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 […]
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Best Esthetician
Gold Winner Natalie MacDonald, WAXON Laser + Waxbar Silver Winner Katherine Hanlon, Dime Salon Bronze Winner Jennifer MacAskill, Zig Zag Hair Salon “I’m sort of surprised to have won this award because I’m still rather new to the industry,” Natalie MacDonald of WAXON starts off. “I’ve been doing this work for three-and-a half-years.” She attributes […]
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Best Esthetician
Gold Winner Katherine Hanlon, Dime Salon Inc. Silver Winner Angela Bishop, Remedy Facial Bar & Spa Bronze Winner Lindsay Wilson, Remedy Facial Bar & Spa “Knowing that a lot of the time when people leave here, they feel better in more ways that just how they look—if I can even do that once a day […]
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Best Hairstylist
Gold Winner Lindsay Algee, Tidal Hair Lounge Silver Winner Robyn Touchie, One Block Barbershop Bronze Winner Melissa Dalley, Dime Salon Inc. Lindsay Algee was caught off guard by her first-ever BOH win. “I’m taken aback. I can’t believe it,” says Algee, hairstylist and co-owner of Tidal Hair Lounge. Hair colouring and bridal ’dos are among […]
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Best Esthetician
Gold Winner Katherine Hanlon Silver Winner Saskia Roch, Saskia Roch Aesthetics Bronze Winner Lindsay Wilson, Remedy Facial Bar & Spa This is a really big week for Katherine Hanlon. Not only is she being crowned with her sixth consecutive gold win for Best Aesthetician, she’s starting a new professional chapter at north end Halifax’s Dime […]
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Dime Salon makes change on Cornwallis
When you find a co-worker you click with, hold on to them for dear life. That’s seemingly what longtime colleagues Melissa Dalley, Meghan Fitzpatrick and Orla MacEachern have done—the trio of master stylists have teamed up to bring Dime Salon (5525 Cornwallis Street) to needy north end tresses. The full-service (and pet friendly) salon opened […]
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Best Esthetician
We couldn’t speak to Angela Bishop directly because she was on her honeymoon—congratulations!—but we did speak to Remedy Spa manager Nicola Hancock, who described Bishop as “friendly and really good with clients.” Bishop has been at Remedy for eight years, plenty of time to build a loyal following, clients that have become her friends over […]