Art
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The Architecture of Beauty
Salons and Spas: The Architecture of Beauty by Julie Sinclair Eakin is a great hardcover book bursting with ideas and inspiration for your space. It showcases innovative salons and spas from around the world (London, Tokyo, New York etc.) created by some of the worlds hottest designers and architects complete with floor plans, blueprints, interviews […]
Posted: April 6th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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Esra Roise Illustrations- Great Hair
Once again I’ve stumbled across an artist that manages to capture the beauty and texture of hair in pencil illustrations. Esra Roise resides in Oslo Norway and draws these fantastic fashion/hair pictures that would look AMAZING in any salon. Her work expresses the movement of hair and how it appears as we participate in real […]
Posted: March 16th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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Hair Illustrations
In keeping with my current fascination with hair illustrations, check out Maria Gil Ulldemolins fantastic drawings. She lives in Madrid and has done some wonderful detailed illustrations of hair styles. I love the texture she’s been able to convey in these up do’s and that the drawings are done in black and white. For more […]
Posted: March 3rd, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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The Sartorialist
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 […]
Posted: February 3rd, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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Big Hair by Grant McCracken
Although this book originally came out in the mid nineties, it’s full of relevant facts and fantastic hair styles. It covers hair trends through the years, has bios on some of the original big players in the industry and a good dose of humour. This book is also a great resource for retro inspired hair […]
Posted: January 27th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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Sassoon the movie!
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 […]
Posted: January 12th, 2011 ˑ 1 Comment
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Yee Haw – Modern Country
Looking to add a little modern country to your salon, check out this fabulous mirror by fluxglass. It might be a bit difficult to use at your station for cutting, but as salon decor I think it rules! Check out more at www.etsy.com/shop/fluxglass
Posted: January 7th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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