A business journal for independent beauty pros, by salonMonster
A few months ago we wrote about Hairbrained, the social networking site for hairdressers and a couple weeks ago we made mention of it in our post about Arrojo Education. Well it turns out we made a small error about who the creator of Hairbrained is. We had said that is was Nick Arrojo … Read more
How excited were we today when we went to Pitchforks Website and discovered that there is a new Beastie Boys album. Now we know this news is not hair related but there was no way we were going to keep such monumental news to ourselves. There are very few bands that have been such a … Read more
I was checking out Glamour magazines YouTube channel recently and came across a trailer for a hair reality competition on the UK’s Channel 4 called Great British Hairdresser. Now we have had a couple of Canadian and American hair reality TV shows one or two of which have been quite entertaining but none of them … Read more
As more and more salons continue to harness the power of the Internet to promote their business’, schedule appointments and even announce upcoming events via Facebook and Twitter, it seems only fitting that education become available online as well. This idea is definitely not brand new to the beauty industry but the remarkable improvements in … Read more
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