BEWARE: Some reviews on this makeup artist were completely FABRICATED in the past! My friend's identity and wedding pictures were used in fabricating one of the many false positive reviews about Angelina Tam.
Her services were disappointing on so many levels! I would NOT recommend Angelina to anyone.
I booked Angelina for bridal makeup and she showed up to the appointment without her makeup products! How embarrassing! How can a makeup artist not bring her makeup kit? It's like a caterer showing up at the wedding reception without food to serve. Would you want that to happen to you?
I truly feel that I have been misled by other reviewers on a different website(projectwedding), because she is certainly not what others have been describing her to be. In fact, some of these reviews were FAKE! Unfortunately, I didn't figure this out until after my meeting with Angelina.
After I provided her with a signed a contract, payment and detailed instructions about my bridal makeup look, she somehow thought that I didn't need my makeup done that day. If you can imagine, I was appalled, shocked and very disappointed. She basically lost all credibility as a professional makeup artist at that point. Clearly, she's unorganized and doesn't pay attention to the client. She sought payment and just didn't deliver in the end.
Because of this catastrophe, she had to leave the location and fetch her makeup kit. She started an hour late and, in the end, I was two hours behind schedule!
To be fair, I will let you know what her strong points are as well as her weaknesses:
Pros:
-I have to admit, she is very friendly and amiable and has a great sense of humor
-Gentle during the makeup application
-Hygienic for the most part (I noticed some double dipping with the mascara wand though, yuck!).
-chose nice makeup colors
-excellent eye lash choice
Cons:
-Does not follow the appointment time in the contract (made me late that day)
-Unorganized (didn't show up with her makeup kit)
-Does not pay attention to detail (more about this below)
-Does not listen to your needs and wants (more about this below)
-Will not follow your instructions about the way you want your makeup done. She will do what she thinks looks best on you, not what you think will look best on you. This is only okay if you happen to be a bride who's absolutely clueless about makeup.
Her makeup artistry:
-she doesn't use concealer, even if you need it. I've got dark under eye circles and a lot of blemishes, and I wanted those areas to be concealed so that I could have flawless skin for my wedding day, but she refused to use the concealer. Apparently it was too heavy looking on a previous client. Angelina needs to know that every bride is different and everyone has different needs.
-she doesn't blend eye shadow very well
-eyebrows and eyes did not look symmetrical at the finished look
-she didn't clean up the eye shadow fallout on my cheeks and nose very well. So, the upper areas of my cheeks ended up brown! Dabbing the fallout with a foundation sponge smears the color; it doesn't remove it. I honestly think that she may not have very good vision. You must be nearly blind to not be able to recognize all the brown eyeshadow that fell on my nose and cheeks.
-lip stick application looked clumpy
-very poor foundation application with the sponge applicator. She dabbed the foundation instead of blended it. Laura Mercier makes some of the best foundations in the market, and she was unable to work with it.
-clumpy mascara application
-the grey colored glue for eye lash application was a poor choice. The clear duo is a far better choice.
Details about my experience with her:
-I wrote her very detailed instructions in link that was provided in an email I sent her, and she did not read ANY of my instructions. It was apparent to me, because she showed up at the appointment without a clue about what look I wanted, nor what products I'd like her to use on me. The only thing she will commit to memory is what you tell her on the phone, and she isn't even good with that task.
-I asked her specifically not to put a light colored shimmer under my eyebrows and she went ahead and put MAC mylar on, which has shimmer!
-I told her it was okay to remove the hair fuzz around my eyebrows, but she ended shaping them, which I specifically told her not to do.
-I wanted her to use my face primer and my translucent powder, which she did NOT do!
-I told her I needed defined cheekbones, but her idea of heavy contouring made me look like I got a huge bruise on the side of my face. I looked like I got punched!
Pye Jirsa and everyone in the Lin and Jirsa team are very friendly and talented!