About Shawnda M. Dorantes, Tattoo Specialist
Shawnda is a fully qualified , certified and licensed Cosmetic Tattooist. She is also a Registered Nurse, specializing in Medical Surgical, Telemetry, Hospice and Aesthetic Nursing. She attended Broadway Beauty Academy and has received advanced masters training by top artist in the industry such as; Anna Dixon, Jenn Boyd, Kristina Melancino, and Brow Daddy. She has furthered her education by receiving advanced training by John Hashey and is a certified Aplus Ocean Removal technician, for permanent makeup and body art removal. Shawnda has been in the beauty industry for over 13 years. First as a Beauty Advisor for Estee Lauder and later working as a freelance makeup artist for several cosmetic lines throughout Southern CA. With a few credits under her belt for film, print, and television, she later joined Estee Lauder’s Regional Artistry Team while working her way through college. Upon completing college Shawnda dove right into her nursing career spending 2 years works as Hospice Nurse. For the last 7 years Shawnda has worked in the acute care setting at local San Diego hospital. Shawnda stumbled upon the permanent makeup industry and quickly fell in love with it, merging her background in Cosmetics and Nursing into a new career for herself. Shawnda received her aesthetic training under Master Nurse Injector Sajia of E Med Spa and Master Injector Dr. Amanda Holden. Nurse Shawnda earned her Allergan Master Injector certification and has since attended other advanced and masters level injector courses expanding her skill set and expertise. Shawnda was recently accepted to United States University and has completed her first year of the Masters program in Family Nurse Practitioner. Because of Shawnda’s long career nursing and background in the beauty industry she has attracted interest from clients who have been ill, have Alopecia, Chemotherapy, postnatal , stress, depression , and thyroid issues leading to various anomalies in the brow hair health, leading to brow hair loss, gaps, scarring, or just a poor quality brow. Shawnda is the ONLY Cosmetic Tattooist in San Diego that is also a Registered Nurse. Shawnda strives to create a ‘natural look’ – emphasizing the clients natural features and great care is taken to deliver an attractive end result, with products carefully selected just for you.
