The Loft Salon is a hair salon and beauty bar that's been around in Cornwall for about three years…read morenow. Currently, they are moving to their new location at 130 Pitt street, and I had the opportunity to take my daughter there because she won a contest to have her hair and makeup done for her prom.
The setting looks very promising, with sleek, new furniture, sliding mirrors along either side of the establishment, and a nice trendy brick interior (just like a loft, except on the ground floor.) Bathrooms were good, floor space is large and airy, and there will be a lot of stations, which means more ability to get an appointment in.
They did a great job on my daughter's hair, which is very very long, curly, and thick. They essentially did a blowout, followed by a coiled curl hairdo, which was then put into a half-up, half-down formal style. It was feminine and in style, and it held very well -- from early morning, when it was done, until the middle of the night, when she came home.
The makeup job was great as well, done by a woman who has MAC training and experience. My daughter is a woman of color, and a good measure of a makeup artist is whether or not they can match foundation skintones to people who aren't white or who have unusual undertones. She hand-mixed foundations and ended up with a perfect match. It's the little things like this which can really make or break a makeup artist.
I recommend this place. The staff was very personable and skilled, and the place is going to end up very nice once all the construction is finished.