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Blooming Beauty: Color Salon Inspired by Spring's Flowers

Taking spring at her word, Salon Blue, one of Chicago’s top color salons, recently created a bouquet of looks to benefit the city’s famed Garfield Park Conservatory.

by Mary Atherton
July 11, 2011
1 min to read


Taking spring at her word, Salon Blue, one of Chicago's top color salons, recently created a bouquet of looks to benefit the city's famed Garfield Park Conservatory.

The staff of the two-location Salon Blue (in upscale Lakeview and edgy Bucktown) worked with a cadre of florists to weave together hair, hats and headdresses in "Fleurotica," a fashion/flower runway show.

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The hair designers, led by co-owners Mary Kay King and Katrina Lippe, matched tress tones to blossoms, created styled effects to match the lushness of the flowers, and then completed the looks with complementary make-up.

(Photos by Janice Hosick Photography, photographicmemory@rcn.com)

Salon Blue's Analicia creates a down look for Fleurotica. The team used iron styling to mirror the fluidity of petals and leaves.

Stylist Anna-Marie behind the scenes.

Yolanda expands texture to provide a base for draped flowers.

To complement flower-decked hair, make-up was natural with a single hit of unexpected color.

Salon Blue co-owner Mary Kay opted for lit-from-within tones for the face.

Dazzled by daisies.

A headdress with tulle as the updo.

Ladylike hair for a headband and floral cape.

A texture mix.

Pretty curls and dimensional color echo blossoms.




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