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      Aside from working with celebrities such as the Black Eyes Peas, Jill Scott, and Christina Milian, Ka’Maura has established herself as a go to stylist in the Film and Television business.

      The talented coiffeur started “doing” hair when she was only 15 years old, and is now on her way to becoming a top Hollywood stylist – a talent she said was both developed by nature and nurture.

      “My father and two aunts on both sides of my family did hair,” she told EUR’s Lee Bailey. “I was raised in the beauty shop because my father, when I was a youngster, did hair. That’s where I got the inspiration.”

      She explained that hair is an important way for people express themselves and how other people see them, which is a big part of her work in the entertainment industry.

    “[Hair] says if we’re stylish. It says if we’re a part of setting trends or if we’re following trends,” she said. “I do hair for television and film as well as doing hair for the everyday [woman], and hair has a huge impact in that. If we’re trying to take an actress in her mid-40s and we want her to look like a 70-year-old woman, the hair has a lot to do with that. Or it plays a significant role in if you’re going to look young.”

      Eley has most recently worked as the department head in hair/makeup for the ABC Family television series “Lincoln Heights” for three seasons, “Just Jordan,” and a number of movies, fashion shows, and soap operas, working her way up the ranks of the industry.

      “I gotta give it all to God,” she said of her key to success. “I would pray to Him and tell Him what I want and He would put me in the position to meet the right people for me to achieve my goal. After I would express my goals, people would see my drive and my passion and they would start introducing me to other people.”

      Eley continued that her faith led her drive to succeed. She took advantage of the situations and opportunities she came across to promote her talent.

      “I remember I was in church and the pastor said, ‘Things don’t just happen. You’re not here by accident.’ I embraced those words. And when I would meet people I felt this was not an accident and I would build relationships with them,” she said.

      The stylist said that she also did pro bono and volunteered her time and talent to student filmmakers in order to build her connections.

     “For many years I did free stuff, just to get a resume,” she said listing off theater work with acclaimed actor/producers Charles S. Dutton and Bill Duke. “I would volunteer because I knew I needed the contacts. And once I got the contacts, I went from there.”

      The first film Eley worked on was called “With or Without You,” starring Wendy Raquel Robinson and Maya Campbell. Though it went straight to DVD, it led to her becoming a union member and increased her networking.

       “I’m still building, but I’ve been doing hair for 20 years. I was in 10th or 11th grade when I started doing hair. I always knew I wanted to do hair in the entertainment business. I just followed my dream.”

      For more on Ka'Maura Eley and to see her work, visit her website: www.kamauraeley.net.