The Parlour

How many times?

Being an avid (daily, for years) reader of street fashion blogs like Hel-looks, facehunter, Jak + Jill and our oft mentioned favourite team of Scott and Garance, has turned us into real street-peepers (usually from behind v. dark sunglasses!)Our own city is small and Vancouver neighbourhoods can have an unsurprising amount of homogeneity. Yoga wear […]

July 11th, 2011

Using the iPad to improve stylist-client communcation

The New York Times posted a great article about the growing use of the iPad as a customer tool in salons. We liked the way it focuses on how the iPad can be used to improve stylist-client communication. Some of the great uses for the iPad they discuss are: – As a customizable “style-book”. By […]

July 8th, 2011

Tiny Japanese Hair Studio

Minimalist hair salon in Nagoya, Japan packs a lot of punch into a tiny space. This gorgeous 41 square metre space is squeezed amongst a busy residential neighbourhood. Large skylights combined with white walls and tile have created a tranquil and inspirational place to come work. The design for this unique salon was handled by Studio […]

July 7th, 2011

Love Your Hair

This fantastic video clip from Sesame Street has a great message for not only kids but anyone who struggles with their self image from time to time. So the next time you’re having a bad hair day just give this video a watch and it will put a smile on your face. And remember to […]

July 6th, 2011

Monstrous Rewards

We’re excited to announce that you can now earn a gift for introducing people to salonMonster. How does this new Rewards Program work? Glad you asked. It’s so easy. Just refer a person or business to one of salonMonster’s paid* plans and we’ll give you a gift card equal to the value of […]

July 5th, 2011

salonMonster Tips: Names and Numbers.

After having several conversations with my co-worker’s at the salon I work at about how to take advantage of all the features of salonMonster I thought perhaps a series of posts on my thoughts on this would be helpful to everyone using it. This week I want to talk about a couple of […]

July 4th, 2011

Paul Mitchell’s John Paul DeJoria: From Homeless to Billionaire

I came across an interesting Executive Street article this week about John Paul DeJoria one of the co-founders and CEO of John Paul Mitchell Systems. I never realized quite what a rags to riches story he had and thought it was such a great inspiration and a great example of how you don’t need a […]

July 1st, 2011

Hair Raising Art Installation

This very unique art installation done by Judith Fegerl from Austria takes static electricity to an all new level. Made of real human hair embedded in a ball, when charged with electricity the hair raises up and appears to come alive. One part science experiment, one part creepy and just plain cool.

June 30th, 2011

Wooden Comb Bike Rack

I came across this amazing 400 pound wooden bike rack while browsing the blog at The Fox is Black. This piece was made by a co-op fabrication shop in Los Angeles called the Knowhow Shop and then shipped to its destination in Virginia. The bike rack was lovingly handcrafted out of Mangaris and the hair in the […]

June 29th, 2011

Turn up the heat

Perhaps it’s one too many cool “summer” days, but this evening we’re taking a cinematic escape to heatwave stricken 1950’s New York in Hitchcock’s Rear Window while the rain falls outside in present-day Vancouver Call Grace Kelly’s style inimitable, but set hair can be your friend if you happen to […]

June 28th, 2011

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