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What's in a name? (A through H edition)

I may not patronize them but I love beauty salons. Well that's not strictly true, I actually love the names people give their salons. The following is a partial list of salons in my area. I swear I am not making any of the names up. They're as real as that bad hair cut you got that time.

1. A Cut Above (There are three of these in my area.)


2. A Look of Distinction


3. Al's Place


4. Ballistic Hair


5. Bangs Hair Studio


6. Bertha's Salon (Apparently there are still women alive who bear the name of Bertha.)


7. Betty's World of Hair Design


8. Bogies


9. Butler Beauty Bar (Sounds like a sex toy, doesn't it?)


10. Charlie Charley Hair Salon ("Charlie Charley," sounds like a rejected David Bowie song title.)


11. Country Charm Hair Designers ("Bowl cuts for all youngin's under 8!")


12. Curl Up & Dye Hair Studio


13. Cut Loose


14. Cut N Crew (Didn't they have s hit song once?)


15. Cuttin' Up Hair Studio


16. Cutups Hair and Nail Salon


17. Deanna's Hair Shack ("I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your hair shack down!")


18. Explosive Hair


19. Fatal Beauty Hair Design


20. Get The Look


21. Hair Benders


22. The Hair Closet


23. Hair Directors


24. The Hair Force 2


25. Hair Illusions


26. Hair To Please


27. Heaven Sent Hair Salon


28. Heads Together


29. Heads Up


30. House of Hair

And here's one that's not too far from el Casa de Monkey: