The Allure Studio

Nida did my makeup for my wedding anniversary. I had a bad sunburn on my face from spending too much time on the beach. Not only my nose was red but my face was also two toned. She did a great job covering up all of the imperfections. After she was done putting makeup on, my face was glowing and no one could even tell that I had a sunburn. She is very professional and I would definitely recommend her.

I have hired Nida for over 2 years to do hair and makeup for my Bollywood Dance company. She has been the principal make up artist for over 20 productions with America’s Largest Bollywood Musical Company (Gurus of Dance).
Nida has always make my dancers look fantastic in each show. Sometimes my show needs special make up and she also offers a trial makeup session.
In addition to her excellent work, her prices are fair. We had researched multiple makeup artists but Nida stood out because of her work and amazing pricing.
Nida, thank you so much for excellent work and professional attitude!
I would highly recommend her

I was really excited to use Nida for my Wedding and for my Engagement because of the awesome reviews on Unilocal and her professional website. Everyone said she did a great job and that she was very excited about make up.
But she is not a professional and her website is a façade. It may look impressive but she does not deliver.
I booked her months in advance for my event. She said she couldn’t book me more than 6 months in advance cuz of her other job. I thought this was reasonable at first. I contacted her when she said she’d know if she could do the wedding, she kept delaying the date.
I wanted to have a consultation with her before the engagement party but she was impossible to contact. She emailed me one day suggesting a time 3 hours later, I responded an hour and a half later but she had already made plans.
I tried setting another date for a consultation with her via email. She’d propose a date and subsequently cancel it. The communication was 100% from me. She never contacted me regarding anything.
I felt like I was chasing her. What kind of business has their customers doing all the legwork? Very unprofessional and very rude.
3 weeks before my event, she finally decides to contact me and cancels on the event as well as the wedding.
Thank god, I booked someone when I saw her flaky attitude.
I would not recommend her to anyone unless you want to be flaked/​cancelled on for your big day.

I was looking for a make-​up artist who would do a glamorous yet, sophisticated look for Halloween (I was going as Cleopatra). I stumbled across Allure Studio’s website. I was impressed by the images and knew it would be a perfect fit for my costume. I loved the results! Nida is professional and a perfectionist and really knew what she was doing.
I am in my forties, yet she made me look so much younger, fresher and very Diva like. My green eyes popped and I received compliments ALL night long. I have had sessions in the Mac Salons before and those girls should let Nida give them some lessons! Plus, I felt much more comfortable and at ease in the private setting that the Allure Studio provides.
While my event was a costume party, I would want Nida to do my make-​up for all special occasions.
I highly recommend her!

I was fortunate enough to have Nida get me ready for all three days of my wedding. She is extremely accommodating and worked with me to ensure that she could dress me for all three of my events though she had prior commitments.
The quality that sets Nida apart from other make-​up artists and hair stylists is the pride that she has in her work. It is apparent that it is extremely important to her that the bride is happy with her look. She loses sleep herself if she doesn’t do a good job!
She also found a way to make both my mother and I happy about the way I look, not an easy job considering how conservative my mom is and how liberal I am. She managed to make both parties happy and I have to say she did an amazing job. Everyone asked me who got me ready because of how flawless I looked.
Nida is extremely easy to work with and ensures that she has ample time with you. I never felt as though she was rushed, and she was meticulous every time. I would recommend her to all my friends and am so glad I found her for my event I cannot thank her enough!

Finding the right hair stylist and makeup artist for my pre-​wedding events was challenging because of how many there are to choose from in the bay area. I didn’t know where to start so I turned to Unilocal.I read Nida’s reviews and decided to call her for a trial. When I came to Nida’s home, she had a very nice and professional studio set up. She began to ask me questions about my outfits and my own personal style so that she can incorporate both in my hair and make up looks. She made some great suggestions, tried different styles on me and when the trial was over, I was thrilled! She managed to bring out my best features and really concentrated on making my eyes stand out — which I told her I really wanted. She encouraged me to try different hairstyles other than the ones I had in mind just to see how I felt about them. She spent a lot of time with me and didn’t rush through the trial at all. I even had a second trial with her when I changed my decision on a hairstyle I had for an upcoming pre-​wedding event. I ended up loving her ideas and from then on, I put my full trust in her hands when it came to makeup and hair. When I arrived at the events, people were telling me all day how gorgeous my make-​up and hair looked and how I looked flawless.
Knowing that my wedding was going to be outside of the bay area and I couldn’t use Nida for my actual wedding day, I was nervous about how my wedding make-​up was going to turn out. Nida offered to show me tips and tricks to achieve the right look on my wedding day to calm my nerves. She also sent me step-​by-​step instructions on how my out of state stylist can put my wedding dupatta on since I was also nervous about that (my out of state stylist has never dressed an Indian bride before).
I could tell that for Nida, this is not just a job — it’s her passion and she genuinely cares about making sure you are happy when you walk out the door. Nida is not only very talented and professional but she is kind, accommodating, considerate and very sweet. Her deep passion of hair and make-​up is reflected in her work and she is a true perfectionist. I highly recommend Nida for your pre-​wedding and wedding events — you won’t be disappointed!

Nida just did make up for about 20 models at the ICC rendevous fashion show. She is the best i have seen in make up! Everyone looked transformed. The make up was just right ! She worked effeciently and was on time and finished well before time. Make up can be tricky but I loved her worked on all the faces she did. I highly recommend her… awesome!!!

I wish I had 5 more stars here… Nida is the best… Girls. look no further.
Like any other girl, I always wanted to look my best on my special day. Nida made this happen for me. Absolutely WOW.
Everyone and I was floored by my bridal makeups, both, morning Hindu ceremony and evening classy reception.
I found Nida on Unilocal,fail to understand why she had only 2 reviews then. I see the numbers growing, slowly. Girls, wake up and pen down your experience with her, cos I am sure all are positive.
The moment I saw her sample work on her website, I knew Nida had to my wedding. I never called or tried anyone else, don’t know why always had the confidence in her, and glad it worked out beyond expectations.
I simply love the way she does eyes and the contouring, of course professional makeup is about that, but she takes it a notch above, very perfect.
I originally contacted her only for my evening reception. We decided to meet for a trial. This was in her cute lil studio at her place. The studio is really cute and nice, full of best Mac products.Heaven.
She was very particular about having a trial session so that she does not have to struggle through on the final day. I really liked that she was so systematic about it, and I truly appreciate that quality of hers.
I was very happy with the way she conducted the trial session. She made me feel very comfortable and systematically noted down all the details about what shades and colors she would use on that day based on my evening dress. I wasn’t confident about the bright lip color, as I am more on neutral side, but she truly made be very comfortable about it, and I looked ravishing with the color in my evening outfit.
The quality of her work compelled me to go for a morning session too. I wouldn’t have done even ¹⁄₁₀^th of what she transformed me into for my morning event. People couldn’t stop complimenting me and truly a beautiful hairstyle with cute lil fake roses that she got for me, cos she knew I would be too lazy to get them. LOL. That is exactly what I loved about her, professional with a personal touch.
She even suggested me an awesome photographer, Ria Kapur (review to follow, check her out too), who did my wedding, and both girls are wonderful.
The evening makeup was to die for. Both looks were so different that my husband kept saying, I married one girl and I am here with another. The hairstyle was awesome and the makeup, flawless. I also had a dress mishap that evening. Nida and Ria calmed me down, fixed it up and no one even noticed it.
All this on a day when Nida had this huge assignment of decking up 22 girls for a dance event. And I saw a few girls after their makeup was done, simply ravishing. So fresh, with nice pink tones and glitter eyeliners to make them look vibrant on stage. Awesome!
She was so tired after a long day, but she did my evening makeup with the same zest and diligence, like she first started in the morning.
I am impressed beyond words. All in all, a wonderful makeup artist, a very sweet person and someone I would trust completely when it comes to looking good.
I am gonna schedule an outdoor shoot with Ria soon, and Nida would be doing my makeup for that day too. Cannot wait to see how that turns out.
Thanks so much Nida, you and Ria made my day extra special for me. Its gonna stay with me for my lifetime.

Nida did my bridal makeup on 7÷18÷09. She’s very enthusiastic about makeup and has taken a lot of time to perfect her skills. I had tried several artists and the biggest reason that I chose Nida over others was her ability to handle criticism well (if you tell her you’re not really sure something looks nice, she’ll go extra length to make you comfortable with it).
I gave her 4-​stars as I believe she’s an artist in the works. She’s constantly refining her technique and learning other ways of doing things. She is not perfect when it comes to hair (and she’ll admit it). As she continues to grow, I have no doubt she’ll be an excellent makeup artist.

Nida is simply awesome. I had two ceremonies, Hindu ceremony and Church ceremony. She did a fabulous job in making sure the make-​up for both the days go along with my bridal wears (traditional Ghaghara choli and next day the white gown). I loved my eye makeup the most.
She was very punctual for both the days. I had other 6 bridesmaids getting make-​up done as well with her. Amazingly make-​up for ALL of us lasted the entire day, more than 12 hours!!! We are all extremely happy with her work and her professionalism. Highly recommend her, you wearing a white gown or traditional ghaghara choli, she will do a fantastic job.

I contacted Nida for a makeup trial for my four wedding events. She met with me for several hours until I was absolutely pleased with the makeup. She’s a perfectionist so we went over every detail necessary for the events to run smoothly and until I felt comfortable with my makeup. After the trial Nida even went out of her way to get me some beautiful crystal hair pieces that matched my outfits perfectly and added that extra touch to my look. She made sure I had a different look for each event and that it complimented my outfits. They were all back to back so timing was a big concern. She always arrived on time, even woke me up when I slept in on my wedding day, and I was always ready for my pre-​event portraits. I was extremely anxious but her friendly and calm attitude helped me ease my nerves. Nida was professional, punctual, and she went the extra step to help me looking my best on my day. I absolutely loved her work and I highly recommend Nida for any occasion! I got so many compliments about how flawless my makeup looked and I just got my pictures to confirm that they look stunning! Thank you Nida!

So my senior prom was just this past friday and I went to Nida ffor my hair and make up. I found her on here and then proceeded to go to her website and I loved the bold stand out make up she does. So i went in expecting a lot and I came out with even more. I have never gotten so many compliments and I owe it to her. She just made me look the best i could have that night. She is amazing and you won’t be disappointed.