PD Artistry

A great recommendation from a friend, Penney and Jenny did an exceptional work on the whole bridal party including the mothers, grandmother and myself. Very natural and light application. They both came on top and were very accomodating. Penney did a great job on my updo and it was well intact even with crazy wind speeds during our ceremony. Penney is great to work with, very professional and making sure everything is up to par. Thank you so much the photos came our beautiful with your magic touches.

Penney is AMAZING. Don’t hesitate to book her for your wedding or special events. Her work is top notch, as is the work of her team. On my wedding day they arrived on time and ready to work, even though they had already worked an early morning wedding before my evening wedding. Every one of my bridesmaids looked stunning. One of the most memorable moments of my wedding was when I descended the staircase to walk down aisle to my future husband, not only was their an audible gasp from my guests when the laid eyes on me but my husband-​to-​be even began to tear up again – and considering we did a first look before the wedding, I took that as kind of a big deal! It was 102 on my wedding day but my makeup stayed in place and perfect all day and night. I thought for sure I was going to sweat right through it and even asked my bridesmaids if I was looking sweaty and they all said I looked perfect! And don’t even get me started on the hair… it was a masterpiece. I loved how she made it a little softer and romantic the day of the wedding. She really took her time and made sure we looked our best. She even helped us tie the bow on the back of my dress!

Penney did my hair and makeup for my wedding a few weeks ago, and her associates also did the hair/​makeup for my bridal party and both mothers. She was recommended to me by a friend, and Penney was so easy to work with, nice, and professional! I’m not a big makeup person, but Penney was able to give me some great recommendations on what looked good on me. The day of the wedding, she did such an amazing job that my makeup and hair held up for over 10 hours, even in 105 °F weather! I highly recommend her!

Penney did my hair and makeup for the wedding this month. It was fantastic! My face stayed exactly the same after 12 hours in the heat. She was professional, calm, and generally just a very nice person to work with. I highly recommend her!

Penney did my makeup for my engagement photos and my wedding day on may 16 2015! I must say that I am so glad that I chose her as my makeup artist! She is so sweet, talented and very calm! For all my makeup needs I will definitely be coming to her for any future events in my life. On my wedding day I was freaking out w/​everything and she was there calmly and respectfully telling me that everything was going to be alright. I love how very professional she is and how she does everything with a smile. Thank you Penney for making me feel so beautiful. I will be seeing you soon!

Penney did my hair and makeup for my wedding in September 2014, as well as the hair/​makeup for my bridal party, mother, and mother-​in-​law. A friend recommended Penney to me, and Penney was great to work with. I dislike the usual wedding hair/​makeup (heavy makeup and overdone hair), so during my trial, I expressed this to Penney who worked with me. We played for a long time with my unmanageable hair and Penney listened to me when I explained the type of makeup I wanted and implemented incredibly, even though I’m sure I was inarticulate.
For the day of, Penney was professional, arrived on time, and did my hair and makeup perfectly. The pictures looked great, but I also felt like myself!

Penny was great. She did the hair and makeup of myself (the bride) and my bridesmaids. My hair is long, heavy, and usually won’t stay in an updo more than a couple of hours. Lo and behold my hair looked amazing AND stayed put the entire day and night of my wedding. It also looked amazing — my mom told me all the relatives were commenting on how gorgeous it looked.
Being the first to get married amongst my friends, they had no idea how to lace up my corset dress. Luckily, Penney was there to show them how to do it! She was like my fifth bridesmaid and was super awesome!

This review is long over due. I got married in May 2014 and Penney did my hair and makeup. She did a fantastic job, which is saying a lot — because I was definitely in need of some MAJOR help after not sleeping the entire week before!
I am of Indian heritage with medium/​tan complexion, which I feel can be hard to match sometimes (I’ve had not so great experiences with other makeup artists in the past), but Penney did a fabulous job matching my skin-​tone and brightening up my face for the big day.
She was very professional and if I ever have the need for professional hair/​makep again, I would go back to her.
Thank you Penney!!!

Penney did such an AMAZING job on the hair and make-​up for me and my bridesmaids. I received so many compliments! I am extremely happy with her work and she is so easy to work with. I feel so lucky to have been recommended to her by a friend.
She was truly amazing and my bridesmaids loved her and her friendly staff. Penney also was so great about accommodating my mom and aunt last-​minute on the day of the wedding.
The wedding would not have been the same without her services and I will HIGHLY recommend her to all of my future engaged friends :)

Penney (and several staff she brought along) provided hair and make-​up services for me and my six bridesmaids. I absolutely loved her work — and appreciated that she had her own ideas when I would request them (for instance, I really wasn’t sure whether to get eyelash extensions vs use fake eyelashes), but that she was also very open to my specific requests (e.g. my husband really likes pale foundation with very rosy cheeks). She was extremely pleasant, was punctual, and professional. The staff she brought for help with the bridesmaids was also very skilled and all of the ladies were really happy with the way their looks turned out. Finally, Penney was flexible and game — I had a complicated piece of jewelry had to be draped over my hair and she was great about figuring out how best to place it.

Penney is an amazing artist! My wedding was just this past weekend and I had a huge tattoo on my right shoulder and chest that I wanted to cover up. She definately did the job. Everyone that knew I had the tattoo was blown away because it covered up like skin, and the people that didn’t, well they just didn’t see it to begin with lol. Thank you Penney you saved me the headache of the elders lecturing me about tattoos. Highly recommended. ;)
Love, Linda

Penney is a superwoman!
Penney did my makeup for my engagement session, as well as the makeup for me and my bridal party for my wedding at the Headlands Center for the Arts last month. She completely wowed me with the makeup she did for my wedding. I had very specific requests for my wedding makeup– and was troubled with typical wedding doubts. Penney was like a big sister, reminding me what I liked, what looked good and helped me get back on the right path. She had a magical way of calming me down and reminding me what I wanted in the first place. She also completely met every request I had (some of them quite specific) with gracefulness. For example, I sent her a picture of the makeup color/​style I wanted and she reproduced the look to the tee (customized to my face).
Penney was also accommodating– I booked her services just for myself and then added on 5 more people over the course of several months. It was super easy to work with her and she had to resend me a gazillion revised invoices. Sorry, Penney! My bad! She and her associate also worked with my girlfriends, all who had certain tastes of their own. One girl brought her own vegan makeup while another wanted her makeup applied a certain way. Penney and her associate rolled with the punches and produced flawless results.
Finally, Penney was genuinely interested in my wedding planning and our trial/​engagement sessions were like mini-​therapy sessions. I really appreciated how she listened to me– it totally let me blow off some crazy wedding stress. Not only that, she remembered what I told her and the next time I would see her, she would check-​in with me about it! It made me feel like she not only cared about my makeup, but the total outcome of my wedding.
Hands down, Penney is a talented make-​up artist and a spectacular businesswoman. She made me look awesome on my wedding day and even pleased my makeup-​phobic husband who wanted me to be barefaced on our wedding day. Without hesitation, I would recommend Penney in a heartbeat.

Finding a hair & makeup artist for my wedding was the most stressful part of my planning. I actually had several trials that did not go very well. I am so grateful I found Penny and that she was available. Penny is very talented, professional and kind. She really listens to what you want and was so patient throughout my whole planning process. I must have changed my mind 100 times w/​different makeup looks and hairstyles. Somehow, on the day of… my hair & makeup turned out perfectly! The airbrush made my skin look flawless and even the lipstick color she suggested turned up real nice on pictures. She arrived early to set up and even stayed to give the groom a light airbrush. Her pricing is really the best for the quality you get.

Penney did hair and makeup for my wedding (both myself and my three bridesmaids). I couldn’t have been more pleased with my choice. Penney was extremely professional, which is super important to me. She provided a written contract and email communications with reminders and tips for how to prep hair and face before the big day. She was very helpful, offering her professional opinion but also listening to what I wanted. She arrived early on my wedding day and finished exactly on time. My hair and makeup looked awesome. They were exactly what I wanted!
If you are looking for someone who is professional, easy to work with, and does an amazing job with hair and makeup — book Penney!
Book early… this girl fills up!

If you are looking for an amazing makeup artist for your wedding for an extremely reasonable price, CONTACT PENNEY NOW! Really, you’re just wasting your time reading more reviews when you can be beating others to Penney – a real steal. You will not be disappointed if you have Penney as your makeup artist, the only disappointment you will feel is when you contact her only to find that your wedding date is already booked!
That almost happened to me. When I contacted Penney (about 7 months before my wedding date), someone actually had a soft hold on my wedding date already. I hoped and prayed that if I submitted my deposit right away, the other person would feel pressure to make the decision quickly and back out– and luckily for me, she did. I felt a little evil on the inside for stealing the other bride’s potential makeup artist but after meeting Penney and getting my makeup done by her, I knew that I had done the right thing ;) My advice to you, Unilocaler friend: Make no hesitations when it comes to booking Penney!
Who am I? A newly-​wed who loves all things makeup! I would feel confident enough to do my own makeup on my wedding day, but I honestly just didn’t want to do any more work than I had to on that day. I could also be a makeup artists’ worst nightmare because on one side, I am laid-​back and an overall happy/​chill person, but on the other side, I can be secretly crazy nit-​picky when it comes to makeup. I can confidently say that I made the right choice choosing Penney as my hair and makeup artist :)
My impression of Penney:
— She is responsive and informative: The worst wedding vendors to work with are those who take forever to get back to you. You don’t have to worry about that if you work with Penney.
— She is reasonable and flexible: Her pricing is excellent and hard to beat. I ended up not liking my makeup as much as I thought I did from the first trial run, and Penney booked another trial for me. I’m so glad we did that because we were able to learn from the trial run and as a result my makeup on the wedding day was flawless!
— She is knowledgable: I really enjoyed having conversations with Penney, especially about makeup. She was even able to teach me a thing or two that I plan on using in the future :)
— She is talented and professional: We started on time and finished on time. Timing was extremely important on your wedding day!
— She goes above and beyond: Only two days before the wedding, I asked Penney if she had a certain foundation in a certain shade that I thought was a better match for my skin tone. She didn’t have it but I was fine with that since the shade I asked about was only a TINY bit off from the shade we used during the trial run. On the day of the wedding, she came with the exact foundation and shade I was asking about. That really blew me out of the water and I could not believe she would take the time and spend the money to do that for just one client. I don’t want to say that she will run out and buy everyone’s foundation request, but I did want to mention this because I thought it really shows Penney’s character– if you book Penney you would be working with someone who exceeds expectations.
I’m not sure why this surprised me as much as it did. but as much as I liked my makeup from trial #2 and would’ve been happy with that exact same look on my wedding day, I could tell Penney paid extra extra extra attention to detail on the actual wedding day which resulted in an extra flawless look :) More importantly to me, it lasted through the entire night, which was my biggest worry because I knew my makeup would have to battle tears from the ceremony and sweat from some crazy dancing I had planned.
So yes. You can now celebrate because your search for the perfect wedding hair and makeup artist is over and you can move on to looking for the next vendor on your list :)

Penney is awesome. My wedding was on June 21, 2013. She and her crew showed up on time (early actually) to the hotel where we were getting ready. Very efficient, professional and friendly. They got started right away and you could tell they have worked together a lot. Penney was nice enough to even fit in a bridesmaid who initially said didn’t want hair and makeup but then decided at the last minute that she changed her mind. Something she didn’t have to do but did because she’s nice. The job she and her crew did was simply AMAZING. Very natural, elegant and beautiful work. The makeup and hair stayed for quite a while and looks incredible in pictures. Would highly recommend!!!

My wedding was on 3÷30÷13 at the Bridges Golf Course in San Ramon. I started looking for a make up artist around October of 2012 (the recommended 6 months time frame to secure a make up artist on most wedding websites). After doing some intense research for a couple of weeks, I love Penney’s work the most and her prices are very reasonable for what I’m looking for. She was very responsive to all my questions (I believe there were over 60 emails exchanged between us), and she’s just a great person overall. Super easy going, and she really cares about her clients and what they want. My fiancé and I went to the trial at her house, and we just loved her! It felt more like hanging out at a friends place, and the warmth of her personality just shines. (Her dogs are super friendly, too!!!) The trial went very well. I don’t typically wear a lot of make up, so it took a bit getting used to. But like everyone says, make up helps the photos look better!
We decided on the indulgent bride package with some modification to it. That’s another fantastic thing about Penney, she’s sooooo flexible! I made some changes to the hair/​make up leading up to the wedding. Penney was always very understanding and did everything she could to make sure I’m happy. She also updated our contract and detailed out the changes to make sure we are all on the same page. I wanted to have different make up/​hair styles for the ceremony, tea ceremony and reception, and also wanted my make up touched up throughout the day because our day started at 6 am. (Her airbrush skill is so good, in the end, I think I’d be totally fine without any touch up. But because she was there, I didn’t have to hold in my tears during the emotional/​touching moments of the day, cuz she could just touch it up! =p)
Looks on Wedding day:
Bridal pictures: natural make up with up-​do hair with pearl studs in hair
Tea Ceremony: touch up make up with up-​do hair with Chinese gold accessories
Ceremony: natural make up with up-​do hair with fresh orchids in hair and 10 ft cathedral veil
Reception: smoky look with side do hair with extensions and crystal hairband
6 am — Penney arrived a couple minutes before this to set up. Most of the bridal party were still asleep, and I was super sleepy, too. Penney showed up all professional and ready to get the day started! Pictures speak a thousand words, I will post some pictures when I get them. Penney did a fantastic job with my make up and hair, I received endless compliments throughout the day, but most importantly, I still feel like myself! Her airbrushing technique is superb, and she really concentrated on the little details (such as making sure my own lashes goes well with the fake ones). One side note, I broke my right elbow (yes…that’s the side where everyone will see during the ceremony) a month before the wedding and had surgery on it, so I had a scar about 5 inches long. It was a fresh scar, but after a couple minutes of airbrush, it’s completely gone!
9:00 am — We were done with hair and make up around now. And it’s almost time for bridal pictures! We had a lot of ppls running around in the bridal suite at this point, and it’s amazing how Penney can concentrate on her work while talking to ppls. All my bridal party and photographers loved her! We had to check out of the bridal suite to go take pictures, Penney stayed to help clean and made sure we got everything! Thank you thank you thank you!!!
12 pm — Penney met us at my in-​laws up to touch up my make up and hair for the tradition tea ceremony. Again, there must’ve been 50 ppls in the house. Penney got to work right away. With just a few touches, and different accessories, my tea ceremony look was completed. Again, lots of compliments. =)
3 pm — The ceremony starts at 4 pm. Penney came to the venue to do my touch up. I could tell I was getting super nervous at this point already, and Penney definitely helped to keep me relaxed. I had a 10 ft long cathedral veil and fresh orchids for my hair. Our wedding was on a grass lawn at the first hole, and it got pretty windy when the ceremony first started. I could feel my hair was getting pulled my the wind and was soooo scared that it might the flowers or the veil would fall off… but Penney did such a great job that they stayed in one place (as evidenced by how great the photos looked later). So if you are thinking about having a super long veil for an outdoor wedding, you can definitely do it with Penney’s amazing skills!
5 pm — Like all Asian weddings, our photo session took longer than expected. So Penney was only left with half an hour to change my hair do and touch up on my make up. Again, super fantastic job while under lots of pressure from the event coordinator and ppls coming in and out of the bridal room
Wow, that was a long review. Words cannot describe how happy I am to have Penney be my make up artist. I will definitely recommend her to all my friends and family. =)

Penney is a FANTASTIC hair and make up artist! I got married this October 21 and I found her last minute on Unilocal.I trusted the review here, it’s exactly what you will get. Price is VERY reasonable and you will not, I repeat will NOT regret booking her!
I met Penney during our trial with her 3 hrs service to discuss what type of hairstyles and make up will work best for me. Penney is very professional, easy to work with, and knew exactly what looks good when I start questioning myself. (Last minute booking and wedding planning makes you question everything).
I had about 2 ½ to 3 hrs trials to test different hair styles and thanks for the trial, I knew exactly what I wanted. Don’t set or worry about the trial hairstyle/​makeup look because it won’t look as good as the actual day since Penney is playing around with the hair and getting ideas what you like and that goes the same with the make up trial. From the trial I decided to go with bold purple smokey eyes and as for hair– top twist with a side swipe. Sounds simple but on the actual day (Penney arrived early ON TIME! very important :)), she made me look and I felt like a STAR. A lot of people complimented me of my hair and make up, some couldn’t even believe it was me! I felt gorgeous, real pretty-​beautiful and that’s the way you should feel on the day of your wedding, and Penney made me feel that way because of her talent/​work.
Every picture of me– with hair and makeup turned out GREAT! I loved it. She even covered my tattoos on my chest and back. My tattoo were really dark black and she did an amazing job with that! I couldn’t look better in that white wedding dress. It was perfect and the most important… I felt beautiful and I even think I stunned many of my guests. My hubby and sister (I need to get their approvals) are never shy to give me their honest opinions and even they said she, Penney did a freaking amazing job. If I could post a before and after picture here, I sure will and you will agree with me 100%. Book her already cause I will do it all over again with Penney! Thank you Penny! xoxoxoxoxox

Penney did a fantastic job on both my makeup trial (after which I took engagement photos which came out fabulous) and on my wedding day. Before our first meeting she sent me detailed instructions on skincare, what I should be thinking about in terms of my hair (to cut or not to cut, should I order extensions, etc) and was flexible about scheduling my first trial. She always responded promptly on e-​mail as well.
I felt like the make-​up was so heavy at first, but she assured me it would turn out beautiful in professional pictures. (I don’t wear much makeup usually). And she was right! Our engagement photos were fantastic. The trial went a little over 2 hours and she was calm and sweet and patient the entire time.
On our wedding day she showed up on time (at 6:00am!), got my hair and makeup done and then did my mom’s hair and makeup. She had never met my mom and my mother is extremely picky (and unable to speak English), but Penney finished her with plenty of time and my mom never looked better.
We both looked great in our photos and I am very happy with her services. Oh and did I mention our wedding was one week before her’s? I can’t believe she was working the weekend before her wedding, much less being so relaxed and patient and sweet.
I highly recommend her. Thanks Penney!

I hired Penney to do my hair and makeup for a special occasion in December, and I was very pleased with the results and the overall experience.
Penney was very sweet and professional throughout the entire process: from our first conversation on the phone, through several emails planning things ahead of time, and then of course finally in person.
She was right on time and was super easy to talk to. I didn’t have an exact idea or image of what I wanted, but she took my vague suggestions: «something pretty and fancy, but not over the top… maybe incorporate the colors I’m wearing into the eyeshadow?» and did an absolutely amazing job. I’ve never felt so pretty and fancy in my life!
Her prices are very reasonable for the quality service she provides, and I would definitely hire her again for another special occasion.