Weddingbee Blog

Vendor Review — Makeup

Rita Brown
Shu Uemura San Francisco
1971 Fillmore Street (corner of Pine)
San Francisco, CA 94115
415.395.0953

Quality — A+
Service — A+
Value — A+

Rita Brown is a superhero. When the makeup artist I had booked in March basically cancelled on me 9 days before the wedding, Rita came to the rescue.

Really, as soon as I walked into my trial appointment at Shu Uemura, I knew Rita was going to be perfect. She is one of the most beautiful people I’ve ever seen in real life, and her makeup was flawless — it was hard to tell if she had makeup on at all. I basically told her that I wanted to look like her. If she thought I was crazy, she was polite enough to keep that to herself.

The trial took a little more than an hour and a half. Rita asked me questions the entire time, making sure I liked each application — from foundation to false eyelashes (Shu Uemura makes the best ones, you can custom order mink and diamond sets). Then, she told me to wear the makeup for a while, and email her comments.

Day of the wedding I decided to make some last minute changes, and she didn’t flinch. It looked perfect.

Did I mention that she rented a car and drove 90 miles to get to us? at 8:00am? Or that she did makeup for 6 people — personalizing each look? Or that everyone looked amazingly beautiful? My bridesmaids loved her so much they made future appointments with her.

I so love Rita Brown.

$200 — bride’s makeup
$75 — bridesmaid’s makeup