I started my career as a hairstylist in 2000, soon after I was working for Farouk systems (CHI), I was an educator, platform artist, and regional trainer for them for 5 years. I learned so much working with them, large scale hair shows, ballroom shows, taught classes, recruited and trained educators, ran individual and double team backstage, designed and created wardrobe for shows, ran photoshoots at shows and in studio for their platform artists and educators.

I left Farouk and my show family to be a department manager at our local Saks Fifth Avenue, where I managed the salon and spa for a number of years. This is where I learned to truly curate and execute events, displays and window design. Not to mention so many other things, I loved working there, and we had an amazingly talented and creative store team, and am very thankful for the time I spent there.

In between these long term positions, I also worked freelance in film for music videos, short and feature length, commercials, and fashion videos. Then there were many fashion shows, the local Wilhelmina Modeling Agency opening, a few shows for Neiman Marcus that Ken Downing leading, and some smaller designer shows as well, I love film and fashion, and am looking forward to the day Obsidian + Blush adds more of these mediums to our list of services.