ERIC TORRES
CO OWNER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Eric Torres has 3 decades of experience with hair. Vidal Sassoon trained, he has worked with Cristophe and Umberto in Beverly Hills, the Bungalow Salon in West Hollywood. In 2013, Eric ventured out on his own to open this gorgeous salon in the historic Frank Gehry Edgemar Building. "Hair color evolves," Eric says. "It reflects the life you're living, where you travel, what you eat… and to keep up with the pace of your life, I add dimension and texture to enhance what is naturally occurring."
SARA HALLAJIAN
CO-OWNER & STYLIST / SALON EDUCATOR
As a native to the coast of Southern California, Sara finds that her stylistic moods are influenced by mild seasons, blonde hair, and natural beachy waves. Even from a young age, Sara was intrigued by cosmetology and so she began her career at Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy in 2011. While working for Toni & Guy in Newport Beach, she developed her master cutting and styling techniques. Her passion for hair inspired her to move to a more creative environment like bombshell where she could express herself and work more freely. To create the “California blonde” look, Sara has attended L'Oreal Professional Balayage certification classes in Newport Beach and New York City. She has also taken the American Wave Certification & Advanced Razor Cutting classes with the Arrojo Team. Sara is attentive, caring, and very technical with her skills. Her hope is that all of her clients leave with a smile on their face.
THERESA (TREE) MARQUA
PREMIERE PLUS STYLIST/SALON EDUCATOR
Tree started her career in Los Angeles in 2003. She has worked with exceptional stylists from Sebastian floor artists, Allure Magazine, and has styled for fashion shows in Miami including Gwen Stefani's "Lamb Collection." As she sculpts hair, she incorporates precise styling techniques with her own twist. Her specialties include: edgy razor cutting from long layers to men's haircuts, balayage and classic highlighting, pastel hair colors, and Great Lengths Extensions. She trained at Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy in Advanced Cutting Modern Classics, and at Vidal Sassoon in the ABC's of cutting. Tree loves her career and getting to know clients. Her personality and talent leaves one with the experience and style they desire.
BRIDGET LOPEZ
PREMIERE PLUS STYLIST/SALON EDUCATOR
Originally from the South Bay, Bridget has worked in the LA area since 2008 as a freelance stylist for fast-paced fashion shows, photoshoots, bridal magazines, and Bravo TV network. From a young age, her mother inspired her to choose this path; one where she recognizes that beauty is an influential part of a culture to which we all belong. She began her career at Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy where she specialized in cutting and styling, but continued to expand her education with specialized training in micro-bead & tape-in hair extensions as well as Keratin and Olaplex treatments. Bridget considers herself an artist as she creates shapes with her technical skills and paints hair with shades and tones of color. She came to bombshell to be in an environment where her talent for hair design can flourish and grow; where she can explore her creativity, ambition and have all of her clients leave feeling effortlessly beautiful.
KRISHNA ABERION
PREMIERE STYLIST
In 2013 Krishna graduated from the prestigious Gene Juarez Academy in Seattle where she began to discover her passion and drive for all things hair. Her desire for more took her to the City of Angels, where Santa Monica became her home. Krishna has a genuine passion for making her clients look and feel beautiful. She has completed bombshell’s in salon training which consists of Classic Toni & Guy techniques. She has worked toward becoming a Alfaparf Master Colorist from advanced training courses, as well as a certified Hotheads Extension specialist. She is currently taking L’Oreal Academy classes in advanced Balayage where she can become an expert in beachy, sunkissed highlights. She has also earned the title of being the first and only Kevin.Murphy Session.Stylist on the West Side. Krishna, with friendly and cheerful disposition will brighten your day while steadily earning your valued trust. Krishna’s goal will always be to make you look and feel your best!
DANIELLE MCPHERSON
PREMIERE PLUS STYLIST
Danielle began her career here in Southern California as an apprentice in Newport Beach at Madison Salon and then in West Hollywood at Romàn Salon. Needing a change of pace she moved to San Francisco where she honed her craft and became the “go to” blonde specialist at Wanderlust Salon in the posh Marina District for the last 6 years. She’s back in Southern California and Danielle is excited to bring her speciality in low maintenance beachy highlights, balayage, and long textured haircuts to Bombshell Salon. Danielle’s goal is to make every client in her chair feel happy, beautiful, and confident when they walk out of bombshell.
RILEY VANFOSSEN
PREMIERE STYLIST
Riley moved to Los Angeles from Charlotte, North Carolina in early 2019 after working in a highly education focused salon for the last 4 years. Riley has always loved California Blonde highlights, Balayage, and soft subtle dimensional color so its no wonder she ended up at bombshell in Santa Monica. Riley is excited to start building her clientele and her goal for this year is to learn even more from our team here and to take some classes in the LA area to expand even further on her skill set.
JOSEPH VILLANUEVA
PREMIERE STYLIST
MALLORIE WILSON
FRONT DESK MANAGER
It was always a goal of Mallorie’s to move to Los Angeles and in 2017 she decided to take the leap and never look back. Starting her journey in San Diego, she built up her network while honing her skills and prepared her self to transition to Los Angeles. In 2019 an opportunity became available for her to join Bombshell and she has never looked back. Mallorie has always been drawn toward the beauty industry after having been exposed to it all her life. She was inspired by her grandmother to pursue a career in hair styling and has excelled ever since. As she began working behind the chair, she realized her distinct potential for helping improve work flows and organizational processes for business to thrive. She is an invaluable source of support for developing training & salon education programs, planning events, marketing, budgeting, operations, HR management, and recruiting. In all things, Mallorie is a stickler for perfection and finds importance in the details. Her true passion and skill lies at the intersection of creativity and business within the beauty industry.
KIRA LAWRENCE
FRONT DESK TEAM MEMBER
Kira is one of our lovely ladies who you might hear on the phone or see with a big warm smile on her face when you walk in the door.
NATALY GODINEZ
SALON ASSISTANT
Nataly completed her cosmetology education through West Valley Occupational Center. She has begun training with bombshell while assisting our team during regularly scheduled classes to become a full time stylist with us,
LEIGH CORDOVES
SALON ASSISTANT
Leigh completed their cosmetology education through Toni & Guy Academy in Los Angeles and is currently pursuing a Barbering License as well. Leigh has begun training with bombshell while assisting our team during regularly scheduled classes to become a full time stylist with us.