Braided Bliss

I came across the most amazing collection of creative and elaborate braids while browsing the site BuzzFeed on the weekend. This level of braiding far exceeds my abilities and since I have fairly short hair I’m left with some serious braid envy!     Those of you out there with lovely long locks of hair should … Read more

Be One With The Wild

The new “Be one with the wild” ad campaign by Ogilvy for the Atlanta-area Boy Scouts is one of the more hilarious/genius advertising concepts I’ve seen in a while. What a great way to get kids’ attention and interest using humour and an ad campaign that really makes you stop and take a second look … Read more

Formaldehyde In Baby Products

                            More than two years ago health and parents organizations asked Johnson and Johnson to discontinue the use of toxic ingredients in their line of baby products particularly quaternium-15 which is a chemical preservative that kills bacteria by releasing formaldehyde. Last week the … Read more

Creative Dip Dye

In keeping with the hot hair trend towards the colour blue, I thought I’d share with you a fantastic dip dye colour job done at the Arrojo Salon in New York. Tiffany, who runs the blog sixsixsick, jumped at the chance to go in to the salon and test out their new Goldwell colouring service. … Read more

Anything can happen on Hallowe’en

Nothing gets blood boiling faster than young Tim Curry -shown here as the Grand Wizard in 1986’s made-for tv movie The Worst Witch (other than his inimitable performance as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show of course) Happy Hallowe’en from your favourite monsters!  

Diamond Rings for your ears

Hailing from the suburbs of Toronto Canada, the Diamond Rings debut album “Special Affections” has been on my playlist non stop since I first heard it!  Written, recorded and produced by John O, this pop album has deep dance beats, dark moody lyrics, and great guitar riffs. John’s amazing androgynous looks and hair coifs are … Read more

Very Hair is Very Cool

It’s been a while since our last architect/design post, so I was delighted to come across this beautiful salon located in Japan. Designed by Maker architects, Very Hair is the stylish new salon on the block. By using untreated wood on the  walls and booths, the architects have created a minimal and calm environment. Draped … Read more

Hairdressers as Diagnosticians

Recently a study was published in the Archives of Dermatology to found out how often Cosmetologists and Barbers check their clients for cancerous moles and lesions. The study discovered that out of the 203 people who answered the survey just over half of them have had alerted clients to some form of growth on their … Read more

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