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Classic Braun Hairdryers
I’m a huge fan of classic Braun products and in particular the work of Dieter Rams who was their chief of design from 1961 to 1995. I find his “less but better” design approach very inspiring and would recommend everyone read his Ten principles of “good” design” (Vistoe has a good summary of them here). […]
Posted: November 4th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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We have buttons!
We’re excited to announce that our first batch of salonMonster buttons has arrived from Six Cent Press. We’ve been pinning them to everything we can get our hands on here at salonMonster headquarters. We’d like to share the button love. Would you like a salonMonster button? Just send me an email at stephen (at) salonmonster.com […]
Posted: October 30th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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A Fresh New Look
We’re excited to announce a fresh new look for the salonMonster blog. We’ve updated it to a much more aesthetic and tasty-looking format. Instead of the page being consumed by a single long article it now sports a selection of posts from the last week in a more digestible layout. We hope you like the […]
Posted: October 28th, 2011 ˑ 1 Comment
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JD’s Hairmet
“It’s a hairmet, it has extra room so you don’t mess up your hair do.” .
Posted: October 14th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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Hair Gel Madness
I’ve always loved the antics of The Flight of the Conchords. Bret and Jemaine always make me chuckle. Maybe it’s my Kiwi roots, but I find these guys hilarious. Hope you do to. They’ve had some great hair escapades over the years and this video series is no exception. First the boys get introduced […]
Posted: October 7th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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Twin Shadow’s Clean Cuts Tour
Wednesday night we were lucky enough to have the musician/band Twin Shadow stop Vancouver to play a show at the Biltmore. We’re long time Twin Shadow fans and have posted about his albums before on this blog. George Lewis Jr (aka Twin Shadow), has fantastic style, is always rocking great hair and is a really […]
Posted: September 30th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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TSA Hair Pat-downs
I’m about a month late on this one, but the New York Times has an interesting article about TSA hair pat downs in US airports. It sounds like there have been a couple of instances recently where TSA agents have singled out travellers with naturally large hair for special hair pat-downs even though they did […]
Posted: September 23rd, 2011 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Legal, Life, News -
Monday mornings with Marion
Every Monday morning when I check my email there’s an email from Marion Shaw, the owner of Busy Bus Publications. I always look forward to seeing what business tip she has for me this week. They’re such a positive way to start the week and give me something that I can take action on starting […]
Posted: September 16th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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24 hour hair
I came across an article in Look Magazine recently about the first salon in the UK to open 24 hours. One of London’s top salons, Neil Cornelius’ 1st Floor Salon, started opening for 24hrs every Thursday after popular demand for after-hours appointments. I can really see the draw of this in larger cities where there is […]
Posted: September 9th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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Inside Katsuya Kamo’s house on The Selby is in your place
We profiled the work of the incredible Katsuya Kamo a little while back on salonMonster. His incredible styles just make our jaw drop, they are truly inspiring works. So, we were beyond excited when The Selby is in your place posted photos from their visit to his home in Tokyo. I’ve always been a fan […]
Posted: August 26th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Design, Stylists