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Studio Mer Salon · Kitsilano

The journal

Advice we'd give our own hair.

Written by the people who fix the damage, not a content agency. Short, practical, and honest about which viral trick your colourist can see from across the room.

Stylist's hands mid-cut, holding a curl of brown hair between fingers with scissors and a black carbon comb

July 9, 2026 · 5 min read

Growing it out is still a haircut

The grow-out fails in the chair you stopped sitting in. A cutting specialist on trim math, the fringe exit plan, and when to admit the in-between needs a shape of its own.

Élodie Marchand · Cutting Specialist, Master Stylist

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May 6, 2026 · 5 min read

Heat styling without the heartbreak

You don't have to quit your iron. You have to stop using it like a waffle press. A texture specialist on temperatures, order of operations, and the one product that isn't optional.

Priya Raman · Texture & Curl Specialist, Senior Stylist

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Woman with a loosely braided red updo, wearing an amber coat and holding yellow blossoms in a golden flower field

March 25, 2026 · 5 min read

Occasion hair that outlasts the occasion

A style that photographs beautifully at four and collapses by nine wasn't finished, it was staged. Our occasion stylist on day-two hair, trial runs, and why pins beat lacquer.

Tomás Ferreira · Styling & Extensions, Senior Stylist

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The journal grows when someone on the floor has something worth saying — never on a content calendar.

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