SKS Salon in Woodbridge, VA

We used SKS salon for a wedding. The bride looked amazing but the rest of the clients looked not so good. The stylists were late to arrive at the venue even though they were paid an extra $100.00 of early morning fees and we're supposed to be ready to start. One was clocked 40 minutes late. The main stylist Sana was not transparent on the hidden fees in her business. Very unprofessional when it came to scheduling, prices, returning phone calls. If you can look past that her work is good. Her stylist not so much. They did not use clean equipment/brushes. One of our guest only had have of her face with foundation. Another had a giant dot on her forehead where the makeup artist forgot to blend it in. Another had her eyeliner completely not applied, and a few peoples hair was falling out within the hour. The stylist sat in the room given to them until it was time for reception makeup, had the wedding luncheon (which was totally acceptable) but couldn't throw away their dirty plates off the table. So when the clients came back the room smelled of food and half eaten plates were left on the table and not to mention, I was charged $100.00 per stylist to return to do more services but they never left. The charges for services were high and the end results were not up to par. The deposit of $1,500.00 was not properly returned because Sana had hidden fees and felt entitled to take it out of the deposit. I would definitely not use this company again.

I hired SKS Salon to do my bridal beauty and my immediate family's hair and makeup at all 4 of my wedding events, plus 12 of my bridesmaids' hair and makeup in a hectic wedding weekend and they were absolutely incredible!! They truly take the time to get to know your style. I have always been nervous about getting my hair and makeup done for my wedding day and they were able to execute a natural look that made me feel comfortable, but also looked amazing in pics! And the makeup definitely lasted all day even through all the tears of the emotional weekend! I highly recommend hiring SKS Salon for your events!

We had a very bad experience with SKS for bridal makeup, during my sister's wedding last week. We hired them as we saw wonderful photos and reviews online. But the make-up artist they sent was inexperienced and did a very bad job. She herself said she was a freelance artist, which SKS did not specify beforehand. They must have hired her as their regulars were not available. But we were not notified of this. We asked several times for pre-consultations, but our requests were ignored. The make-up artist did not listen to feedback, and when we tried to give comments, she was very dismissive. She did not know how to work with our facial features, and just applied a one-size-fits-all type make-up on the 4 people she worked with. The bride's hair had no volume, and even though the bride expressed dissatisfaction several times, this person kept saying it was fine, not listening to feedback. SKS also did not send anyone to drape the lehengas, as was stated in the contract. When we asked the makeup artist whether she would do it, she said that they should have sent another person, and it was not her job. She didn't have the pins or any other equipment, and when we supplied whatever small pins we have she draped the dupatta in the worst way possible. It was a very bad experience during what was supposed to be such a special day. Now we are planning the photo shoots again as the hair and makeup that day was ruined. I would never never recommend this place to anyone I know.

Sana is super talented in what she does! I opted to not go for any trials and trusted her on the day of... and she did not disappoint! I expressed to her what kind of look I was aiming for & she executed to perfection for both the wedding & reception. I am so glad I went with SKS for my big day. I was extremely happy with the hair & makeup. I didn't want an overdose of makeup, but enough to cover up my rosacea issue. Her execution was bang on. Not only was I happy with my overall 2 looks, but my mom, my sister, my mother-in-law, my sister-in-law, & my 2 nieces were happy too with their hair and/or makeup. Also the hair & makeup lasted a long time! Thank you, Sana, for talking me through my 2 different looks and providing your suggestions on what would look best for me. The execution of the schedule created by Sana was also followed to near perfection. I had expressed to her what time I needed to be ready & what time the others had to be ready. And she ensured that they all were ready on time or even earlier than expected. The only one struggle I had was getting a hold of someone along the way leading up to the day of whenever I had questions. The only one recommendation I'd give is to have the schedule created at least a month in advance rather than a week before the event. It creates a bit of stress to not have a definite schedule created until the last minute. I'd definitely recommend SKS Salon for hair & makeup. They know what they're doing & they definitely won't disappoint. They will listen to how you envision your looks and then work on the execution of them. You have nothing to worry about with this team! Thank you so much Sana for everything!

Sana and her team helped out for my sister's wedding week and their work is outstanding. They did hair/make-up for the bridesmaids and moms and are extremely efficient with their time. They were able to glam us all up and make us feel beautiful starting at 5 am. Not only this, but something I really appreciated is that her team is open to feedback. I had asked for some glitter eyeshadow and once the artist did it on my eyes, I ended up not liking it. When I told the artist this, she was not defensive at all and said that she understood and took it off and then redid my eyeshadow. We showed the artists our inspiration photos for hair/make-up and they executed extremely well. They also came back to do reception make-up for a few of us and were able to transform our tired faces to true glam! We even started calling it magic make-up...I would highly recommend this team.