Hair & Makeup by Diane

Diane was recommended to my by my makeup artist. I was a little bit hesitant due to some of the negative reviews here but I really wanted to find a makeup/hair duo that knew each other and worked well together. I was really happy with Diane and so glad that she did my hair for the wedding.I had a really good experience with Diane. I went to her studio for a trial with a friend. I mentioned in conversation that my mom was coming to town the following weekend for my makeup trial, and she invited me to come back for a second hair trial that day so that my mom could see my hair and I could see what the hair looked like with the makeup.I got hair and makeup done at the hotel where I was getting ready and Diane and her assistant came right on time, were very prompt, and did four great hairstyles for me and my wedding party that stayed in all night.

Diane and her assistant Blanca were fantastic! Their prices are the best I've found by far, and you get a lot of bang for your buck. Two trials, and they come to your home the morning of the wedding. Diane and Blanca arrived right on time early in the morning and did an absolutely wonderful job! Also, Suzanne, Diane's friend and make up partner, was absolutely lovely, professional, and did a fabulous job and all of my bridesmaids and my mother. Diane, Blanca, and Suzanne were the first people I saw on my wedding day, and they really helped me calm down and set the tone for a wonderful day! I highly recommend! My hair lasted all day and looks fabulous in the pictures. A wonderful team.

After a last minute hair glitch, the day before the wedding Diane was willing to come and do hair for 6 girls (bride, 5 bridesmaids). She completely rearranged her schedule to accommodate us. There was no time to have a practice session. She came with 2 assistants who were wonderful. Everyone was very happy with their hair styles. And, despite an outdoor wedding with over 100 degree heat, somehow everyone's hair lasted perfectly all evening. Diane did the bride and was even willing to redo it quickly just to be sure it was perfect. We are very grateful to her and her staff for their beautiful work and sweet personalities. As we look over the pictures we are able to appreciate how extremely talented the three hair stylists are. We could not have asked for nicer ladies to be with us for the bridal preparations.

Diane and her assistant Blanca were awesome. Diane's service is extremely reasonably priced, especially considering she will travel to your hotel to do your hair (and her price for bridal hair includes 2 trials! you can't find that anywhere)! She and Blanca came to our hotel in Fairfax, did my hair plus 3 bridesmaids, in great time. We changed the contract a bit a few weeks before the wedding and she was totally flexible. I definitely recommend her for wedding hair!

Diane was wonderful. She worked with me on different styles before the wedding several times so that we could pick the perfect one. Then on my wedding day she was spectacular! I received many compliments on my hair as well as my bridesmaids and mom. I will continue to go to Diane for regular hair appointments, once you find a great hair stylist you don't want to let them get away!Ashley

Diane and her staff of lovely ladies really came through. I had an early ceromony which meant the hair started at 5:30am... She was there on time ready to go... Thanks!She really knows what looks good and has all the lastest and most fabulous hair styles!!!

Diane saved my wedding!!! The originally scheduled beautician flaked on me a week before the wedding. I found Diane by chance and she went out of her way to fit me into her schedule. Not only did she accept a last minute appointment, but she fit me in for a trial hair appointment, she came to my location on the day of the wedding, and she did it all for less than I was going to pay originally! The best part of it all was that all day long EVERYONE made a point to tell me how good my hair looked! Highly recommend!

I loved Diane! She brought someone else to do my girls hair at the hotel and gave me all her attention. My hair was beautiful and got so many compliments that night on how nice my hair looked. Some of my bridesmaids wish they would have fixed their hair as I did. Highly recommend, especially for the price and the fact that she will come to you.

When I asked for hairdresser recommendations, Diane's name came up several times. The clincher was when my mother-in-law told me that her longtime hairdresser, Diane Barajas, did wedding hair. Then I knew this was the right lady. Diane is warm and kind and a wonderful hairdresser to boot. When I went in for my trial, I told her I wanted it pulled back and up. She said "ok" and did that. We took photos. Then she said, "why don't we try pulling it to the side and up?" So I did that too. It was at least 100 times better. She told me she knew right away it would look better, but she didn't want to steamroll me, so she thought she'd let me see for myself. Diane gave me a beautiful wedding day hairstyle that lasted from my 3pm wedding until well after the end of the reception. It was truly fabulous hair. She and her assistant did my hair, my mom's hair, my MIL's hair, and most of the bridal party's hair. Everyone looked great. I highly recommend her.

Diane came to my mom's house with her assistant and they did hair for three people in a very short amount of time. Everyone's hair looked beautiful, and she did wonders with my short hair so that it looked like it was long but pinned up. My hair also stayed up the whole day; I didn't have any problems with it falling or losing pins.

My and my bridesmaid's hair looks wonderful.

Diane and 3 other hair stylist came to my house the day of the wedding, which was AMAZING! I had 7 girls getting their hair done and I was worried about how we were going to get everyone done in time, but when they all showed up, it was amazing! Diane was very flexible and creative with the hair styles and made sure each girl was happy with their styles. I also used Norma for our make-up and she did such an amazing job! I would highly recommend Diane and her team for any special event! Thank you!

Diane was great to work with. Price was a little on the high side, but included a trim and 2 trial up do's. She also came to our hotel w/ 2 assistants to do my and my bridal parties hair. She gave me exactly what I asked for and was very pleasant to work with.

Diane definitely gives you a really good price, and you get two trials, which I thought was very helpful if you change your mind closer to the wedding or your hair has grown longer and you need to see how it'll look with the style you chose. Diane and her assistant are very, very quick at what they do, so if you have a lot of girls in your party and not a lot of time, she's your girl. My only critique is that 2 of my bridesmaids' hairstyles started to fall out before the ceremony even started, and we had to do some last minute bobby pin fixes to save them. While my hair basically stayed up the entire night (and I was very nervous about this and stressed this to Diane because my updo fell out in a couple hours with my first hair trial), I had to have my matron of honor help me push in a lot of bobby pins back into my hair during dinner. So just make sure your hair feels like Fort knox before they leave. But the style Diane did for my hair was breathtaking, she's very talented.

Diane and her assistant came to my location on the day of to do hair for me, the two mothers and my bridesmaids. Previously, I had two hair trials with Diane in her studio. She was responsive to what I wanted and her work on the day of was beautiful. Everyone was so pleased with their hair styles and we had a lot of fun getting ready that day. She was also a great value!

Diane does amazing work - I had three trials with her and she did great work and is SO fast. She's also really sweet. I was very happy with how my hair turned out, and I hate to say anything negative about her as a vendor, but the fact is she was considerably late on the day of the wedding, which threw things off quite a bit for us. Again, her work and her assistants' work was great and lasted through the reception, but I would caution other brides about the tardiness.

Diane provided hair styling for me and my maid of honor. She did two trial runs of my hair prior to the wedding. Her styles were good and stayed all day long for both of us. However, she was an hour late showing up to the hotel. I let my sister have the pleasure of chewing her out when she finally did show up. It was just fortunate that both of our hair was easy to do and we were only 15 minutes behind schedule when we left the hotel, but I didn't get to take any pictures with my MOH before the ceremony due to this delay. If you use here, make confirm repeatedly for the time and location.

I loved my hair. Make up was not as I requested. In addition, their makeup artist acted as my "day of" coordinator and did not perform the services she was contracted for. I spent my first morning of married life in a ballroom surrounded by my dripping and broken wedding decorations, repacking and repairing the damage done. If my cousins hadn't been in the hotel, I probably would still be there. Dianne was great, avoid Suzanne like the plague.

First the positive, Diane included two trials before the wedding which I thought was great. She brought two assistants with her to my wedding, both of whom were pleasant and professional. She also put extensions in one of my bridesmaids hair for free because her hair is a bit thin and she wanted her to have an up-do. My hair looked good and I was pleased with the final result. Now for the not-so-good. Diane's demeanor and attitude is not the most professional. She is very rude to her assistants, I felt bad for them. I had five bridesmaids and had told her from the beginning that I was unsure of how many girls would be having their hair done. She assured me that it was no problem and we could decide the day of. When the time came, she was VERY pushy about the girls that weren't getting their hair done and my mom. Even telling my mom that she "had to hurry up and decide because we didn't have all day". During the two trials, my style didn't change it was a simple swideswept look with curls and volume on top. For some reason, she could not or would not give me the volume on the crown and got an attitude with me when I had to repeatedly tell her to give it more. Last but not least, when the time came for her to do my hair, she said to me that "we are almost out of time, we need to hurry" I'm sorry but the BRIDE should NEVER be rushed, totally inappropriate. Her prices are good but be prepared to deal with a rushed attitude.

I made the contract through Bridal Artistry, I have to indicate that Diane only worked on my hair and the flower girl. She brought an assitant to work on 3 bridesmaids and 3 friends. For the trial, she was in a hurry, since I have short hair I thought I didn't have many options, but she indicated that with extensions I could have an updo, althought it only took a couple of minutes I was happy with the results and I decide to go with the updo. I had a second trial the week before the wedding to try out the extensions, everything went ok. The day of the wedding, the assitant showed up early (6:45AM), and started right away with my bridesmaids and friends, every single one of them loved their hair, she even did a look alike updo, without hair extensions, to one of my bridesmaids who had short hair. Here is when Diane's lack of professionalism came out, first she arrived later that her assitant, and worked on my flower girl, during this time she loudly indicated that one of my bridesmaid had "kinky" hair, and not happy with that she went a couple of times towards that bridesmaid and the assistant working with her hair to say "yes, she really has bad hair", my bridesmaid has been living with her hair for 32 yrs, she knows her hair is difficult to work with but by no means is bad hair, just very curly. Diane finished my hair, which looked nice, but I also have curly hair and I know the sides can curl easily if not fixed properly, she ignored my request to fix it and left. Her assistant stayed a while longer and fixed the curling hair around my face and did final touches to the hair of the flower girl. All of our hairdo lasted the entire day and looked great, however, I can't give her a good review based on her comments and attitude. I'm paying her for a service and I expected a higher degree of respect.