How One Hair Salon Is Getting Back to Neon-Colored Business

Shell Vega of Urban Hair weighs her options

"...only a couple weeks, mousy brown or dull black hairs at the top of the head peek out from..."

May 22, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Drag Performances Suspended at Hive Mind Hair Co.

Performances pulled from salon/DIY venue amid co-owner’s departure

"...will be no more entertainment events at Hive Mind Hair Co. Zapalowski, a local hairstylist, who’s also known by..."

Jan. 29, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

A Guide to Black-Owned Hair & Beauty Businesses in Austin

Support local minority-owned businesses and look good doing it

"...we use our dollars to purchase goods from Black-owned hair and beauty businesses. Black beauty brands continue to influence..."

Aug. 5, 2020 News Post by Desiree Johnson

VINYL Beauty Bar Puts a New Spin on the Salon Experience

Rock & roll couple’s dream isn’t just about cutting hair

"...records. And across the room, a woman with pink hair … is holding hair-cutting shears?..."

March 2, 2019 Design Post by Alisha McDarris

Good Hair

In this thoughtful documentary, Chris Rock touches on – if by no means produces a definitive telling of – many facets of the highly charged topic of African-American hair.

"...Directed by: Jeff Stilson. Hair is personal. It's also political. Maya Angelou calls it..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Therapeutic Touch of Symbolica Salon

Austin hair stylists center queer clientele

"...So yeah: It makes sense that a haircut was the last thing on people’s minds. The early..."

June 28, 2022 Qmmunity Post by Valeria Valdez

Bad Hair

Nothing natural about this Black hair riff on J-horror classic Hair Extensions

"...Bad Hair begins with a myth. Sitting for dinner at her..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

The Luv Doc: Facial Hair

In the end the mortality rate of bearded vs. non-bearded people is exactly the same

"...Is facial hair really a good life choice? – Mortimer..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

Beauty Shop

Amiable Queen Latifah comedy is the latest offering from the Barbershop franchise.

"...husband’s mother and sister. Gina works at a fashionable hair salon run by the egotistical stylist Jorge (Bacon, in..."

April 1, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stella Blue Is in the Pink

New salon to hold grand opening, Thursday, April 1

"...the city have been mourning the passing of Pink hair salon on South Congress since it closed last June...."

March 31, 2010 Design Post by Claire Harrison

Tickled Pink

Pink moves to Dripping Springs

"...was bugging my brother Stephen to write about Pink Salon closing in his column when it occurred to me..."

July 6, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Accessing Personal Care While Trans, Nonbinary, or Queer in Austin

New Cute Nail Studio promises a safe space and rock star vibes

"...Bow, a transgender activist and advocate, has had her hair cut. After being misgendered multiple times by a previous..."

June 3, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Taylor Prewitt

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar yawns at the Grammys and gets a dry cut

"...THE HAIR CHAIR Thought you might be interested to know that..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Things That Go Bump

Young writer Eli Kooris spends the night in a haunted photography shop to see what he can scare up.

"...has graced him with a kiss -- soft brown hair, intense eyes, a statuesque face -- Grimes is the..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Features Feature by Eli Kooris

After a Fashion

It's always a fiesta in Texas, but what is it when your Style Avatar goes to Fiesta Texas?

"...Ballet Fête*ish. That process involved going to a new hairdresser ever since the closure of Pink Salon. In the..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion

Our Style Avatar gets a personal tune-up at Lakeline Plaza's Ulta salon.

"...walked in looking pretty scraggly -- raggedy nails, ratty hair with lots of grow-out, and eyebrows like a werewolf..."

June 22, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Bride Wars

Best friends become enemies when a scheduling snafu places their two weddings on the same day.

"...you already know the wages of war – the blue-hair sabotage, the tanning-salon incident, the wedding-aisle throwdown – and..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Italian for Beginners

"...is a belligerant soccer fan who falls for the hairdresser at the local salon. Indeed, Copenhagen has never looked..."

April 12, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Fashion Week 2011 Recos

The annual celebration of design and couture heats up

"...boutique we're dying to visit), Charm School Vintage, and Salon d'Etoile. A live performance by Mistress Stephanie and her..."

Aug. 22, 2011 Design Post by Anne Harris

Barbershop: The Next Cut

Cutting hair and cutting up

"...with the boys in the hood and offering free haircuts and blow-dries during the 48-hour period. The film’s idealistic..."

April 22, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Eastside Art Spaces Under Siege?

Code crackdown on eclectic studio space

"...on the floor of what will be a working hair salon tomorrow. Her plumber has just finished work on..."

May 6, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Austin Drag Gets wILD

Mary Jane Styles unites local drag stars for an A-game performance

"...Hive Mind Hair Co. opened less than two months ago, but it's..."

Sept. 12, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Hannah Wisterman

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: Lives Well Spent

Life cycles of those who sold their souls for music

"...One of our rituals is monthly trips to the hair salon, an event she would like to schedule more..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Deprogramming Dave

Drummer Lisa Cameron talks with ex-bandmate Kathy McCarty about her transition into self

"...her transition, when she was Dave Cameron, a pleasant, long-haired, counterculture dude...."

June 8, 2007 Features Feature by Kathy McCarty

Naked City

Former Scarlet Angel salon owner passes away

"...Back in the day, Janet Maples' Scarlet Angel hair salon at 34th and Guadalupe became a favorite gathering..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Barbershop 2: Back in Business

The franchise is back in business, though this time the project has a more calculated feel.

"...stirred up when a new Nappy Cutz, an upscale hair salon, moves in across the street and something called..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Blow

"...soon working as his drug mule; Reuben's flamboyantly gay hair-salon owner-cum-dealer-to-the-stars, Derek Foreal; and eventual partner in crime Diego..."

April 6, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

After a Fashion

This week, your Style Avatar sounds a bit like Homer in the Flaming Moe episode of The Simpson's: Mow, Mow, Mow, mow, mow

"...THAT'S MOW LIKE IT I usually manage to give hairdresser, artist, writer, and astrologer Deborah Carter of Pink Hair..."

May 11, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Shop the Monkey

SoCo boutiques and more

"...Pink Hair Salon & Gallery (W, C, J, A) 1204 S...."

Aug. 5, 2005 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Faster Than Sound: Mixing Major Films, Danny Reisch Establishes LA Studio

Good Danny's in Lockhart will stay open and tracking

"...Ellis says he set up the shop "like a salon" with chairs to encourage conversation over his majority-used treasure..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

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