Makeup By Cory

I was probably one of the worst wedding planning brides ever. I was such a procrastinator! I waited until about 4 – 6 weeks before our wedding before trying to hire someone for the wedding to do my makeup. I contacted many places, and Cory promptly responded back to me! She wanted to get me in for a trial run as soon as possible, so I was able to meet her the next day. She was very pleasant and explained all of my makeup options for myself and my wedding party.
There ended up being a total of 6 girls getting their makeup done on wedding day, so Cory brought an assistant. All of us seemed so happy with the results! I recommend airbrush, I barely felt it and I can’t think of a better day to go all out with makeup. I was very happy to see my mother, who rarely explores makeup and who is self conscious about being in photos, seemed to love the way she looked.
I overall had a fantastic experience working with Cory!

Great experience! I was recently in a bridal party and Cory was the makeup artist chosen by the bride. Everyone loved their makeup and she graciously accommodated all our individual requests, even doing a few trial runs for the bride until it was perfect. I’m very picky with my makeup and getting it done is usually uncomfortable, but not with Cory. She really understood what I wanted and made the experience very easy. I would highly recommend her!

Bad Choice for Bridal Makeup
I had a difficult time working with Cory Bryant from Makeup By Cory for my wedding and engagement photo shoot. Out of all my wedding vendors, Cory was the only one who caused me stress and frustration on my wedding day. My wedding was in May 2013. The problems with Cory are below:
1) Bad attitude
2) Unreliable with schedule
3) Asked for tips repetitively
4) Not good with Asian eye makeup, does better job with Caucasian
I did two trials with Cory before the wedding. My biggest makeup concern was «no panda eyes look.» I’m Asian, so most heavy eye shadows make me look like I got punched in the eye — two dark puffy circles that make my eyes look smaller, the «panda eyes» look! Not attractive at all! I didn’t like the makeup she did on me for the trial — her strokes were rough and not detailed; she drew my eyebrows and eyeliner skewed and asymmetric; one eyelid had heavier eye shadow than the other, and the mascara was clumpy. And, it had the «panda» look!
Trying to schedule a 2^nd trial with Cory was a nightmare. I drove down to Cory’s home studio, but she had «forgotten» my appointment and had another client there. I said it was no big deal and re-​scheduled, then she cancelled on me for 3 more times before «squeezing me in» her busy schedule. At times, I was stressed and afraid I wouldn’t be able to get another trial before the wedding. Cory explained that she usually does only 1 trial, because the trial cost is discounted, so she was already doing me a favor for agreeing to a 2^nd trial. Because it was already too late to find another makeup artist, all I could do was wishful thinking.
On the day of the wedding, Cory and her team of 3 assistants showed up 15 minutes late. Immediately, Cory announced that they «had to hurry» because she «had another wedding to rush to after this one.» She was clearly stressed and repeated that whenever I or a bridesmaid made a request. I did not feel that my wedding was a priority at all.
I requested lighter colors that would make my eyes look brighter and bigger. Cory’s immediate reply was «I can’t make your eyes look any bigger than they are.» She started layering on darker eye shadows that I did not like. Meanwhile, my sister was getting her eye shadows done by an assistant. When my mother pointed out that we would like my eye makeup to look more similar to my sister’s, Cory said she was just going to let her assistant do my eyes. I could tell her pride was hurt, and the rest of the appointment felt «adversary.» I wish Cory would have listened instead of being in such a big hurry to get to the next wedding.