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  • Aging Matters Podcast - Aging and Beauty w/ Marcella Johnstone

    Aging Matters Podcast - Aging and Beauty w/ Marcella Johnstone, Cosmetologist & Master Stylist

    Conversation w/ Marcella Johnstone, Cosmetologist and Master Stylist, about specialized hair and beauty services tailored to older adult needs, effects of aging on hair, skin, and nails, and settings where beauty care services are provided.

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  • Georgetown hair salon collects donations for Turkey, Syria earthquake survivors

    Georgetown Hair Salon Collects Donations for Turkey, Syria earthquake survivors

    At Violet Salon on Wisconsin Avenue near P Street, clients brought donations like blankets and sweaters to their hair appointments, for those in need after the recent disaster.

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  • Georgetown's Violet in the White House

    Georgetown's Violet in the White House

    It’s always exciting to get that special call. From the White House. A personal call. Asking if you would be willing to come and help the first lady or the president with something that requires your expertise.

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  • Georgetowner Phase 2 Begins; DMV Opens Tuesday

    Build it.Georgetowner Phase 2 Begins; DMV Opens Tuesday

    “We are so happy to be opening,” said Robert Hughes, manager of Violet Hair Salon & Spa on Wisconsin Avenue, “although we will only be utilizing about half of the staff of stylists, colorists, shampooists and manicurists at a time.

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  • Allure Best Hair Salons

    Allure Best Hair Salons

    We test-drove some of the best salons in the city. Here's how it went.

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  • Washington, D.C.’s 38 Best Beauty Stores, Spas, and Salons

    Washington, D.C.’s 38 Best Beauty Stores, Spas, and Salons

    We've compiled our 38 favorite beauty stores, spas, salons, and more in one highly subjective rundown, mapped in order from north to south.

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  • Great Hair 2010: Istanbul on the Potomac

    Great Hair 2010: Istanbul on the Potomac

    Why do so many hairstylists come here from Turkey? And what makes them so good?

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  • Politico Getting Their ‘Dos at Violet

    Politico Getting Their ‘Dos at Violet

    No, that would be Violet, the three-month-old Georgetown hair salon where Mesut Ozaydin and Jimmy Cehreli have quickly become the go-to hair guys for Washington’s power elite.

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