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Protect your hair from the sun
With all the effort we put into our luscious locks, we need to remember to protect it from sun damage. Prolonged exposure to the sun can cause your hair colour to fade, cause dry brittle hair, split ends and frizz. Here are some quick and simple tips to protect your hair when you’re out playing […]
Posted: June 9th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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Summer Style
With the warm weather finally appearing, it’s time to start thinking about summer hair! Here are some great styles to help your clients cool down while still looking hot. Scarves, braids and ponytails all help by pulling the hair off your clients face and neck on those hot summer days. These are also styles you […]
Posted: June 8th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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Captains of Industry
One of our favorite businesses of late here at salonMonster is a shop based out of Melbourne, Australia called Captains of Industry, Gentleman’s Outfitter and Cafe. According to their Website, this super cool shop offers “Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks, Beverages and Comestibles, Bespoke Footwear and Leather Accessories, Traditional Haircuts, Made to Measure Menswear & Mens […]
Posted: June 7th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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The Cloud
This afternoon we watched Apple’s Keynote Address at the WWDC 2011 like the nerds that we are! It was culty as always but still quite exciting. The most exciting part of all was the announcement of iCloud, Apple’s answer to Cloud computing. It’s not the features of iCloud that excite us but rather the […]
Posted: June 6th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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Hockey pride through a manicure
What a great way for nail salons and their clients to show their hockey pride! Being able to design custom nail treatments for the Canucks fans here in Vancouver has been a very smart business move for GlamStar Beauty and Nails. This concept could work for many different events in any city – […]
Posted: June 2nd, 2011 ˑ 1 Comment
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Newsprint Nails
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 […]
Posted: June 1st, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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KennaLand – Amazing Salon Interior and Genius Session Stylist
So one of the coolest looking salons we have noticed recently is called KennaLand, and it is run by one of the more talented session stylist we have been watching over the last few years also named Kenna. We just can’t get enough of this perfectly put together salon space with all the retro […]
Posted: May 30th, 2011 ˑ 2 Comments
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Salon Carts – So many choices
Since there are many styles of salon and colour carts out there to choose from, I thought I’d share with you some of the carts that have caught my eye lately. A few of my favourites are really expensive but their designs are modern and unique and one can always dream! 1. Aluminum cart from […]
Posted: May 26th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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Suite Salon in Fukuoka City, Japan
This wonderfully tiled salon is located in Fukuoka City, Japan and was designed by Koicki Futatsumata of the Case Real design group. They redesigned an old office building turning the first three floors into the Suite Salon, with the top floor being residential. The challenge for the designers was how to incorporate the existing exterior white […]
Posted: May 25th, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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Session Stylist Katsuya Kamo
Here at salonMonster HQ One of our favourite session stylists in the hair and make-up industry has to be Katsuyo Kamo. With nearly 20 years experience Katsuyo has created some of the more gravity defying looks for more magazines than we can count including Harper’s Bazaar, Dazed and Confused and Vogue Japan! Check out these photos that […]
Posted: May 23rd, 2011 ˑ No Comments
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