Erica Gray Makeup & Hair

I have gotten my hair and makeup done several times in the past year for other weddings and events, but Erica, by far does the best makeup I've seen. I don't wear makeup everyday, and I still wanted to look myself on my wedding day. I wanted to find someone who would NOT just paint my face with makeup to where I looked completely different. Erica did a fabulous job. She is sweet, easy to work with and deceptively good at her craft. She makes it seem so easy and natural.

Erica did my hair and makeup for my wedding, as well as the hair for my sisters and family. I was very pleased with the reults and happy i chose her! She was extremely professional and punctual and moves at a quick pace!

Erica Gray made wedding day hair and makeup process easy and relaxed. Erica agreed to meet with me prior to me hiring her to make sure it would be a good fit. I really enjoyed her friendly, laid-back demeanor. Some have mentioned in reviews that Erica is not the best with responsiveness, so I voiced my concern to her. She did admit that response time is not her strong-suit, but she would work on it. She does respond within 24 hours when possible. Since we discussed it openly, I felt fine about it. I did experience some lag-time with her responding to me; however, it was on a very busy weekend when she was booked with weddings. I found with other vendors this to be true as well, so I can't really hold it against her, especially during wedding season in Austin. Erica came to my house for the trial run, which made it very easy on me. We discussed what I was thinking about and I showed her some pictures for ideas. What she did with my hair, hair extensions and make-up was just beautiful. We did discuss making some minor adjustments for the wedding day, just to make my look more perfect. My hair and make-up stayed all day. I had a morning wedding, so Erica had to come to my house at 5:00 AM…and no problems, she was on-time and very professional. Erica completed my hair and makeup with the adjustments that we discussed. My hair turned out even better than it did at the trial and my makeup was perfect! That morning, Erica also did hair and makeup for the mother and stepmother of the groom. She was even able to use her airbrush to cover some leg scrapes and bruises my mother had unintentionally gotten from mowing her yard a couple of days before. It was extremely windy the day of the wedding. My hair stayed up all day with no problem and my flower stayed securely fastened to my head. My veil did end up blowing off my head, but I guess that is the risk you take with an outside hilltop wedding…it was more like a sail than a veil. Of course that was not in any way a reflection on Erica's work…just the weather we ended up with. Overall, Erica is professional and talented, yet flexible, friendly and open. Her prices are extremely competitive and I liked that she was willing to come to me for the trial. I definitely recommend her to Austin-area brides.

Erica is incredible. She created some serious "magic" with her team for my wedding weekend. I knew right away in our trial that she was the gal for me...we had an insta-friendship, which is so important for The Big Day. But more importantly she is such a talented stylist. My hair and make up looked beyond fabulous BOTH nights (she did my rehearsal party too). The night before the wedding, friends and fam were wowed by the look she gave me and asked why I don't look like this every day (I explained it involved a stylist to maintain this look). I felt amazing, like a rockstar that night---as you should during your wedding weekend. Then wedding day...everyone looked amazing and most importantly, still like themselves. My mom, my mother-in-law, sisters, etc all looked like their A+ version of them. If, I may say so myself, I looked truly divine...romantic, beautiful, elegant. I really can't thank her enough for making me feel like a gorgeous bride. - E Levin

Erica was great, she is a joy to work with! She provided hair and make-up for myself, 4 bridemaids, MOB and the flower girl. Everyone of of the girls loved their hair and make-up and looked great in the pictures. Erica is really flexible as some of the girls knew exactly what they wanted and she made it happen, but she was also great at making recommendations for those that didn't. I love the work she did because you look like yourself, only better. My husband really is not a fan of a ton of makeup and was really pleased with how I looked...he was worried I would look cake-y :) In addition to being great at what she does, she is just fun to be around which makes the process more entertaining. Erica is so good that I have 2 friends getting married soon and they both are using her for hair and make-up as well!

Sometimes it was hard to get in contact with Erica--BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER because she is AMAZING! She is reliable and she does an incredible job. I got married in august, and my makeup stayed put all night! And my hair was fabulous. I have short hair, which was really hard to find a stylist for--and she did a really amazing job finding the perfect way to position by pill box veil and give me a stunning look! Mostly, I just want to be her friend because she is too cool for words.

I wish I could hire Erica to come to my house every morning to do my hair and makeup. She did a terrific job working with my hair type (curly) and playing up all the right things, and the makeup and hair held up pretty much all night without too much touching up and without using intense high-tech makeup techniques like airbrushing. And although I wouldn't call her fast (who needs fast on their wedding day?) she *is* meticulous which is important. With all the expensive mineral makeup in the world, I just never, ever could have done what she did myself. She's lovely to chat with too. And most importantly, I think she made me look (and feel) really beautiful. She does charge for the trial, which she did in her apartment in Greenpoint, so schedule your trial on a day when you have something special to do that night!

Erica made me look exactly how I dreamed of looking on my wedding day. Really, worth every penny.

I LOVED my hair and makeup. Erica did an amazing job and was really affordable. She did my hair and makeup, my mom's hair, and the makeup of the one bridesmaid who wanted it, and all her work was beautiful. She was sweet, friendly, and fun as well! Her work does not happen quickly, so I would recommend that future brides schedule plenty of time, but her attention to detail is totally worth it. I'm not very good with hair and makeup, so I had a hard time describing what I wanted. Erica somehow totally got what I was looking for, and made it happen. My makeup still looked flawless 12 hours, sweaty dancing, and lots of drinks later.