Moderne Beauty

Moderne Beauty & Aesthetics is a San Jose studio offering bridal hair and makeup, customized facials, waxing, and custom beauty services, led by owner and licensed esthetician Monina Wright. The studio is known for speed waxing using Beroni soft and hard wax, customized facials addressing concerns from dullness to signs of aging, bridal hair and makeup, and custom blend foundation matching for clients with complex skin tones. Monina Wright has been a licensed esthetician for over 18 years and a professional makeup artist for 20-plus years, opening the studio to the public in October 2008; the bridal team also includes licensed cosmetologist Michelle Mohan, who has worked in the industry since 2006, and Yulissa Garcia, a twice-certified makeup artist and hair stylist with 5-plus years of experience including work in film and on Telemundo. The studio is located at 1275 Lincoln Avenue in San Jose and serves clients from Willow Glen, Los Gatos, Saratoga, Silicon Valley, and the greater Bay Area, with on-location services available for weddings and shoots. Couples and long-term clients highlight Monina's attentiveness to individual skin and style goals, the comfort of her waxing technique, and her ability to deliver camera-ready bridal looks; a boudoir photographer has relied on her as a primary hair and makeup artist for over 7 years.