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At last it is starting to feel like spring now that all the new lines of nail colors are starting to arrive. We were cruising through all of the fashion blogs that we read here at salonMonster and saw this great photo on Garance Dore’s site which got us all excited! Click on the image … Read more
Check out these unusual and intricate pieces of art. They are created by a woman named Liyen Chong who lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand. All the works of art you see here are made using human hair embroidered onto cotton. I was blown away by the detailing she is capable of and by … Read more
Last week both the US Department of Labor and Health Canada issued new warnings regarding the formaldehyde levels in Brazilian Hair Smoothing systems. This is added to the already negative view of the Brazilian-style products in both countries and abroad. In Canada the Health department has added eleven more products to their … Read more
While searching for interesting hair advertisements I came across this amazing YouTube video of a commercial from the 1950s. In it they advertise Richard Hudnut’s Pin Quick with Silicone, a product for setting your hair in pin curls that is weatherproof and apparently lasts forever! They even say in the add that “weather can’t … Read more
So this weekend is the annual Allied Beauty Association hair show in Vancouver B.C. This year they have a very exciting special guest speaker, Tabatha Coffey. Tabatha is most well known for being a contestant on the Bravo TV hair reality show Shear Genius and her subsequent role as the host of Tabatha’s … Read more
So we told you about Scott Schuman The Sartorialist. Now it’s time to introduce you to his better half Garance Doré. Garance is an illustrator and fashion blogger with an enormous following. She receives close to 50 000 hits per day on her blog and when I checked it just a short while before writing … Read more
Many of you may already know who Scott Schuman is but for those of you who don’t let me introduce The Sartorialist. Scott used to own a showroom in New York for young designers but became tired of what he said was a disconnect between the fashion industry and real fashionable people. He decided to … Read more
Reading through many of the blogs and hair articles from the past week I noticed a common theme, the Beehive. It would seem that we have just passed the 5oth anniversary of the creation and unveiling of this iconic hair style made famous by the likes of Audrey Hepburn, Marge Simpson and more recently Amy … Read more
We at salonMonster are very pleased to announce that our official press release is being sent out all this week and here it is! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Easy online booking and scheduling for your salon from salonMonster VANCOUVER, BC (January 19, 2011) — Today salonMonster announced the public release of its easy online booking solution … Read more
I was just perusing the apple movie trailer page and came across this preview for a documentary about the great Vidal Sassoon. It was produced by Michael Gordon, founder of Bumble and Bumble who originally meant to put together a book about Sassoon and then it somehow turned into a film project. If you don’t … Read more