San Diego Bridal Hair Design

Cristina is so amazing at what she does! My hair is so thin and straight and with the guidance of Cristina I was able to buy the perfect extensions and have an up-do style that was 100% me. On top of being a fantastic hair stylist, Cristina is so personable and easy to converse with, which provided such positive vibes/energy for my hair trial and wedding day (Sept 2021). Looking back on my big day, she was my favorite vendor I got to work with. Thank you Cristina!

Eloped to San Diego with husband and our 4 kids.
Cristina (stylist) and Brianna (makeup artist) drove to our hotel just to do mine and my daughter's hair and my makeup.
No trial runs. Just inspo pics on Pinterest. And I was so happy with how our hair turned out and my makeup made me look like one of those YouTube makeup influencers lol

Thank you ladies! Thanks for being early and prompt!

Cristina did an amazing job on my wedding updo in March 2020. My wedding was originally supposed to be mid-April, but due to covid19, my fiance and I decided to have an intimate ceremony in March. So, we never had the chance to do a hair trial, but my hair ended up exactly how I dreamed - no, even better! Cristina is punctual, professional, friendly, and fun, and reasonably priced. Highly recommend!

Madison is great with makeup and you can trust her. She knows how to work with your face to tailor your look and really compliment your features. She was able to meet all my needs, showing my glowy natural looks to more coverage. Couldn't be happier!

Natalia is so awesome!! I showed her some inspiration for my wedding hair and she killed it! My hair was flawless for my big day, and lasted all day/night long (ceremony was early at 2:30pm). My mom, MIL and sister got their hair done as well, they were all so pleasantly surprised how she was able to capture exactly what they wanted - no trial run necessary. Natalia was on time, professional and a pleasure to work with. I recommend her services 10x over.

They have different ladies who do hair, so I don't know how everyone else does. My day, I was sooo stressed. I've never had actual anxiety attacks before this day. I was really excited just to have my makeup done and look like a goddess.. I wound up hating it. And then there wasn't enough time to take the glue off from the lashes I didn't like... I was really sad. I felt terrible but I told the girl I hated it and I was almost in tears. I had to drive straight to the venue. Everyone else thought I looked beautiful but honestly it was a solid 6/10 from what I was expecting. The

Cristina is incredible and a total pro! I'm so grateful I found her to do my wedding hair. My hair is notoriously difficult to work with yet she was able to give me an elegant low bun that was exactly what I wanted, and it miraculously stayed in place all night through dancing and the after party. She is also delightful and easy to work with. Cannot recommend enough!!

I'm so grateful I found Cristina to do my wedding hair!! She was a total joy to work with, ease to communicate with, and she totally got what I was looking for. I have thick super straight asian hair that is very hard to work with -- I've been a bridesmaid several times and each time my hair was professionally done but then quickly fell out of place and looked like a mess within hours. I shared my concern with Cristina (how I wanted a low bun that looked natural and elegant, but worried that hair would fall and poke out) and she somehow pulled off the impossible and for the first time

Pam Santos is an artist!! She did my hair for my engagement shoot and wedding day. My engagement shoot was at Sunset Cliffs and my curls (down-do) stayed put despite all the wind! For our wedding day, she recreated the same look for me and did some amazing up-dos for my mother, mother in law, sister and sister in law. We showed her pictures from Pinterest and she was able to recreate them flawlessly!! She is so down to earth and easy to talk to and she made our special day even that much more special. Thank you Pam!!

I have been following San Diego Bridal hair design and waiting to hire Cristina since me and my now husband had first gotten serious about marriage. I always knew she would be my stylist and could help me bring my vision to life so I was so very ecstatic when she was available for my wedding day, because I would have had to change the day if she was not! I have very difficult hair to style, it never stays, but Cristina makes miracles happen.
Not only that, but she coordinated the hair and makeup efforts between me and my 6 bridesmaids as well as my mother, mother-in-law and grandmother-in-law

This is wayyyy overdue (sorry Cristina!!) but Cristina did an amazing job on my hair for my wedding! I LOVED my side updo and it lasted all day (from 9 am!). She is also super sweet, accommodating, and professional. Her prices are very reasonable, and both the trial and actual day went great. I'm so glad I found her after experiencing a not so great trial with someone else. All in all, I highly recommend Cristina. So much so that I've been going to her for my hair needs ever since.

Natalia Palekhina is one of my go-to hair stylists. Given the choice, I’ve only trusted 2 people in the last 5 years to cut & style my hair on a consistent basis for professional photos and for personal events: Natalia is one of them.
As a model and performing artist, I have worked with her in fashion industry-related shows and photo shoots, as well as artistic collaborations. So she isn’t unfamiliar with working to practice perfect for portfolio-ready hair, or under time-constraints.
Not only is she impeccable in her ability to visualize and create a hairstyle that matches your vision, Natalia

Cristina is a PRO with hair! She was my first and only inquiry while shopping for my wedding hair dresser as I was referred by a girlfriend who had gotten her hair done as a bridesmaid & had high regards for Cristina.

There was no need to shop around for any other dresser as she replied to my email and answered all of my questions immediately with great enthusiasm. Price is also very reasonable ESPECIALLY for the detail and beautiful job she does that she makes to be flawless. Her time management is also amazing as she did 4 of us and our flower girls hair within 3 hours!

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Cristina is nothing short of amazing! She saved my wedding hair when I was in a bind. I booked a stylist 6 months in advance for my wedding. 3 weeks out, she bailed & I was desperate with no stylist on one of the most popular dates of the year so of course chances of finding someone available were slim.
I messaged Cristina because she is close to my venue. Within less than 5 minutes I had a text saying she would call after her current client. She was calm & supportive in my crisis, and she moved her entire schedule around including staying a late shift to meet with me!
Cristina was personable

I always cut my hair just with Natalia. I get a lot of compliments afterwords. I love how she cuts my bang. She once prepared me for a newborn photoshoot. She made sure every hair lies perfectly. I felt very pretty that day. I would recommend her to anybody.

Bri and Cristina were so fun and easy to work with! We had a large bridal party and they rocked everyone's requests. Between myself (the bride), at least 4 bridesmaids (if not more, I forget now!), and both my mom and my mother in law, everyone loved their hair and makeup! Bri even went out of her way to meet with me before hand for a trial to test out different looks a few weeks before our big day. She also did my hair and makeup for my engagement photos, which turned out great as well. Some of my bridesmaids were a bit high maintenance, but Bri and Cristina kept their cool, were super professional

Cristina is amazing! We live out of town and found her on yelp for our wedding in June (2017); the least I can do for her is contribute another glowing review to encourage more yelpers to book her! Especially because we are not in the SD area, communication was super important to us and she was great at getting back with any questions we threw at her and was extra helpful in making suggestions for other vendors we needed like someone to make a flower crown for my fiancé's hair. We came to town to do a trial with her two months before our wedding and she was so accommodating to our tight schedule

I cannot say enough good things about Cristina! She is absolutely AMAZING at bridal hair. I ended up having a few trials (my hair is VERY hard to get into an updo) and Cristina spent so much time with me to get it just right. My hair was exactly how I envisioned on my wedding day and everyone in my wedding party loved theirs as well. I could not have made a better choice. She is fun, crazy nice, and great at what she does. You really can't go wrong and I will be using her in the future for any hair styling needs. Book her. You won't regret it.

What a pleasure to work with her! Cristina is down to earth and personable, but also professional and really good at what she does. She was able to accommodate me and do my wedding hair even though she had another wedding to do that SAME morning! Very competitive rates for the kind of work that she does....and nice to communicate with. I think I messaged over 20 stylists to do my bridal hair in the SD/OC/LA area...the majority were completely unresponsive (like "okaaai, guess your business is doing THAT good, you just don't even need to respond to people huh?") or they didn&apos

I highly recommend Cristina to anybody looking for bridal hair services. I had a long engagement so that gave me the opportunity to do research on different stylist in the San Diego area.

After months of searching "bridal hair stylist" on Google and looking through multiple options, I decided to set up a trial with Cristina. The trial went great, I showed her a few options and she worked quick and also made recommendations on what would work best for me. I booked her immediately after my trial.

I chose Cristina for various reasons:
1) She provides the results you want at a reasonable

If you want a hair stylist who is talented, professional and listens to you, Cristina is a sure bet! She cares about each of her clients and I've never come away without being extremely pleased with my hair.
I don't understand Katie Ls review because Cristina is so caring and never gets frazzled or upset. She's always positive. Love her!!

Where do I even begin to describe what a beautiful person Cristina is to work with....

She is incredibly talented, extremely flexible, and her sweet and gentle spirit helped me relax on my wedding day last weekend. A few of the girls who were getting hair done were really late due to various circumstances, and even thought I know it is stressful and can throw the schedule off completely, Cristina remained calm and easy going. She fit in a extra hair requests at the last minute, no problem. The way she works-so carefully, so patiently and with great love-is a true gift. And the outcome? Each and