A business journal for independent beauty pros, by salonMonster
Behind the Chair announce the 2011 stylist’s choice award winners at the American Beauty Show the other night. Here’s the winners, what do you think? Favorite Shampoo/Conditioner Duo Pureology Hydrate Favorite Permanent Wave ISO Options Favorite Straightening System Keratin Complex Smoothing System by Coppola Favorite Demi-Permanent Color Line Redken Shades EQ Favorite Professional Makeup Line … Read more
Now this is a house I wish I lived in! Check out these photos of the amazing classic Singleton house designed by Richard Neutra in 1959. It is now home to the ever stylish Vidal Sassoon, his wife Ronnie and their two Shih Tzus. It hasn’t been an easy road though as the house was … Read more
I’m loving the beautiful black aesthetic of Gum Salon located in Milan’s stylish Ticanese area. They’ve used quite a few traditional elements but have created a really modern feel through the monochromatic colour scheme. The black tile, painted brick and Hollywood dressing room style lighting are all very simple but come together beautifully. Their logo … Read more
We’ve added a new staff-selector to the salonMonster calendar. This tool should make changing between stylists and to and from multi-stylist/single stylist view so much easier. You’ll notice a discreet new down-arrow beside your name. Simply click on the name or arrow to display a list of all staff within the salon. Click on a … Read more
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BehindTheChair.com’s 11th annual stylist choice awards are now underway and currently accepting your votes. Vote for your favourite products, haircolour, platform artist, company and even salon software… Cast your vote here. For voting they’re giving you a $10 off gift certificate to the BTC Bookstore.
The New York Times published an interesting article this week about the growth of colour treatments for men. More men are finding themselves back in the job market after years of stable employment and are turning to a little colour to keep them looking youthful and help them feel competitive. The trend is not to … Read more
salonMonster now supports both fixed pricing and prices “starting at” a dollar amount. Previously all prices were listed as “starting at”, but now you can set them to be a specific price. You can change this setting under the your services tab. Here you will see services listed with their prices: In this example we … Read more
We’re happy to announce that a new version of the salonMonster application went live this weekend. We’ve made big changes to the system to support global timezones. We’ve had a lot of requests for this and are excited to welcome more of you to the salonMonster family. Other great new features include a monthly datepicker … Read more