April
14, 2001
Sally Hershberger Charges?
Question
Dear Karen,
I read your answer about how to contact Sally Hershberger and
so I decided to call. I was surprised to hear that Sally in
not easy to get into to see because she travels so much and is
hardly in the NY Frieda salon. I was told that the last time
that Sally was available for appointments was last September.
I was pretty discouraged and so I forgot to ask how much Sally
charges for a cut and color. Also, how do you make an
appointment if she moves around so much? I feel strange
calling back and hoped that you might just know the answers to these
questions.
Thanks so much for an incredible website. You are truly
a pioneer in the consumer hair world and I for one appreciate you
and everything you have accomplished.
Best wishes,
Sarah Jessica
Answer
Hi,
Thanks so much for your kind words.
Yes, Sally is celebrity in her own right. Just as Patrick
Cameron and Laurent D are celebs, so is Sally.
I can tell you for a fact that Sally only cuts hair. She
charges $450 for a cut. She does not do color and someone else
would shampoo your hair and possibly dry it.
Ever since Ms. Hirshberger became famous for cutting Meg Ryan's
sexy bedhead she has become very much in demand on movie sets, with
famous celebrities and working on developing products for John
Frieda. Her product, Sheer Blonde, has been a big seller and
therefore Sally is definitely at the top of all of her games.
If you want to see Sally, call the Frieda salon and ask to be put
on her waiting list. When Sally does pop into NYC and the
salon, she will see as many as 8 new clients a day. Yes, you
will have to pay a steep price but you do have a shot at getting to
see her if you can wait for her next visit to New York.
Best wishes,
Karen
April
9, 2001
HairBoutique.com Doing OK?
Question
Dear Karen
I apologize in advance if my question is rude. I want to
ask this question because I have been coming to HairBoutique.com
since almost Day One. I love what you and Jeff have done with
the site and wish you the best success.
However, I have been watching all the DotComs like Eve.com
become NotComs. They are crashing and burning at a rapid
rate. So I worry that you guys are not going to be around for
the long haul. I guess without being too nosey I want to know
how things are going for you and if you plan on hanging around the
DotCom world.
I just love your site so much and would hate to see you guys
not be her for the long term.
Thanks,
Tina
Answer
Dear Tina,
Thanks to wonderful people like you, HairBoutique.com is thriving
and has lots of plans for a long and expanded Web life. Jeff
and I currently have a three year plan all the way into 2004 for how
we are going to enhance the HB.com site to make it even better for
all of our loyal friends and visitors.
HairBoutique.com has always had a bootstrap, pay as we go,
business model. We are 100% self funded, which means that Jeff
and I personally funded the site from our own checkbooks from day
one. We now are funded from sales of products and services
along with other supplemental revenues that the site earns.
Unlike the ritzier dotcoms that are now the notcoms, we have always
done things very differently. We have never spent money that we did
not have or had no way of earning. A lot of the building of
HairBoutique.com came from long hours and hard work that Jeff and I
have devoted to the site.
I am happy to report that we are financially solid and working
our original business plan for the site.
We are also constantly adding new features to the site and to the
online Marketplace. Our most recent additions for 2001 include
the Interactive Style
Selector which is a "one-of-a-kind" feature that
allows selection of styles based on face shape, hair color, texture,
hair event and many other selection options. We have over
2,000 photos currently loaded into the selector and are adding new
photos on a weekly basis. It took many months to complete that
project but we have received a lot of feedback that the new selector
greatly enhances the HB.com gallery for our visitors.
Recently HB.com signed well-known Paul Mitchell educator and hair
author Barbara
Lhotan, to stage a custom professional photo shoot of hairstyles
just for HairBoutique.com visitors. Barbara and noted hair fashion
photographer Eric Von Lockhart have selected several gorgeous models
for the HairBoutique.com hair shoot to be held in New York this
month. The results of those one-of-a-kind photos and latest
hairstyles will be available exclusively in our HB.com
gallery.
Also, we recently launched the third generation of our online
Marketplace which has all kinds of new user friendly shopping
features from custom searching by product name or type, wish lists
and frequent buyer points. In fact, you might want to stop by
the Marketplace where we
are having our annual 10% off Easter sale. We also have
launched an affiliates program to allow many of our webmaster
friends to financially benefit through a referral program.
To help our customers we have added a Call
The Agent Button for web conversations about store
products. Jeff, Michelle Dickstein (our newest
Hairboutique.com full time employee) and I are all hooked up to the
agent lines on a regular basis to answer online questions. We
also will be offering a toll free 800 number for customer service
calls and product orders within the next 30 days.
We have added several new product lines including an excellent
all natural hair care line from Giovanni,
Burt's
Bees hair and skin treatment lines and pure jojoba oils.
We have over 500 different items in our store and are continuing to
add hair and beauty products that we know our visitors would
enjoy. Besides the fabulous Edwin
Paul line we have expanded our line of hair supplements and hair
jewels. We have finalized negotiations that will allow us to expand
our product offerings to close to 1,000 by the end of the
year.
Also, we have been partnering with our long time friends at many
other websites. Besides NaturallyCurly.com,
we have partnered with Longlocks.com,
PromDress.net, SalonWeb,
TILHC and World
of Hair.
And yes...there is more. Much much more. We will
continue to pump up our hair care content, add more guest writings
from Jane Bullock, Victoria Wurdinger, JerkyFlea, Dr. Howard, Jay
House and new writer T.A. Arceneau. We will be revising the
1,000 hair care articles that we currently have and adding lots of
new material over the next several months. Look for some interesting
interviews, new features and lots of new daily hair tips.
Thank you for caring enough to ask. HairBoutique.com, due
to all the wonderful visitors and supporters over the past 3 years
is doing fine. Thank you to everyone for being there for us.
Best wishes,
Karen
April 5, 2001
Sally Hirschberger?
Question
Dear Karen
I just love Meg Ryan's hair and want to look just like
her. I read somewhere that Meg goes to Sally Hirschberger who
also works on other famous heads. Can you tell me anything
more about Sally and where I call to make an appointment with
her? I live in Chicago, Illinois but would be willing to
travel for an appointment with Sally.
I just love your site and figured if anyone would know how to
find Sally, you would know.
Thanks,
Julie
Answer
Hi Julie
Ms. Hirshberger, long time stylist to Meg Ryan and Michelle
Pfeiffer helped develop the Sheer Blonde hair care products by John
Frieda and works out of the John Frieda Salon in New York
City.
You can call Sally at:
John Frieda Salon Inc
30 E 76th St Fl 2
New York, NY
(212) 879-1000
Sally is usually booked for quite some time in advance and may or
may not be taking new customers.
Hope that helps,
Karen
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