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rying 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. Ten 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. Tey want green hair products, better services and the latest trend.

Tey’ve heard of Moroccan oil and powerful Keratin straightening treatments, know sulfates are bad and expect a scalp massage during the shampoo – and on the first date. Some are even dabbling in lash extensions and Botox. Most of us probably fall somewhere in between. We want reliability. But we also want more options and

more information should we opt to make a change. Most of all, we want affordable. Even as the economy ➥

TOP, left to right:

Carenza, Halo, Tease, Gee’s, Glow

BOTTOM, left to right:

Craig Berns, Carter Prinsen of Carters Salon, Beauty, Glow, Bella Lei