Artist's Bio

Sara Saltanovitz is a Chicago-based Hair Stylist/Makeup Artist, who is available for national and international travel. She specializes in Hair and makeup for all media and occasions.

Sara Saltanovitz incredible career started in Chicago. She began her fascination and appreciation of hair and illustration at a very early age. Inventing new ways of braiding her hair as a child she always knew she had a natural born talent for hair and was destined to become a hair stylist.

Meanwhile, as Sara perfected her hair artistry as a licensed cosmetologist, she explored opportunities to express and expand her creativity so she started her career as a fashion designer. She then graduated from the International Academy of Design and Technology but wanted to pursue her inspiration from the natural beauty she saw in people’s faces.

Sara then decided to take her fashion illustration skills and follow her heart into makeup artistry. Sara’s makeup artistry started out by working with luxury department stores selling high-end cosmetics. This permitted Sara to develop her make-up techniques on women of diverse ethnic origins with widely varying skin tones. She found that her illustration skills helped with her choice in color, symmetry and her ability to make a woman look flawless. With this experience under her belt, Sara was embraced by the fashion, beauty and the entertainment industry where she gained popularity doing hair and make-up for many socialites and fashionistas.

Sara believes each brush stroke is designed to highlight and accentuate one’s natural beautiful features, as well as, the emotions that each feature may inspire. Sara has developed her own unique style that is edgy at the same time as being classically beautiful.

Sara is known for her expertise in hair artistry including: blow-outs, styling, bridal, braiding, cutting and coloring. Her Make-up artistry includes: a good visual eye and a strong sense of color and texture. Sara does the traditional painters way of applying foundation, as well as airbrushing. She is big on cleaning up the brows and is big on sanitation in her kit.