Happy New Year! New Year, New YOU.

Sorry for the long absence as we've been pretty busy over the festive season (plus the holiday mood which makes you really really lazy)

Well its already 4 days past the new year celebrations and we hoped that everyone has a good start to the year.  Chinese New Year beckons!  We're so glad that this christmas was pretty orderly as many of you started making appointments before coming in (which is SO SWEET :-) as it helped us to reduce the disappointments of turning people away)

Anyways, its time for everyone to get back into their routines and of course plan for the Chinese New Year festivities which will arrive in less than 6 weeks!  We anticipate another mad rush ;-) (after all, we're Malaysians ma) so again, allow us to remind you gently that appointments would be much appreciated again.

For those planning on the rebonding or straightening or perms, now would be the best time to get it done.  Why?  Here's the reason why:-

1.  More time to get used to managing the curls/new look
2.  Allows you to match the wardrobe ;-) (and not forgetting the shoes and the bags)
3.  Not having to rush in with everyone else during the first 2 weeks of February (knowing how congested Midvalley will be during the festive seasons)

While for those who want to color their hair, this one is going to be a little tricky as coloring it now be a tad too early as 6 weeks worth of regrowth is nothing but inviting remarks from unsuspecting relatives..." Eh, why no time go color your hair ah?  Aiyoh... tell you not to work so hard already, now Chinese New Year also hair never go and color... Bla bla bla...."

So, coloration services are best done 1 to 3 weeks before the Chinese New Year for that just right color matching hair and wardrobe.  Nothing beats looking great during Chinese New Year in front of the other cousins or relatives ;-)

But what about those with hair lengths which is neither long or short?  Yes you... the ones always telling your friends that you are keeping your hair long but in fact it takes forever to grow!  So how?  Fret no more!  Hair extensions are now here to stay as we've got the improved ones to offer to you!

No more painful extensions which poke the back of your head when you sleep at night, no more painful removal and yes more beautiful customisations!  The hair extensions that we are referring to are the clip-ons which are about 5 inches in width and can be colored, permed and styled to your preference.  You can remove them at night and then just take a few minutes to put them on the next day!  We'll teach you how to put on the extensions and in no time, you've got your long locks customised to your hair color / perm.  Now thats what we call a NEW YEAR, NEW YOU!

There are a few customers in our feature of the month contest that had their pictures taken with their hair extension and again you cannot see that they are wearing extensions unless stated in the picture.

So again, its time to start planing and get going as Chinese New Year beckons!

I leave you here with some links of our customers who got their hair extensions from us

Ann Choo & May Chan

So once again Great Wishes for 2010 and a very EARLY "GONG XI FA CAI" to everyone!

Cheers
-Ed-

December 2009 Featurettes Out NOW!

Another month have passed and its the time again for the December Featurettes to show themselves!

A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Loke Yong Ping for winning November with MASSIVE MASSIVE 227 votes.  We have a surprise coming for winners which we will annouce in the following days... just before Christmas ;-)

Well again here are some of the sneaks for December.  Do check them out in the fanpage at the following link:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=131122&id=96680763949&ref=mf

Happy Voting (LIKING) and Happy Holidays ya'll!

Cheers
-Ed-

Raymond Chew Column in Emmagem

Its been a while since we've posted anything as we've been busy preparing articles and materials for our new column in Emmagem where Raymond Chew will the in-house consultant extraordinaire for your tresses on Emmagem.com.  Sounds like fun.  Can't wait to put our journalistic tendencies to the sword!

Meanwhile here's the link to the website for your reading pleasure.  We are doing an article on looks for the festive season. 

Click on the link here

Ray's mugshot on Emmagem.com

Happy Holidays!
-Ed-

The Celebrity Project Part 1

Here are some pictures of the Celebrity Project that we embarked on a few weeks ago.  In Part 1, we are interpreting some celebrity hairstyles into local context for your viewing pleasure!

A lot of times we have a lot of customers coming over but end up being more confused by flipping through magazines and style books and end up not being able to decide on which style they want to follow.

Well Ladies and Gentlemen!  Fret not for help is here!  In part 1, we have interpreted some styles for your viewing pleasure.

For the rest of the styles, go to the album on our Facebook Fanpage here

Happy viewing!

Cheers

-Ed-

Shunji Matsuo & Rhythm in Bronze

We are currently sponsoring the hairdo for the Rhythm in Bronze (RIB) Gamelan ensemble and we are enjoying every moment of it!  Members of the ensemble coming in thick and fast, a total of 21 of them will be coming to the salon everyday from Thursday 3rd Dec till Sunday 7th Dec 2009.

Here's a picture of the event brochure.

Click here for the link to the RIB website

It was a lot of fun actually and also meeting up with the hilarious Edwin Sumun, a personal friend of Raymond. (No, Raymond was not involved in balding Edwin ;-)  We had some pictures taken in the salon, backstage and during the rehearsals.  Here are some pictures of what happened on Thursday.

Every chair was fully seated

With Edwin Sumun before the rehearsals began

The ensemble during rehearsal

Some of the backstage work done

To see the rest of the pictures click here

Overall we enjoyed the performance and we feek that everyone should go and witness how such traditional instruments create music so alien to our city lives and yet so powerful to keep us lost and in trance with the music.

The RIB Gamelan will be performing at the PJ Live Arts Centre @ Jaya One from 3rd Dec till 7th Dec.  Click on their link below their poster to get more information on how you can experience their music.

"Fuyoo! I feel so culture!"

Culturally enriched

-Ed-

Senior Stylist Festive Celebrations

In conjunction with Jessie's promotion to a Senior Stylist, we have also decided to come out with a introductory promotion for all to try her services.  For a limited time only, all who come in for the Senior Stylist services will be entitled to the following prices.

These prices will be applicable for customers looking for Ben-G and Jessie.

So come quick to take the opportunity to sample their services for those who haven't have the chance!

So who says that Shunji is pricey?  Another myth BUSTED!

Cheers
-Ed-

New Senior Stylist - Jessie Tang

We have a new Senior Stylist, Jessie Tang!  She's not exactly new to us as she was recently promoted from a Stylist to a Senior Stylist.

Being the most experienced Stylist naturally made her a candidate for the Senior Stylist position after Carven left.  So we would like to annouce that Jessie will be our new Senior Stylist alongside Ben-G to serve everyone. 

Jessie brings with her 5 years of experience from her sister's salon in Puchong to A Cut Above in Sunway Pyramid.  Her portfolio of customers sport commercial daily hairstyles suited to the office wear with minimal fuss and not forgetting also the strong following of male customers for their professional no frills look.

Jessie will be off on Wednesdays and haircuts are priced at RM 50 for him and RM 60 for her.



Jessie's facebook page can be found here:-
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=name&id=100000505737786
 
So when our directors are too busy, rest assured, reliable backups are here to help you!
 
Cheers
-Ed-

Photoshoot of our first Feature of the Month Winner

Congratulations to Amanda Wong for being our very first lucky winner for our Feature of the Month October 2009!  She was very excited to have her pictures taken by the Peter Tan Photgraphy Team and the pictures were taken in the salon and in various places around Mid Valley.

Here are some of the pictures taken for your viewing pleasure.  The full album can be viewed here.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=127691&id=562871025&ref=mf

Meanwhile here are some sneaks just for you :-)

Amanda presented her stash of hair products by Kerastase

Amanda with the Peter Tan Photography Team

We hope you like the pictures taken by Peter Tan and his team.  So come on over and join the competition!  Just RM 50 to win prizes worth up to RM 800 and be in the running to be our next ambassador!

-Ed-

The Celebrity Project

First and foremost, a big THANK YOU to Jonathan Yam of JS Photoworks for the Photography work for our Celebrity Project.  We closed the salon today for half a day for some much needed photoshoot as you can only keep so much creative ideas under the lid ;-)

Here are some pictures taken throughout the day till 3pm.  The full album will come out in a week or 2.  So here's some behind the scenes of what to expect from our shoot today.

The pictures are being processed by Jonathan now and will be sent for editing.  We will post them up as soon as we get them back from the design house.  Check out the album in facebook for more of the pictures.

http://www.facebook.com/ShunjiMatsuoMidvalley#/album.php?aid=124852&id=96680763949

Enjoy!

-Ed-

November Feature of the Month 2009 ALBUM is out NOW!

The November featurettes are out now!  Go check them out at our Facebook Fanpage or at the following link

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=123385&id=96680763949&l=d8ff827268

While here are the sneaks!

So to VOTE, click LIKE on your favourite picture.  Remember in order to vote, you have to be a FAN.  Click "Become a Fan" in the Shunji Matsuo Hair Studio Mid Valley Kuala Lumpur main page

BECOME A FAN!

Shunji Matsuo Hair Studio Mid Valley in facebook
http://www.facebook.com/ShunjiMatsuoMidvalley?ref=ts

-Ed-

We are closed on Thursday 26th November 2009 for something special...

We will be closed on Thursday 26th November 2009 for something special that we have planned for your inspiration and viewing pleasure.

Here a sneak peek of what you can expect...

Watch this SPACE!
-Ed-

PETER TAN Photography Competition Winners Image Makeover

It felt like we were involved in a very special day for Mizzi and Yazone on Sunday the 15th of November 2009.  These 2 travelled all the way from Penang to see us for the makeover before the photography session with Peter Tan Photography.

What happened was that they recently won the Peter Tan Photography Lucky Couple Contest and we worked with Peter Tan to provide the grooming for the winners before the photoshoot.

Yazone (the guy in the picture) has his hair done by Raymond while Mizzi had hers done by Money.  Both the makeup was done by Mavis. I hope you guys like what you see and please go to our FACEBOOK FANPAGE to see more of the pictures.

Meanwhile, here's a sneak preview of what to expect from us @ Shunji Matsuo and Peter Tan.

An artistic shot of the signage.  Feels like a wedding shot!

Raymond Chew and Yazone (the lucky guy)

Money Wong and Mizzi

Mavis and Yazone.  See how natural her makeup work.

See the rest of the album here
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=124630&id=563896167&ref=share

BECOME A FAN!
Shunji Matsuo Hair Studio Mid Valley in facebook
http://www.facebook.com/ShunjiMatsuoMidvalley?ref=ts

Peter Tan Photography in facebook
http://www.facebook.com/PETERTAN.Photography?ref=ts

Cheers
-Ed-

Feature of the Month Competition Details Update

Hey hey!  We've decided to make some adjustments to the Feature of the Month Competition so as to keep things a little bit more closer and exciting. 

What is going to change is the uploading of the pictures.  Initially all pictures taken in October will only be voted in November.  However given this situation, those who have had their hair done in early October would have to wait till beginning November to get their pictures voted.  So it would have been a pretty long wait if you asked me.  (One month before i could flaunt my new do online? Neh...)

So for the November participants, instead of waiting for December to upload your pictures, we will begin uploading the pictures on the 20th of November through to 15th December.  Pictures will be updated on a daily basis (or as quickly as possible for voting) and the last day for new pictures to be uploaded will be 15th December.  Anything after that will be uploaded again from the 20th of December.

Thus in a nutshell it looks like this

November Participants
Pictures uploaded continually from the 20th November till 15th December. 
Pictures after 15th December, will be uploaded on the 20th of December for voting in January.

This will continue until we have 12 winners.

More details of the finals will be announced in due time.

Meanwhile, come on over and get your pictures taken!

P/S:  We've had quite a lot of contestants coming in and have their pictures taken but most of them did not put on their makeup.  So you are all encouraged to bring your makeup along and any accessories if you see fit.

Cheers
-Ed-

Surprise surprise!

It was a normal day when suddenly in came Zizan Nin!  Everyone was excited seeing the man in the flesh himself standing in front of the counter asking for a hair cut!

Here's a picture after his haircut to share with all of you.  Who knows which celebrities will be here the next time you come over... Hmm..

Cheers

-Ed-

Makeup Services & Mavis

Remember the times when you take pictures in your best dressed self during night functions and just to regret them the next day when you try to upload them to facebook just because your makeup was over exposed?

That white face that does not match your neck even though you had your favourite dress on?

Since you are already letting us handle your hair that evening, why not also let us manage your make up?  Besides, its always very rushing to get the hair done before the event in the evening most people tend to not do their hair and end up avoiding cameras all night.  No?

Enter Mavis Ang.  She is one of our talented stylists who also took a course in makeup together with hairdressing.  Her experience includes Bridal Makeup, Day Wear, Night Wear and Fantasy.

Mavis strutting her stuff on Jean

Jean Lim's makeup by Mavis Ang

We charge RM 85 for makeup.  If you have your own lashes, we won't charge any extra for putting them on.  However if you require them, they are available to you at a paltry sum of RM15.

Makeup @ Shunji also entitles an entry into the Feature of the Month contest too!

-Ed-