Samuel Paniagua

Whether backstage at Fashion shows,,,or transforming models at photo shoots..or spoiling my clients i am a driven individual who puts his comb and shears in high gear making sure the feel good and look good...I am a hairdresser who is very fashion forward i have been doing hair for 12 years,,i began to do do hair in 2002 where i has attend Mims classic beauty school,,i was the type of student who challenge my self to think out side the box,,beauty school was a time where i reinvented my self,,,i knew once i began my carrier as a stylist the world would be mine,,,i knew this was the job that i wanted to do and i was good at it,,,,must have been the fact that i grew up with 4 amazing sisters...i grew up with them doing there hair,,or doing there makeup,,,are getting ready for events the glamor of it all made me want to be apart of that industry...once i got licenced by the state of Texas,,,i knew i need more education,,,honestly that the KEY in this industry,,,you must continue education,,,i had done a fashion show at mims and there was this team that was there and they had loved my work,,i was so honored that Toni& guy salon ask if i could come in to interview with them,,,,under there direction of there education i began to get inspired by cuts and color and styles of hair fashion from the decades past...in 2004 i was awarded 2nd place for a total look photo shoot that i had done for tony &guy,,,it was a total look concept where i had to do a whole make over on model...after that i did other fashion shows and photo shoots in San Antonio,,,i started to make a name for myself as an artist,,,in 2010 i had made finals for a photographic competition for toni&guy again...i flew to Dallas where i was with the elite of the company i did not win,,,but i did have another publication under my belt for an editorial look...i began to think that i needed to venture off on my own so i left tony&guy and started to work in south town where i started to work with Angelina Mata & Agusto culler,,,,they help me focus on my self and what i wanted to do rather then being told what to do,,,,and i had fell in loved with the fact that i was able to do what i wanted to do,,,and did every thing my way...i have never been the type of person sit back and watch,,,i wanted to be in the limelight of this industry,,,,now with many fashions shows in san antonio,& publications. and working with stylist from project runway,,top model ,working back stage for Austin fashion week,ny fashion week,i have all so done many charity events here in San Antonio, i do believe in giving back to San Antonio i love working with many artist,,,i love the local fashion forward artist in this city,,designers,,mua,stylist,models photographeri am truly blessed to have work with people who were just as driven as i am,,,,then i met a local designer Angelica sandoval,,she is amazing, i started to think that i needed to do a fashion show to show case my work a i began to work on the the details for 2011 Synergy fashion show which was going to be my own fashion show for San Antonio fashion week...it was a huge event,i was working with with the best in san antonio,,i was so glad when it was over cause i put so much work in to that show ,,i believe no matter what projects i am working on i stay passionate even about the simple things....i believe