Starting on May 27, Marvin Upshaw was bombarded with phone calls. The owner and head barber at Ascension Barbershop began taking bookings as soon as Premier McNeil and Dr. Strang announced the re-opening, scheduling appointments starting June 5. “Our clients have been nothing but supportive, always contacting us saying, ‘Book me in ahead, I’m waiting […]
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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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Thumpers is moving to the Trillium
After 18 months of looking for a new place to call home, Thumpers Salon (1813 Granville Street) has sealed the deal—it’ll be moving to the Trillium (1445 South Park Street). “We love the building we’ve been in for 10 years, but there have been logistical challenges,” says Thumpers’ owner Malcolm Norton. “We’ve not been crazy […]
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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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Best Hairstylist
Gold Winner Heidi Rofe, Beauty Starts Hair Silver Winner David Keoughan, Breathing Space Hair Bronze Winner Teresa Fisher, Thumpers Salon In January 2011, Heidi Rofe decided to quit working for other people and opened a salon, Beauty Starts Hair, right in her Fairview home, and “98 percent” of her clients followed. Obviously, the effort is […]
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Best Hair Salon
Gold Winner Thumpers Salon Silver Winner Jay Wells Salon Bronze Winner Spirit Urban Day Spa Thumpers’ stunning spectacle at this year’s Nocturne was enough to stop you in the street. Gorgeous ladies with larger-than-life hair were illuminated in the windows of the downtown salon, primped and styled for the city to see. It was some […]
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Best Hair Salon
Gold Winner Thumpers Salon Silver Winner Spirit Spa Bronze Winner Jay Wells Salon “It’s very exciting to win eight years in a row,” says Thumpers owner Malcolm Norton, although he admits the pressure to stay on top is “hanging over my head.” Knowing this industry veteran—Norton is president of the Cosmetology Association of Nova Scotia—the […]
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Best Hairstylist
Gold Winner Fred Connors, FRED. Beauty Food Art Silver Winner Heidi Rofe, Beauty Starts Hair Bronze Winner Teresa Fisher, Thumpers Salon Fred Connors—whose resume includes previous Best of gold wins for Hair Stylist, an ambitious salon/bistro/gallery named after himself, plus a record of outspoken political activism that long predates his backyard poultry feather-ruffling—has been Halifamous […]
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Beauty: Go with the flow
While updos have tended to be the go-to wedding hairstyle, lately more blushing brides are letting loose. But the airy and delicate appearance of free-flowing locks requires preparation, especially in fickle-weathered Nova Scotia. Teresa Fisher, a stylist at Thumpers Salon, says a consultation with your stylist-to-be is crucial: “We need to know what your hair […]
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Best Hair Salon
Thumpers keeps taking the prize as best hair salon, and if you walk in there, you’ll understand why. All they do is hair. It’s not a spa or a retail operation—though they do carry a few quality products from brands such as Bumble & Bumble—they’re a salon, and hair is their business. And if you’ll […]
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Best Hair Stylist
A reader likes David’s skill. “David has been in this business for a lifetime. If you want a cutter with style, combined with technical adeptness, then David will give you the best head in town.” First Runner-up: Teresa Fisher, Thumpers Second Runner-up Evyeneia Manalakos, Foxy Moon Hair Gallery