Saturday, July 16, 2011

Customer Complaints

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I have to step out of the salon for a few hours, er, minutes for coffee supplies.

Tell her to fill out a customer complaint form.

backcombed

backdoor

Friday, July 15, 2011

Thursday, July 14, 2011

That one little mugshot

That Thombeau so...obviously (or we thought) photoshopped has spawned all kinds of, well, take a look!
Thank you Carol Andrews. I guess it's good as my book is coming out soon (avail on Amazon in August - here's my first review.)

(Copyright 2010 Thombeau & Donna Lethal)

Seniors Day, Belated

We received the following complaint from our client Margaret:

“HHoF did not have Seniors' Day yesterday...again!”

Here you go, Margaret…

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Apologies from The Management.

Foods That Promote Hair Growth

Fish is a good source of essential fatty acids, promoting oil production in the scalp, moisturizing hair and facilitating growth.

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Coney Island Curlers

Sunglasses & Curlers, Coney Island, NYC 1963.
Photo by Builder Levy.
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Drying Hair ONLY

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Wasted Hair

BEYOND.

Schwing!

Remember, guys like a chick who swings...

and has a little swing in her bob.



















































They also like girls who make this shape with her lips.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

More Gabor

Perfume: "Lis'n-dear"

Monday, July 11, 2011

Sunday, July 10, 2011

TODAY’S HAIR HALL OF FAME BRUNCH SPECIAL:
























We’ll be serving bottomless champagne when you book your,

"Sunday Champagne Shampoo Set".

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Happy Birthday, Ringo!

Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr turns 71 today.


According to an early interview with The Beatles, Ringo said he wanted to open a string of hairdressing salons once Beatlemania faded. Watch clip here.

On February 11, 1965, Ringo married Maureen Cox, a junior apprentice at Ashley Dupre Continental Hair and Beauty Salon in Liverpool.

Their meeting is described here.


Ringo is currently working on a new album.

No word yet on that chain of hair salons.

Moms with Moustaches

Special today (for moms only!) on upper lip hair removal here at The Hair Hall of Fame.

Here Come Ol’ Flattop

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Beard Sculpture

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[thanks, Zenfancy]

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Beauty Shop Nagel


















From the Urban Dictionary

1. a phrase used to describe an individual as fake, not real, overdone, and extremely glitzy;

an insult,

2. taken from Patrick Nagel, a well-known artist who reached his peak in the 80s and was well known for creating images of beautiful women that were reminiscent of art deco, characterized by clean lines and seductive poses, this art is often seen in beauty shops and nail salons.

"You're as fake as a beauty shop nagel!"

































The Daugherty Sisters

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Saturday, July 2, 2011

Toothbrush Hairstick

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Hairdo of the Day

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Photo by Craig McDean

Happy Birthday, Jerry Hall!

The Hair Hall of Fame wishes Jerry Hall a happy 55th birthday.

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Jerry Hall (1975) by Norman Parkinson


Jerry Hall (1975) on the cover of the Roxy Music album Siren


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Jerry Hall (2010)

Mirror, Mirror

It’s the weekend!

Is your hair ready to party?

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Descriptive Title: Street Scene: Young Man Fixing Hair in Window, New York City
Artist: Leon Levinstein (American, Buckhannon, West Virginia 1910–1988 New York City)

Friday, July 1, 2011

Note to Management

(ahem, cough)

Everything is for the comfort of the guests and the comfort of the hairdressers," said Eber, who has owned salons in Beverly Hills since 1980. "The salon has always been my home. It's important to me that I'm available to everyone from all walks of life. I've based my career on that." Though haircuts start at $85 in the salon, Eber charges $500 a head — a steep fee, but lower than many of his contemporaries'.

The salon's second floor features a waxing room, an extension room, a manicure-pedicure enclave featuring tufted, raised thrones, a treatment room inhabited by a beauty pro who does semi-permanent makeup (it lasts one to two years), four rooms dedicated to injectables, Botox, laser and other medi-spa treatments, and the Suite — a private room for VIPs that features its own shampoo bowl, hairdressing station, flat-screen TV, windows overlooking Camden Drive and black-and-purple upholstered seating.

An oversized photo of Taylor taken by Bert Stern during the "Cleopatra" era will soon hang on the wall of the staircase circling down to the main level.


Read the rest here.

Canadian Hair Treatment

To celebrate Canada Day, we offer you an old Canadian method to stop falling hair, eradicate dandruff and grow new hair…

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Happy Canada Day from your only Canadian Hair Hall of Fame beautician, Mistress MJ.

Happy Birthday, Norma!

July 1st marks another Hair Hall of Fame beautician birthday!

Raise your glass to our beautician-with-a-mission, Normadesmond.

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And note Norma’s words…

“I AM big. It’s the pictures that got small.”