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Vote for us on KillerStartups.com

As the new monster on the block we’re trying to get our name out there, and we need your help. If you feel like clicking a button or two to help us out please vote for us on KillerStartups.com We appreciate your support!

January 28th, 2011

Listio

We’ve got a new profile at Listio.com, a community directory of Web 2.0 applications. If you’re feeling like clicking a button or two please vote for the monster.

January 28th, 2011

Big Hair by Grant McCracken

Although this book originally came out in the mid nineties, it’s full of relevant facts and fantastic hair styles. It covers hair trends through the years, has bios on some of the original big players in the industry and a good dose of humour. This book is also a great resource for retro inspired hair […]

January 27th, 2011

Why We Buy – Retail advice

“Why We Buy” by Paco Underhill is a great book for anyone looking to improve their retail sales. This book has some great advice on how to display your product, where to place it in your shop, using colours that grab our attention etc. It is essentially a study on human behavior and our habits […]

January 26th, 2011

iCal feeds of your appointments

We’re happy to announce that you can now subscribe to a feed of all your appointments through iCal on your Mac or iPhone. We’ve been testing this feature for a couple of months, and are excited to release it to everyone. To set this up, simply click on the “subscribe to iCal” link to the […]

January 24th, 2011

Congratulations to the 2011 Contessa Winners

Our Congratulations to the 2011 Contessa 22 Winners! If you haven’t checked out salon 52’s Canadian hair stylist of the year awards, aka the Contessas, we’d highly recommend you check them out. The 2011 Winners have been up for a couple of months now. In our home province of B.C. Chris Deagle from Moods Hair […]

January 21st, 2011

salonMonster Press Release

We at salonMonster are very pleased to announce that our official press release is being sent out all this week and here it is! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Easy online booking and scheduling for your salon from salonMonster VANCOUVER, BC (January 19, 2011) — Today salonMonster announced the public release of its easy online booking solution […]

January 20th, 2011

Behind The Chair Stylist Choice Awards

BehindTheChair.com’s 11th annual stylist choice awards are now underway and currently accepting your votes. Vote for your favourite products, haircolour, platform artist, company and even salon software… Cast your vote here. For voting they’re giving you a $10 off gift certificate to the BTC Bookstore.

January 16th, 2011

More men “reducing grey”

The New York Times published an interesting article this week about the growth of colour treatments for men. More men are finding themselves back in the job market after years of stable employment and are turning to a little colour to keep them looking youthful and help them feel competitive. The trend is not to […]

January 14th, 2011

Sassoon the movie!

I was just perusing the apple movie trailer page and came across this preview for a documentary about the great Vidal Sassoon. It was produced by Michael Gordon, founder of Bumble and Bumble who originally meant to put together a book about Sassoon and then it somehow turned into a film project. If you don’t […]

January 12th, 2011

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