Who is Shannon Rha?
Shannon Rha exudes tenacity, excellence, and discipline in everything she puts her hands on. As a young girl living in Korea, she always knew it would take more than just passion to be successful and well-respected.
All of her hard work and dedication paid off when she began her first career as a nurse working for a prominent plastic surgeon. Not knowing this would be a part of her journey, she would soon fall in love and find herself leaving her “dream” career and loved ones behind to begin a new life in America.
Shannon always grew up hearing that America was a land of many opportunities. However, she soon discovered that her medical experience wasn’t able to easily transfer over because of the language barrier. In addition, her support system of loved ones were all back in her homeland. Shannon took her challenges and bravely made a decision to start from the ground up and enroll in beauty school as a 30 year old mother of 2. She found that her work ethics as a plastic surgery nurse translated well to the beauty industry and to all that she would accomplish in the coming years.
Beauty school helped lay the beginning foundations and taught her the industry’s values that she still holds today. As she fine-tuned her techniques and began developing her own style, she made a decision to open up her own salon in Valencia CA. Shannon Hair first started off with 4 chairs and 9 team members, and it has more than doubled over the years. The quality of work also continued to grow as a salon owner and within the Shannon Hair team. “There is no better investment than investing in yourself and your career” said Shannon, which she continues to practice by attending countless classes to perfect her craft.
Shannon believes education is essential to stay relevant and ahead of the curve. After attending countless workshops, she and Brianna co-founded an education series called Workshop Evolve, which was first introduced as an in-house effort to help further develop hair techniques for the stylists working at Shannon Hair. Seeing the success in-house, they made a decision to expand their audience beyond their own salon and shared their signature techniques for others to learn and practice.
In this next evolution of education, Shannon Rha will be sharing her latest signature techniques and reveal her industry successes through hands-on and online education. Each course will focus on a specialized technique to help you fine-tune your skills so that you can execute your services with greater confidence and excellence.
Education & Experiences
Carlton Hair 1999
This is where it all began for Shannon Rha. Her self-discovery journey led her to the beauty industry and her 2nd career path.
Shannon Hair 2007
Founded Shannon Hair and opened the doors to serve the Santa Clarita Community with 9 team members. Years later, she found people were willing to drive and fly from near and far to receive the Shannon Hair treatment. Today, she lives to empower other hair artists to pave their own path through their own creative expression.
Workshop Evolve 2017
Co-founded Workshop Evolve with Briana Cisceros to share their signature techniques with stylists from all over the world. For 3 years, they were passionate about educating hair stylists with everyday hair techniques they could take and implement at their own salon.
Bumble & Bumble University - New York, New York
Design Workshop, Design Studio, Current Workshop, Color Workshop, Styling, Color Workshop 1 &2, Salon Business Essentials & Beyond
The Wella Studio - UK
Creative Blonding by Roman Felipe
The Wella Studio - Los Angeles
Essential Color, Color Correction, Freelights Balayage, Blonde Temptation with Alexandra Matiz, Creative Color & more…