FireMakeup Artistry by Jessi Pagel Diaz

This review is long past due but better late than never. Jessi is hella fantastic! I loved her and her team. Jessi was highly recommended by the owner of the venue where we got married. I took one look at her website and reviews and was sold. She was so easy to communicate with and was top notch on everything. We scheduled a trial run at my house and I was immediately at ease with her. She is awesome, nice, no BS, so professional, and I felt like I could tell her anything. She listened to what I wanted and considered the wedding theme and dress and flowers. She knows what she’s doing! And she made me feel more beautiful than I have ever felt. I looked like myself but a kickass version of myself. The husband cried when he saw me at first look. Her team was just as talented with hair and make-​up and made the getting ready time before the ceremony so much fun. I think my maid of honor is going to try and book Jessi and her team for her wedding if possible. Your wedding day will not run perfect but let one thing ease your mind and be perfect, Jessi and her fabulous hands… in a non dirty kind of way… needs to do your hair and makeup. :) I wish she could do mine everyday. And not just because I’m lazy. Thanks Jessi!!!

I absolutely adore Jessi! I don’t think I have ever once liked my makeup done by someone else until my trial run with Jessi. She is amazing and multi talented! My whole wedding party and the moms all loved their hair and makeup. It all photographed so beautifully and I feel so lucky to have had her and her team for my wedding day. I used extensions for my wedding day and my hair is rather short and fine. After our trial run we noticed when all pinned back they had a pinkish hue. She took the time to meet me before the wedding, trimmed out all the reddish lowlights, and precurled them all before the big day. Her and her team all bring their own supplies including makeup chairs. Seriously you can’t go wrong with Jessi!

Jessi is a true professional and she has set an incredibly high bar for me in terms of working with MUAHs in headshot photography. She was super responsive through our communications and made sure to ask for feedback for clear direction about what I and my actress wanted. At the end of the day, we achieved the high quality work we hoped for in large part because Jessi is dedicated and passionate about her art. My actress cried happy tears looking through the pictures and I couldn’t be more pleased! No doubt I will have Jessi on speed dial for future projects.

Jessi was absolutely fantastic! I never wear makeup and wasn’t able to do a trial run (I live in California), but after talking to her on the phone, I had complete trust in her to make me look fantastic! I researched a lot, and she was confident in her answers, and I trust her to do best for both what’s good for my skin as well as to make me look gorgeous! She is amazing and made us all look fantastic! She helped me feel comfortable with my double lashes (you were right! Those are totally the way to go!). She is a true artist and in a few moments, she was able to make us all feel beautiful She didn’t do my hair, but she did help put the finishing touches when my friend wasn’t sure what to do with my bangs. Jessi knew exactly what to do! Thank you so much!
She made me feel comfortable, made me look amazing and natural at the same time! Couldn’t recommend her enough!

Jessi from Firemakeup saved my wedding day!!! Jessi was not scheduled for my day (of course you can’t have a wedding without a problem). With minimal notice Jessi swooped in to fix all of my bridal parties makeup. All she was missing was a cape. She is amazing and made my whole bridal party feel gorgeous. You should stop your search right now and hire Firemakeup for your next event. She will always have a special place in my heart for being the superhero with a brush that saved my wedding day!

Jessi at FireMakeup did my hair and makeup for the biggest photoshoot of my life so far. I literally choose her from everyone I researched, and I researched a lot. And it went PERFECTLY. She was very good, very supportive, and the reactions to the final photo are ALWAYS raving… Love her!

Jessi and her team came to us on my wedding day for hair and makeup. This was my first time to ever have make up done and wasn’t going to at first. I am always afraid of the amount of makeup you have on and didn’t want to look to «done up». After looking through her portfolio, I realized that she can make you look beautiful with a more natural look and got excited to have mine done. I’m so glad I decided to. I haven’t received the photographer’s photos yet, but I am shocked how good I look in the phone photos :) She made me beautiful! My make up looked amazing all through the night and I received so many compliments on how radiant I looked. All my bridesmaids looked gorgeous as well and they were so happy with their services.

I was one of several bridesmaids in my college roommate’s wedding. Our bride treated us to makeup and hair-​styling from Jessi and her team… but it was more like a makeover!
Jessi is a true artist, and as such her work is a reflection of herself. In just a few minutes, she’s able to capture the essence of any of her subjects then use her arsenal of makeup to turn a gal into a masterpiece!
She was able to accentuate my better features, letting my freckles shine through instead of packing on layers of foundation. She was also so sweet in complementing me throughout the application, «You have great skin,» «Such long eyelashes,» etc. Perhaps she knew this would help bring out my glow. I’ve never seen my skin look better.
In just a few hours, Jessi and her team of 3 other stylists transformed a dozen women into models. And my goodness, my pal who got married was the most breathtakingly beautiful bride. Well, the bride was gorgeous anyways, but Jessi made her glow thanks to her aesthetic expertise.
In summation: hire Jessi if you need to look like the best version of yourself.

I’m not a big makeup wearer or fan of having my makeup done, but Jesse has opened my mind with her work, both on others and on me! She has amazing attention to detail and an admirable work ethic – always on time, uses only products she respects, and takes any extra time needed to do the job right. In a nutshell, she does very, very pretty work.

Jessi has done my make up and hair for the better part of 2 years now. She knows her craft well and is always learning and looking to add and broaden her skills even further. She is fantastic! Very professional and super meticulous! She will not let you look bad! ;) You won’t find a better or more accurate and thorough make up artist out there. What ever you need done, she will do it and 12 steps beyond your expectations of incredible results. :D I’d highly recommend her to anyone.

I hired Jessi for my wedding last week, and she did a beautiful job! I got tons of compliments on my hair and makeup. She was flexible, punctual, and professional. I had originally hired another makeup artist that did not work out, so I didn’t contact Jessi until 2 weeks before the wedding.
Since I was out of town, and I was working during the week, there was not a lot of time for me to have a trial makeup run. I was able to come the day before my wedding to have my trial done at her apartment, which I subsequently donned at the rehearsal dinner. On the wedding day, there were 4 of us who required hair/​makeup or both in 2.5 hours. She arrived early, and she brought an assistant, Meredith, who was also fantastic. She is easy to get a hold of by phone or e-​mail, and she was very organized. She also made me the loveliest lip color for touchups.
I highly recommend her for weddings, and I would hire her again.

Jessi is amazing!!! She did our hair and makeup for a photo shoot with my band. I only wish I could make myself look like this every day! One picture I got was so good that I changed my profile pic on facebook to it. That’s a huge deal because I have never changed my profile pic ever since I started using it years ago. During the shoot, one of the girls in the shoot (not me, of course :) got a little hard to handle. Jessi had it covered. Very professional, and super nice!!!

Jessi Pagel has helped me with make up a few times, she combines years of experience, professionalism, and a tender touch of care that makes you want to keep coming back. With reasonable prices and the best products Jessi is indeed a Fire Make up Artist!
Latasha Alexander
Mrs Austin Texas Plus America.

I’ve worked with Jessi on a number of television projects and am so happy with her work that I always request her on any job I get. She is meticulous and very detail oriented but also understands the wider needs of working on TV production. She consistently makes me look fantastic, no matter how long the work days are. She also works as stylist on some of my projects and has a great eye for fashion. I highly recommend Jessi’s work!

If you need makeup. And or hair done this lady knows all there is to know and more about every imdividual. from skin care to proper use of products firemakeup is aces when it comes to bringing out natural beauty.

Very highly recommended by me. I have always relied on Jessi Pagel and Fire Makeup Artistry to take care of my face when I need to get all dolled up. Very sad I lost her here in Vegas, may have to travel to Austin next time I have to get my makeup done :) Jessi has always been professional, on time, and well prepared but for me the most important thing is looking good… and she gets me there. She explains what she is doing as she works, which is nice in case I want to give it a whirl. She brings her own makeup and supplies, but will also use mine per request. Other makeup artists have over-​bronzered me but Jessi gets my skin just right… I love it and I love her. The combination of talent and kindness is just perfect.