Armando Sarabia

Armando Sarabia is rude, flakey and unprofessional. After rescheduling multiple times, I finally went in for my appointment and left feeling ripped off, overcharged, and frankly a little down on myself! He spent most of the appointment on his phone. Instead of offering unsolicited hair advise in a professional way, he insulted me and spoke down to me. I’d have a go at trimming my own hair before I’d return to Armando’s salon.

We hired Armando for an event and I found him to be completely unreliable. Terrible communications, unresponsive, and the worse customer service I have experienced from any professional. If you have an event you’d like planned, scheduled, and delivered to YOUR liking I highly recommend staying away! Also very rough around the edge as far as his work goes as well.

Worst hair and makeup of my life! (And I get my hair and makeup done all the time for my profession). This is the first negative Unilocal review I have ever written and I swear I would never. But I feel responsible for brides out there who are looking for the right person. I paid Armando $ 250 for a hair trial right before my bridal shower because I heard he was good. He made my head look like a huge rectangle of hair. My family literally laughed hysterically when they saw me walk out of the bathroom. To be honest it was pretty hysterical. But it wouldn’t of been funny if it was my wedding day. And it’s not at all funny that I had to pay him $ 250. So my sister had to rescue me and we found a way to redo my hair and of course my make up because that was just as bad. he definitely knew it was bad too because he never called to follow up to see if I wanted to use them for the wedding. He just took my $ 250 for one hour that he spent a total and left. Quite the dude… Anyway I would definitely not recommend him. Sorry Armando… I want my $ 250 back.

I’m sure Armando does a great job, but I never had the pleasure of finding out. I contacted Armando via email to find out about wedding rates per recommendation of another vendor. He got on the phone ASAP with me and told me he only does makeup and hair, not solo services, but he’d email me his rates very soon. Twenty days later and still no email.

Armando has been doing my hair for over 17 years! This is not an easy feat considering I have a huge head of unruly, frizzy and curly hair… He brought me to tears the first time he got my hair smooth and straight all those years ago … and that was back when we didn’t get to use hot irons like today! He is great with his customers! He helps us feel at ease. He makes us laugh. He also makes you feel so good on the inside by making you look fabulous on the outside. It sounds cheesy, I know… but having that trust is the most important thing in my opinion… when your day comes, I can assure you that you are in the professional hands of an extremely talented artist…

Armando is the best in the industry! He is very professional and knows exactly what you want. He did my mother’s wedding recently –he did the hair and makeup for everyone!
His talent is impeccable! I would recommend Armando any day.

Magic with hair and makeup.
I never thought I would ever be writing a Unilocal review for a makeup artist but Armando is da bomb! My fiancée and I had Armando do her hair and makeup for our full day engagement photoshoot and I was literally speechless when I saw his work. This dude is a true artist. Totally took command with his artistic vision for every location we went to for our photoshoot. He constantly was changing the look and style of her makeup to match the setting. Most amazing was his fashion forward look he gave my fiancée for our night photoshoot. Literally never saw her in that light before. We had so much fun with him and would highly recommend Armando for any type of makeup situation

One Word… AMAZING!
I have been going to Armando for nearly 20 years, so that essentially speaks for itself. When it comes to hair and makeup, we can ALL be very particular. You go in with a vision of what you want, and we expect to come out with our vision as a reality. Armando IS my reality. It takes a special person to have an eye to bring you to life. He is a true artist with an impeccable sense of style and creativity. He tailors that creativity to each individual person, and brings out everyones innermost beauty. From a haircut, to color, to makeup, to a photoshoot styling, to a wedding… he is FABULOUS!
Not only is Armando amazing at what he was born to do, he is an amazing person as well. His personality is vibrant, his heart is huge, his sense of humor will have you on the floor dying from laughter and his soul will captivate you to keep coming back. I have been honored to have him as my stylist for so many years and am blessed to know this incredible man and the person he is.

Armando is truly as good as it gets! He did my hair and makeup at my wedding in 2009 (as well as the hair and makeup of my bridal party including my mother and mother-​in-​law), and I have been a loyal follower since. His makeup applications are lovely — luminous skin, beautiful eyes (he is an expert with Asian eyes), and never overdone. His updos are creative and elegant, and his haircuts are fresh and current, but always age and work appropriate. He is also funny, witty, generous, and kind. I cannot recommend him enough — please do yourself a favor and make an appointment as soon as possible — then sit back, make minimal suggestions, and simply enjoy the experience of watching an artist do what he is exceptional at doing!

Armando is soooo talented! As an artist, I can say that the moment I first walked into his salon, his paintings done by himself that covered his walls just showed that he was truly creative and talented. That was before he even touched my hair. I have extremely thick, frizzy hair that is really hard for me to manage. After I got my hair cut, I found it a lot easier to style on a daily basis. Not only did he cut my hair really nicely, but he also styled it afterwards perfectly. I could go on and on about how great he is but overall, beautiful salon, so much talent and creativity, truly a REAL artist!

Armando is the most talented stylist I’ve met. He has years experience in the beauty industry. Armando is very creative and up to date on the latest trends. Every time he does a wonder job from curls, wave, sleek and straight hair, make up and more for different occasions. Not only professional, he is very friendly and always has a pleasant smile on his face and you’ll walk out the salon feeling beautiful and amazing.

Master Stylist does not fall short for Armando. While at his salon in his chair you will experience a cut like non other, color with so much artist creativity and a blowing drying and style that you will want to last forever. You will not regret the time, detail and professional service he gives while creating the look that is just right for you. Armando is truly Masterful… Grace, Cupertino

G O L D E N HANDS!
I can’t let anyone else to do my hair.
Magic touch.
He is the only one that I can really trust for making me the Perfect BLONDE!
Thank u Armando. I will come visit u soon (:

Armando is A-​mazing!!! He did my hair and makeup for my wedding back in July 2014. He also did my bridesmaids and made my mom look Gorg! From my first trial with Armando I feel in love! Madly! Lol. He does amazing work and is so patient and fun! After meeting him I knew he was exactly what I needed on the day of my wedding to keep my stress down with everything else that stresses you out on your wedding day. Going into my trial I kind of knew what I wanted but Armando just expanded on my idea and the day of my wedding everything came out beautiful. He was there on time, actually a half an hour early and was ready to go. He stayed with me and made sure I was beautiful the whole time. He became my honorary bridesmaid doing the job of my bridesmaids since their feet started hurting halfway through my wedding lol. Not sure if I told him but I loved him for that! He also added a little touch to my flower girls hair and she loved it! If you want to look amazing on your wedding day or just for almost any special event or day, Armando is your guy!

We hired Armando to do the hair and makeup services for our wedding weekend back in August. Leading up to the wedding, he did a great job of taking my insane ideas and wrangling them into a concept that looked great and worked well for our destination wedding. I recommend him because he has great taste, and as I discovered, many people in the wedding industry do not. He worked very quickly and I was really happy with the looks he did for myself and my bridesmaids, before and the day of the wedding. It’s worth noting that I have fine, stringy hair, and it ended up being crushingly humid the day of the wedding, yet everyone’s hair and makeup stayed in place until well after nightfall.
I also recommend Armando because he is a visually literate person, which I also think is really important, but hard to find among wedding industry vendors. At one point in the day, my dress got stepped on, and Armando was the only person among the swirling chaos of people who actually thought to show me a photo of the back of it, to reassure me that nothing looked out of place. 10 minutes before your wedding, it really doesn’t calm your nerves if you hear anyone casually say «it looks fine.»
I would highly recommend Armando’s services to anyone, and I still continue to see him to get my hair done 6 months after the wedding.

Armando is a truly amazing artist with an amazing vision. He was the art director, hair stylist and makeup artist for a photoshoot with drag personality, Allie Cheeks. He has an amazing vision and was able to take the photoshoot from initial concept to the final execution. He’s an absolute pleasure to work with. I can say with complete certainty that you will be in no better hands than with Armando!

Armando …
A is for Amazing,
R is for realizing brides potential
M is for Magnificent
A is for Authentic
N is for Never settles for second best
D is DO it up right
O is Ordinary– NOT!
To be honest, I cannot let anyone else do my hair today. He has made me up in minutes, which in my wildest dreams only wish I could do myself. We should all be lucky to have talent as such, at our fingertips. If you dreamt of feeling like a princess or someone you only could imagine on film or pictures, give him a call and schedule that appointment. He will not disappoint!

Armando is absolutely AMAZING! Every time I get my hair done by him he truly identifies exactly what I want without me having to explain to much… his talent far exceeds many of the stylists out there, in that he not only is very personable and fun, but also is attentive and knowledge about your hairstyle to your personal needs… to me that is extremely rare to come by… not only that, but I’m complimented DAILY on my hair and it’s all thanks to his genius work… I will definitely only be seeing him from now on

Armando did my hair and makeup for my wedding back in 2006. It was great to sit at the hotel and just have someone do my hair and makeup for me. There was no errands or running to salons. He gives great guidance on makeup and hair to let you know what’s going to look good for your facial structure and with your dress. He also gave great advice on what to do prior to the wedding, such as having your veil modified to have it easily transferred into your hair. He has a fun, but calm presence when working.
I was extremely happy with my hair and makeup for my wedding. I danced to the very end and my hair stayed put. :) He also took special care/​time with our little flower girl and it made her day.
Armando still cuts my hair to this day. I have very thick hair and he knows how to work with it. I’m always happy when I walk out of the salon with my new hair. :)

Armando is a master artist and hair activist for modern brides. His couture style is unparalleled!