A business journal for independent beauty pros, by salonMonster
For some New York Fashion Week ends in swollen feet and heavy suitcases, but for those who don’t work in fashion it means getting to spend an afternoon poring over show after show of runway and backstage pictures. Nothing impressed me more this year than Rodarte. Their collections are usually fantastical, organic, creative and … Read more
If you haven’t come across the work of Peter Gray before then you’re in for a treat. Peter is an internationally renowned hairdresser who has worked with fashion greats such as Maison Martin Margiela, Vivienne Westwood, Junya Watanabe and Hermès and magazines including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and Numéro. Peter rose to fame in the nineties working … Read more
We’ve been a little obsessed with Tumblr.com recently, cruising it for visual inspiration. So, we thought it was time we joined the club and set up our own Tumblr. Meet salonMonster.Tumblr.com where we will be posting inspirational images as we stumble across them. We’re always hunting the web for visual treats and this is a … Read more
Check out this stunning slow-motion video of Lilly Donaldson’s flying hair that we found over at Nowness.com. It is totally incredible to see all the movement and beauty hidden away in what is just two seconds of video stretched out to just under two minutes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_Y_Q9zinss For those of you who don’t know Lilly, she is … Read more
The North American Hair Styling Awards (NAHA) went down on July 31st at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas as part of the PBA Beauty week. We couldn’t make it down there this year, but we’re always excited to see the truly inspiring work that is being recognized. Congratulations to Dimitrios Tsioumas who came away with … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Angel Hairs for Kids and Cuts for Cancer are two fantastic charitable programs focused on providing natural hair pieces to cancer patients at no cost to the family. Angel Hair for Kids™ is part of A Child’s Voice Foundation™ run out of Toronto. Their goal is to help improve the self esteem and self image … Read more
Love her or hate her, Tabatha Coffey is back on your tvs tonight with the season 3 premiere of Tabatha’s Salon Takeover. With her no holds barred style of salon makeovers she certainly doesn’t mince her words, this woman means business. Any merits aside the show has been a huge success for Bravo and makes … Read more
Brazilian Blowout has initiated legal proceedings against the Oregon department of consumer and business services in regard to their inaccurate testing of formaldehyde levels. Apparently the tests used by the occupational safety and health division failed to distinguish between formaldehyde and methylene glycol, bundling both chemicals together. http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Brazilian-Blowout-Formally-Initiates-Legal-Proceedings-Against-Oregon-OSHA-1349816.htm Additional testing by OSHA has also shown … Read more