Founder · Stylist · Creator

Sonya
Riviere

15+ Years · IATSE Local 798 · Lilburn, Georgia

"I needed hair I could trust on set and at the altar, so I built it myself."

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15+
Years of Craft
Who She Is

Not just a brand.
A working stylist.

"I wanted more control over my earnings, and over the quality of the product I put in my clients' hair."

Sonya Riviere has been doing hair for over 15 years. Not managing a brand. Not sourcing from a spreadsheet. Actually doing hair, on brides the morning of the most important day of their lives, on television anchors under studio lights, on film sets where continuity demands perfection from take one to take twenty.

She knows what hair has to do under pressure. She knows what holds and what fails. She knows what a client needs to feel before they walk down that aisle or step in front of that camera. S. Riviere Hair Collection was built on that knowledge, not in spite of it.

The Journey

Fifteen years
in the making.

Sonya did not start S. Riviere overnight. The brand is the result of 15+ years of working across every discipline in beauty, from salon chairs to film sets to the most important day of a woman's life.

Early
Empire Beauty School, Master Cosmetology
Lawrenceville, Georgia. Where the foundation was laid, technique, discipline, and a passion for the craft that started in childhood watching how hair changes everything about the way a woman carries herself.
Training
Toni & Guy Salons, Precision Cutting
Advanced precision cutting training under one of the most respected salon brands in the world. This is where "good enough" stopped being acceptable and technical mastery became the only standard worth having.
2012
GlowDry, Buckhead, Atlanta's First Blowout Salon
Joined one of Atlanta's most sought-after salons in Buckhead. Expanded into makeup, freelance bridal, fashion, and commercial work. The clientele here shaped Sonya's understanding of luxury service and what high-end clients expect, and remember.
Film
WSB-TV Atlanta, Film & Television Begins
First foray into broadcast television with Atlanta's WSB-TV. Hair and makeup for on-camera talent under the supervision of Tymeka McNeil. The discipline of on-camera work, precision under time pressure, continuity across multiple takes, became a permanent part of how Sonya works.
Union
IATSE Local 798, Film & Television Union
Joined IATSE Local 798, the union for professional makeup artists and hair stylists in the entertainment industry. This credential places Sonya in the same professional tier as stylists working on major film and television productions. Her extensions have appeared on screen, on stage, and on red carpets.
2016
Sonya Riviere LLC, Independent
Founded her own company. Full-time freelance across bridal, film, television, commercial, and editorial. Partnered with makeup artist Danina Nicole for bridal work. The independence gave her control over the quality of every client experience, which is the only kind of control she wanted.
2018
S. Riviere Hair Collection, The Brand Begins
Brides kept asking where to find the extensions she used on them. Sonya started sourcing raw Indian single donor hair directly, bundles she could vouch for herself, made on her own sewing machine. The brand grew from there: a working stylist who finally had hair worth selling.
Why S. Riviere Exists

She needed hair
she could trust.
So she built it.

Sonya has worked with a lot of hair. On set, in the salon, at the altar. She has watched cheap extensions fail under studio lights. She has seen brides start their wedding morning with hair that looked beautiful and end their reception with something that did not. She has spent too many hours working around product that did not do what the label said it would.

She got tired of it. So she went to the source.

Raw Indian single donor hair, sourced directly from South Indian temples, where donation has been a sacred tradition for centuries. One donor per bundle. No chemical processing. No blending. No deception about what the hair is or where it came from. Just the real thing, accurately described, sold by someone who uses it herself.

That is what S. Riviere is. That is why it exists.

Sonya's Original Creation
The Chandani Collection

She did not just
sell it. She
created it.

The Chandani faux locs are Sonya's own creation, a style she developed, refined, and named herself. Not a variation on someone else's technique. Not a trend she adopted. Hers, entirely.

Named after the Sanskrit word for "moonlight," Chandani locs are built on raw Indian single donor hair and installed with a method and finish that is unique to S. Riviere. No other brand carries them because no other brand created them.

When you wear Chandani, you are wearing something Sonya made. That is not a marketing line. It is literally true.

Her Credentials

The proof is
in the record.

798
IATSE Local 798
Film and Television Hair Stylists union. The professional credential for working stylists on major productions. Sonya's extensions have appeared in film, television, red carpets, and editorial shoots.
★★★★★
10+ Years Bridal
5-star verified reviews on The Knot, WeddingWire, and Yelp. Clients describe her as calm, precise, flexible, and deeply attentive. She has been trusted with hundreds of weddings across Atlanta and beyond.
T&G
Toni & Guy Trained
Precision cutting certification under one of the world's most respected salon training programs. Technical mastery is the foundation, the artistry is what she built on top of it.
WSB
Broadcast Television
WSB-TV Atlanta. On-camera hair and makeup for television talent. The discipline of broadcast work, accuracy under pressure, no margin for error, is baked into every S. Riviere product.
ATL
Voyage ATL Featured
Featured twice in Voyage ATL magazine, a publication dedicated to Atlanta's most inspiring entrepreneurs and creatives. Her story has been recognized as one worth telling.
LLC
Sonya Riviere LLC, 2016
Founded her own company in 2016. Nearly a decade of operating independently, building client relationships, building a product line, building a brand on the only foundation that lasts: doing excellent work, consistently.
A message from Sonya

"When you invest in S. Riviere, you are not buying from a brand. You are buying from a stylist who has spent 15 years learning what hair has to do, and who built a product line because she could not find anything else she trusted enough to use herself. That is the standard everything here is held to."

Sonya Riviere

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Hair that lasts.
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Browse the full collection, raw Indian single donor bundles, the Sundari wig collection, and Sonya's original Chandani faux locs. Or book a session with Sonya directly.

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