Samara Shannon
310.279.7320 styles@samarashannon.com www.samarashannon.com
About SAMARA SHANNON…… extraordinary hair stylist, make-up artist, and owner of the popular Los Angeles based Samara Studios, is quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with in today’s hair and beauty industry. With over 10 years of experience, the licensed stylist continues to impress her clients with innovative styles, her artistic vision and impeccable attention to detail. As a master of her craft, Samara keeps up with latest styles and current techniques as they appear within the fashion and beauty scene, constantly expanding her knowledge and portfolio. In 2006, she was awarded Protégé to the Olympic styling team; working directly under renowned stylists Brenda Knox and Thomas Hayden pushed her to improve her skills as both a stylist and as an educator through her training at the Vidal Sassoon Advanced Academy and as an assistant cosmetologist teacher at Abraham Friedman. Specializing in advanced weaving, precision cutting and styling; Samara’s work has granted her as 1st place winner in numerous hair shows and features in a variety of magazines including Passion, The Zone magazine, Styling Substance, XXL, King, Black Hair Sophisticates, LA Directory, 12 Dress Catalog, and many more. Samara has styled for Toni Braxton, Nivea, Keisha Cole, X factor, Willow Smith, Disney Network, Bad Girls Club and other music video clips, numerous models, actors and entertainers including the new talent for Interscope Records. She regularly styles hair and make-up for fashion shows, photo shoots, and special events and travels servicing and teaching clients as they continue to demand her exceptional talent, all while managing her high-end, decorative salon in the center of Los Angeles. Recently, she has signed as a Creative Advisor and Hair & Makeup Stylist with StyleLab the Agency. Her latest work can be seen in January 2009 in the international renowned Flaunt magazine and 944 magazine. She also did a coffee table book entitled “The Art of Style”, by Stephon Briscoe. As an artistic stylist, excellent business woman, and knowledgeable teacher, Samara Shannon continues to make a name for herself in the ever-growing world of fashion, beauty, and entertainment, rapidly becoming one of today’s most requested and talented stylists.