ABOUT

My name is Kimmi Le and I work at Studio 4 Salon in Newport Beach as a hairstylist, makeup artist, and an educator. I also work on an artistic team as a senior artistic director/team member, and I love freelancing on photo shoots and fashion shows as much as I can. In 2007, I won avant garde stylist of the year for the North American Hairstyling Awards (NAHA). While I was in high school, I went to fashion shows to assist one of my sisters when she worked as a makeup artist. By the time I finished high school, I really wanted to be a fashion photographer. In the middle of my first semester of college I knew that the normal college life wasn't for me. Being the control freak of my work that I am, I knew I wanted to do the hair and makeup as well as the photography so that the entire vision would be mine. Cosmetology school is fairly quick, so by the 2nd semester of college I started cosmetology school in March of 1998. Began working in a salon as an assistant by late 1999 after I became a licensed cosmetologist. While I was in beauty school I worked as a freelance artist for hair and makeup on photo shoots and fashion shows and carried that with me when I began working in the salon and have never left this industry. Something I thought I wanted to be, introduced me to what I love do... I love working on any type of style and challenge myself to be able to work with any style. But I must say avant garde is definitely where my heart and soul is. I love working on period pieces as well. I like to take things that feel really familiar from an era and completely twist it into something you've never seen. When people see a collection I've done, I want them to feel like they know where the story I'm telling is coming from but at the same time see something completely new. My inspiration comes from anywhere and everywhere. I have such a passion and love for fashion and music and take a lot of my inspiration from both and from my personal experiences/emotions as well. I try to explore and take as much inspiration from every nook and cranny possible. Daily, as I work in the salon, I love what I do because I make people feel better about themselves and bring beauty into their lives. When you feel good about yourself, you exude happiness, confidence, and positivity. With my freelance work, I love what I do because it's my form of art. It's how I can express myself and have an art that other people can enjoy. I love to inspire and be inspired. At this link below you can follow me as I give out beauty tips and tricks and see most of my work as a hairstylist and makeup artist: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kimmi-Le-Hair-Makeup/159254560798558 - Kimmi Le

FAVORITE THING ABOUT RAW

RAW brings together every form of art from every realm. Being able to come together to share our artistries with each other is a gift. We have to keep inspiring each other to make the world go 'round!

MAKES MY WORLD GO ROUND

Really great friends with great conversation while eating great food and drinking great drinks and laughing all night long has got to be one of the best things in the world.