lrizzo's reviews

I went here to get a practice hair-do and make-up trial. The hair was beautiful and I went back the day of my wedding, but the makeup was awful. Do not try to get both done in 1 place. The girls ther are not trained in makeup as far as I'm concerened. Go elsewhere. I did.

I had my wedding makeup done at Bobby Brown at Saks downtown. I felt like a princess but I got so many compliments about not wearing a lot of makeup at my wedding and still looking beautiful. It was the best compliment. On your wedding day you want to be the best version of yourself, not someone else. BB really understands that. You can look beautiful and not like you are wearing a mask of makeup.

This store has a lot of options and they are pretty laid back about bridesmaid dresses. There's no pressure like there is with wedding dresses at the store. I would definitely check it out in my search.

I'm somewhat of a foodie and yes, the food was not out of this world. But... it was good and everyone had a wonderful time. We had a pool table, dart boards, and an open area of tables for the entire crowd to order what they pleased and hang out. If you want your rehearsal dinner to be one at which all of your guests can mingle and have fun, this is the place.

Beautiful club! I had a wonderful wedding and reception there; you can rent an entire floor and do the entire deed in one place which is fabulous for your guests. I would do it again, but on an honest note I will tell you that the food was not very good. They present all of these fancy dishes but a lot of my wedding guests including me were really disapointed with the food. It looks fancy, but is not very good at all. Aside from that, I had a mini bridal catastrophe and they were on top of making sure the weddind went off w/o a hitch.

Great price and our meeting with the DJ went very well; he seemed to understand everything we wanted and I felt very confident about our wedding. However, even though I had given him a list of our wedding events with songs to match and labeled cds he couldn't find the song we gave him for us to walk into the hall to and he came to me in a panic!! It kind of scared me b/c all of the music for our wedding plus the mucic to walk into the hall and the dinner music were on a cd with a detailed list. Did he play the correct wedding music is was what I was left wondering??? Additionally, he came to my new husband and I during our dinner and asked what cd we'd like to play full through while he went to eat?? Seriously?? I was in shock. He actually left the room and let a cd play all the way through. He also started the song for the garter toss and there was no chair for me in the middle of the room and I had to go get it myself. He was not awful by any means and there were many positives with him. He taught some fun dances that the entire crowd love and he brought the bridal party drinks at dinner, but as a bride, I was uneasy and underwhelmed overall.

I found my dress in a designer magazine and then again at Bridal and Formal. It was $1500 there. Land of Oz got me my dress for $900. I will admit that I was a little scared when I first went there. It's dusty and the couple running it don't seem like they would know anything about dresses. They are absolute sweethearts though. Because they have no dresses on display and nothing to impress, they can order your bridal gown for you at a much cheaper price. They have no overhead and it makes sense. I am a girl who had a frilly over the top wedding at The Cincinnati Club downtown and I bought my dream dress here. Looks will deceive you. Push past them here and you'll be happy that you did. Whatever designer dress you see at a boutique can be purchased much cheaper here.

I live about an hour from this vendor and using them was well worth it. I went to a typical florist and told them what I wanted for my centerpiece. It was $50. I got the flowers from here and it was $10 per table. Granted on the day of the wedding me and my bridesmaids were putting flowers in vases but it was fun and some good quality girl time!! One of my fondest wedding memories. I got bouquets with hydrangea and a dozen roses each for $20 a piece. They looked like they should be bridal bouquets and they would have been $100 a piece at a regular florist. They will meet with you and discuss you wedding colors, etc... You can make your own bouquets or have them do it which is what I did. I got greenery to tie on candles and flowers for my cake... My entire wdg. and reception floral bill with 6 bridesmaids and groomsmen was $1,000. You can see my flowers on facebook. All I have to say to any new bride is that anything you buy that has the word wdg tacked onto it is going to cost 10x as much. Watch out and check this place out. My brother and friend picked up the flowers that morning even though it was an hour away and it was well worth it. Please consider this service. You'll get the flowers you've alway dreamed of and with a little extra effort, the wedding of your dreams. Lauren Hutchinson

Amazing photographer for the price. I have a friend who spent $3000 for her photos and mine look exactly like hers do, but... this photographer gives you the rights to your photos from the start. For that price he took 600 pictures and sent me CDs with the photos. I own them forever and can send them to Walgreens to get them printed or to a fancier photo shop. Owning your photos means the world. Think very hard about this. My girlfriend has photos she'd like but to get them from her photographer even after she paid him 3 grand she has to pay him $13 for a 4x6. It's a racket. He was a little shy and didnt' direct my wedding party to get in line for photos as much as I would have liked but all turned out well. No real complaints. He also comes to your home to discuss the deal and right before the wedding to discuss plans. It was very nice to not have to go to his place of business.

Delicious and classic wedding cake. I had been to quite a few weddings prior to mine and everyone was trying to be different with fillings and flavored cakes and I'm sorry,but they were absolutely awful and I know they spent a fortune for their cake. Marylin has those options but I went with a classic white cake with cream icing and it was delicious. She decorated it exactly how I asked her to and covered it with flowers I'd left for her at the hall. It was beautiful; I've recieved so many compliments. She doesn't have a fancy shop or glossy brochures and you aren't paying for it! She works out of her home in Ludlow. Please check her out. You'll be happy that you did.