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Have you ever heard of "the 2-year slump"?

Be aware of this MUA and hair stylist!!!

posted 1 year ago in New York City
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    MIKA80    March 10, 2010  

    Hello girls!! I am writing this review based on my experience.
    I had a trial with M__a i r a O__r t i z (I am separating the letters so it won't show up when she googles herself looking for bad reviews).
    Anyway, I had a trial with her - when I first met her she couldn't stop bragging about how amazing she is, how great, amazing her work is and how much everybody loves her.
    I told her what I wanted and showed her a pic clearly explaining that I wanted something similar but with some changes that I clearly mentioned.
    She didn't listen to me at all and she tried to reproduce the updo in the picture. Obviously I hated it, when I told her I didn't like it she started getting nervous and angry - I tried to explain what I wanted (which was something pretty simple) and she got offended telling me she doesn't like doing simple stuff as it's not a challenge for her (uh?!!) 
    Same story for the make up, again, she has her head so much up her a** that she didn't listen to me and she did exactly what SHE wanted, and guess what??? I didn't like it (go wonder).

    Anyway, she charged me her trial fee (around $180, not cheap at all!!) and she told me to let her know .... I contact her after a few days telling her I would like to think about it for another couple of days (because she had sooo many amazing reviews on line that I couldn't believe she was so bad so I was willing to give her another chance). but when I called her she said she had already booked someone else for my date!!!!!! I was shocked!!!!!!

    A few days later I get a phone callBe aware of this MUA and hair stylist!!! :  wedding 2 Bing from her threatening me (in order for me to remove the bad review that I didn't write). Apparently someone had had the guts to post a bad review about her and she thought that was me, she called me a threatened me - I was truly scared so I told my fiance, who doesn't take sh*t from anybody - he called her and I am not sure what he told her but I never heard back from her.

    But it was a scary experience.
    I found the bad review she was telling me about and I saw that a few days later she had somehow transferred all her great 5 stars reviews to that website and pulled up her average service level back to 4.5 / 5 stars - don't ask me how she did it but she did it - so the bad review was almost invisible at that point.

    Please girls BE AWARE!!!! She is a BAD, EVIL person!!! Be careful!!!!!

     
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    thebriz    May 2010   Brooklyn, NY

    I contacted her and personally thought she was way over priced even among the overpriced stylists usually recommended - so I didn't even bother.  But how unprofessional; she shouldn't have book the date until after you gave her a definitive answer.  So you basically got doped into paying $180 - which I never would have paid for a trial.

    I would certainly give her a negative review wherever you can; reviews shouldn't just be when someone does a good job.  If she can't hack it, then maybe she should be used anymore.  What a nut job...

     
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    SugarBell    September 6, 2010   NYC

    Wow that's crazy & kudos to your FI for kicking some verbal a**!

     
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    naangel55    June 20, 2009   Long Beach, CA

    Id write a review on the Vendors section on here.  Sorry she threatened you!!

     

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