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Irinel de León

Instagram Star

Birthplace United States

#358,417 Most Popular

About

Instagram star and celebrity hairstylist based in Los Angeles, known for her color, extension, and styling work with A-list clients across Hollywood and the fashion industry. She uploads her work to her hairinel Instagram account. She has amassed more than 190,000 followers on the platform.

Before fame

She is a New York native and the daughter of Dominican immigrants. She earned a degree in International Business and Marketing from Iona College and worked full-time at JP Morgan while moonlighting as a hairstylist starting in 2004, before eventually leaving finance to pursue hairstyling full-time.

Trivia

She spent 13 years developing her craft before assisting Jen Atkin, then launched her own career in Los Angeles in 2019. Her work has appeared on the MET Gala red carpet in back-to-back years and has been featured in Vogue, Elle, and Harper's Bazaar.

Family life

She is the daughter of immigrants from the Dominican Republic.

Associated with

She has styled hair for Kendall Jenner, one of several A-list clients on her roster.

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