Fairytale Hair and Makeup

I am so glad that I chose to go with Tara for my hair and makeup on my wedding day. She is truly an amazing artist! I showed a picture of what I wanted and it looked identical to the picture. My hair does not hold a curl, and she was able to make my hair to hold curls all night long! She’s such a sweetheart and so much fun to work with. If you are looking for someone who is prompt, listens to what you want, and is so much fun on your wedding day, Tara is the one! Thank you Tara!
The Capadona’s

Tara was AMAZING!!! She was fast and efficient creating the exact look we wanted! Would recommend her 100 times over for ANY event. She was super nice and relaxed which helped calm the stressed bridal party. Thank you Tara!

How have I not written a review for Fairy Tale Hair & Makeup yet? First of all, I have been using this company for about 9 years for hair and makeup needs, as they are the BEST in the business for both services. I have used them for weddings, parties, photo shoots, and even fitness competitions! I always feel 100% confident and my hair and makeup lasts PERFECTLY for the entire day and night. I really put Tara to the challenge for a fitness competition where i had a VERY DARK tan, and she really came through. She cut my hair for many years, and gave me the most gorgeous Brazilian Blowout ever. She is one of those people that you just connect with and you want her to be your friend and take her with you every where you go! Another bonus is that they will travel to anywhere you need your hair and makeup done… so she has come to me at Disneyland, in Irvine, in Venice Beach, and Malibu. She goes everywhere, and always with a smile and at ANY time of day! She has also done my kids’ hair too. She has the patience of a saint and really delivers the best work. I cannot recommend this company enough. To feel beautiful is to look beautiful… confidence is key. If you want to look and feel beautiful, look no further. Fairy Tale Hair & Makeup is the only place to go!

Since I was marrying my high school sweetheart I wanted to go back home (Ojai) and get married, that meant I would have to rely on the internet for I was planning two states away! I found Fairytale Hair and Makeup website and called (worried for there are no such things as fairies). From the first day we spoke I knew Tara was the girl for me, she was professional and always had time for me when I called. On the day of the wedding (10.24.15) Tara Fontana and her team of fairies were not only on time but also kept the timeline Tara provided (in other words-​kept my bridesmaids on time) all the while making my bridal party comfortable and relaxed. Even without a prior meeting with the bridal party, Tara and her crew of Fairies got the «vintage» look spot on for each of us!
If you are looking for a Hair and Make up team you don’t have to look any further than Tara and her fairies! They are amazing!
A big thank you to Tara and her team (fairies do exist .if you just believe!).

I got married at the Wedgewood Tower Club in Oxnard on 10.10.15. As a Santa Monica resident, I knew I needed to find a local Oxnard-​area stylist to do my and my ladies hair and makeup. My main criteria in searching for a stylist was price, quality of past work and the ability to come to us at our hotel. I researched and contacted a half dozen different stylists and ultimately chose Fairytale partly because of Tara’s competitive prices but mostly because of her stunning portfolio. I am a huge Disney fan and was 100% sold when I found out that Fairytale is one of the exclusive stylists for Disneyland/​Disney World weddings. After a few email exchanges in which Tara was always quick to respond, I met her at her studio/​home in the Ventura area a few months before the wedding. I wasn’t certain if I wanted to do a trial (tight budget) and after talking with her and showing her pictures of what I liked, we both agreed that a trial wasn’t necessary. She had a good idea what I wanted and we could spend some extra time the day of the wedding working on me.
Over the next few months, I was able to easily change my ladies services (a lot of changing of minds) through a quick email. On the day of the wedding, Tara and her assistant arrived and were quickly set up to get us started. Everything went so smoothly and everyone loved their hair and makeup! I was last to sit in the chair and they both took such great care of me. I didn’t have an exact image of what I wanted, so taking the few cues and ideas from me, they made me look like a queen. I got so many compliments during the night and at the end of the night I still looked like I was fresh out of the stylist’s chair!
Thank you Fairytale!

Tara was absolutely amazing! I went for a trial run a few weeks before my wedding and she got my hair style down real quick! Just tell her what you like and don’t like and she will fix it until you LOVE IT! She is also super fast at it and quick to fix it to perfection!
On my wedding day she came out to the venue and did my hair plus some of the bridal party and the moms. All of their hair came out beautiful. Tara also did my makeup. I don’t wear a lot of make up and wanted it very light with red lipstick. It all came out perfect! Thank you Tara for everything! Highly recommend for hair and makeup!

I am so impressed with the service I received from Tara at Fairytale Hair & Makeup for my 7÷18÷15 wedding in Ventura. She had our trial run at her home and I really enjoyed getting to know her on a personal level. She was very talented in her ability to meet my needs and provide suggestions she felt would compliment my style for the big day. Some things that I loved about working with Tara included:
–Tara was prompt, reliable and efficient
–She was very professional and demonstrated excellent expertise in hair and makeup styling.
–She had a wonderful partner-​in-​crime, Taylor, to accommodate our large group
–She was flexible in accommodating changes in the schedule (e.g., adding someone for hair/​makeup last minute, etc.)
–Reasonable rates
–She has an awesome husband who we hired as our DJ (Matt;
)
Thank you Tara and Fairytale H&M!

I had a very specific look I wanted to go with for my boudoir shoot, and Tara nailed it. NAILED IT. I should also say that I came with NO pictures so she honestly had nothing to work with — I simply told her pin-​up 1940’s and gave my short-​ish hair BARREL curls (a feat in itself) to compliment make-​up that included phenomenal eyeliner application, lashes, and red lipstick. I felt like a bombshell and was more than ready for my close-​ups! She was professional and asked me lots of questions about my fiancé and upcoming wedding… I really felt like it was «all about me»! Thank you so much Tara!

Have had the pleasure of working with Tara Fontana, Adri Lopez and Jenna! These girls not only make their Brides and Bridesmaids look absolutely gorgeous, they all feel gorgeous on the inside. Whenever they finish the H+M, I get a kick at how many selfies they take. Its almost instant that they want to show how beautiful they look on Facebook and Instagram. You won’t find a better hairstylist in the Country better than Tara Fontana. If you want up-do’s or your hair down, Tara will give you a style that looks exactly like the magazine photo you bring in and most likely make it better so it fits you.
Don’t hesitate… book Fairytale Hair and Makeup!!!

Words cannot describe how amazing the team at Fairytale Hair and Makeup is. First things first, I’d like to say that Tara has the best team on board to provide you with the true meaning of ‘Fairytale’. You have to seriously love what you do to deal with psycho brides every single day. Ok, not all brides are bridezillas, I am not one of those, but I can see a few here in reviews that have lashed out.
From one bride to another, don’t take what bad reviewers say to heart. A wedding is a very personal experience and there are always underlying reasons people end up with issues on their wedding day or with the wedding process, more often than not the issues really had nothing to do with the vendors. Don’t be afraid to speak up and let them know how you are feeling about the progress of your look, it is ‘YOUR’ day and any wedding vendor you use will understand that.
Tara is awesome. She has a warm heart and is truly invested in your big day. My hair is insanely straight and never holds a curl but it did, I’d swear they used magic wands. Hair = Flawless. Makeup = Flawless. If you’ve ever wanted to feel and look like a princess then this is the company you should hire. It doesn’t matter where your location is or what time of day it is, they will make it happen.
Fairytale Hair and Makeup is true PERFECTION!

Tara and her team at Fairytale Hair and Makeup were amazing. Tara was warm, funny and so enjoyable to be around, as well as being a very talented hair and makeup expert. Tara was available to answer all my questions and went out of her way to be available for my hair and make up trial, driving to Pasadena to be at one of my dress fittings. She not only made the hair and make up process so much fun, she listened to exactly what myself and bridal party wanted and gave us all amazing hair and makeup. Everyone looked so beautiful and the hairstyles and makeup lasted all night long. I would highly recommend her and her team to anyone.

My husband and I, both Navy veterans, have had the pleasure of working with this wonderful business twice. We have been married since 2010 but our real wedding was in Vegas and it was very low budget. We didn’t have beautiful pictures that I felt like we deserved. We had the honor of modeling together with Fairytale Hair and Makeup for a collaborative photo shoot the past two years. Tara and Cole both worked on me and make me feel like the beautiful bride I always wanted to be! We now have gorgeous photos set in different eras that we get to brag about! I can’t wait to work with them again and I recommend this business to anyone who wants nothing but top notch work that you will smile about for years to come. They are all hard-​working and friendly people! Love them!

I already miss Tara! My husband actually met Tara before I did and said that I would love her. I do! Tara made me feel so beautiful on my wedding day. I was truly unsure what I wanted to look like on that day, but Tara made me feel so pretty… this coming from a gal that barely owns or even knows how to apply make up & wears the same hairstyle day after day.
Tara was on time, extremely professional but also knew when to have fun! She was even bright eyed and bushy tailed at the crack of dawn. I hope I have another occasion to book her!

Seriously not understanding the bad reviews… I had an AMAZING experience with Tara doing my hair and makeup for my wedding at Disneyland. She did the hair and makeup for myself and 2 bridesmaids exactly how we asked and did so great that everyone who looks at my wedding pictures asks for her contact information. Moreover, she came highly recommended by all of the wedding planners at Disneyland and also by fellow Disney brides. I find that people usually feel more compelled to leave reviews when they are dissatisfied with a service and I wish more people would think to do it when they’ve had great service because Tara does not deserve a 2 star ranking. Yes, her studio is attached to her house, but my maid of honor and I found this to be quaint and sweet. It’s a room with its own private entrance in the front of the house and is quite adorable. Tara is completely down to earth and not NEARLY as «sloppy» as some of these reviews paint her to be. I am sooo happy that I had her apart of my special day. She made me look and feel absolutely beautiful… and if you don’t believe me, just google how many episodes of My Fair Wedding with David Tutera she’s been featured on :)

**David Tutera does NOT hire someone who does crap work, so the fact that he is using Fairytale Hair & Makeup for his televised and live events does not surprise me at all. Since my wedding, I have had friends and family members hire Tara for their events as well. Just as I expected, everything turned out beautifully! I can’t ever imagine hiring anyone else when I need hair and makeup done for ANY event.**
Let me start off by saying how amazing my hair looked for my wedding! It was so much more than I ever expected, and I am STILL getting compliments on it from guests that were at the wedding! Tara really took her time to make sure that everyone was happy with how they looked, and even helped with things that she was not hired for! Everyone’s hair was unique to them and suited them perfectly! I am so so glad that I hired her and don’t know what I would have done without her!

My family hired Tara for my wedding in September. I wanted my hair to have relaxed, flowing curls, and that is not what I ended up with. She used a can of hairspray, and kept telling me that it will soften over time. It never did. Granted, it was pretty in the photos, just not what I had hoped for. Also, I did not really appreciate the choice conversation — between telling me how lucky I am to be getting married (because apparently it’s hard to find good guys out there) and networking with my makeup artist sister-​in-​law, I was unimpressed. Tara seems like a sweetheart, just not as professional as I was hoping.

Tara was amazing. She was so sweet and patient and made my sister and my hair look amazing on my wedding day. Her prices were amazing and she even drove 2 hours to come do my hair for my fairy tale wedding. Thanks again to Tara for making me feel like a princess on my special day.

I had my hair/​makeup done by fairytale hair and makeup for my wedding. She was just over 30 mins late for our schedule appt which caused a snowball of bad events for me. Because she was late, I did not get into my limo at the scheduled time that we should have been done. I was about 35 mins late for my ceremony and was charged $ 160 late fee for being late. In addition to that, I was scheduled for a sunset wedding so my pictures were ruined in part by me being late. The photgraphy said they ran out of light because I was so late (which is another story with Montecito Weddings), which was ultimately blamed on Tara for her not getting me out the door on time. So they also didnt get posed shots of my Husband and myself among other pictures. If you’re wondering why it was cut so close… I told Tara that I needed to be in my car by 5:20pm for a 6pm wedding and asked her what time my appt should be and she reccomended the time for my hair and makeup and my mother in laws blow dry. She stated in only takes her 1 and a half hour to do my hair and makeup, but her trial run with me took at least 2 hrs. Her airbrush gun wasn’t working and even by the time she got it to work it took a long time to put on and really didn’t look that good. So she switched to just applying makeup with a sponge afterall. After a good amount of trial and error and running back and forth to the mirror. I finally looked «pretty» and had to throw on my dress and jewelry and run out the door practically at around 6:15pm…when I was suppose to be done and in the limo no later than 5:30pm. She stated she had a hold up at a previous wedding, but I thinnk her appts were just a little too close together and she didn’t leave room for problems that might occur. So her mistake lead to me spending more $ and not getting my pictures. If you hire her, please make your appt with her with plenty of time to spare.

I was hoping to find someone to do my makeup for my wedding eariler this year. I was impressed with the pictures and with how the owner presented herself online.
I arrived and saw that the «studio» was just a room attached to the owner’s house. I was disappointed from the start at the appearance of Tara, she was wearing sweats, a stained shirt, flip-​flops and she had a huge wad of gum in her mouth.
Tara was pleasant and wanted to know all the details of the wedding, unfortunately I was distracted by the smell of cat urine and her continuous chewing of her gum.
She did do nice work, although she only gave me one look and didn’t explain any other options. I didn’t mind too much because I was ready to get out of the studio and knew from the start of the tral that I would not be hiring her.
If you are going to hire her, I would suggest that you have your trial at your location. Her work is fine, nothing more than you can get at the MAC counter at the mall.