Photography by Peter Stigter
By Lesa Hannah and Sarah Daniel
One doesn’t own a brush, the other relishes the pain inflicted by bristles. Lesa Hannah and and Sarah Daniel on why they hate/love blowouts.
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They said/We said: Could Blue Ivy Carter be the next fashion mogul?
Spring trends guide 2012
Montreal Fashion Week: The top hits from day three including CIN Tailleur, Ça va de soi, and Abol
Afternoon beauty fix: The trick to avoiding winter hat hair–while still staying warm!
All posts under ‘Salons’
Beauty
Montreal beauty pick: Bleu Blow Dry Bar
Photography by Jane Heller
First there was Rouge Nail Bar, and now there is Bleu Blow Dry Bar (65 Fairmount Ave. W., 514-507-3003, bleudrybar.com), which has just moved in next door to the Mile End location. Who says you need a wedding or a fancy event to get a blowout? Have a hot date or important meeting, or just need a little pick-me-up? Choose from six styles, ranging from a Jackie O. pouf to Hollywood curls. Blowouts start at $30 (and vary depending on your hair), and include a shampoo that’s more like a relaxing head massage.
Beauty
Toronto: Taking girls’ night in out to the salon
The beauty pros at Toronto’s Tony Chaar Salon (11 Hazelton Ave., 416-920-9965, tonychaarsalon.com) and Schwarzkopf Professional (schwarzkopf-professional.ca) must know that I have had zero personal time lately, because they organized a personalized Girls’ Night In at the hair salon. It was incredible. Between clinking glasses with my six A-list friends (a television host, PR expert, multimedia producer, teacher, freelance book editor and my favourite eight-year-old), dropping M&Ms and Smarties into my mouth at regular intervals, I caught up on all of the important girl gossip and got beautified. Read more »
Beauty
Salon watch: Oskar’s new hair haven
Photography by Lisa Petrole
After cringing for an entire week at the sight of the inch-long roots reflected back at me from my bathroom mirror, I knew it was time to get my fix of blonde. So clearly, once I was ensconced in my long-time colourist Oskar Varela’s chair (from $120) it felt like coming home–even if it is my first time in his brand new eponymous salon, Oskar on Scollard (68 Scollard St., Lower West, 647-346-3306, oskaronscollard.com). Read more »
Fashion
Daily reads: The original Halston, rosier laundry and Dolly Parton’s style icon
With all the Olivier-to-Halston scuttlebut (which some people are totally unhappy about), now’s the perfect time to familiarize yourself with the original. [A Shaded View on Fashion, Auntie Fashion]
Vancouver’s Toni & Guy salon is holding an Easter egg hunt on Saturday, with chocolate and gift cards hiding inside plastic eggs with the best hair we’ve ever seen. Points to the person who find the Kiss egg! [Toni & Guy]
Boutique perfumery Le Labo has teamed up with boutique laundry products line, The Laundress, to create a biodegradable rose-scented detergent. [Cool Hunting]
Curves are making another high-profile mag appearance—this time in Australian Harper’s Bazaar. [Refinery 29]
FASHION Reporters
Charlottetown: Pure fun at Shear Talent
I am the queen of the home haircut disaster. To save a few dollars here and there I have, over the years, attempted to cut, perm and dye my own hair. (Please note that it has never once been worth it.) My most embarrassing memory involves a self-bang trim, dull scissors and lousy so-called organic dye that turned my hair a lovely shade of clown purple. So a few weeks ago, when my premature grays began poking through the years of layered dye jobs, my hipper, cooler friends subtly suggested that I splurge and get a cut and dye at Charlottetown’s most fun hair salon: Shear Talent.
Beauty
Vancouver: A super salon party
Supernova the Salon Holiday Party
December 4; 200-124 West 1st St., North Vancouver; 604-904-8448; supernovasalon.com.
Treat your girlfriends to a night of pampering and holiday festivities at Supernova. Stylists will be offering free hair and makeup advice to get you ready for those fabulous fetes you’ll be attending this holiday season. Indulge in some delicious treats and cocktails, and check out the great door prizes, giveaways and shopping. In the spirit of the holidays, proceeds from the party will support Wish Drop-in Centre Society and hairdressers will be offering free hair cuts for the women at the shelter on December 8.—Stephanie Trendocher
FASHION Reporters
Edmonton: The mane attraction
The secret weapon behind Edmonton’s best tressed ladies and gents is uber-hairstylist Paulina Truong, who is to Edmonton what Frédéric Fekkai is to New York or Philip B. to L.A. and after 15 remarkable years in the industry (see her work at left), Truong has finally opened her own salon, Blue Gemini Hair Studio (14115-23 Avenue, 780-436-4783, BlueGemini.ca).
