Samantha Prince is now scheduling customers at her home-based business, Sammie Leigh’s Salon, at Cricket Hill in Mathews.

Prince said she is offering all salon services, from a wash, blow dry and style to cuts, color, and waxing. She also handles wedding parties and other special occasion styling in her one-woman shop.

High-end products such as Schwarzkopf colors, which aren’t readily available at most salons, are Prince’s first choice for hair, she said, and she has a Sundome Speed System stand-up tanning bed that takes just 10 minutes.

A 2011 Gloucester High School graduate, Prince took cosmetology while attending GHS, and she actually began to work in the field at the age of 16.

“I had a permit to work in a salon before I had my (driver’s) license,” she said.

After graduating, Prince spent a couple of years earning an associate’s degree and was accepted in the Clinical Lab Program at Virginia Commonwealth University. But then she decided to start her own salon instead.

Prince said her ultimate goal is to have a salon and spa with employees that offers a full range of services, including mani-pedis, facials and massages.

But before any of that happens, she plans to get married. She and her fiancé Carter Cooke of Mathews have a May wedding planned.

Prince’s Instagram page is @SammieLeighSalon.