Inspiration
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L’oreal Professional Love for ever
Last year L’oreal Professional put together a beautiful new bridal collection called “Love for ever” created by top stylists from all over the world. Since we’re gearing up for bridal season again I thought I’d share with you these whimsical creations. Stylists from Japan, USA, Brazil, France, Italy, UK, India and China have designed gorgeous […]
Posted: February 16th, 2012 ˑ No Comments
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Michelle Violy Harper on her hair
“My hair is the easiest thing, because really—with a really good shampoo and conditioner and a box of bobby pins and some hair spray, I can do whatever I want. It’s more about the hairpieces, you know? So you saw me doing my hair—it was in a little ponytail, and then I knotted it and […]
Posted: February 14th, 2012 ˑ No Comments
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Aesop
We’ve been in Sydney Australia the last few days and have been having a blast. One of the highlights has to have been our visit to the Aesop store on Oxford street in the lovely neighbourhood of Paddington. It’s a shame that more cosmetics companies don’t have this much style, it’s so inspiring. Their product […]
Posted: February 10th, 2012 ˑ No Comments
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Richard Kavanagh creates Rodney Wayne summer campaign
This is a fantastic ad campaign by Redken performing artist Richard Kavanagh for Rodney Wayne Salons. Richard produced a set of summer ads inspired by his work on the catwalks of New York, Milan, LA, London, and Paris. He’s brought his cheeky aesthetic and great skills to this campaign and I love the result! Don’t […]
Posted: February 7th, 2012 ˑ No Comments
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Cheeky branding for Crop Hair Boutique
I’m digging the cheeky copywriting and attitude of Crop Hair Boutique‘s branding by ReThink Communincations. With slogans like “From now on you’ll be mistaken for your hotter twin” and “Help us help your hair help you get laid” how can you not love it? I’m always a sucker for buttons and they have […]
Posted: January 6th, 2012 ˑ No Comments
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Beautiful Braids and Cornrows
I’m blown away by these beautiful painting of braids and cornrows by So Yoon Lym. The work is so detailed that it’s hard to believe they are painted. They really allow the viewer to focus on the art form of braiding in all its glorious detail. Created by So Yoon Lym as part […]
Posted: January 3rd, 2012 ˑ No Comments
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Tumblin’
We’ve been a little obsessed with Tumblr.com recently, cruising it for visual inspiration. So, we thought it was time we joined the club and set up our own Tumblr. Meet salonMonster.Tumblr.com where we will be posting inspirational images as we stumble across them. We’re always hunting the web for visual treats and this is a […]
Posted: December 9th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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Charcoal Hair Drawings
These inspiring large scale drawings were created by Hong Chun Zhang. Hong was born and raised in China surrounded by a very artistic family. Searching for more creative freedom, she moved to America to expand her fine arts education. Hong created these drawings using charcoal and graphite. Her work has been exhibited internationally and she is […]
Posted: December 7th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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Flying hair
Check out this stunning slow-motion video of Lilly Donaldson’s flying hair that we found over at Nowness.com. It is totally incredible to see all the movement and beauty hidden away in what is just two seconds of video stretched out to just under two minutes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_Y_Q9zinss For those of you who don’t know Lilly, she is […]
Posted: December 2nd, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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Stephen and Lucy Marr’s fabulous glasshouse
The Selby has been doing some incredible photo shoots with hair stylists from around the globe recently. They give such a wonderful insight into the personal lives of some of the world’s hair superstars. This week they have posted a terrific peek into the garden and glasshouse of Stephen and Lucy Marr in Auckland, New […]
Posted: November 25th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Inspiration, Photography