Mishal Sahdev Beauty Studio

Mishal did my hair and makeup for my wedding in san francisco 3 months ago and I could not be happier about the results! She is truly gifted at what she does, does an amazing job of contouring and highlighting your best features and has an eye for detail resulting in a flawless look each time.
She is a consummate professional at what she does– for my first event, she just had landed in san franscisco after a long transatlantic flight and arrived at the hotel straight from the airport. She must have been exhausted but you wouldn’t know it! She has a very cheery and sunny personality, has a knack for chatting you up and instantly making you feel comfortable. I felt like an old friend was doing my make up! She also sets high standards for herself– if she feels that a look is not perfect that way she envisioned it, she will have no qualms about starting over again until it is just right. I received rave reviews for my makeup and hair for all events and felt absolutely amazing at all of them.
Mishal, thank you for being so terrific at what you do and for being your happy, sunny self no matter the circumstance! I am so happy my wedding planner Tejel referred me to you :). I can only recommend Mishal in the highest possible terms and would gladly hire her again for any future events.

3.5 stars
A little torn about writing this review because Mishal is super sweet and came highly recommended by a good friend who used her for her wedding. My sister used her as well for 2 of my events, but this is based on my experience alone.
The biggest mistake made was on my part. I booked my wedding/​reception hair and make-​up without getting a trial from anyone.
I communicated with Mishal mostly through text and whatsapp. She is super responsive and flexible. I did have to change my timings a bit for my engagement shoot, and she worked with me and I truly appreciated that. I’m not a major make-​up person so I let Mishal know from the get go that I don’t want cake face. I wanted to still look like me and I think she did just that.
Engagement shoot: I LOVED my make up. I was so so happy with how it turned out. I loved my hair too-​I wanted curls and I got nice, big curls. I felt beautiful. But the biggest concern was the fact that almost 1.5 hours after I got my hair done, BEFORE my shoot even started (in San Francisco), my curls came out. So in 95% of my pictures, I have practically no curls. I came home and contacted Mishal and she was super apologetic. She offered to reduce the price on my lady sangeet makeup/​hair, and a hair re-​trial on a day of my choosing. I did the re-​trial on my bridal shower day and the curls were tighter than the engagement shoot day but stayed so it’s all good-​see attached pictures.
Lady sangeet: I loved my make-​up and hair again. Super super happy. She did forget that she offered me a discount because of what happened during the engagement shoot, so I showed her the texts we exchanged and she honored it-​see attached pictures.
Wedding day: Mishal was at the venue on time and ready to go. I had shown her pictures of the hair style I wanted prior and for the most part, she did just that. Seeing all my professional pictures, I did feel like it was a little cakey, but not bad. She also made sure I felt comfortable with the dupatta pinning and secured it with extra bobby pins for me. See attached pictures.
Reception: Again, Mishal was in my room ready to go when I got there. I had about 1 hour to re-​do my make up and hair. Because she had to recurl my hair, it did take a little longer, but only by 15 minutes. Again, I loved my make up. But my hair wasn’t exactly how I wanted it. I had shown her previous pictures and the hairstyle I wanted had a poof at the front, with a mini «poof» thing in the back and wavy hair. The hairstyle I got had tight curls, with a not so subtle front/​back poof. I did not reach out to Mishal to discuss the hairstyle after the event took place, but it wasn’t how it was supposed to look-​see attached picture.
I do think Mishal does an amazing job when it comes to make-​up, but in my opinion and with my experience, I do think there is room for improvement with hair.

Mishal is extremely talented and gifted in what she does. I love her work and would highly recommend her for any type of makeup.
I learned so much from her, w e worked on many shoots together where she did my make up
Thank you !!!
Mersiha

You cannot go wrong with Mishal. Her attention to detail and personal attention is just incredible. She is professional yet very very friendly and makes you feel very comfortable. She did my make up for my wedding and reception, and both the looks were so different and amazing. I got 100s of compliments for the make up and my hair do. I would definitely recommend her to anyone who is looking for make-​up for wedding, baby shower or any special event of your life, because with her touch, it would make the event extra special.

Mishal has a wonderful personality and her work is definitely creative! I’ve had my eyebrows threaded umpteen times but I was really pleased with the way Mishal did mine today. She’s warm and friendly and immediately makes you feel comfortable and quite at home. I’ll definitely be going back to her time and time again!

Mishal is a master at her work. I have been getting the eyebrows, waxing, haircut and hair coloring done from her, for past 3 yrs now. I have always been satisfied with her effort. Apart from her work, she makes you feel at home and dispenses great tips for personal care. I would be happy to be her customer for coming years and would recommend her to everyone. Wish you all the best Mishal :)

Simply the best! Been going to her for over 5 years now. + 1 on all the reviews given below about her warm personality and how she can just make the customer feel so comfortable. She is really good at all what she does — be it threading or hair styling or make-​up etc. Her work speaks for itself. Great with keeping up appointments, always accommodating when there has been an urgency. You can just trust her when you sit in that chair :) Totally recommend her.

Loveeee her. Have been going to her for a while now and she is awesome. Very nice, always makes extra effort to make you comfertable. I would recommend everyone to go to her

Great place!
1. Very quick service
2. Very friendly atmosphere
3. Great style

This isn’t your ordinary get in and get out salon. Mishal makes the enviroment smoothing and relaxing – whether you need to be in and out or have few minutes to spare. This girl has the awesome personality which will put to ease when your getting your hair done. Who wants to go to salon, and be unable to talk to stylist. Well thats one thing you dont have to worry about here! Mishal is not only stylist make-​up artist but also in hair coloring, and eyebrows. I would most definitiely recommended this place!