About Aimee

My love for hair began around first or second grade when one day I watched some ladies getting their hair permed and styled at a local salon. Fascinated, I came home determined to transform my very straight hair. I wet my hair and wrapped sections of hair around the wooden ends of used incense sticks I found around the house, securing them with rubber bands to keep them in place.

Once my hair dried, I took out the incense sticks and was left with a wild mess of curls! When my mom came home, she saw my head full of curls and was about to get upset, thinking someone had taken me to the salon for a perm without her permission. But before she could say anything, I explained what I’d done, and my whole family had a good laugh—one they still talk about to this day.

The early clues

In high school and college, I somehow became the go-to girl when friends and family wanted makeup done for events. I enjoyed being asked very much, but I never saw it as more than a casual thing.

However, everything changed during my last semester at SJSU. I was wrapping up my Graphic Studies with a minor in Photography. School was very busy at this time, yet I boldly applied for a freelancer position at Lancome. Once I started working as a makeup artist, I discovered how much I love connecting and helping other women through beauty services.

One day, a customer who was so happy with my makeover asked me, “Aimee, can I hire you for my wedding makeup?” And that was the start of my career in the bridal beauty industry. 

Was it my calling?