Blo | Blow Dry Bar

Last week, the lovely ladies at Blo Blow Dry Bar did me the honour of teasing my decidely flat hair to unimaginable heights. I already loved Blo for their enthusiastic use of dirty puns, but I'll admit, I walked into the bright pink and high-energy Yonge Street blow dry bar a skeptic. My hair is a flat disaster-I've had many a hairdresser promise curls and volume, and none have ever delivered. But I walked out of Blo a well-coiffed convert.

The brand new Toronto outpost of this Vancouver blow dry bar is as slick and shiny as can be-the perfect place to knock back a glass of wine while you debate the merits of sexy/messy rock star hair vs. a sixties bouffant with your stylist. As I luxuriated in the two-at-a-time blow-dry treatment, my mind was secretly planning all the perfect events you could have here-blow outs before birthdays, showers, weddings. Maybe I would buy a girlfriend a blow-out before her next big job interview? Or maybe I would just buy myself another one...and another one...

Meeting with my post-blowout sushi date, the reaction to my hair, which had been teased, tamed, and turned into a Brigitte Bardot status temptress-'do, sealed the deal like a no-frizz shine serum. This blow dry thing could easily become an addiction.

THE VIBE: Stylists are chatty, funny and happy to tell you what they think looks good.

THE JOB: A well-illustrated and descriptive flip book tells you your options. Delicious smelling in-house products are a treat, and you'll leave with locks you never thought possible.

THE PRICE TAG: About $30

WHERE: 2594 Yonge St.

- Haley Cullingham, She Does The City, July 16, 2009

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