A business journal for independent beauty pros, by salonMonster
Lagerfeld’s 2012 Métiers d’Art collection Paris-Bombay is an absolute visual masterpiece! His vision transformed the Galerie Courbe at the Grand Palais into an exotic excursion to an India of the past. What caught my eye (aside from the immaculate clothing) was the beautiful hair styles displayed on the models. Wrapped and bejewelled dread lock extensions were piled high on the head and … Read more
Fashion guru Gareth Pugh has teamed up with fashion film director Ruth Hogben to create an amazing film to launch his first makeup collection created with M.A.C. This exclusive, limited edition collection includes eye lash extensions, nail polish, lipsticks and more. These all encompass his dark shadowy vision which is clear to see from his … Read more
I came across these wonderful “bun boxes” while perusing Dezeen and thought what a strange but awesome accessory to have in your salon or at your station. You could keep your bobby pins or business cards in them. These were created by Emilie Voirin who is a French product designer living in London. Her pieces … Read more
Japanese artist Takaya Hanayuishi uses very unique items to create these incredible headpieces. Using fruit, vegetables, and flowers, these creations are used in live performance pieces, photo shoots, and weddings. Originally studying culinary arts, Takaya started working with plants and food in 2004. He calls his work “unity of human and nature”. After arranging these … Read more
Happy Holidays from the team at salonMonster. Wishing you and your families all our very best. We’re going to take a short blogging break while we focus on overeating for the next few days, but we’ll be back on the 28th.
In case you don’t already know him, let me introduce you to the “master of Haute Coiffure” and celebrity stylist, Charlie Le Mindu. From his slightly controversial runway shows, to his extravagent wig designs and famous roster of clients, Charlie knows hair. Charlie was born in France, where he started cutting and styling … Read more
If you’re looking for some hair inspiration, you may want to check out the book Hair’em Scare’em by Robert Klanten. Published in 2010, this book is 219 pages of full on avant garde eye candy for hair. Covering great trends in hair outside the mainstream, there’s sure to be something in this book that catches your … Read more
These extremely unique necklaces were created by 23 year old art student Kerry Howley who lives in London. Taking inspiration from damask wallpaper patterns, Kerry titled her hair art piece Attraction/Aversion. Inspired by peoples aversion to cut hair, Kerry used her mother’s friend’s cut hair and spent over 60 hours working on each of the five … Read more
So this has been floating around for a bit and many of you may have seen this already but I thought that Cosmetologists could benefit from it. It’s called 23 and 1/2 Hours and it’s about trying to minimize how much time you spend sitting. The statistics are crazy and way beyond what I would … Read more
Here’s a beautiful holiday music video from one of my favourite Canadian bands Diamond Rings. I’ve blogged about them before (and how awesome their album is to play in the salon) and thought I’d share this video of John O playing piano at home over the holidays singing Give It Up. I wish he’d come to … Read more