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  • Wocka Wocka Nail Polish

    My holiday season has become complete with the discovery of OPI’s Muppet Nail Polish Collection!  Not only am I a HUGE Muppets fan (favourite show as a child), but I love the fun festive holiday colours in this collection. Featuring dark pinks, gold, silver and a wonderful range of glitters and sparkles, there’s sure to […]

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    November 23rd, 2011
  • Hair Fashion!

        Thelma Madine, the seamstress and dressmaker from the UK’s hot show My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding has created another bizarre masterpiece. This time it is made out of 250 metres of human hair and is valued at over 50, 000 pounds or a little over 78, 000 US dollars. Thelma had a team of dress […]

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    November 22nd, 2011
  • Salon Business Check-Up

    The year is almost over, so it’s time to do a salon check up and see where you are at as far as your numbers are concerned. Theoretically, we should all be checking those each month, however, the reality is that many of us get busy and put those reports aside to look at later.  […]

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    November 21st, 2011
  • Blown away

    I was totally blown away by this cool bright yellow hair dryer chandelier that I came across on ReadyMade.com.  They said it was from a salon but didn’t list which one, so I started doing a bit of digging on the inter webs.  I tracked it down to The Dry Bar, originally from Brentwood California, […]

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    November 20th, 2011
  • White Wonderland

    I absolutely love the beautiful use of all the different layers of white at Kilico hair salon Tokyo, Japan.  It’s so crisp and refreshing. Designed by Makoto Yamaguchi, the salon is built in the basement of a building in the very trendy Daikanyama area. Rather than tearing everything out and starting from scratch Makato chose […]

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    November 18th, 2011
  • Tokyo Nail Expo 2011

      If you thought we were passionate about nails here, check out what goes on at the 2011 Tokyo Nail Expo happening November 20 – 21 at the Makuhari Messe. This nail expo attracts more than 50,000 people and is a serious competition as well. The winners get crowned as “Nail Queens”. With the nail […]

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    November 17th, 2011
  • Other Lives – Tamer Animals

    My latest music obsession Other Lives have been around for a few years so I’m a bit embarrassed that it’s taken me so long to discover them. Hailing from Stillwater Oklahoma, Other Lives offer up cinematic songs backed by a five piece band of extremely talented musicians. Their latest album “Tamer Animals” is beautifully crafted […]

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    November 16th, 2011
  • Peacocks Made From Beauty Supplies

    Check out these amazing Peacocks made by Laurel Roth using different beauty supplies like fake fingernails, barrettes, nail polish, false eyelashes, and jewelry. It shows yet again that there is no end to the original things you can do with hair and beauty accessories.                      

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    November 15th, 2011
  • New Business Blog Series!

    We are excited to announce a new blog series all about the business of salons and spas featuring Marion Shaw! For those of you who don’t know Marion, she is a salon business coach and consultant as well as the owner of Busy Bus Publications. here is a little bio all about her. After many […]

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    November 14th, 2011
  • Manly hair ad

    A really clever video ad by Mankind Grooming out of Toronto.  I wish more salons made cool ads! Click through to watch the video.  

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    November 11th, 2011
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