Meet Sonya, S. Riviere Hair Collection
Founder • Stylist • Creator

Sonya
Riviere

15+ Years • IATSE Local 798 • Georgia

"I needed hair I could trust to use in my clients, so I sought out and tested suppliers to offer you the best quality hair & longevity"

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Sonya Riviere
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, but actually doing hair, for brides the morning of the most important day of their lives, on television anchors under studio lights, on film sets where continuity demands perfection.

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 experience and knowledge.

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 chair, film sets and bridal, to name a few.

Why S. Riviere Exists

Hand selected. Personally trusted. Built over time.

Over the course of her career, Sonya has worked across high pressure environments, on set, fashion shows, before the alter, learning firsthand what quality hair extensions require to deliver the best outcome. Investing in extensions isn't just about one day, it's about hair that performs long term. Too much of what was on the market didn't hold up. It was often mixed with fibers or synthetic hair, too thin or couldn't be resued, a problem Sonya set out to solve, both as a hairstylist and as a consumer. So she started sourcing and testing different hair on the market. Along the way, she realized the problem was bigger than just finding quality hair, most people had no real and honest information about what they were buying.

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.

Chandani faux locs are Sonya's own creation — a technique she developed, refined, and named herself. Trained across multiple faux loc methods, she quickly discovered that raw Indian single donor hair demanded a different approach. It was finer, more delicate, and required a technique built specifically for it.

But technique wasn't the only driving force. Sonya was also chasing a look. She wanted faux locs that didn't look like faux locs — extensions that moved, aged, and felt like the real thing. Authentic was the only standard she would accept.

Named after the Sanskrit word for “moonlight,” Chandani means soft, feminine, and radiant. Wearing them is not just a style choice — it is an experience. Chandani faux locs are exclusive to S. Riviere, designed specifically for raw Indian single donor hair and finished to look like a naturally beautiful, authentic loc extension.

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.

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.
From someone who knows.

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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