Meet This Year’s 30 Under 30 Winner Sami Schneider

Our 8th annual 30 Under 30 spotlight highlights the next generation of colorists — all under age 30 — who are poised to take their careers to the next level. Hailing from coast to coast and different countries, these color experts comprise an eclectic 2020 crew. We learned about their lives and hue loves, who motivates and what inspires them, how they got started and where they hope to go. Sami Schneider (@samihairmagic) is 26 years old and a stylist at House of Color in Colorado Springs. 

"I always liked being different and was always coloring my hair and my friends' hair. I liked looking at fashion magazines and different beauty trends and I knew I always wanted to do something in the beauty industry. I actually went to beauty school with the hopes and dreams of becoming a makeup artist. It wasn’t until I did my first rainbow hair color that I realized hair color is what I should be doing. We get to make people feel beautiful and give them the confidence they need, and to me, nothing could make me happier."