Kim Tran Duong

Kim and her assistants were wonderful to work with for my wedding in Laguna beach! They made me and my three friends look beautiful! Our hair and makeup all came out wonderfully, we’ve never looked better. Very professional and fun. I highly recommend them!

Less then a week ago, I contacted Kim for an event this past Saturday. She was able to fit my daughter in, as well as my mother and myself. The event was my daughter’s Sweet 16 party. My mom and I looked great and by everyone who greeted us, all stated that we looked amazing. My daughter was the perfect 16 year old. Kim did an amazing job on her make up and her eyes were the hit of the party. All of her friends were commenting on her make u, especially the eyes. Quite frankly, I had not felt as pretty as I did on Saturday in years. Three generations of women in our family and we looked AMAZING!!! Kim also did our hair-​FABULOUS!!! Kim is the person I will be using for any special event and well… my daughter has stated she wants Kim and only Kim for dances and/​or special events. Besides great work, she is sweet, very personable and quite frankly-​honest. She explained colors, thoughts and pointed out tricks to make-​up. I didn’t need to tell her what I wanted. I showed her my dress and she created the beauty within my face and hair. Prices are great. She arrives on time and is very organized.
Ladies-​Kim needs to be your go to Make Up artist.

It was the day before my junior prom where I began to freak out because I still haven’t found anyone to do my make up. I didn’t have the time to go out to the salon to get it done so I was in need of a freelance make up artist. I kept searching and eventually came upon Kim! Based on the one review she had on Unilocal,I decided to give her a try and let me just say, it was definitely worth it! :) I called her up to set an appointment and she was very friendly despite the fact that it was last minute.
THE DAY OF PROM:
Kim arrived on time! This was my first time getting my make up done professionally so I was very nervous about how it would turn out. I wasn’t sure how I wanted the make up to look like so I showed Kim my dress and right off the bat, she already had an idea of what to do. She asked me, «do you trust me?» I was very hesitant at first but said yes so she began to work her magic! In the end, everything turned out great and I was more than satisfied with how I looked :) The make up lasted throughout the night and there was no problem with removing it either!
ONE YEAR LATER:
I called her up again to do my hair and make up for my senior prom! Right when I told her she did my make up last year, she quickly remembered who I was which I thought was awesome! I made an appointment for 1PM and she was on time like usual. I showed her pictures of how I wanted my make up/​hair to look like. This time I wasn’t nervous about how it would turn out because I knew Kim wouldn’t let me down. I told her that falsies tend to irritate me so she chose one that was perfect to my liking! I also had a problem with my eyebrows and she fixed that as well! After everything was finished, Kim gave me the mirror to look at myself and WOW I was beyond speechless!!! It was exactly how I wanted! I received many compliments at prom so Kim definitely did her job! Make up lasted throughout the night as well! It was so nice that I didn’t even want to take it off :(There wasn’t any issues removing the make up and hair! Kim helped make my senior prom memorable :)
Overall, Kim is an AMAZING make up artist and hair stylist! She is very well-​organized, super clean, and uses high end products so you will not be let down! If you’re someone who does not wear make up often or is afraid of how it will look on you (like me), you are in good hands! Kim is a professional so she knows what she is doing! Her prices are great as well, you get what you pay for! She is now my go to person whenever I need my make up and hair done! :) GREAT SERVICE. I LOVE HER SO SO MUCH!

So I had to have a second wedding to my hubby. A Chinese-​Vietnamese wedding and I’m suppose to have my hair and make-​up done too!!! Whaaa…
I was desperate to find someone good and at a good price — cuz I paid a lot for my American wedding stuff. So I found Kim on Craigslist and saw her work online… so I figured why not?
I emailed and called her and OMG. It was SO last minute, she was able to do my hair and makeup THAT Saturday (I called her on Wednesday). Since my Chinese/​Viet wedding was all day, she had to come at 6am to do my hair and makeup. She was a lifesaver!
She was very professional and came to my home at 6am and started with my makeup. I told her what I wanted but wasn’t sure because I’m not Chinese/​Vietnamese, so I’m not sure what his mother would want. She did an amazing job on the makeup. My mother in law loved it. I tend to tear up when I have a lot of eye makeup and she totally fixed it. She made my eyes pop without changing how I looked.
The hair was AWESOME. She made it perfect! Curly with on one side. It stayed the whole night too!
I just told her what I wanted and she gave me input cuz she knows Vietnamese/​Chinese families… so I wanted what would make them happy.
She uses high end products — which I couldn’t believe I found her from Craigslist AND her prices was AMAZING affordable.
I tipped her highly because her prices were ridiculously low (trust me) for something I would pay double and triple for weddings. She did an amazing job and gonna post some of the photos!
She was great! I’m totally going to hire her for other events if I need hair and makeup. I loved her so much!!!