hair

June 30, 2014Feature Story

Mane Attractions

Love your hair (who’s your stylist?) or hate it (we have solutions), stressing over our tresses is a part of our daily routine, especially when it comes to finding the right person to cut, color and style them. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Find a stylist for your ’do, and you’ll make bad hair days a thing of the past. Among the names we found on the cutting edge are the tried-and-true Milwaukee favorites (Brian Houston Salon, Erik of Norway, Gee’s Clippers & Hair Design, to name a few), specialty salons (Dart Salon & Spa caters to…

July 19, 2010Feature Story

Top Salons

by Cristina Daglas, photo by John Cizmas Trying a new salon can be like going on a blind date. Exciting but a touch terrifying. Maybe you and your stylist will click. Maybe you won’t. Then you have to find a new one and try again. Some find the whole process intimidating and see salons as places where an entirely different language is spoken (fringe, gloss, precision, razor cuts), and clients are in the dark, arms tucked under smocks, heads in sinks, patiently awaiting the results. It’s no romance for them. Others are in the know and rather demanding. They want…

January 23, 2007Feature Story

Make Me Gorgeous

Salons that also earned our top honors in 2003 are marked. *Beauty Owner Thomas Miller’s shop is better than ever – urban, trendy (or not) and oozing talented stylists while it maintains its shabby-chic image in the same cozy old house. It’s even open Sundays (11 a.m.-5 p.m.). “They’re doing it right” – powerful words when they come from the competition. 1633 N. Farwell Ave., 276-5054. Cuts $35-$95; color $66-$76. The Cutting Group is where Beauty-trained new stylists gain experience, with high-quality service at affordable prices (all cuts $20). Walk-ins only, but you can call half an hour in advance…