A business journal for independent beauty pros, by salonMonster
We’re happy to announce that you can now subscribe to a feed of all your appointments through iCal on your Mac or iPhone. We’ve been testing this feature for a couple of months, and are excited to release it to everyone. To set this up, simply click on the “subscribe to iCal” link to the … Read more
Our Congratulations to the 2011 Contessa 22 Winners! If you haven’t checked out salon 52’s Canadian hair stylist of the year awards, aka the Contessas, we’d highly recommend you check them out. The 2011 Winners have been up for a couple of months now. In our home province of B.C. Chris Deagle from Moods Hair … Read more
Strong sales of both consumer and luxury products resulted in better than expected earnings for L’Oreal Professional Division. http://www.loreal-finance.com/eng/news-release/october-21-2010-724.htm
Brazilian Blowout has initiated legal proceedings against the Oregon department of consumer and business services in regard to their inaccurate testing of formaldehyde levels. Apparently the tests used by the occupational safety and health division failed to distinguish between formaldehyde and methylene glycol, bundling both chemicals together. http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Brazilian-Blowout-Formally-Initiates-Legal-Proceedings-Against-Oregon-OSHA-1349816.htm Additional testing by OSHA has also shown … Read more
A recent poll of more than 1,00 American women shows why people choose salons. It may be surprising to hear the majority of people still choose their hair salon based on a friend or family recommendation. This type of recommendation accounts for 50% of new customers at salons. So great haircuts really are your best … Read more
In a strange and unusual twist following the revelation about formaldehyde in the Brazilian blowout some salons are resorting to gas masks to keep their stylists safe. The Neal George Salon in Beverly hills California has added a Cabana with open sides to separate the process from the Salon, while the Mark Garrison Salon in … Read more
One of the really great tools we use here at salonMonster is pingdom. It’s a remotely hosted web-service which monitors your website or web applications. They notify by email, SMS text-message almost instantly in case of any issues, incredibly helpful in maintaining a high availability web service. They even have an iPhone app, which shows … Read more