Carmen sits down with Shamari-Rene Cherry AKA ShaSha Chanel, mother and founder of the ballroom house of Chanel, about how she found her niche as a black trans woman in aesthetics.  We talk about how she grew her beauty business, Diamond Facez, and how she became the first trans woman recognized as esthetician of the year 2022 at the Beauty & Barber Bosses awards. We also discuss with ShaSha the struggles- and the beauty, of being a trans woman in esthetics and in the world at large.

For more from Carmen and Beauty Translated, visit @TheCarmenLaurent & @beautytranslatedpod!

Carmen sits down with Shamari-Rene Cherry AKA ShaSha Chanel, mother and founder of the ballroom house of Chanel, about how she found her niche as a black trans woman in aesthetics.  We talk about how she grew her beauty business, <a href="https://www.dfacezz.com">Diamond Facez</a>, and how she became the first trans woman recognized as esthetician of the year 2022 at the Beauty &amp; Barber Bosses awards. We also discuss with ShaSha the struggles- and the beauty, of being a trans woman in esthetics and in the world at large.
For more from Carmen and Beauty Translated, visit <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecarmenlaurent/">@TheCarmenLaurent</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.instagram.com/beautytranslatedpod/?hl=en">@beautytranslatedpod</a>!

Beauty Translated is an original podcast from Atlanta, Georgia Natives Carmen Laurent and Janie Danger that focuses on the transgender experience in the United States. The show aims to examine the wide world of trans existence through the playfully honest lens of its hosts: lifelong glamour expert and esthetician Carmen Laurent and lo-fi, punk-rock savant Janie Danger. With each episode, the girls sardonically discuss topics relating to the legal, medical, and emotional world of being trans in the modern era. Beauty Translated is made by and for trans people, whether you have been transitioning for years, wondering where to begin, or would just like to relate to a loved one going through their own journey. Beauty Translated is for whoever needs it. Leave us a message on our Beauty Translated Loveline: 678-561-2785! We will be answering your questions and giving you bad advice on the air!

Beauty Translated is an original podcast from Atlanta, Georgia Natives Carmen Laurent and Janie Danger that focuses on the transgender experience in the United States. The show aims to examine the wide world of trans existence through the playfully honest lens of its hosts: lifelong glamour expert and esthetician Carmen Laurent and lo-fi, punk-rock savant Janie Danger. With each episode, the girls sardonically discuss topics relating to the legal, medical, and emotional world of being trans in the modern era. Beauty Translated is made by and for trans people, whether you have been transitioning for years, wondering where to begin, or would just like to relate to a loved one going through their own journey. Beauty Translated is for whoever needs it. Leave us a message on our Beauty Translated Loveline: 678-561-2785! We will be answering your questions and giving you bad advice on the air!

Beauty Translated

Episode 6: Becoming Shamari-Rene Cherry - From Rejection to Recognition

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