Shannon “PIGMENT” ROMANO
Professional Hairstylist + Artist + Wig Designer
EPISODES
Celebrity Clients & Mastering Your Craft
Tune in to hear Shannon Romano aka @_p_i_g_m_e_n_t_ share how to get celebrity clients and the truth about mastering your craft!
Key Takeaways
Shannon did an apprenticeship program, no formal school. This is where you get to learn on the job.
Her apprenticeship led to automatic clients within the shop where she worked. Clients gain trust, and you are cheaper, so they switch to you. Then, if a stylist leaves, you get their clients too.
Shannon moved to Vegas only to realize building anew is very challenging if you didn't work in a salon and have those relationships. So she left hair, only to come back!
Starting back off, she went to a commission salon to build with the help of the salon and its brand AND without the cost of rent.
Shannon began pursuing her passion for design and creativity to explore her hair piece and wig designing.
This process required a LARGE investment of time and energy to hone her craft. This also cost her money for the wigs and hairpieces. She was her own model and worked with what she had to grow herself.
Now, Shannon works with designers, charitable organizations, and celebrities like Cardi-B
Try to stay mindful of your emotions and ask yourself why you are feeling the emotions you are feeling. Do not give
into them, but ask yourself why. Why do you feel those things and figure out how to work on the reasons why, and not the feelings you are feeling...they will consume you, think depression and anxiety.
If you want to work with celebrities, you have to be a master of your craft...this takes serious amounts of time, no way around it.
Does Work-Life Balance Exist? The Life Of An Independent Stylist, Artist, & Mother
Tune in to hear how Shannon aka "PIGMENT" makes her passion and dreams a reality!
Key Takeaways
Following your passion and pursuing those interests are the only ways to accomplish your goals.
Life is all about getting back up when you fall down, and hair kept calling her to come back.
Getting new clients as an independent niche creator is a constant effort of putting her work out there, collaborating with others, and producing her own shoots.
Clients will buy her creations, and at other times, they will tell her what they want her to create, and it's more like a client in your chair telling you what they want.
Shannon enjoys working with clients in collaboration as well as creating what she wants.
Getting clients means getting to know your ideal client AND your existing clients.
Being an entrepreneur and building your business means understanding what opportunities to take and what not to take; be careful turning down opportunities.
Work-Life Balance Does Not Exist. Work is part of your life, just like family and friends. Success in goals and pursuing your passion means learning to intertwine, juggle, and task-switching between work, family, rest, friends, community, etc.
Practice, Practice, Practice: Never practice what you just learned in a class on a paying client. Always practice on mannequins and models before using new tools and techniques.
Clients should like the product they get & Shannon does not want anyone to pay her for something they do not like.
