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Shani Darden: Celebrity Esthetician

Second Life

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4.83K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Shani Darden is a name that rolls off the tongue of celebrities like Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Jessica Alba, and Chrissy Teigen when they talk about their skincare. Now an expert esthetician with a client list that reads like a who's who of Hollywood, Darden wasn't always sure of her career path. In fact, she first moved to Los Angeles from her small town with dreams of becoming a model (and she has a Destiny's Child music video credit to prove it). "I just think it was one of those things where it took me so long to realize, like, oh, this is what I'm supposed to do," she tells Hillary Kerr on episode 26 of Second Life.

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0:00.0

From MyDomain.com, this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring

0:11.6

careers.

0:12.6

We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting

0:16.6

aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their second life.

0:22.2

Today I am really excited to have celebrity esthetician, skin whisperer, and product

0:29.2

guru Shawnee Darden in the studio with me.

0:32.8

She works with Hollywood's most famous faces from Jessica Alba, to Rosie Huntington Whiteley,

0:39.4

to Kelly Rowland, Tammy Rossom, to Shane Mitchell, to all of these people.

0:43.8

I cannot tell you but trust me, we're talking about single name stars if you know what I

0:50.2

mean.

0:51.2

She also personally changed my life and my skin and has the best, no nonsense approach

0:56.2

to skincare.

0:57.7

Before she was one of Hollywood's best behind-the-scenes beauty talents, Shawnee actually started

1:04.0

her career on the other side of the camera as a model and dancer in music videos for

1:09.5

the likes of Destiny's Child, L.L. Cool J, and the Goo Goo Dolls.

1:14.2

I Tid you not, I couldn't make that up.

1:16.9

Her story is so amazing and inspiring and I am delighted that she's taking the time out

1:22.3

of her madly busy schedule to talk to me.

1:25.6

Now, on Second Life, it's Esthetician and Entrepreneur Shawnee Darden.

1:31.2

Shawnee, let's go back to the very beginning.

1:35.0

Okay.

1:36.0

I feel like that's a good place to start.

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