The Parlour

The War On Drugs

Based out of Philadelphia, The War On Drugs offer up a momentous rock album full of surprises with their latest release “Slave Ambient”. This album will help get you and your clients pumped up in the salon. Lead vocalist Adam Granduciel combines a little bit of Springsteen and a little bit of Dylan with some […]

September 28th, 2011

Fantastic Salon Flickr Page

One of the best Flickr pages we have come across of late here at salonMonster is created by a Portuguese salon called WIP Hairport. They have some of the coolest haircuts we have seen in a long time not to mention that it is such a simple concept for a page that anyone with the […]

September 27th, 2011

TSA Hair Pat-downs

I’m about a month late on this one, but the New York Times has an interesting article about TSA hair pat downs in US airports. It sounds like there have been a couple of instances recently where TSA agents have singled out travellers with naturally large hair for special hair pat-downs even though they did […]

September 23rd, 2011

Pump Up Your Retail

There are several things you can do when setting up the retail space in your salon to help entice clients to purchase more of your lovely hair products. Paco Underhill, owner of research and consulting firms and author of “Why We Buy“, has some great tips in his book on how you can increase your retail […]

September 22nd, 2011

World’s Largest Afro

Aevin Dugas of New Orleans is the proud owner of the world’s largest natural afro. Her gorgeous coif has a circumference of over four feet! Although she wouldn’t change a thing about her hair, it can sometimes be a challenge fitting her afro through some tights spaces! Check out the video below for more on […]

September 20th, 2011

Top 10 Worst Dressed Cities

According to a study conducted by GQ magazine and MSN Travel, Vancouver, the city where salonMonster HQ is has been voted 3rd worst city in the world. Why is this? MSN Travel had this to say: “There is one reason, and one reason only, why we’ve decided to include Vancouver on this list of […]

September 19th, 2011

Monday mornings with Marion

Every Monday morning when I check my email there’s an email from Marion Shaw, the owner of Busy Bus Publications. I always look forward to seeing what business tip she has for me this week. They’re such a positive way to start the week and give me something that I can take action on starting […]

September 16th, 2011

Straight off the Runway

Refinery29 compiled some cool hair trends from the madness that is New York Fashion Week. The looks are straight off the runway and cover a variety of techniques and styles. The front gold tinted colour makes a bold statement in the Peter Som show. I really love the corn rolls that United Bamboo used on the models in […]

September 15th, 2011

Graham Clark and his Beard Paintings

Graham Clark has taken a very unique approach to painting – he paints pictures with his own beard, yes you read that correctly, he uses his beard as the paintbrush for his creative art. What started as a joke between friends, turned into a foray into art for Graham. He uses the sale of his […]

September 14th, 2011

Privé

Montreal based online retailer Privé has us excited for fall fashion. It’s not only the deeply discounted designer threads, but their pared down selections from only three or four designers at a time that wins our vote. Join up and for each friend that becomes a member and places an order with prive.com, you will […]

September 13th, 2011

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