want to keep looking at myself the whole day. Everytime my groom mentioned how big my eyes were on that day, I am so glad Ann did big eyes for me. hehe. I’m greedy.

Ann was very patient and took her time during the hair & makeup. She really cared about the details, and will not rush just to finish it up. She stayed until I was dressed up and helped me put the veil, and even gave me lip-cream and instructions on how to maintain the makup for the whole day.

Ann is flexible with timing and super quick in responding to emails. She’s the quickest to get a response among all my other vendors. Hair & makeup by Ann Ho is worth every penny of it. It is the best money I've spent on my budget wedding. It’s that worth it. Thanks Ann for making me beautiful! I am so glad that I booked you and that you are available for my day.

I hired Annaliese to be my day of coordinator just a week before my wedding. It was one of my best decisions on the wedding. If you are having doubts about having a DOC, don't think twice, hire Annaliese.

Both my ceremony and rec eption is at one hotel, and I thought hotel coordinator would be enough. But wrong. I thought I am organized enough, but I forgot many things on the wedding day (including my marriage certificate at home). I would need a thousand replica s of me to execute my vision planned day-and-night for months. Plus, you can't be everywhere on your wedding day to make sure things are as you envisioned or to run back and forth if there is something you want. Anna was there for all those things I couldn't do myself.

And you don't want to leave those to your family or relatives coz you don't want to be mad at them if they don't give you the vision you had in mind. My BMs are my sisters/cousins, and thought they w ill do my bidding, but they all ended up being very busy themselves or very inexperienced that they can't take care of my needs. Anna did most of the things BMs were supposed to do.

Before the wedding, Anna called all my vendors an d set their timeline. She is very organized and professional. I didn’t have to worry about when vendors will come in. I can just laid back and trust Anna that she’ll ask vendors to be there for important moments.

It rained on my wedding day and we had to move the ceremony inside. Anna was on top of things. She took care of the moving and decor with the hotel coordinator, and I didn't have to worry about it. There were so many last minute things t hat I didn't finish (including table names, photos to the DJ, etc). Anna took care of all those. Both my groom and I had a good time for the rest of the day. We had no worries, and went along the flow Anna set for us. But she also made sure that things were as I wanted.

She even took care of cleaning up and moving things to our bridal suite. My BM were having too much fun and I didn't have time to tell them what to take. By the time we finished da ncing, everything is all packed up, moved to cars or our room, and we just needed to go upstairs. No mess no fuss. Anna and her husband even sent us off upstairs.

During the whole wedding day, Anna kept checking on me to see if I am ok. My family and BM are too busy that they can't make sure I'm happy the whole time. Also, it's good to have a buffer between me and my family. She is very good at interpreting facial expressions, so she knows when I was unhappy and not saying it. She was my speaker of the day. She was my voice, my extended eyes, my hands, my legs, my phone, my watch, my communicating medium b/t all sorts of people. She was everything I couldn't be on th at day. I was simply a bride and she was the "planner me". She is the "go-to" person for everybody for any decision or any emergencies. Nobody came bother me with anything.

I can’t say enough of how great she is.& nbsp; Hire her. It will worth every penny of it. Having a peace of mind and enjoy being a bride = priceless.