oh, canada! the top 20 people, places and (gorgeous) things on our beauty radar

THE BLOW HARDS: Since opening its first location in Vancouver's Yaletown in 2007, Blo Blow Dry Bars are quickly sprouting up in neighbourhoods across the country. Defying recession odds, six locations have opened in the past year, most recently on King Street West in Toronto. The no-scissors, all-styling concept is proving so successful, Arlene Dickinson, a judge on the TV show Dragon's Den, bought partial rights to the franchise. Choose from a menu of seven dos, each styled in 30 minutes for about 30 dollars.

- Carlene Higgins, FLARE Magazine, page 92, May 2010

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