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Cool Hair at Louise Grey Show

Check out the whimsical avant grade hair from Louise Grays‘ Spring 2012 fashion show. Known for her edgy British design, the hair at her show matched great with her clothing.

November 3rd, 2011

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. […]

November 2nd, 2011

The Story Of Cosmetics

If you haven’t seen this video before then check it out. Everyone involved in the beauty industry should be aware of the ingredients they are working with. You can find out more at www.safecosmetics.org/.

November 1st, 2011

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!

October 31st, 2011

We have buttons!

We’re excited to announce that our first batch of salonMonster buttons has arrived from Six Cent Press. We’ve been pinning them to everything we can get our hands on here at salonMonster headquarters. We’d like to share the button love. Would you like a salonMonster button? Just send me an email at stephen (at) salonmonster.com […]

October 30th, 2011

A Fresh New Look

We’re excited to announce a fresh new look for the salonMonster blog. We’ve updated it to a much more aesthetic and tasty-looking format. Instead of the page being consumed by a single long article it now sports a selection of posts from the last week in a more digestible layout. We hope you like the […]

October 28th, 2011

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 […]

October 27th, 2011

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 […]

October 26th, 2011

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 […]

October 24th, 2011

Hair Hats – Animal Style

These amazing Hair Hats created by Japanese artist Nagi Noda are from a few years ago, but hats made to look like animals made from hair are just to way too cool to be left in the past. Nagi Noda was a Tokyo director of music videos and commercials. Three years have now passed since her […]

October 20th, 2011

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