Inspiration
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Hair and Jewellery Installation
The other day while reading Style Bubble, we came across this amazing looking presentation by Delfina Delettrez called ‘Love is in the Hair’ that we thought you all needed to see. It combines jewellery and wigs made by opera wig maestros in Rome to create the most astonishing and thought provoking pieces of art. We […]
Posted: October 4th, 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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Fantastic Salon Flickr Page
One of the best Flickr pages we have come across of late here at salonMonster is created by a Portuguese salon called WIP Hairport. They have some of the coolest haircuts we have seen in a long time not to mention that it is such a simple concept for a page that anyone with the […]
Posted: September 27th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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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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Hair Art
So here is the latest bit of hair art that we think needs to be shared. This is all art created by Gregory Euclide who uses many different materials to create is installations. In the one above he uses acrylic, baby’s breath, eurocast, fern, hair, hosta, moss, paper, sedum, sagebrush and wood. I won’t talk to […]
Posted: August 22nd, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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Amazing African Salon Signs
I’m just blown away by the style of these wonderful hand-painted West African salon signs. I came across them on Boing Boing and found them so refreshing and inspiring in our world of computers and digital imagery. They come from the French speaking Republic of Benin in West Africa. There is a great looking book called Ici […]
Posted: August 19th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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A peek inside the house of Frank Valvo from Fur Hairdressing
We love the Website The Selby is in Your Place and the beautiful homes that they show. It is always so interesting to get to take a peek into the homes of some of the worlds most creative people and the environment they like to surround themselves with. We were especially excited this week when they posted […]
Posted: August 12th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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Alexander McQueen Extravaganza!
Yesterday at the Met in New York what looked as though it must have been the coolest show of all time ended. It was the Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty exhibition. It celebrated and catologued McQueens incredible life as a designer. The exhibit was put on by The Costume Institute and the bulk of the clothes come from […]
Posted: August 8th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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2011 North American Hair Styling Awards (NAHA)
The North American Hair Styling Awards (NAHA) went down on July 31st at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas as part of the PBA Beauty week. We couldn’t make it down there this year, but we’re always excited to see the truly inspiring work that is being recognized. Congratulations to Dimitrios Tsioumas who came away with […]
Posted: August 5th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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Julia Rothman – Pretty Patterns for Your Salon
Looking for something fresh, unique and brilliant to brighten up your salon image? If so, you should definitely check out Julia Rothman and her fantastic designs. Based out of her studio in Brooklyn, we’ve been a huge fan of Julia and her patterns for years. These innovative designs can be transformed into many custom applications for […]
Posted: July 28th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Accessories, Art, Colour, Design, Inspiration, Uncategorized