Maneland 1528 Queen Street Getting entangled in the world of hair was something of a surprise for Steph McNair. While making a living working in art galleries and as a carpenter, the visual artist—inspired by a good friend’s at-home salon—applied to go to hair school on a whim, and got in. “I never went to […]
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Church’s Barbershop opens on Agricola
After two years of lowering ears from their west end joint, Scallywags Barbershop (6513 Chebucto Road), Dylan MacEachern and Brad MacDonald are expanding their fleet. Last week the pair quietly opened Church’s Barbershop in the former Makenew location (2468 Agricola Street), a spin off location that offers the same service with a slightly sleeker different […]
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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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Back in the FRED. zone
For the past few weeks, sliding and sloshing through what have become claustrophobic tunnels had slowly chipped away at my moxie, the weight of winter pressing down on my shoulders as heavily as the year’s snowfall. It reached a point where I would rather sit at home, blankly watching the fog creep up and down […]
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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 Hairstylist
“I’m out of the rat race,” says Brenda Stone from the tranquility of her own salon, a studio space right next to Woozles that she shares with one other stylist and an aesthetician. After 14 years as a stylist, she’s figured it out: it’s the quiet environment that appeals to her customers, and running her […]
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Best Hair Salon
They must be running out of space on those immaculate Thumper salon walls for plaques from Best of Halifax readers’ polls. Owner Malcolm Norton at first isn’t even sure what to say about his crack team of stylists, so he goes with a truism. “One of the things I’ve always said: happy people make creative, […]