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I was part of a bridal party that had hair and makeup down here in May. A wedding day is stressful enough in its own right, and the experience that our bride had here was HORRIFYING!!! \r
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--Ambience: the place looks great. If you check out the website and all, you think you are going to get a great experience and you think to yourself, ""wait, this is in Sparta?!?!"" because it looks like a place that should be in a big city. \r
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--Styling: styling looks great at the beginning. Our hair was all done by 10 am, but by the time the 1 pm wedding came, everybody's curls were coming out. The day was not humid, we were inside all day, and nobody was jumping around. The quality was just not there. I've been in four other weddings and this is the first time I've had my hair fall out and look messy for the ceremony. \r
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--Price: The website lists updos for $40 for adults. My hair is shoulder length and it was $60 before a tip. It's wasn't anything special and I was out of the chair in 25 minutes. \r
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--Makeup: it was okay, but nothing earthshattering. \r
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--Stylists: Mary, the owner, seemed a bit over the top on her fake-iness. Brenda was a sweetheart and we all loved her. Tiffany could not have been colder. \r
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--Dirty little maneuvers: we were all aware of their policy regarding cancellations and we were all planning to be there on time. However, in the wee hours of the morning of the wedding, one of the other bridesmaids went in for an emergency appendectomy. Needless to say, she did not make her appointment a few hours later. The bride's sister-in-law was along to take pics, but it seemed that it would be okay for her to step in and take the missing bridesmaids place. However, when it came time to pay, the bride was still charged for the missing bridesmaids hair and makeup PLUS and extra $10 because of the 'no show'. It was pointed out that the SIL had had her stuff done, and had paid for it--it's not like they didn't get paid. However, they still made the charge. ROTTEN! DIRTY! HORRIBLE!!! Um, hello, Better Business Bureau... \r
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The bride, who is Miss Organization, had the paperwork that was signed, and never once was there anything about it -- the only mention was if the ENTIRE PARTY didn't show up, then you would be charged. The receptionist and Mary (owner) could not have been colder. So, lets see, you have 6 appointments set, did 6 peoples hair, and got paid for 7? Nice... \r
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Even better, about 15 minutes before the bride was to walk down the aisle, there was a call from the salon. One of the credit cards of the bridesmaids didn't go through, so they had just charged the bride for it. ""That's okay, right?"" Seriously??? Thankfully, both the bride and bridesmaid had paid with credit cards and guess what... BOTH got charged. What is that count now. That's right, Cura charged for not 6, not 7, but 8 hair and makeups. Thank goodness for credit card disputes! \r
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What the eff is up with these people? I don't know if they have sniffed too much hair spray or what, but I would not recommend these people to ANYONE. Wished that we would have known about the previous reviews for the location prior to 2011 -- no wonder they changed the name! (Formerly known as ""Styles Unlimited"" in Norwalk, WI) Even if I hated a person's guts, I would recommend they go someplace else. It's not worth the stress to deal with these incompetent idiots.
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