meshellemelone.com

Meshelle Melone is an amazing artist. Her love for art and beauty is portrayed with each and every client or project. Within the 8+ years of being a professional stylist, her projects have included film, photo shoots, music videos, runway and local weddings.

Her film clientele include Danny Glover, Even Ross, Nick Turturro, Vincent Pastore, Kim Catrell, Brian Dennehy, David Carridine and Daniel Baldwin. She as also worked on musicians such as Melissa Shumen (Dream), Barry Kerch (Shinedown), and Tommy Clufetos (Rob Zombie). Also, sports figures like Tony Stewart, Greg Biffle and Jamie McMurray. Within these projects, she has held sponsorships through Pureology, Big Sexy Hair, Phyto and Kerstase product lines.

Her education has taken her to many places including L’Oreal Academy in NYC, Vancouver and Toronto. There in Toronto, she was awarded the only loctician in America training through knottyboy, the leaders in dreadlock beauty and tools. She also trained with MAC cosmetics there and worked with the company for several months.

Her art has been portrayed through photographers such as Michael Rosen, Mike Raffin, Mary Duprie, David Birdsong, Dan Tibbit, and internationally published dark erotica photographer, ckreationz.com.

When she is not working on projects, she donates her time to others in need and give free haircuts to abuse recovery houses such as Grace Center of Hope in Pontiac, MI and Doorway in Livonia, MI. “I like the idea that it’s not about me. It’s about giving that one person a feeling that they can take over the world with just my touch and a smile.”

Her publications include Metro Times, Xtreme Magazine, Prodigy Clothing, Hawaiian Tropic, Caribbean Tan, Don Thomas Sport Haus, and Farmington Hills Observer.

She was also a Tiffany awards finalist in 2004 for men’s editorial and part of creative teams such as Americoff, Matrix, Alterna, and Rusk.