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GRFS: Chicago Highlights

By Jenny Berg
  • [Photo: Mops Beauty Shop]
  • With tons of funky charm, Mops Beauty Shop [2500 North California Avenue] has color all over its walls—and on its services menu. Kristina Vaughn is the owner and master colorist, but several of the staffer
  • In the Gold Coast, the ritzy Studio 110 Salon [110 East Delaware Place] claims to do the most extensions work in the city. Its stylists also know a thing or two about color. The salon works with Hair Dreams and
  • Highly respected in the land of cuts and color, Maxine Salon [712 North Rush Street] educates its stylists on all the trending color techniques, including balayage and ombré. Colorist Leslie Shores even does what she
  • In West Town, Edit Salon [1369 West Chicago Avenue] has services including full and partial highlights, root touch-ups, allover color, and ombré. Head colorist Amy Mosser is also an accomplished
  • Mixed Co. Salon [223 West Erie Street] specializes in balayage. Head colorist Patrick Ryan—who's been recognized as one of the best in the country by InStyle and Vogue—is the founder of a hair-p
  • Wicker Park's Fringe Salon [1437 North Milwaukee Avenue] has almost every stripe (get it?) of color services. There are full and partial highlights, dual-tone highlights, and—for just a little boost—face-framing highlights with fewer than 12 Foils. Stylis

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