Studio 64 (London)

[Pippa68]

Anyone else won a free makeover & photo session with them? Just want to know if it's all a con!

[browneyedgir]

You get the makeover - where they put really havey make up on you (and blame the lights in the studio) then have a photo session after whcih they give you the hard sell to buy as many pics as they can sell. If you don't buy the pics on the day then they say the price will go up. Best bet if you want some pics done is to go to your local photographer. Good luck

[nat_84]

I've been to one of those things.... think the "con" part is at the end where they sit u down and try to get you buy �1,000+ worth of pictures.

I just said "no thanks" and took my one free one :o)

[Pippa68]

Oh that's ok then ~ as long as it's nothing more sinister!

I shall enjoy being made over & have the free pic :o)

[4getmenot]

yes me and my mate filled in a questionaire and the next week we both won, what a suprise, when I read it you get a free makeup session then you get to look at photos and can purchase them from �250.00. When the man rang I said look for it being a prize draw everyones won and I dont have the money to go to London just to get a bit of slap put on, then he said 'well you can pay installments. Thanks but no thanks. Complete rip off.

[redcrx]

4get won last year. do a search, Im sure i found some interesting reading

[joannie10]

it is all heavy stage make up and not an environment like going to a beauticians. I would worry how hygenic it was too - the products etc.

[Pippa68]

Ok..so do I go out for the day or not? lol

[nat_84]

yeah $od it why not.?! Can be quite a laugh, just be prepared to face a hard salesman/woman at the end of the day!

[Pippa68]

Yeah that's what I thought, nat.

I have recently had family photos done at Venture ~ they weren't hard sellers at all and I picked the photos I wanted without feeling like a skinflint ;o)

This one is just going to be an afternoon out with my sis, followed by dinner.

Was the free photo any good?

[nat_84]

Yeah it was quite nice - i'll try and show it to you. I was only about 18 at the time i think... i'll scan it in over the weekend. They did let me choose which one in particular i wanted aswell.

It was a bit like being on a processor belt... sat down, and they done my hair (no wash or anything - just styled it!), moved along and they done my nails (painted them), then passed on the next seat to a make up woman. (So nothing too fancy!!)

Then me and my friend were taken downstairs to a "studio" and we had bought along all different styles of clothes (formal dress, casual, smart etc) so he could take different styles of photos.

I remember it being a nice day out and made a change...!

[unruliejulie]

Hi Pippa, i had it done once and i loved every minute of it. The hard sell is at the end but you just have to stand firm and not be persuaded into buying pics you dont want!

[4getmenot]

was a rip off for me as I filled in the form in Norwich, why would I want to travel to London for some makeup that they probably trowell on

[Pippa68]

Thanks guys :o)

I am not that far away from London so it is probably worth the craic.

Unrulie..I shall stand firm, lol. I am not the most photogenic in the world so I am sure I will resist!

[naddy]

I actually worked for studio 64 for a long time, and God you guys are ******* stupid.

Don't get me wrong, I actually don't have any reason to defend them, I don't even like them, but the insipidness of you people really gets to me!

It is a very good deal you're getting, so what if everyone is offered the same? It doesn't take away the fact that you get free wine, free hair and makeup and free studio time and yes, people actually pay �300 for this.

The pictures are expensive because you're all pretty goddamn hideous and it takes time to airbrush out your ugly faces and slim you down.

As for you who think that it's a rip off... just because you're poor and don't have a pot to **** in doesn't mean that it is a rip off. Why should you expect anyone to put all that time and effort into making you lot a whole lot better than you do now for the price of a kodak pic?

[pinkcandy]

Hi Pippa

I have just won a makeover in london with studio 64, did you go for the day? How did it go? I would like to go but am still worried as they say they have to take a deposit in case i dont turn up (it is refunded if i do tur up)...

Thanks in advance

[Sarahlou1973]

Did you have any problems getting the deposit refunded? I have a horrible feeling this 'prize' is going to leave me �99.00 worse off.... :-(