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Monday: 9AM - 6PM
Tuesday: 9AM - 6PM
Wednesday: 9AM - 6PM
Thursday: 9AM - 6PM
Friday: 9AM - 2PM
Saturday: 9:30AM - 4PM
Sunday: Closed
Makeup by Anna Grimes is a charming boutique located in the heart of Atascadero, California. The studio is beautifully decorated with lush plants, creating a warm and welcoming atmosphere. Anna, the owner and lead artist, is a skilled professional with over 20 years of experience in the beauty industry. She offers a wide range of services, including on-location wedding makeup, special event makeup, makeup lessons, brow shaping and tinting, brow lamination, and dermaplaning facials. Clients praise her for being very knowledgeable, flexible, and helpful, often providing suggestions for vendors, places to eat, and skincare. Many mention that Anna emphasizes clients’ natural beauty and makes them feel confident and beautiful. She uses high-end products and is known for her attention to detail and outstanding customer service. In addition to traditional services, Anna conducts makeup lessons where she guides clients through product choices and application techniques, ensuring they feel empowered to recreate their looks at home. Her calm presence helps ease nerves, especially on big days like weddings, where she tailors makeup to individual preferences and provides essential tips for skin prep. Her thoughtful approach, including providing touch-up bags for bridal parties, ensures that everyone feels special. Makeup by Anna Grimes remains a trusted and highly recommended destination for both special occasions and regular beauty routines, with many clients expressing their satisfaction and joy with the results.
I’m so glad I met with Anna for my Ageless Beauty Makeup Lesson. Her salon is lush with plants and immaculately clean. To prep for our lesson, she had me bring all my makeup and brushes. Together, we went through everything to see what will work for my skin tone and the daily makeup look that I wanted to achieve.
She worked on the left side of my face as she explained the product choice and application method (which brush or finger to use) and then coached me as I tried the new tricks and techniques on the right side of my face.
She also had wrote notes that would help me when I was to create the look at home.
She’s very easy to talk to, and extremely educated...read full review
I can’t rave about Anna enough, she is incredibly talented! She did my bridal makeup as well as bridal party and everyone loved their looks including me. She takes her time to get to know what you like and don’t like and she’s so precise and just overall amazing. 10/10
Anna was truly the best makeup artist I ever could have asked for for my wedding. From the very beginning, she was incredibly helpful with answering all of my questions, especially about skin prep. I am not really a get glammed up kind of girl, so I wanted all the advice I could get! She walked me through a timeline of when to get waxed, spray tan, facial, etc to make sure my makeup was perfect for the big day. I had a ton of fun with her during my trial and getting all glammed up, and when it came to the big day there were a few minor changes I wanted to make from my trial, and she was so open to making those, and I truly felt like a princess. Anna's calm presence really...read full review