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Pink Hair Salon

Pink Makes Everything Better!

About Me

PINK began with a mother and two daughters and grew
the way families do, one perfect person at a time.
We do everything and we do it masterfully.
We even have awards, like "BEST ALL-IN-ONE SALON, BOUTIQUE, GALLERY and PERFORMANCE SPACE"
named in the Austin Chronicle, "BEST HIGHLIGHTS IN AUSTIN" according to CITYSEARCH, ect.
We have clothes, we have art, we have music,
we have a low boredom threshold.
We do not believe in departmentalized salons,
so we work as a team of well-rounded geniuses:
DEBORAH, the original mom. Winner of the North American Hairdressers Award for Classic Hair,
Winner of Redken Texas Hair Color Competition, First Place,
Austin Monthly Pick for Best Long Hair Expert 2006, 2002.
She's even won First Place in a competition
for best choreography at a models convention.
Painter, writer, Astrologer.
FARAH, original youngest daughter, beautiful, blonde,
Austin Monthly voted Best Short Hair Diva 2004,
amazing colorist, bi-coastal, travels back and forth between New York
where her Scottish fiance' practices law( find her at Blow Salon) and Austin (Pink.)
Her clients swear that there has never been
a stylist to equal FARAH and never will be.
BROOKE,oldest sister, back from NYC,
glad to be able to have Margaritas on a patio in February
Managed BLOW in New York,
Managed Screaming MEEMIES (in case you never read magazines,
just the biggest vintage clothing store in the world)
spins records, writes a column called "I HATE FASHION",
is currently working on a radio show.
Oh, and you can find her at the front desk at PINK with a sheriff's badge on her chest.
MONICA, beautiful cuts, color so gorgeous it makes you cry,
one of the top extension experts in the state
(you know, the kind of extensions that fool us and make us think movie stars
have great hair).
Tall, usually blond, currently working on her degree
in sociology (so she's almost like a therapist).
Don't be fooled by the way she looks.
Her beauty hides a keen intellect
and it has been said that she looks like "a bombshell from a Dr. Seuss story."
GEORGIA, the curly hair expert
of Austin, maybe the state,
DevaCurl expert as well.
Found it and brought it to Austin
and the rest, as they say, is history
(trained in New York for it so we aren't making it up,)
born into the illustrious Bramhall family,
(you know both Doylle's).
You've probably seen her at the Elephant Room
gazing wisfully at her boyfriend Ephriam Owens
while he plays that amazing trumpet of his.
TISA, tall blond redhead,
international traveling color educator,
Jacques Dessange-trained, balliage expert,
extensions to die for (the ones no one can see),
local icon, living legend,
with the most adoring and rabidly loyal following.
She's our Educational Director.
LILLI, queen of long hair
(won best "up-do" from over forty contestants
at her cosmetology school,)
daughter of songstress Lorrie Singer and step-daughter
of the famous roots-rock guitar legend Bradley Kopp,)
perfect color, easy-care cuts,
and the sweetest, most soothing personality(even though she's a Scorpio).
AMANDA, daughter of comedienne Nancy Reed
, extreme hair color and tricky highlight expert,
single mom and wild child.
Amanda has been perfecting crazy color since she was twelve,
dying her classmates and ruining her moms bathroom towels with it.
She also bakes a mean Easter Bunny cake.
You've probably seen her hanging out with her sister Sara
at some Death-Metal-tour or horror movie convention.
BRANDI, Platinum blond, make-up and session stylist to the stars,
blondest blonde expert and, "Have make-up kit will travel".
Brandi truly loves make-up,
diva work, special events, movie stars,
musicians, and bleach.
You've probably seen her on the floor break dancing
at two in the morning in some local club. Yes, really.
CHENOH, sometimes-brunette, sometimes-blonde,(right now she looks like Edie Sedgewick in that movie)
won so many awards in her cosmetology school
they had to create another one just for her,
trend-setter, fresh from Santa Cruz ,
newest adoptee and curently "The Buzz."
She is the "Go-to" pink girl
for those really beautiful French-style several-brush blow-outs
that last for days they are doing in NYC.
She is also the expert at those all-day Japanese
chemical and flat-iron straightening systems
you've been hearing about.
You've probably seen her hanging out at a local venue
listening to her main squeeze "Black Nasty" spin
or his sister "Pink Nasty" sing.
Trisha, Mad chemist, brilliant genius wonder-woman-esthetician.
She gives the quickest, cleanest, best Brazilian wax in town
and she uses hard pink wax,
the only kind those picky models in New York use.
(she also has a secret trick and I can't tell you about it here.)
(she does "pretty" make-up and uses our full selection of GLO Minerals)
and specializes eyebrow design.
She does amazing micro-dermabrasion, chemical peels, full-on, full-hands facials.
Her specialty is the "Pure Bliss" facial
and I've been told by more than one person that it is the best facial on the planet.
Whatever ingredient you can imagine, she's made a mask or a soap out of it.
You have been marked on my profile map!

My Interests

Welcome to Pink.

We make everything better!

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HAIRCUTTING
We cut hair in a different way. We cut dry. We sculpt with our shears. We carve shapes into interiors and shatter perimeters and parameters. Our haircuts last, and last, and last (and last)from $50

COLOR
We color hair in a very different way. We splash, we weave, we work magic with non-symmetrical pattering. We layer color on color. We only work with chic, expensive brands of hair color.We start color at $60, but for color correction, please call for a consultation. And we promise we won't judge you if you ask us to fix something you did at home.We are not afraid of up-dos, flat irons, curls, or brides like some people.We eve take care of your whole bridal party, even your mom and mother-in-law. You bring the champagne.Bridal packages begin at $250

EXTENTIONS
Yes, we can give you hair extensions and make you look like a movie star. Do you really think Paris Hilton has naturally great hair? If only. Just come in and chat with MONICA or TISA, our extension experts (GREAT LENGTHS certified,no trashy imitations) and see why those who know what the score is will only go to these two.(by the way, we only use hair from virgins in India, honest.)Extensions start at $1,000

MAKE-UP AND FACIALS
We love to keep your personal maintenance easy, so we try to simplify, simplify. This philosophy permeates everything from color to haircuts, but nowhere more than with our auxiliary services. Here's what we like to see:

MAKE-UP: Five minutes in the car on the way to work using GLO Minerals with no talc.
All of our stylists are trained make-up artists. Some of them really like to work with photographers in the studio and on location and specialize in that kind of work. DEBORAH did that sort of thing a lot years ago, but not so much now.

EYEBROW DESIGN? Every stylist at Pink is slightly obsessed with eyebrows and will wax and tweeze them for you, except AMANDA and DEBORAH. TRISHA, however, designs eyebrows all day long. TRISHA actually has five different pots of hot wax in her little room going at the same time. Of course, they aren't all for eyebrows. You can get your BIKINI WAX done in her little room as well, and she has that amazing pink hard wax all the New York models use.Eyebrows start at $20, Bikini Wax starts at $40

MICRODERMABRASION?:
Trisha uses that diamond tip micro-dermabrasion thing that doesn't get grains in your hair. Perfect.

FACIALS: Once you fall in love with "The Stairway to Heaven" or "The Boom Boom Room" or "The Room Where all the Magic Happens", You won't want to get your facials, or your waxing either for that matter, anywhere else.
We love to create gooey creams, special lotions, wierd manipulations, all to aid and abet beautiful faces. Ask Trisha about her special "re-surfacing" techniques, and pumpkin peels, and...well...we could go on forever. WAXING
Trisha can pull every hair on your body out by it's roots if you ask her to. She'll use the finest wax and/or tweezers and a magnifying mirror, of course.

PRODUCTS
We are product junkies. We search the world for the most specific, wonderful and hard to find products for your hair and skin. They are very addictive. We can also ship them to you.

I'd like to meet:

We'd like to meet open-minded, creative, intelligent, funny, charismatic, fun-to-be-with, quirky, entertaining, obnoxiously beautiful people.
Just call CARRIE (the beautiful, curvy, smart brunette with the big lips,)
EMILY Johnie Goudie's Cuban cousin with the amazing...smile,
or Brooke who acts sweet but has a mind like a steel trap and verbal barbs to match,
and our new trio of apprentices, Johanna, Kat, and Sara.

Call us at: 512. 447.2888.
Or email us at: [email protected]
or fax us at: 512.428.9881

Then come visit us at:
1204 South Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas, USA, and meet us in person. See what all the fuss is about.

Music:

We are proud of our clients.Some are amazing booking agents, like ROGGIE BAER ELM of RAJIWORLD
Quite a few are great musicians with great CD's.
some are on big record labels, some are on small record labels, and some have Pro-Tools at home. All of the music we sell comes from our clients.
Our salon space is convertible, allowing us to give them, and us, lots of opportunity to show off.

Movies:

We LOVE our movie makers. We especially love WERNER CAMPBELL for getting his documentary about the beginning of the Texas Roller Derby "HELL ON WHEELS" finished in spite of imitations, without selling out our giving in.

We love ANDREW SHAPTER for following his dream and giving up shooting still photography to shoot a documentary. We're talking about, of course, that great film "BEFORE THE MUSIC DIES" Dies."

We give great image advice to performers and to anyone who asks (even if you don't ask but need to know, actually).
We specialize in "Diva" hair and make-up.
We LOVE special events. We do weddings, parties, photoshoots, fashion shows, music videos, T.V. appearances, and some movies if you beg us and we don't have to work on extras.

Television:

We are experts on the art of television hair and make-up
and we have even made a few appearances ourselves. We do AMBUSH MAKE-OVER'S, THE MAKE-OVER STORY, and were guests on Austin All-stars of Business.

Books:

We have a small selection of books for our lovely clients to read while they are visiting us, like our special book on curly hair
and "I'm With The Band" by MISS PAMELA DES BARRES.
We even carry several for you to buy if you couldn't finish while you were here.

IF you need a reading assignment, just ask DEBORAH. She has her own personal (and informal) book club.
Her current favorites are DAVID LYNCH'S new book on creativity called "CATCHING the BIG FISH," the must-read business bestseller "THE TIPPING POINT," and "THE WESTERN GUIDE to FENG SHUI."

Of course we carry all of the magazines you saw the last time you were in the grocery store but had too much class to put in your cart.

Heroes:

All the clothing we carry is unique, hand made one-of-a-kind clothing.
We love and support our local independent designers: They are our true heroes.
We love (and carry their things in our store for you to buy):
CHIA
RUBY PEARL,
AMY BARBER for SWEET TOOTH,
MISS PAMELA DES BARRES,
(we carry signed copies of her book "I'm with the Band
and have her regular writing workshops)
CARRISA HOOP with FLORA AND FAUNA, our floral designer/wedding consultant
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Right now, we love each of our favorite photographers for different reasons:
TODD V. WOLFSON
for knowing how to find any woman's best angle, and for being quirky and creative.
FABRIZIO
for staying in Austin when he could work in Milan.
MARY BRUTON
for shooting such pretty work, and for getting the best out of normally skittish subjects.
DEBORAH PEACOCK
for instinctively knowing how to shoot art and work with artists
MICHAEL GIORDANO
for staying in San Antonio when he could still be shooting in Milan
PAINTERS
We love our local, soon-to-be-well known artists and their big, colorful paintings.
Right now we represent:
JESUS MONSAVAIUS
(amazing conceptual artist, live painter, just back from Brazil)
TYSON COLE
(master sushi chef/owner of the world-renowned UCHI,)
ANA FUENTES
(famous for her haunting paintings of girls, and one of the most well-respected artists to come out of Mexico in the last few years)
and DEBORAH ALYS CARTER
(our owner)
You can come in and get your hair done and really spend some time art, instead of rushing through, like you sometimes do in other small galleries.
All of the art on our walls changes regularly, and all of it is for sale.
We even ship.***
NEIGHBORS
To the right of us as you stand at our pink door, you see:
BLACKMAIL
voted "Best Windows" so often in The AUSTIN CHRONICLE
they should give them a HALL of FAME AWARD and retire it.
Amazing selection of unique black clothing for men and women, cowboy boots, and now
VIVID
right next door. You can walk through the walls and Voila!
Just like the Wizard of Oz! Color!
GAIL CHOVAN
(designed for years in Paris if you will) and
EVAN VOYLES
(masterful neon artist) own both stores.
To the left:
CREATURES
shoes, great TANO bags and interesting, one-of-a-kind clothes.
LAURA and CORY
own this and:
HOVERCRAFT
across the street. It's all one big, happy family around here.
We actually discovered CREATURES while they were on South First Street and made them move next door.
To the left of Creatures is:
TURQUOISE DOOR
run by TERRY and GARY.
The most flawless collection of Mexican and South American folk art, turquoise, amber, silver, ect, ect.
You just have to see it.
And to the left of them, when you really need it:
CACCOON MASSAGE.

My Blog

June Horoscopes!

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May Horoscopes!

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I Hate Fashion! by Brooke Carter

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Horoscopes for April!

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I HATE FASHION! By Brooke Carter

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Horoscopes for March!

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Horoscopes for February!

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Januarys Horoscopes!

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Horoscopes for November!

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Octobers Horoscopes!

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