A business journal for independent beauty pros, by salonMonster
Yesterday at the Met in New York what looked as though it must have been the coolest show of all time ended. It was the Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty exhibition. It celebrated and catologued McQueens incredible life as a designer. The exhibit was put on by The Costume Institute and the bulk of the clothes come from … Read more
When I was looking at the Surface Collectives site before my last post I managed to miss the fact that they have already decked out several salons in Vancouver where salonMonster is based out of. So I felt it would be a pity not to show a few of those salons and their use of … Read more
Have you always wanted to have some cool art in your salon but no idea how to find something cheap enough? Well wall stickers or tattoos are an affordable and creative way to liven up any space. Surface Collective is one of our favourite makers of wall tattoos here at salonMonster. They make a whole … Read more
So we recently discovered this amazing line of bow ties made by a company called Forage. They make limited runs of spectacular bow ties for both men and women. Forage is made up of two artists, Stephen Loidolt and Shauna Alterio who met in school in Kansas City and now work together in Philadelphia. Check … Read more
I came across this video on Boing Boing (via Dangerous Minds) and I don’t really know what to say about it other than WOW! I have seen many different hair styles in my nearly fifteen years as a hairdresser but this is definitely one of the most original I have ever come across. Watch the … Read more
If you are like us here at salonMonster and have always wanted the opportunity to peer into the homes of some of the cooler people you know or have seen walking down the street, then your in luck! Elisa Goodkind and Lily Mandelbaum created just the thing to satisfy your voyeuristic needs, it’s called … Read more
Now that summer is in full swing we thought we would take a quick minute to mention that you should all get out and enjoy some of the great organized outdoor activities like movies! It seems that almost everywhere nowadays you can find fantastic community run movies in parks, parking lots and even on … Read more
Being an avid (daily, for years) reader of street fashion blogs like Hel-looks, facehunter, Jak + Jill and our oft mentioned favourite team of Scott and Garance, has turned us into real street-peepers (usually from behind v. dark sunglasses!)Our own city is small and Vancouver neighbourhoods can have an unsurprising amount of homogeneity. Yoga wear … Read more
We’re excited to announce that you can now earn a gift for introducing people to salonMonster. How does this new Rewards Program work? Glad you asked. It’s so easy. Just refer a person or business to one of salonMonster’s paid* plans and we’ll give you a gift card equal to the value of … Read more
After having several conversations with my co-worker’s at the salon I work at about how to take advantage of all the features of salonMonster I thought perhaps a series of posts on my thoughts on this would be helpful to everyone using it. This week I want to talk about a couple of … Read more