Amanda Nicole Ortiz

Amanda grew up in Southern California. Starting at a young age, she has worked in the beauty industry since 2005. While in high school it all started when she explored her love for makeup working at the Ulta beauty store, and shortly after the Benefit cosmetics sales counter preforming brow shaping.

After achieving her cosmetology license in 2007, Amanda worked full time in salons. Wanting to extend her knowledge in fashion and how it ties into beauty, Amanda attended the Palomar College fashion program in 2010. Taking classes in Textiles, Sewing, Fashion History, styling, and general education.

Amanda next stepped up her career and moved to LA, assisting in high end celebrity clientele salons, assisting the top hair colorists in Beverly Hills such as Johnny Ramirez and Ahn Co Tran.

Eventually moving into the freelance world, she then worked assisting beauty artists on various photoshoots while working part time behind the chair in salon.

Since, Amanda is in the salon part time still seeing her loyal clients at The Harbor salon in Silverlake and working as a freelance hair and makeup artist for a variety of lifestyle fashion and commercial clients including Hurley, Girlfriend Collective, PacSun, Brixton, Vans, Glassons, New Balance, and Windsor.

Local to Los Angeles but always open to travel, Amanda is eager to take on new challenges and opportunities while helping to collectively bring together creative ideas into a reality for new clients.