Address: 7 Vestry St, London, N1 7SS, United Kingdom
Phone: +442077344731
Rating: 4.3
based on 629 reviews.
Photography Experience
Pros:
"The photographer was great, had brilliant ideas of how to get a great natural photo."
"The photographer who was so amazing and had us laughing, joking, and the pictures he got were nothing less than phenomenal!"
"The photographer knew exactly how to direct us to get the best photographs."
"The photographer Dan put in so much effort with us and directed us so professionally."
"The photographer picks you and your bags up and takes you to a changing area ready to go through your outfits and what you’re trying to achieve for your photos."
"The photographer made me feel so comfortable and I felt free to make interesting choices with my poses."
"The photographer was fab, and the images are spectacular!"
Cons:
"Considering the financial outlay, I feel the experience was underwhelming."
"The way you go about the business side leaves much to be desired."
"While photographer and images were amazing the viewing season felt rushed and overpriced."
"I feel like the session was rushed and I didn't love the photos I received."
"The rest of the digital pictures that you have the option to purchase, are massively overpriced."
"£53 for a digital image? Not even a physical copy to take home is a disgrace."
"I felt a little rushed. Disappointed it wasn't more of a collaborative shoot."
Staff and Service
Pros:
"The hair and makeup artists at Vanity Studios were truly talented and professional."
"The makeup artists were so kind and talented, the staff catered to every need."
"Finally friendly and excellent advice was on offer to help me choose my final selection."
"You made us feel welcome and relaxed from start to finish."
"The staff was friendly and professional."
"All staff was super friendly and professional."
"The staff were so friendly and professional from start to finish."
Cons:
"Over priced, unprofessional. Changing area is freezing and full of junk like hangers and other peoples stuff."
"After a very stressful time dealing with Vanity over the phone (beware of hidden fees and their heavy pushing on package deals)."
"We were told that your images are deleted after you leave the studio - so you cannot go back and purchase more - I think this is a big mistake."
"At no point during the sales patter do they mention booking fees, and that the 12 month voucher is in fact only 3 months to book or useless."
"Felt ambushed by the price for the photo packages, at no point during the process of signing up for this was I given a copy of the pricing."
"The photographer was really lovely but staff service could be improved.. was consistently reminded to be on-time but when we got there, they ran late and was a bit dismissive."
"Be warned of OUTRAGEOUS booking fee policy!"
Makeup and Hair Styling
Pros:
"The hair and makeup artists at Vanity Studios were truly talented and professional."
"The makeup artists were so kind and talented, the staff catered to every need."
"From hair and makeup making sure we looked fabulous!"
"I had fabulous make up and hair done by one of the stylists."
"The make up artist was amazing and really took the time to ask me what I wanted and did exactly that, I loved how my makeup turned out."
"The ladies who did my hair and makeup understood exactly what I was going for and left me looking and feeling amazing."
"Hair and make-up were incredible."
Cons:
"I did feel that the makeup and hair arrangement was not optimised towards cosplayers."
"Hair and makeup was really minor they hardly did anything to me so that was a little disappointing."
"Only slightly disappointing element was that our hairstyles didn’t hold for the shoot, and my daughter was a bit disappointed with her makeup."
"The only one thing I would not do again is my nails, I think next time I will have them done in the nail salon."
"Everyone was made to feel special having makeup done and looked very glamourous, except my 75 year old mother who's makeup wasn't good at all."
"I tried to ask 2 months in advance if my autism could be accommodated as I don’t like people touching my face and I wanted to do my own makeup and my original attempt to contact got aired."
"We were given one hour at the start for one makeup/hair look that was to work for three cosplays."
Value and Pricing
Pros:
"The cheapest package prices was a bit of a shock but the images were so stunning that I just couldn't walk away with only 2!!"
"The prices were more than fair for the experience we received and honestly it was cheaper than I thought."
"It was well priced and extremely professional."
"We bought more photos than we intended because we liked so many of them, they aren't cheap but they are better quality so it's worth it."
"Definitely not a cheap experience but the quality of the service justifies the cost."
"This studio is simply the best - seamless, efficient, enjoyable experience and excellent value."
"I would Highly recommend them for quality and value."
Cons:
"Considering the financial outlay, I feel the experience was underwhelming."
"The rest of the digital pictures that you have the option to purchase, are massively overpriced."
"£53 for a digital image? Not even a physical copy to take home is a disgrace."
"It is pricey-surprisingly expensive! so be prepared."
"Charging £12 per image for retouching, I think is slightly excessive on their part."
"The only thing I would say was I wish I had looked into the prices of the additional photos beforehand as we felt the packages to purchase further digital photos expensive."
"I wish the price was a little more reasonable- I ended up buying 20 digital shots and would have loved to buy more but I simply couldn't justify spending any more."