At least 17 of brides, some of whom paid more than $500, said that he is very upset about the hairdresser-makeup artist from Kansas city in Missouri, which is simply not appeared at them in the day of the wedding.
Only once in March Miranda Reeves ordered stylist services for wedding, scheduled for October, she began to notice the negative reviews. «I’ve seen a lot of reviews like «do Not book her services. She showed up at my wedding»,» — said Miranda.
However, the girl managed to give $500 to the stylist Annie DeVol of Devol Studio Annie Artistry. The master had to do Miranda’s hair and makeup and also provide similar services to 4 bridesmaids.
But a few weeks before the wedding ceremony the first signs of future problems. Annie was difficult to contact and she never showed up at her house to try out hairstyles and makeup which will later be recreated at the wedding. «I tried to contact her on Facebook, but nobody answered,» says Miranda.
3 hours passed before Annie called Miranda to explain. «She was crying. She was upset. She said that her phone was working badly. She was robbed of her purse, and similar crazy things.»
Miranda was beginning to worry about whether there will be Annie in her wedding, but she did not have enough money to hire someone else.
On the wedding day with Annie it was impossible to contact. «She did not come, not texted, nothing,» said Miranda, who asked to get her money back, but doubt that I’d see them again.
Geplaatst door Annie De Vol op Dinsdag 8 mei 2018
After that, the victim of a makeup artist with a reputation as a worker, not appearing at weddings, was the bride Jaylin Whitaker. «I really don’t care about the money,» said Whitaker, who had paid Annie $100. «I just don’t want that to happen to another bride.»
On the wedding day Jaylin Annie was supposed to arrive at 7 a.m. to make a girl makeup and hair. It is easy to guess that she didn’t show up. «I was very upset. I didn’t know what to do,» says the girl.
Journalists WDAF tried several times to contact the stylist. She didn’t answer the doorbell of the apartment in Kansas city, which she takes. The reporter, however, was able to call her. She refused to answer questions, saying that he was going to take a shower and be able to talk late in the evening. More calls she didn’t answer, but the next day sent a message. She said that she is not appearing at weddings, but that she does not keep records of orders for her services. She added that she will return the money to all the brides, just not sure when I’ll be able to do it.
For the most part the impression that Annie is hiding. Some of her clients had no idea where she lives or if she has a phone. They could only communicate via Facebook.
In addition, brides it is not known that Annie has a criminal record under another name. Before her name was Annie Roche and she was charged with crimes related to narcotic substances. The last time she was serving a sentence in 2016.
Despite the difficult past, the former client does Annie say she is a talented hairdresser and makeup artist, when it appears at weddings. Instead, she sabotages her own career.
«2 weeks ago she was still seeing clients,» said Melissa Bleyton, colleague Annie. Melissa and her staff many times to intervene when Annie did not come to the wedding, including cases with Jaylin and Miranda. «I don’t want to see the suffering of the bride in the most important day for them,» explains the stylist.
Miranda, one of the victims, Annie talks about Melissa Bleyton: «She did a fantastic job and did an amazing job with my bridesmaids». Miranda said that’s all she wanted — to be able to trust someone with her hair and makeup.
