Henna Dil Se

Had my first appointment with Nadia today, and it was awesome! She’s super friendly for starters, secondly she was very accommodating, and lastly, her work is gorgeous! Definitely lived up my my expectations and surpassed them! I’m so excited about how my henna is staining dark just after a couple hours, and even more exited to see how it looks after 24 hours. I’m really looking forward to trying out her black/​white henna the next time. Definitely will be a regular! Thanks Nadia =)

My mom had her makeup done for my wedding and she looked absolutely stunning! Nadia did an amazing job and her makeup lasted all day & night. She went above and beyond what my mom had asked for. I would definitely recommend her.

I am currently using Henna Dil Se for my wedding hair and make-​up services. I met with Nadia and her associate in their Artesia office for a consultation and trial in late July. I was treated very well and was happy with my overall make-​up trial. Nadia was very understanding and took into consideration my likes and dislikes. Although the trial was somewhat pricey, I was thrilled that they allowed me to use the make-​up trial fee I paid as credit towards my wedding package. The other make-​up artists I was considering did not have this option.
Another factor which I considered was the technique used by Nadia. It says a lot about a make-​up artist who continues to practice her craft so that it is perfect. In addition, Henna Dil Se provides a wide range of services like saree typing and dupata draping that every Indian bride needs. After my initial meeting, I signed a contract for Henna Dil Se to provide me services for my engagement, nikah, henna night, and my wedding reception. Services include basic party make-​up to full-​blown HD make-​up and hair depending on the occasion.
Nadia did a great job on my make-​up for my engagement especially my eyes. I looked flawless and received compliments all night. My hair was cute but a little frizzy because I have curly hair. I have no doubt that this is something Nadia will fix during my next event. She did an excellent job tying my saree and even came to the rescue when the string on my blouse ripped and was not fitting properly.
Although I have only experienced Nadia and Henna Dil Se’s services for one of my wedding events, I feel very satisfied. Nadia was very warm and complimentary. She even took the time to create a time lapse of my make-​up process. I will continue updating as my wedding continues…

First let me start out by saying I was a little skeptical about Henna Dil Se when I read some of these reviews. But let me just say, the negative reviews couldn’t be further from the truth. I’ve worked with Nadia a couple times now as well as some of my friends and family and I as well as them love her. She does amazing work, is professional and most importantly flexible and understanding. She’s willing to work with you however she can to make your overall experience great. I’m not an easy person to work with, trust me, but she had no problem and actually put me at ease. I would gladly recommend her to anyone. If you’re looking for someone who really knows what she’s doing and is amazing at what she does I truly recommend her for you.

If I could, I would give Henna Dil Se ZERO STARS.
I would not recommend Henna Dil Se’s service for wedding services at all. I had originally hired her to do henna, makeup, and hair for my sister, my mom, and I. Very soon she started making demands and excuses for her demands despite the fact that we had repeatedly told her that her demands were outside of our budget. It made me feel like she would be VERY difficult to work with on my wedding day. I told her 5 months in advance of the wedding that I did not want to work with her and she still kept our $ 1750 deposit stating that she needs to keep it in order cover other services she had missed out on. Till this day she will not give us our $ 1750 deposit back (which is ALOT of money for any bride let alone a budget conscious bride). What’s more we did not agree to it being non refundable, especially when we gave her ample notice for cancellation of services. If we had sprung it on her last minute I would understand, but this was FIVE months in advance and only because she was being difficult.
If you want your day to be about you and you want a flexible and down to earth make up artist don’t go for Henna Dil Se’s services.

When I met Nadia I liked her, she was friendly and made me feel at ease. Many artists have a hard time matching my skin color, they either make me look completely washed out or ashy. When I was hesitated in booking Nadia offered me another trial just to make sure I was 100% sure before I booked her. She nailed it the second time.
The process of signing the contract with Nadia was probably the hardest there was a lot of back and forth and miscommunication. My sister and I were really careful to understand everything in her contract before we signed it. But Nadia did return all of our phone calls and talked us through everything.
On the day of my wedding she really was amazing. I had a Hindu Ceremony and a Catholic Ceremony back to back with a really tight timeline to get ready. She helped me get ready for both ceremonies on time. I really loved my hair for the Hindu Ceremony. She tied my sarees for both the Hindu Ceremony and Catholic Ceremony really nicely. My makeup and hair lasted until reception time (my friend did a touch up for the reception) — more than a 12 hour day.
Nadia had a another bride to get ready and her assistant was suppose to help me with getting me ready for the Catholic Ceremony. When she found out her second bride was much closer, she stayed back because I told her I wish she was staying to help me get ready for the Catholic Ceremony (I just felt more comfortable with her and I trusted her to get me ready the most). I am really happy she was able to stay with me for both. Nadia and her team did an amazing job. Thank you Henna Dil Se!!!

Nadia did an amazing job and I can’t even express how much I truly loved the mehndi, makeup and the hair styles for each day.
She made me feel relaxed throughout the whole weekend and her attention to my needs and what I should be doing did not go unnoticed. The times I was anxious or nervous, she calmed me down and made me feel relaxed. Her expertise in the field shinned through and she made everything seem seamless.
We will most definitely recommend HDS for all other Indian weddings.
Thank you so much!!!

Nadia was absolutely amazing! From my trial, she took so much time talking to me and just getting to know me as a person before we even started discussing make up and the looks i wanted. Once we got to the actual trial she did my eye make up and didn’t get impatient when I wanted to change some things. She was also honest in giving me her opinion which I appreciated, especially being that i am not a regular make up wearing person.
She did my hair and make up for my engagement shoot and I fell even more in love with her work! I went to Disneyland for my shoot and did TONS of walking and kissing pictures and not once did i have to touch up any of my make up or lipstick. My hair (naturally frizzy and curly) did not budge!
For my henna she did a rough sketch of the design I wanted, but again she took so much time talking to me about what I wanted I trusted her to be creative. The day of my henna application I completely changed designs on her and she wasn’t worried or irritated at all! And all my other girls that wanted henna were extremely happy with the work Nadia’s accompanying artist did!
Come my wedding day, Nadia was there on time and ready to work (I had her come super early!) and we were so comfortable at that point it was a relief having her there. I literally felt at ease and pampered the morning of my wedding. She laughed and joked with me and my mom while doing our hair and make up which made us both relaxed on such a stressful day. My mom and I had a «moment» the morning of my reception and Nadia felt out the situation SO WELL she went downstairs to «grab some water» to give us some time lol. i also gave her a hard time on the thickness of eyelashes i wanted (I didnt want anything crazy) but she insisted on going glam and looking at the pictures I am SO GLAD i did! That’s what i get for being able to trust my make up artist :)
All in all I couldn’t be happier choosing Nadia for my wedding hair and make up. She was such a great person on top of being an amazing artist! Thank you so much Nadia for making both my events go seamless and being honest with me always!

Nadia and her team are very talented. While I decided to go with a stylist who lived closer to home (San Diego) so I could do multiple trials before my wedding, she was good with setting up her team of artists to work on my girls. They were very sweet and professional, and did a great job. We did have one mishap as one of 3 makeup artists did not show up, but Nadia handled it promptly and professionally. We made it work and she sent me a reimbursement check for the services we never received from the missing artist. Her girls also helped with some additional odds and ins at no additional fee. I’d recommend them!

Nadia has worked on most of my fashion events (fashion shows, photo shoots, my own makeup and hair) for the past 5 years or more and I have nothing but good to say about her and her staff!
She always puts her heart and soul into all the projects she has done and I would get even more confirmation from others compliments. For one of my shows she designed beautiful glitter henna on my models which really brought some uniqueness and creativity to the event.
She is also very patient and understanding. An amazing person to work with!

Nadia was definitely super on top of me when it came time to book the trial to make sure we had my perfect look. It actually went on for hours because she actually made an effort to listen to what I wanted.
I wanted to look like a fresh, not too heavily made up, more modern looking bride, and I don’t think anyone could do it better, cuz the proof is in the pictures!!!
She listened to my crazy ideas that she was so excited to try with me, and executed it better than I could ever imagine.
I booked Nadia for 4 events, and she attended all of my events in LA for my makeup and even traveled to Northern California to do my makeup for my last reception!
Nadia truly impressed me and everyone I know. She not only listened to my ideas and what I wanted, but kept in contact and gave me ideas on what would look great for my looks as well. And as a bride, you want what you want, but you take all the help you can get especially when it comes to your look. You only want it to be perfect!!!
Thank you Nadia, for making my wedding complete. For putting up with all my patience as a hectic bride! Don’t know what I would have done without you by my side!!!

She didnt even show up to my wedding on time!
Then she demanded a full payment before starting.
Then she didnt finish ANY of the girls hair.
What? Seriously???

Nadia did my wedding. Se was awful! On the night of the mendhi the girl cut my really eye lashes. On the day of the wedding she was late for the wedding. For the reception she didn’t even do my hair, my sister had to do it because Nadia couldn’t. Do NOT hire her.
You get a bunch of excuses as to her tardiness. She was stuck in traffic at 3am. She was in the hospital, her mom was in the hospital. Although in any of these places a cell phone and phone call could be made. Save your time and money and go se place else.

I can’t even comment on the quality of work, as I couldn’t go through the administrative hoops. After several emails and no response, I called and was greeted very un-​enthusiastically — as if it was a burden to talk with me. Subsequent emails to follow up on the email conversation required a phone call two days after the email to actually inquire if someone was going to respond to me. All this and three weeks later I call to be told «there are email issues and they aren’t getting any messages.» Unprofessional doesn’t begin to explain how I feel about their administrative staff.
Needless to say — regardless of how good the actual services are, I will not be using them as a vendor for my wedding. It shouldn’t feel like a burden to spend my money on their services, and that’s what it’s been every step of the way. Complete disappointment.

Nadia did amazing henna work for my wedding last October. She not only did my bridal henna but she also did henna for everyone at my Mehndi event. She is super sweet and so fun to work with. I had booked her way in advance, almost 8 months before the wedding. She is really professional, she was always super responsive and took a lot of time to come up with a unique design for me. She is really creative so the henna she does is not the generic stuff most people do but really unique. She also took time out of busy schedule to come to my hotel the day of the wedding to do any re-​touching and to apply glitter on the henna. Everyone thought the glitter henna was so cool and different. The glitter henna work she does really makes it pop. You won’t be disappointed with her. For my mehndi party she got thru everyone’s henna so quickly, super efficient and it all looked great. Super happy with my decision to get her for my wedding.

Henna Dil Se is great! Nadia is awesome! I have done several modeling events such as runway shows and print ads which Nadia helped transform into brilliant pictures! She is sweet and her staff is great too. Their henna is beautiful and I can’t wait for Nadia to do my wedding! Work with her and you won’t be disappointed!

Nadia was truly a blessing to me on my wedding day!
Indian weddings are chaotic and things are bound to get crazy, the one thing that went above and beyond my expectations was Nadia!
I got married in June and hired Nadia for my bridal henna and my hair and makeup for both my wedding and reception. This girl has magic in her fingers! My hair and makeup looked absolutely flawless! And amazingly lasted all night! Also my henna was exactly what I wanted! Not only did she do such an amazing job, she also talked me down from a mini panic attack prewedding, she was sweet enough to listen to this bridezilla and help me keep my calm.
One of her employees did my sisters and moms hair and makeup as well, and also did such a great job!
I would hands down recommend henna dil se!

Yay! I’m so glad I went with Nadia for both my makeup/​hair & henna for my wedding day!
Nadia was professional and so easy to get along with from my consultation clear through my wedding day. She’s so busy yet when you’re in her office, she makes you feel like you’re the only thing she has on her mind, and I feel like I got the full attention I needed (I went over to her office multiple times because I didn’t have my wedding dress when I first went for consultation, then I decided to add henna on as a last minute decision just days before the wedding, lol). From the minute I left her office the first time, I felt like she was going to take care of me, and she really, really did. My makeup and hair were so beautiful on my wedding day, and she was so patient when I was picky with this or that to fix up to my satisfaction. I received so many compliments on my henna, and I really felt like it was beautifully done – she also gives you very clear instructions on how to take care of it so you get a nice, deep color that lasts.
No reservations and recommend her with my full heart… dil se!!!

I have had very pleasant experiences working with Nadia, and refer her frequently as a hair and makeup artist for my bridal clients. Recently, I used her for a bridal up-​do. The situation was that my out-​of-​town bride, in Laguna, we planning to drive to Los mAngeles and back to SOUTH Laguna by two pm… I knew this was a terrible idea but my client explained she had waited to book and was only able to find one available hair artist for her wedding day. I called Nadia and asked if she would be able to help… the day before the wedding. Not only did she come, but she did an amazing job… my client was happy and told me how glad she was for Nadia throughout the evening. Additionally… two friends and a brother came to the wedding from LA and were over an hour late because of an unexpected traffic issue on the 405.

We had an appointment with Nadia for my daughter to have a trial make up and hair for her wedding.
Nadia showed up 30 min late.
Only applied make up on one eye?
Her cell phone constantly went off while doing only «one «eye.
Did not even touch the hair.
Told us she had to go have dinner with the family and that the family was waiting for her to eat?
Worst of all CHARGED $ 80 for one eye make which we did not even like and my daughter had to take off her own make up while she was too busy on the phone and getting ready to dash out out which was very obvious. :(
Very expensive one eye make?