Gold Winner Tidal Hair Lounge Silver Winner Bowtique Hair & Makeup Bronze Winner Dime Salon Inc. “We’re kind of pinching ourselves,” says Lindsay Algee, on speakerphone with her friend and Tidal Hair Lounge co-owner Cara MacInnis. The pair opened the salon in 2016 after years of daydreaming of having their own place: one that was […]
Bowtique Hair & Makeup
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Best Hair Salon
Gold Winner Bowtique Hair & Makeup, downtown Silver Winner Tidal Hair Lounge Bronze Winner Spirit Spa, downtown When asked why Bowtique routinely places in the top three salons in town, Meg Ryan comes back with a simple response: “The staff are awesome and the vibes are chill,” she says. “There are a lot of good […]
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Best Hair Salon
Gold Winner Spirit Spa, downtown Silver Winner Bowtique Hair & Makeup Bronze Winner Tidal Hair Lounge “I would say we do beautiful, natural hair. Healthy hair,” says Spirit Spa owner Linda Brigley, adding that the spa’s stylists do everything from big colour corrections to balayage and other colour techniques. “We do a ton of colour […]
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Best Hair Salon
Gold Winner Bowtique Hair & Makeup Silver Winner Stanhope & Company Bronze Winner Spirit Spa Tucked away in a loft above Barrington Street is Bowtique Hair & Makeup. The space,—all exposed brick, floor-to-ceiling-windows and tufted chairs—exudes an easy chicness, just like the long bob you came in to get. Staff here are the kind to […]
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Best Hairstylist
Gold Winner Andrew Quinn Chapman, AQC Beauty Salon Silver Winner Sarah Lawlor, Kara’s Urban Day Spa Bronze Winner Meg Ryan, Bowtique Hair & Makeup When Andrew Quinn Chapman got the news he’d won Best Hairstylist, he quickly called his mom. “She told me she was so proud of me,” he says. “For a time my […]
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Best Hair Salon
Gold Winner Bowtique Hair & Makeup Silver Winner Stanhope and Company Bronze Winner Spirit Spa Comfortable. Friendly. Honest. Those are the top three things that the talented crew at Bowtique credits for its spot at the top of this category. “I started a salon because I wanted a fun and positive place for my friends […]
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Best Hairstylist
Gold Winner Heidi Rofe, Beauty Starts Hair Silver Winner Robyn Touchie, One Block Barbershop Bronze Winner Lauren Arbuckle, Bowtique Hair & Makeup Heidi Rofe of Beauty Starts Hair is over the moon about two things: Her clients and hair colour, which she believes should change with the season. Taking the gold win for the fourth […]
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Best Hair Salon
Gold Winner One Block Barbershop Silver Winner Bowtique Hair & Makeup Bronze Winner Thumpers Salon and Spirit Spa (tie) The haircutting experience at One Block Barbershop is pure sensory pleasure. With R&B on the stereo, a haircut is preceded by a transformative head, neck and shoulder massage with aromatherapy, exciting photographs from regular salon shoots […]
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Head for The Hills Bowtique
A year-and-a-half after opening Bowtique Hair & Makeup at 1668 Barrington Street, Meg Ryan has cut to the chase and opened The Hills Bowtique in tandem with Monica Anthony. The sister salon with made its debut at 639 Portland Hills Drive last week next to Finbar’s Irish Pub, bringing the same good looks from downtown […]
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Best Hair Stylist
Gold Winner Heidi Rofe, Beauty Starts Hair Silver Winner Meg Ryan, Bowtique Hair & Makeup Bronze Winner Teresa Fisher, Thumpers Salon “Most of my clients have been with me for 12 to 15 years, and it’s kind of like dating,” says Heidi Rofe. “It’s like a long-term relationship—if it gets boring we all know what […]
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Best Hair Salon
Gold Winner Thumpers Salon Silver Winner Bowtique Hair & Makeup Bronze Winner One Block Barbershop “We try to be the best, it’s not an accident,” says Thumpers’ Malcom Norton of his salon’s winning ways. “We try to put our clients first and we really try to listen…to really hear people.” Being good listeners is part […]
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Feature presentation
Make that big kiss memorable with a flawless red lip. Meg Ryan (Bowtique Hair & Makeup, bowtiquehairandmakeup.com) kept model Melanie Klussmann’s peepers subtle so all eyes will be on her smile. When hunting for the perfect red, you’ll need to try a few different shades before you find your perfect match—the right one will make […]