Natalie Buketov-Makeup & Hair. The OC's Premier Bridal Makeup Artist & Hair Designer!

Natalie is absolutely fantastic and I couldn't recommend her more! I was so at ease with her at the trial, that it was so easy to book her on the spot. She did a great job at the trial, but then I decided a few weeks before the wedding to change up my look. I didn't bother getting another trial because I knew Natalie would be able to pull it off and she came through even better than expected. I received so many compliments on my hair and makeup and felt like a glamorous movie star! I wish I had another big event to attend, so that I could have Natalie do my hair and makeup again!

I chose Natalie for two reasons: the flawlessness of her makeup and hair, and the sheer affordably of her prices. Natalie was aces! I looked like the best possible version of myself without looking cakey or overdone. The makeup stayed fresh all day and night and the hair stayed curly and even looked good the next day. My two bridesmaids were also very happy and they are difficult to please. Natalie worked with me on pricing and minimums. She is very flexible and is open to suggestions. She works on location a lot but she returned my calls and emails the same day or the next day. I would highly recommend Natalie.

Natalie Buketov was wonderful! She was recommended to me through my makeup vendor and provided fantastic service from our first meeting during my hair and makeup trial! She created the perfect look for my wedding day, was very professional, reasonably priced, patient, and fun to work with! Everyone loved their hair-do on wedding day, especially me!! I would highly recommend Natalie for hair services on their wedding day!!

It is always a pleasure working with Natalie. She gives professional service every time and is so friendly. Her make-up applications are amazing and flawless.The other great thing about Natalie is she gets it done on time! I highly recommend her for any Hair and Make-up needs.

One of my friends was part of another friend's wedding and had highly recommended Natalie for my upcoming wedding! I scheduled an appointment with Natalie to have my trial run and I thought it turned out pretty well. On the big day, Natalie arrived to the hotel where I was staying and performed her magic! She did such an amazing job on my hair and make-up! We had done something different at the trail run and she was quite flexible in the fact that I wanted to change my hair slightly and that I wanted my make-up to be a bit different! I was very nervous and she calmed me down with her fun spirit and friendliness! After the make-up was done, I was completely thrilled with the results! Everyone was so amazed at how beautiful I looked, not only because I was the bride and wearing the big white dress, but because my hair and make-up looked amazing! I would highly recommend Natalie to all my friend/family and anyone who is looking for a great hair and make-up artist!!!

Natalie did my wedding day hair and make up as well as 7 bridesmaids. She was excellent. I loved my both my hair and make up at my trial, and she made it even more gorgeous on the big day. I brought inspiration photos for both and she nailed it. All of my bridesmaids were happy with the job she did, and they all looked great. She was on time, efficient and a lot fun to work with. I HIGHLY recommend her!

Natalie came to my house for hair/makeup for an engagement photo shoot. My makeup artist for the wedding day was booked that day so I went with Natalie based on recommendations from my wedding planner.I left it up to her to be creative. I was so pleasantly surprised that she can make a dramatic look on me that uses bold colors yet still look classy and elegant. Also, she got some tricks to make eyeliner stay put on me all day long in the hot sun. I was amazed the makeup looked great after a night out that I almost didn't want to wash it off.Natalie's fantastic! I have a wedding to attend in a few months and I'll definitely use her services again.

I'll keep this short and sweet: Natalie was awesome! She was very friendly and helpful. Her price was reasonable for the quality of service I received. She is the first makeup artist that has done my makeup to do it exactly the way I wanted. I'm very picky about having a "natural look" that doesn't make me look like a drag queen or too made up. I would hire her again without thinking! I would definitely recommend her to family and friends and I'm actually thinking of hiring her again!Thank you Natalie for making my wedding pictures come out amazing.

Natalie was great! She understood exactly what I wanted and made it happen. I was so happy with how my hair and makeup looked for my wedding day. She was punctual and fast! She did my whole bridal party and was able to squeeze my mom in at the last minute! Everyone looked beautiful and I couldnt ask for a better result. Thank you natalie! Because of you I really felt like a princess on my wedding day.

I read reviews of Natalie and loved the sample photos she posted on this site. Some of the reviews mentioned concerns over her being late and though she was a few minutes late on the day of our first trial, she was early and ready and waiting before 8 am on the day of our wedding!Natalie was willing to negotiate the prices for myself and my bridesmaids because we were on a tight budget. She did hair and makeup for myself, my 15 year old daughter, my mother, my sister, and 2 of my bridesmaids (6 people total). She came to our facility and stayed for about 4 to 5 hours getting all of the ladies done and doing touch ups. (We had photos taken at noon and the wedding wasn't until 5 pm). Overall, I was very happy with Natalie's services. The trial was great (I brought my veil and clip in hair extensions) and she listened well to my thoughts, desires and concerns. There were a few things I decided to change after the trial and she was willing accommodate my requests and make her own suggestions.She was very professional, had plenty of tools and makeup in her kit and made me look great as far as not feeling overly done up or cakey with the makeup. She was such a friendly and encouraging part of the day. The only cons I had were truly not her fault. I felt my blush was a little too dark but she insisted you wanted it darker to show up in professional photos. Though it looked fine in most of the photos, there were a few where I felt like I had 'clown' cheeks but that is probably because we are most critical of ourselves and notice things other people don't. However, if I had it to do over again, I would have insisted on not as much blush.Secondly, on the day of the wedding she mentioned that she was afraid that putting the extensions in my hair was going to pull the curls out of my natural hair. I was in such a 'zombie' mode that whole morning that I just agreed to do what she thought best. Looking back at the photos, I wish I would have stuck to our original plan to use the clip in extensions because I felt like my hair was just a little too thin and not full enough. However, it did hold up well for the entire day in almost all the photos and it did look pretty...just not exactly what I had wanted. But again, that's not her fault...I recommend having a bridesmaid or family member attend your trial with you and then discussing your thoughts afterwards. On the day of your wedding, ask that same person to look at you when you are finished and see if they give your look the approval of what it was from what you wanted after the trial. As far as the rest of the bridal party she did hair and makeup for, I was THRILLED! I joked with the bridesmaids that they all looked better than I did! :) So to Natalie's credit, they looked gorgeous! She did several different styles of half up/half down and all down hair styles for the girls and all of their makeup was beautiful. Also, as a testimony to Natalie's willingness to work with her customers, I have this to share: On the day of the wedding, half way through the ceremony my husband whispered to me that one of my false eyelashes was slightly coming off. I didn't feel it or notice it but after the ceremony I just decided to pull them off completely since I didn't want to waste time reapplying it and since we had already taken almost all of our photos before the ceremony as I mentioned. I later shared this little piece of information with Natalie and she felt awful that the eyelashes came off. When I told her that we had some issues with our photographer and were doing a 'day after reshoot' at our wedding location to get a bunch of shots we missed on the day of the wedding, Natalie offered to re-do my hair and makeup for me for the re-shoot at no additional charge since she felt so bad about the eyelash coming off. I was thrilled!I would definitely recommend Natalie for your hair and makeup needs. And I also recommend that you remember to be true to yourself and be honest with your vendors about your hopes and desires so nothing gets lost in the communication. You can check out photos of my bridesmaids and myself at my blog at http://allconsumedbride.blogspot.com/2010/07/wed-recap-it-takes-army-tons-of-pics.html Search for 'hair' or 'makeup' and you can see some of my trial shots. And the link I provided will show some recaps of photos reflecting hair/makeup. But I'm sure there's much more on there. Overall, I totally recommend Natalie.

I was very happy with Natalie and her services. At the trial, she worked with me to do my hair and makeup how I envisioned it. Just before the wedding, I changed my mind about how I wanted my hair and she was very receptive. The day of the wedding, my makeup and hair looked amazing and I couldn't have been happier. She also did the hair/makeup of my mom (who looked stunning) and several of my bridesmaids. Her prices were also some of the most reasonable I found.The only negative issue was the assistant that she brought with her. I went ahead and paid an extra fee to have her bring a second stylist to ensure that everyone would be done in time for the wedding. The assistant showed up an hour late with no apologies from either of them. She barely did anything while there...only blowing out my mom's hair and doing one bridesmaid's hair. She didn't know how to do makeup, which is what we needed most at the time she arrived, so she couldn't be of much help to us. She had an attitude while there and added stress to the room. My mother-in-law didn't even get to have her makeup done as scheduled because we ran out of time. She had my aunt do it instead. Natalie herself was great and fun to work with, but be sure you know who she is having assist her if you pay for one.

Natalie was my hair and makeup artist for myself, six of my bridesmaids, and my mother. She did an amazing job making all of my girls and myself look and feel beautiful for my wedding day...all by herself no less. I was amazed at how efficiently she worked with everyone and even offered touch ups to everyone before we headed out the door. About a week before my wedding I completely changed my mind on the hairstyle that I wanted and Natalie was helpful enough to accommadate me for a second hair and makeup trial. Granted i did have to pay for my second trial but i was so much happier. Natalie is the best. I would definately recommend her services, which are so affordable.

I really enjoyed working with Natalie! She did my bridal hair and makeup for my June 18th wedding. She also did hair and makeup for my mom and four bridesmaids. I initially hesitated to book with Natalie because I had a hard time knowing if her style would match what I wanted for hair and makeup. I don't wear much makeup, and some of the pictures on her website showed strong looks that made me worried. Ultimately I scheduled a trial session with her. She invited me to speak up so we could make adjustments until the look was just what I wanted. I was surprised at how excited I was that day about how I looked! On the wedding day, Natalie was prompt and did a FANTASTIC job. She scheduled appointments for each person and I thought everyone looked great. My mom has very sensitive skin, and Natalie took it in stride and there were no problems. Natalie is so easy to talk to, and I really felt like she made getting ready a fun and relaxing time. I am so glad I decided to hire her, and felt so pretty on my wedding day because of her work!

Only had my trial so far but it really looked amazing

My only regret…..I hired Natalie for my wedding hair & make up. I was so happy with what she did at my trial but she didn’t make me look that good on my wedding day. By the time I saw myself I didn’t have time to start over so I just shut my mouth. I am very unhappy when I look at my pictures from the trial day and my wedding day. Just to prove I wasn’t crazy I showed several people the two pic’s and they agree. I got screwed and I wouldn’t take a chance on this happening to you too. Yes she does good work but it’s not consistent and I have to say this is my only wedding regret.

BRIDES/LADIES BEWAREOverall, I wouldn't recommend her since, it only stressed me out on my wedding day. Instead of taking responsibility for being late, not knowing directions to the venue, not being organized, not being patient, and overall being unprofessional, she snapped back with the following emails:Here are some excerpts:"Do you really want to play this out in public? If the entire post is not removed in 24 hours I will have the matter heard in court. Try me.""You're nothing but a no class mental case b*tch... Glad your wedding day was a bust because you created it and deserved it..." Regardless of anything else this vendor may have to say, her behavior, threats, and responses are reprehensible.