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Evo, from Australia, has a refreshing approach to their hair products. Their marketing campaign, created by Mash, plays up the unrealistic claims some hair companies make about their products. Mash also created amazing product packaging for Evo’s sales reps. They used vintage cases and screenprinted on the Evo design and pimped out the inside of … Read more
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 … Read more
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
A few years ago a started suffering from dandruff, so I started using various chemical based dandruff control shampoos. They helped a bit, but never really completely eliminated the problem. Then my wife suggested that maybe it was all the chemicals they put in many shampoos these days that are causing my problem. I first tried a popular … Read more
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 … Read more
I was immediately drawn to these whimsical window graphics designed by Museum Studio and Paper for the Kaiserschnitt Hair Salon in Denmark. What a refreshing departure from those 80’s stock decals that you see plastered on the windows of so many salons. With all the creative options available today, it’s a shame more people don’t … Read more
I came across this billboard advertisement and was quite impressed with how creatively it expressed the product. Koleston is a hair colour product and this ad shows the models hair change colour as the sky and time of day changes. A simple yet very effective result.
I’m a big fan of modern clean lines so I was thrilled to come across this salon design done by MSK Design Group for Vasken Demirjian’s Westchester New York salon. This salon specializes in colour services so the crisp white decor lends a fantastic backdrop for all those hair colours! I love the way they … 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
If you’re looking for a fabulously stylish way to carry and store all your cutting tools, look no further. Austrian company Caleas Cases has created the ultimate leather holster. These handmade cases come equipped with padded interior pockets for scissors, razors and combs, and an adjustable band for keeping them all conveniently within reach at … Read more