Shannon Nelson is 34 years old and started A Girl's Gotta Spa! in 2005 to share her love of beauty products with like-minded women. In 2006 she began Makeup Minute for b5media and passed the torch in January 2009. Her day job is in public relations and you can now find her doing speaking engagements with the beauty industry talking to them about social media.

Shannon is the mother 4 sons ages 9, 7, 4 and 1. You will also never catch her without more than 5 lip glosses in her handbag at all times.