A business journal for independent beauty pros, by salonMonster
Looking for a great mirror for your salon station? Here are some unique styles that we like that range from affordable Ikea options to budget busting stainless steel creations. 1. Elise Floor Mirror from Pottery Barn, Venetian design with beveled glass, $450.00 2. Hemnes Mirror from Ikea, full length black/brown colour, $90.00 3. Levico Mirror from Restoration … Read more
Looking to make a statement with your nails? This newsprint manicure may be the answer! Originally found on Passion Nail Arts site in French, this is a cool manicure you can give yourself as well as customize any way you’d like. For the english instructions on how to do this, go to If It’s Hip … Read more
NYC design firm The Way We See The World developed an effective and sustainable home-epilation system made out of chicle. This natural product can be found in the Yucatan Penninsula and comes from a tropical evergreen tree native to the area. One of the main goals for this product is to provide jobs in the … Read more
While searching for interesting hair advertisements I came across this amazing YouTube video of a commercial from the 1950s. In it they advertise Richard Hudnut’s Pin Quick with Silicone, a product for setting your hair in pin curls that is weatherproof and apparently lasts forever! They even say in the add that “weather can’t … Read more
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
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
Strong sales of both consumer and luxury products resulted in better than expected earnings for L’Oreal Professional Division. http://www.loreal-finance.com/eng/news-release/october-21-2010-724.htm
We’ve been working hard adding new features to salonMonster. We put a new version live today, here are some of the highlights: Manual appointment confirmations (which is optional). This gives you the option of checking the appointments your clients’ book before approving or denying them. The appointments menu shows a badge with the number of … Read more
Health Canada has issued a warning that the Brazilian Blowout hair treatment possibly exposes people to unsafe levels of formaldehyde. Read more at the Globe and Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-hot-button/health-canada-issues-warning-about-brazilian-blowout-hair-treatment/article1748267/