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Makeup by Sarah Black

Makeup by Sarah Black

Cairo, GA
3.7 out of 5 rating, 9 Reviews
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9 Reviews
73% recommend it
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    Savana E. Sent on 06/04/2024
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    Great experience

    I booked Sarah for my wedding back in July, 2022. On the day of my wedding Sarah arrived on time and gave each person the dedicated time they deserved to achieve a beautiful makeup look. Everyone in my bridal party, including myself were pleased with their makeup. Many noted how sweet Sarah was and easy to work with! I had no issues with my experience of having Sarah Black as my bridal makeup artist on my wedding day. From booking to a trial, to wedding day, everything went smoothly.
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    Linsey C. Sent on 06/02/2024
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    Love Sarah and highly recommend her

    I highly highly highly recommend Sarah! She did an absolutely amazing job with my makeup and received a million compliments on it! Even though my wedding was in the first week of August and 100 degrees outside, she managed to do my makeup where it never messed up and all of my pictures occurred outside. She was exactly on time and arrived when she said she would. She managed all of my bridesmaids makeup including both Mothers and myself with a ton of time left for several touch ups. She made me and all of my bridesmaids feel like the most beautiful women in the world with compliment after compliment. Her makeup work is far from cakey and more on the natural look side which is exactly what I wanted! If I ever have another event where I need my makeup done I will a million percent give her a call! ❤️❤️
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    Chelsea G. Sent on 05/20/2024
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    One of the BEST!!!!

    Sarah did both my makeup and hair for my engagement pictures, and she did an amazing job! The only reason I didn’t book her for my wedding was because she was already booked that day. She is an absolute joy, with one of the kindest hearts I have ever met, and she makes everyone that sits in her makeup chair feel like a million bucks! She was thorough and quick to respond, and went out of her way to schedule me. She took her time, and my hair and makeup was absolutely perfect! I would absolutely recommend Sarah for any hair and makeup needs that you have! 10/10!
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    Alexis P. Sent on 07/11/2022
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    Loved everything!

    Sarah made me and my bridal party look absolutely stunning! She is such a gem and a joy to work with. We all felt like movie stars and were our most glamorous selves. Every look was truly tailored to each individual's style and everyone felt their best. I'd use Sarah again for any makeup needs in a heartbeat!
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    Jenna G. Sent on 10/20/2021
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    Best Overall in the Business 🙌🏼

    LOVED working with Sarah! She was very easy to communicate with and one of the best priced MUA in the South Georgia/North Florida area! She travels to you which is amazing and offers trials to help nail down your look before the big day! She was quick and efficient but nothing felt rushed either. Great personality, very professional, I could go on forever! Would work with her again, hands down!
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    Kellie Sent on 05/22/2024
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    My go-to MUA

    Sarah has done my makeup for me twice now for family photoshoots. As a single mama with 2 little ones that hardly ever gets “dressed up” these days, both of those times Sarah has made me feel and look like I have had months of rest, and just the most confident and beautiful I’ve ever felt. Upon me initially reaching out, she is quickly kind, responsive and helpful with booking the date to schedule. She lived in Cairo, was doing school in Moultrie at the time, and made sure to make time to come to me in Hahira without an issue. Sarah is so knowledgeable in her products and what would work best for individual different skin textures and skin tones. She is very accommodating to certain styles people may like, whether its full glam, or more natural, or dramatic, ect. All while Sarah is doing her thing, she is so sweet and personable and became a great friend the very first time we met. Her art in making women beautiful goes far beyond the chair. Sarah brings many clients, and still with all the clients, she remembers my name and my babies and other details I’ve told her all while chatting. You are not just a person in a chair with a stranger touching your face. When you meet and hire Sarah you can 100% trust her in making your confidence sky rocket and your makeup in your pictures look immaculate and gain a loving friend! Sarah takes so much pride in her work and I loved my pictures from my photoshoot even more solely on the fact I had a professional like Sarah do my makeup! I can’t wait to hire her again!
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    Anna H. Sent on 05/20/2024
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    Unsanitary and unprofessional….

    Sarah Black was the scheduled makeup artist for my brother’s wedding on May 4, 2024. I was scheduled to get makeup at 12. Thankfully I woke up early that morning and was ready 3 hours early because I received a call that Sarah was running early. Two hours early…. I have worked for a high end salon in Atlanta for 10 years. I have scheduled many wedding appointments over that time. 30 minutes is the minimum amount of time a makeup artist can complete an event ready look.

    I walked in to find her ready to apply my makeup rushing me through hellos with the bride. The first red flag was the dirty makeup brushes and sponges. Once she started apply the makeup, I had a chance to look around at her “professional” kit made up of Wet n’ Wild and Milani. I have never in the 10+ years in the industry ever seen this amount of drugstore brands used by a professional MUA.

    She finished applying lipgloss (with the actual applicator… unsanitary) and only 10 minutes had passed since she started. I was horrified when I looked in the mirror and saw black mascara on my eyebrows and looking nothing like the pictures I showed her at the beginning. She did no preparation of the skin and no setting spray (any of the usual treatments done to ensure lasting results).

    I spent the next 30 minutes attempting to fix the mess she made on my face. I wish I would have washed it then and completely done my makeup myself instead to avoid the zits that happened after due to the bacteria built up on her tools and products.

    The worst part was the chaos that she caused my sister-in-law on her wedding day. This behavior is rude and completely unprofessional. I’m judging by the work and sanitation that this person is not a licensed professional. Please save yourself the stress (and skin irritation) and do not book Sarah Black for any event.
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    Anna G. Sent on 05/20/2024
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    Unprofessional, Untrustworthy

    I would like to start off by saying, I did not want to have to make this post however the way Sarah Black has treated this situation made me feel like I have no choice as I don’t want another bride to go through this on the most special day of their life.

    I am extremely upset, dissatisfied, and disappointed in the service and level of professionalism I have received from Sarah, especially given she was one of the top recommended make up artists in South Georgia for a wedding.

    I secured my wedding date of May 4, 2024 with her by sending a deposit on June 25, 2023, a full 10 months before my wedding day and she never mentioned I would be sharing her with another bride on my day. She gave 0 notice that she had another bride to get to in a town that was an hour away from us, and also lied to me and my wedding planner about why she was rushing us day-of. She told us she had somewhere to be later that evening which was not the case.

    My wedding planner sent Sarah the makeup schedule over a week prior to the event which had Sarah setting up at 7:30am, first girl in the chair at 8am, last girl being finished at 1:30pm and then 30mins of touchups so she would be leaving at 2pm, which did not happen. Sarah left at 11am which was 3 hours early. She also called me 5 times around 7am on my wedding day to rush me to get to our getting ready place so we could fit around her schedule. My wedding planner worked hard to create a schedule (that was approved by all vendors a week before) for all vendors to follow and since Sarah committed to me 10 months prior she should have respected that timeline and respected me on my wedding day, which she did not.

    Sarah created a very rushed and stressful wedding morning for me, my bridesmaids, my mother, and my mother-in-law. My maid of honor and best friend since 3rd grade couldn’t even open her gift I gave her and read her letter I wrote for her because Sarah was rushing her to get in the chair as she was first on the schedule.

    I am still in utter shock that Sarah called me 5 times between 6:54am and 7:07am (over an hour before we were supposed to start) on my wedding day telling me she had to leave early, it was unprofessional and disrespectful.

    She did not take any photos or videos of me or my bridesmaids to post on her Instagram page like she does with every bride/bridal group but she did post 3 times about the other bride she rushed to leave me for. She rushed to get through everyone’s make up, taking about 10 mins per girl (we had 30 mins per girl assigned on the schedule) and some of them were not satisfied with her work. She also did not spray us with setting spray after mentioning multiple times to multiple different people that morning that she would before she left.

    I want to reiterate how upset, dissatisfied, and disappointed I am in her work and service and I do not feel the compensation me and my girls gave her matched the quality of service we received.

    When I reached out to Sarah to share my frustrations with her she did not give any explanation, did not take accountability for any of her actions, and did not offer or ask how she can make it right. All she said was she was sorry that we were upset and disappointed and she mentioned that was not her intentions.

    I, my wedding planner, and a few others who were closely involved that day, do not feel like that was an appropriate, empathetic or professional response. We were shocked that she did not offer to do anything to make it right or take accountability for her actions. Overall, I am extremely unsatisfied with Sarah Black.
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    Kelsey H. Sent on 05/20/2024
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    Extra stressful week of wedding

    I normally don’t leave reviews and I went back and forth about writing one even though my now husband told me I should the day it happened, however seeing that this has happened before, multiple times, I feel like more brides need to be aware before they book Sarah Black for their bridal make up.

    I booked Sarah back in January 2023 for my wedding date of April 6, 2024. I confirmed with her in February and my coordinator confirmed with her two weeks before and got an estimated time of arrival. The Tuesday afternoon before my wedding she sent a text saying she made a horrible scheduling mistake and would not be able to do my makeup, but one of her colleagues will be there to take her place. I found it hard to believe someone booked before me since I booked so far in advance and upon looking after the fact they couldn’t have booked before I did in January 2023 since they didn’t get engaged until April 2023.

    So even if you book over a year in advance she will cancel on you to do someone else’s make up that did not book as advance as you if she feels like it. I wish I booked someone else so I didn’t have the added stress that Sarah gave me on my wedding week.

    And the fact that she now has her friends and family posting 5 star reviews for her instead of taking accountability for the mistakes she has made with her actual clients speaks volumes.