Melissa O'Donnell Beauty INC.
Beauty services
Prices start at $190 per person
Styles: Classic
About Melissa O'Donnell Beauty INC.
Melissa O’Donnell
Melissa O’Donnell is a makeup artist offering services such as Special Occasion Makeup, Special Occasion Hair and Makeup, Special Occasion Hair, Hair and Makeup Trial, Bridal Hair and Makeup, Attendee Hair and Makeup and 2 hairstyles trial
Services
Service categories
- Hair
- Makeup
- Styling
Services & specialties
- Available for touch-ups (hourly)
- Children’s services
- Multi-day events
- Pre-wedding beauty prep
- Blowouts
- Experience with natural Black hair
- Hair accessories
- Hair extension application
- Hair extension color matching
- Hair trials
- Styling for short hair
- Styling with hair extensions
- Updos
- Airbrushing
- Full spectrum skin tone matching
- Hypoallergenic makeup
- Makeup trials
- Natural makeup (complexion only)
- Tattoo coverage/body makeup
Specialty styles
- Classic
- Dramatic
- Glamorous
- Natural
- Romantic
- Trendy
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Reviews
Write a review3.2 out of 5
11 reviews
DO NOT BOOK
I would NOT recommend Melissa O’Donnell for any wedding hair or makeup services. Melissa did not show up on the day of my wedding. There was absolutely no communication from her — no call, no text, nothing — until after I made a Facebook post in a local group expressing my disappointment. Only then did she reach out. Later, I found out she was at another wedding that same day and had double-booked herself. According to our schedule, Melissa was supposed to provide hair and/or makeup for four people. Because she did not show up, our entire timeline was thrown off. I missed my first look with my dad, and we were late for the photos with our photographer. The anxiety and frustration this caused on what was supposed to be one of the happiest days of my life is something I can’t even fully put into words. To make matters worse, Melissa requires full payment — including tip — before the wedding day. I can only hope she fairly compensated the artists who ultimately stepped in. Thankfully, Cori Alexander (hair) and Tiziana (MUA) showed up and truly saved the day. Without them, I don’t know what we would have done. They handled an incredibly stressful situation with professionalism and grace. I also learned the week before my wedding that she had failed to show up for another bride as well. The other bride went viral on social media, sharing her story and disappointment with MD. Since then, I have seen that she changed her business name from “Melissa O’Donnell Beauty” to “Fate Beauty Bridal House,” reportedly due to the volume of negative reviews associated with her previous company name. Future brides deserve to be aware of that history when booking. The entire situation felt extremely unprofessional and, honestly, very shady. Brides deserve reliability, communication, and integrity — especially on their wedding day. Unfortunately, that was not my experience with Melissa.
Amazing!
Melissa was communicative, organized, and so easy to work with when doing my hair and make up for multiple events for my wedding. She absolutely nailed both my hair and makeup every time, I felt confident, beautiful, and completely like myself. I’m so grateful for her talent and professionalism throughout the entire experience.
AMAZING!
Melissa O'Donnell Beauty INC. was an absolute pleasure to work with for my wedding day! From the very beginning, Melissa and her team were attentive, responsive, and incredibly kind. They truly took the time to understand my vision and the needs of my entire wedding party. The quality of their work was incredible - their attention to detail ensured that we all looked and felt our absolute best. Melissa was phenomenal at helping me and my bridesmaids achieve the perfect look, and I have never felt more beautiful. I cannot recommend Melissa O'Donnell Beauty INC. enough - she is the kindest soul and did an outstanding job on all of our makeup. Hire Melissa and her team for your wedding, you won't regret it!
Deceptive and Fraudulent Do Not Book
Melissa double-booked our wedding, which I only discovered after coming across a viral TikTok where another bride shared her story. She blew off that bride on her wedding day feigning illness, sending only two artists to replace the team of four she had promised. On my own wedding day (the same day), Melissa arrived at our getting-ready location sobbing and told us she was sick. We felt genuinely sorry for her and were obviously very understanding, telling her we would have some girls do their own hair/MU so she could go home. It turns out she was crying because, just before arriving at our location, the other wedding party had confronted her after realizing she had lied about being sick and was actually at another wedding. Since Melissa (the owner of the business that I specifically hired) left claiming illness, we were short one makeup artist, and several of my bridal party members never received the hair and makeup services we had paid for. After the wedding, I reached out requesting a refund for the services that were never provided, the prepaid 20% gratuity on those services, and the hair and makeup trial fee (since Melissa never actually did my wedding-day look). She falsely claimed that 10 out of 11 girls received both hair and makeup when, in reality, only 9 received hair and 7 received full makeup. She offered just 650 in return, saying she had already paid her team and would be “losing out.” We pre-paid 360 per girl so that amount didn’t even come close to covering the cost of the services not rendered. I messaged her repeatedly for nearly two weeks about a refund (the majority of those messages going unanswered) and eventually, she stopped replying altogether. I ultimately had to dispute the charges through my credit card company to receive reimbursement. I later learned she did the exact same thing to the other wedding party…claiming more services were completed than actually were and refusing to fully refund them for services not provided. At that point, it became clear that this wasn’t just confusion within her team but a pattern of deception and fraud. To see that she has ruined this special day for so many brides since 2023 tells me that this behavior is intentional and fraudulent. I hope she does not have the opportunity to ruin another bride’s wedding day.
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