Beauty and Hair Care

Rant: How to Prove Your Worth to Walgreens

Local Moms Want Schools to Cut Hair, Not Budgets

​Leonard Flynn School is no different than every other education facility in the city --- it has no money! Thanks to ongoing budget cuts, local parents have been shouldering much of the cost for the fun part of the kid's education, like art and music. In the latest endeavor to help out San Fr ... More >>

Cache of 'Staches

​Leonard Flynn School is no different than every other education facility in the city --- it has no money! Thanks to ongoing budget cuts, local parents have been shouldering much of the cost for the fun part of the kid's education, like art and music. In the latest endeavor to help out San Fr ... More >>

Whiskey & Waxing Contest Seeks SF's Best Beards and Mustaches

Alison PebworthFreshly sculpted facial hair at the YBCA event​Where: Comstock Saloon, 155 Columbus (at Kearny), 617-0071 When: Mon., August 15, 7 p.m. contestant registration, competition at 8 p.m. Cost: $5 Boothby cocktails, sidecars, and tastes of St. George Single Malt Whiskey The rundow ... More >>

Ed Lee's Mustache: How Much Did it Cost?

What could Rose Pak possibly do with 20,000 mustaches?​Perhaps one of the most memorable moments of the Run, Ed, Run campaign was back in June when Chinatown power broker Rose Pak ran out and purchased 20,000 stick-on mustaches, like the one Ed Lee wears, to pass out at the Giants game where the m ... More >>

'Mayor Mustache' In San Francisco?

Is Ed Lee a whisker away from making history? ​First Mayor With Facial Hair Since 1944? When Mayor Gavin Newsom suggested his successor during the San Francisco Giants World Series parade, he borrowed one of the team's catchphrases: "Fear the beard." Tightly wound progressives at the time thought ... More >>

Tonight: Free Lichens In-Store at Aquarius Records

Eat your heart out, mustachioed local bartenders​If you're taking a pre-happy hour totter through the Mission this evening after work, you should probably stop in to visit darling indie-esoterica purveyors Aquarius Records and catch a free in-store set from Lichens, the otherworldly drone project ... More >>

Growing Pains

Eat your heart out, mustachioed local bartenders​If you're taking a pre-happy hour totter through the Mission this evening after work, you should probably stop in to visit darling indie-esoterica purveyors Aquarius Records and catch a free in-store set from Lichens, the otherworldly drone project ... More >>

Koki Tanaka's prankster video art pulls you in

Eat your heart out, mustachioed local bartenders​If you're taking a pre-happy hour totter through the Mission this evening after work, you should probably stop in to visit darling indie-esoterica purveyors Aquarius Records and catch a free in-store set from Lichens, the otherworldly drone project ... More >>

Tough Can Be Funny

Eat your heart out, mustachioed local bartenders​If you're taking a pre-happy hour totter through the Mission this evening after work, you should probably stop in to visit darling indie-esoterica purveyors Aquarius Records and catch a free in-store set from Lichens, the otherworldly drone project ... More >>

All Grown Up

Eat your heart out, mustachioed local bartenders​If you're taking a pre-happy hour totter through the Mission this evening after work, you should probably stop in to visit darling indie-esoterica purveyors Aquarius Records and catch a free in-store set from Lichens, the otherworldly drone project ... More >>

Watching You Very Closely

Eat your heart out, mustachioed local bartenders​If you're taking a pre-happy hour totter through the Mission this evening after work, you should probably stop in to visit darling indie-esoterica purveyors Aquarius Records and catch a free in-store set from Lichens, the otherworldly drone project ... More >>

Excitement Builds as 'Comb Your Hair Like Gavin Newsom Day' Draws Near

It's tougher than it looks to get your hair to lay like this​The other day, we declared Friday to be Comb Your Hair Like Gavin Newsom Day, in honor of our erstwhile mayor's 42nd birthday the next day. As we put it before: Your participation in this experiment will, once and for all, answer th ... More >>

By the Power Vested in Us, We Declare Friday 'Comb Your Hair Like Gavin Newsom Day.' Won't You Send Us Your Photos?

Props to the master​In honor of our erstwhile mayor's 42nd birthday on Oct. 10, SF Weekly has declared Friday, Oct. 9 to be "Comb Your Hair Like Gavin Newsom Day." Your participation in this experiment will, once and for all, answer the critical question that has plagued local social scientists an ... More >>

Birds of a Tacky Feather

Props to the master​In honor of our erstwhile mayor's 42nd birthday on Oct. 10, SF Weekly has declared Friday, Oct. 9 to be "Comb Your Hair Like Gavin Newsom Day." Your participation in this experiment will, once and for all, answer the critical question that has plagued local social scientists an ... More >>

Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps

Props to the master​In honor of our erstwhile mayor's 42nd birthday on Oct. 10, SF Weekly has declared Friday, Oct. 9 to be "Comb Your Hair Like Gavin Newsom Day." Your participation in this experiment will, once and for all, answer the critical question that has plagued local social scientists an ... More >>

Sean Owens explores the virtues of a drag queen's best friend in Stale Magnolias

Props to the master​In honor of our erstwhile mayor's 42nd birthday on Oct. 10, SF Weekly has declared Friday, Oct. 9 to be "Comb Your Hair Like Gavin Newsom Day." Your participation in this experiment will, once and for all, answer the critical question that has plagued local social scientists an ... More >>

"Heebonism"

Props to the master​In honor of our erstwhile mayor's 42nd birthday on Oct. 10, SF Weekly has declared Friday, Oct. 9 to be "Comb Your Hair Like Gavin Newsom Day." Your participation in this experiment will, once and for all, answer the critical question that has plagued local social scientists an ... More >>

Annuals in Bloom

Props to the master​In honor of our erstwhile mayor's 42nd birthday on Oct. 10, SF Weekly has declared Friday, Oct. 9 to be "Comb Your Hair Like Gavin Newsom Day." Your participation in this experiment will, once and for all, answer the critical question that has plagued local social scientists an ... More >>

Shave It Off

Props to the master​In honor of our erstwhile mayor's 42nd birthday on Oct. 10, SF Weekly has declared Friday, Oct. 9 to be "Comb Your Hair Like Gavin Newsom Day." Your participation in this experiment will, once and for all, answer the critical question that has plagued local social scientists an ... More >>

Even Better Than the Movie

Props to the master​In honor of our erstwhile mayor's 42nd birthday on Oct. 10, SF Weekly has declared Friday, Oct. 9 to be "Comb Your Hair Like Gavin Newsom Day." Your participation in this experiment will, once and for all, answer the critical question that has plagued local social scientists an ... More >>

Whiskery Goodness

Props to the master​In honor of our erstwhile mayor's 42nd birthday on Oct. 10, SF Weekly has declared Friday, Oct. 9 to be "Comb Your Hair Like Gavin Newsom Day." Your participation in this experiment will, once and for all, answer the critical question that has plagued local social scientists an ... More >>

Supercuts

Props to the master​In honor of our erstwhile mayor's 42nd birthday on Oct. 10, SF Weekly has declared Friday, Oct. 9 to be "Comb Your Hair Like Gavin Newsom Day." Your participation in this experiment will, once and for all, answer the critical question that has plagued local social scientists an ... More >>

Best Perfumer

Props to the master​In honor of our erstwhile mayor's 42nd birthday on Oct. 10, SF Weekly has declared Friday, Oct. 9 to be "Comb Your Hair Like Gavin Newsom Day." Your participation in this experiment will, once and for all, answer the critical question that has plagued local social scientists an ... More >>

Best Salon

Props to the master​In honor of our erstwhile mayor's 42nd birthday on Oct. 10, SF Weekly has declared Friday, Oct. 9 to be "Comb Your Hair Like Gavin Newsom Day." Your participation in this experiment will, once and for all, answer the critical question that has plagued local social scientists an ... More >>

I Feel Pretty

How to participate in a wedding when you're too butch to wear a dress

A (Smelly) Night at the Opera

Han creates esoteric and eccentric odors for clients who want the perfect smell.

Pony Up: Sonic Youth

Sonic Nurse

Best Hair Salon

Albanese Hair Salon

Best Place to Get a Haircut and See Modern Art

Glama-Rama!

Letters to the Editor

Week of 2003-06-18

Best Hair Colorist

Sherri Wheeler

Best Beauty Parlor-Meets-Pet Store

Garbo's and Amore Animal Supply

Best Custom Makeup

Oui, Three Queens

Best Not-So-Cheap Haircuts

Louie Hair Salon

Best Cheap Haircuts

Trimmers

Best Place to Get Your Do Did

Platinum Plus

Best Haircut

Bruce Choy

Making Scents

An afternoon with Mandy Aftel and the ineffable magic of natural perfume

Shear Talent

A San Francisco hairstylist tries to set a Guinness world record

Best Place to Get Your Hair Did

Nappy or Not

Best Place to Shop for Makeup

MAC

Best Place to Get a Haircut and Buy Pet Supplies

Garbo's

Best Boutique in an Alley

Six Brady

Side Dish

Mommy, What's a Harry?; Harry's Spring Fashion Preview, Spills and Thrills

Second Time Around

Mommy, What's a Harry?; Harry's Spring Fashion Preview, Spills and Thrills

Doing Well, Looking Fine

Our style panel helps S.F. politicians look as good as the city itself

Dog Bites

Our style panel helps S.F. politicians look as good as the city itself

Suspicious Minds

Our style panel helps S.F. politicians look as good as the city itself

Suspicious Minds

Our style panel helps S.F. politicians look as good as the city itself