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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 […]

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    May 25th, 2011
  • salonMonster gets an upgrade

    We’re excited to announce our latest upgrades to salonMonster. As of today your salonMonster account will include these nifty new features: – Support for book-backs / split appointments. This includes a switch to duration from start and end times (meaning choosing the length of an appointment instead of selecting a start time and  end time […]

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    May 23rd, 2011
  • 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 […]

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    May 23rd, 2011
  • The Sea and Cake

    The Sea and Cake are a prolific band that make music perfect to chill out to. They’ve just released a new album entitled “The Moonlight Butterfly” and it doesn’t disappoint! Although only 6 songs long, this album is filled with laid back beats that work great as a backdrop to any salon chatter. And to […]

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    May 19th, 2011
  • Reuse your old Barbicide jars

    If your salon has old Barbicide jars taking up room in their broom closet, why not reuse them? We have a few kicking around the house that I get out all the time. Since I love the idea of repurposing objects, I thought I’d share a few of our uses for this nostalgic Barbicide jar. […]

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    May 18th, 2011
  • Moroccan Oil

    Recently there has been a renewed interest in the use of oils as hair products. Everything from Olive oil to Jojoba oil to Neem oil are being used by stylists and consumers alike. However, the most popular by far has to be Argan oil. Argan oil is extracted from the kernels of the Argan tree […]

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    May 16th, 2011
  • Creative Salon Aprons

    Looking to spice up your salon apron with some colour and expression? Check out these creative patterned aprons found on etsy. Christie Thomas from Mississippi makes laminated/waterproof aprons that are easy to clean, have useable pockets and would work great for stylists. Check out more apron designs at her etsy shop Christies. Another etsy shop […]

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    May 13th, 2011
  • What the Hella? – Sustainable Hair Removal Product

    NYC design firm The Way We See The World developed an effective and sustainable home-epilation system made out of chicle. This natural product can be found in the Yucatan Penninsula and comes from a tropical evergreen tree native to the area. One of the main goals for this product is to provide jobs in the […]

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    May 12th, 2011
  • Will Ferrell vs Conan O’Brien’s Beard!

    Last week Will Ferrell made a guest appearance on Conan in which he followed through on his promise to shave Conan O’Brien’s beard which he has been referring to as a “huge mistake”. It is one of the funniest Hair removal sequences I have ever seen on late night television second only to Tom Selleck […]

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    May 10th, 2011
  • Hairbrained

      A few months ago we wrote about Hairbrained, the social networking site for hairdressers and a couple weeks ago we made mention of it in our post about Arrojo Education. Well it turns out we made a small error about who the creator of Hairbrained is. We had said that is was Nick Arrojo […]

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    May 9th, 2011
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