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Yvonne Young has joined Model Hair Salon of Columbia as a stylist and consultant.Young, who has 16 years of experience, is licensed as a senior cosmetologist by the state of Maryland.WILL CONDUCT SEMINARJohn J. Long of Creative Real Estate Consultants in Columbia is conducting a seminar on buyer's brokerage and discount brokerage vs. traditional brokerage at 7 p.m. March 31 in the Eldersburg branch of the Carroll Public Library.The seminar is open to the public, and no registration is required.

For a grown-up escape from everyday life, head to Envy Salon in Historic Ellicott City for Tini Tuesdays and Brew & Do Wednesdays. What started as a way to promote new business hours is now a highly anticipated weekly event at the 13-year-old salon. "We basically started it as something to drum up business on a new day of the week we were open, which was Tuesdays," says Leeza Rainey, owner of the salon. "So we started the martini night and found it was super-successful. " On Tuesdays, clients can enjoy a signature hot pink "Envy-tini," which Rainey describes as both sweet and tart.

Tiquita Thomas is set to open a "culturally diverse" hair salon at 23 E. Main St. in Westminster to cater to men and women of various ethnic backgrounds.Ambiance Salons should open this week, said Mrs. Thomas, of Frederick. The business is her second; she owns a salon with the same name in Point of Rocks.Her businesses fill a need for African-Americans, Hispanics, Asian-Americans and others who are looking for a choice in hair care, Mrs. Thomas said."They have a different texture of hair and a lot of people don't know what to do for them," she said.

Hazel L. Smith, a retired West Baltimore cosmetologist and choir singer, died Sunday of heart failure at her New Shiloh Village Senior Living home. She was 91. Hazel Louise Smith was born and raised in Prince George's County, where she attended public schools. She moved to Baltimore in the 1930s to study cosmetology, and after receiving her license, Ms. Smith opened Hazel's Beauty Salon in her home in the 800 block N. Stricker St. She later moved it to a home on Braddish Avenue, where she lived for many years.

Ethna Prahl, a retired beautician, died Sunday of lung disease at St. Agnes HealthCare. A resident of Charlestown Retirement Community for the past nine years and of Catonsville for many years, she was 97. Born Ethna Kirby in Baltimore and raised in Highlandtown, she attended city public schools. She was a beautician at the old Harrison salon in the 300 block of N. Charles St. for many years. After working at other shops, she retired in 1981. "She was known for her gregarious personality, beautiful clothes and very high heels," said her daughter-in-law, Carol McGowan.

"Nightline: History in the Making and the Making of Television," by Ted Koppel and Kyle Gibson. Times Book. 479 pages. $26Once upon a time, before everybody started staying up way too late, the stretch after the last local newscast was a sleepy little hamlet populated by performing poodles, "Baretta" reruns and a benevolent deity named Johnny Carson. If you were on another network you didn't even bother mounting serious competition; this, the execs said, was "Carson time."But for one scrappy ABC producer, the hour "opposite" Johnny was like a scrabbly vacant lot that could be had cheap.

When I arrived at a local hair salon, only one family had appeared to take advantage of an offer of free makeovers for Hurricane Katrina survivors living in the Baltimore area. Helen Duplessis and four of her daughters, formerly of New Orleans, had the salon to themselves. As makeup artist Nathan Charles went to work on Helen, they were in front of a large window. That's what made this picture work. The image was overexposed for the light in the window and the facial tones. With that exposure, the well-lit details seen through the window disappeared, giving a clean background for the two subjects.

Anne Arundel County police are investigating a burglary over the weekend that left a Brooklyn Park hair salon defaced with racist messages and swastikas. Police said in a statement that they believe a single person was responsible for the break-in at Heavenly Hands Unisex Salon. They called the crime an "apparent arson attempt" - gasoline or some other combustible liquid was poured everywhere, including in the hair dryers. Whoever broke in also stole a computer and several other items.

Even though vandals have spray-painted racist graffiti on her hair salon, Cora Stewart has no plans to abandon her year-old business in Edgewater.Mrs. Stewart, 30, said she learned about the vandalism when her aunt and the mother of one of her co-workers called her at her Shady Side home about 8:30 a.m. Friday and told her someone had spray-painted the salon's door and window."I was upset," said the owner of The Difference Hair Salon in the 100 block of Mayo Road."I wanted to get [there] as fast as possible to see how much damage was done."

Myrna Sears believes God made everyone beautiful. She and photographer Jay Perskie have set out to prove it with some man-made enhancements -- carefully placed strokes of makeup, lots of hair spray and the occasional feather boa.The cosmetologist/photographer team has made over and photographed 125 clients in just one week, after opening Dazzle By Perskie Photographics on Oct. 19 in Marley Station mall.There's no sign of the flood of business subsiding.The new "glamour" photography salon -- head shots only -- is booked solid for the next three weeks, Sears says.

Spencer T. Kelly, a former hairstylist who owned and operated Spencer's Salon and was a combat veteran of World War II, died Aug. 8 from complications of dementia at the Pickersgill Retirement Community in Towson. He was 92. The son of farmers, Spencer Thomas Kelly was born and raised in Harmans. In his youth, he was a member of Uncle Jack's Kiddie Club and regularly performed at the Hippodrome Theatre. Mr. Kelly was a graduate of Southern High School and the Marinello School of Beauty in Baltimore.

Their friendship is what makes Bella Amici Salon so unique, say owners Melinda Bokeno, 47, Trista Grimm, 37, and Kristen Carmello, 34. “The atmosphere in the salon is like a family, and our customers feel like they have known us forever. It is relaxed, yet very professional,” says Bokeno. “And we have found a good balance between befriending our clients and giving them high-quality service.” The three women have worked in other salons together throughout their careers, but opened Bella Amici in Bel Air in 2004.

The Baltimore Sun A Northwest Baltimore man was sentenced to a life in prison for robbing and shooting a Baltimore City beauty salon owner in the head, the state's attorney for Baltimore said Friday. Malcolm Pulliam was sentenced by City Circuit Court Judge John Addison Howard for the May 4, 2010 attempted murder of the owner of Blessed Productions Hair Salon in the 6600 block of Belair Road. Pullium walked into the salon, pointed a handgun at the victim and demanded to know the location of her safe, officials said.

A 35-year-old man faces life plus nearly 50 years in prison after being convicted of attempted murder for forcing the owner of a Northeast Baltimore hair salon to kneel on a bathroom floor and shooting her at least twice in the head during a robbery. Malcolm Anthony Pulliam is scheduled to be sentenced April 5. A jury found him guilty of five charges — including gun violations — related to the May 4, 2010, shooting inside the Blessed Productions Hair Salon in the 6600 block of Belair Road.

Typically a pedicure entails soaking the feet in a tub of warm water. But the nail technicians at Living Dolls Hair Design Studio in Highland have introduced a soakless pedicure that salon manager Lynn Lazzara calls “cleaner, greener and healthier than regular pedicures and uses almost no water.” During a soakless pedicure, the feet are wrapped in plastic with a hot towel placed over them. “We let everything sit for a few minutes and wipe off the feet,” Lazzara says. “Then we use a foot file to reduce calluses.” If you see some new faces at Living Dolls, it's because the staff of Lazzara's former shop, Biago Hair Salon and Spa, joined forces with Jane Caswell, owner of Living Dolls, last summer for economical reasons.

Visage Salon & Spa is celebrating 20 years of business this year. Owner Ronnie Bailey opened her full-service salon, with then-partner, Cathie Becker (in 1991) and over the years has moved from Fallston to Bel Air, her current location since 1998. With 11 stylists, five manicurists, a massage therapist, an esthetician, an assistant/shampoo technician, a receptionist and a manager, Katie Frederick, Visage caters to all of their customers'  beauty needs. “Katie and I run the salon together.

You decide your wife deserves some pampering and buy her a gift certificate for that perfect haircut, facial and manicure at a posh Severna Park beauty salon.But when she tries to use the certificate, she finds it isn't worth the paper it's printed on, and the shop, Elite Total Skin, Hair & Body Care, is closed and dark.But don't panic. She can still use the certificate.Todd Morgan August, co-owner of Morgan Gerard in Annapolis, said he feels so bad for former clients of Elite, which closed without notice several weeks ago, that he will honor gift certificates from the now-defunct shop.

The Board of Zoning Appeals of Carroll County has approved a conditional use request for a residential beauty salon in Hampstead.Brian and Kimberly Muska made the request for Kimberly Muska to install a one-chair beauty salon in the couple's garage in the 3300 block of St. George's Court. She operates a salon in town but wanted to move the business to her home.Hours of operation would be limited to 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, by appointment only.

In life, you don't always get exactly what you want. But once in a while, when you do, it turns out to be something wonderful. Such is the case with Marlene Koeppel's dream home. "I had always wanted this condo," she said, her petite frame, wide eyes and stylish short haircut belying her 72 years. "This was Jack Meyerhoff's condo. " Jack Meyerhoff was the builder of the well-regarded Pikesville condominium building known simply as "11 Slade Avenue. " For his living quarters there, Meyerhoff designed a very special unit on the second floor.

Are you a Daffodil Blonde, Sangria Red or Bronze Goddess Brunette? You can figure it out a Zen Head Salon, where stylists take a decidedly feng shui approach to hair color and style. The process of finding the best 'do for each customer at this Ellicott City salon starts with a consultation and a quick read of “Feng Shui Beauty,” by Bill Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi, owner of a salon in Carlsbad, Calif., is credited as the first stylist to relate feng shui to contemporary hairstyling.