Blog Tag - Hairdressing

A L’Afro Mode: The Experience of Growing and Caring for Natural Black Hair in China
For non-Black people the world over, Afro-textured hair can be a source of fascination, if not absolute wonder and amazement. For one, our hair grows...
Top Tips for Caring for Color-Treated Hair from Leading Beijing Stylist Laurent Falcon
A new hairstyle is a great way to express your personality and change things up but nothing says “major life change” like a fresh new dye job. If you...
DP: Throwback Thursday: When the Bad Hair Days Called
Throwback Thursday takes a look back into Beijing's past, using our nine-year-strong blog archives as the source for a glance at the weird and...
Good Things Come In Threes: PanSi Palace
In Beijing the movie-star lifestyle can be found in PanSi Palace, a tripartite alignment of hair and beauty boutique, women’s fashion, and speakeasy...
Hair Raisers: Martin Harper, Technical Director of TATA Salon
Hair’s a big deal to most people. (That’s what our balding friends tell us.) The problem in Beijing is that hair care, with its myriad local...
Hair Raisers: Martha Makuena, Owner of Paulma Hair Salon
Hair’s a big deal to most people. (That’s what our balding friends tell us.) The problem in Beijing is that hair care, with its myriad local...
Hair Raisers: Eric Constantino, founder of Eric Paris Salon
Hair’s a big deal to most people. (That’s what our balding friends tell us.) The problem in Beijing is that hair care, with its myriad local...
The Antidote to Bad Haircuts: Tom Yuen of Hummingbird Salon
After waiting in vain for a cab for over 20 minutes, I decided to make the trip from Dawang Lu to Central Park by foot. Unfortunately, it started...
Wukan: Not Your Average Hair Salon
Wukan is no ordinary hair salon. Natural sunlight spills in from the tall glass windows. A DJ booth is parked in the corner, sitting atop stacks of...
Toni & Guy's New Hair Trends: Look Like Demi Moore, Plus Discounts & More
With a new season comes fresh trends. You might have caught wind of the fashion world’s current enthusiasm for psychedelic furs or mixing prints (...
A Cut Above: Beijing’s A-list stylists
Sketchy salons and low-rent barbershops are a dime a dozen here in Beijing, but the selection of premium stylists is growing. This is our rundown of...
Get Dolled Up in Gongti: TATA Salon
From a distance, you’d be forgiven for thinking Gongti has added to its agglomeration of nightspots, but TATA – with its eye-catching, panoramic...
Fashion 5-0: Follicle Folly
Hair. It’s more than a controversial musical. It’s a way of life. How else do you explain the plethora of hairdressers in Beijing? If they aren’t...