Canadian Magazine Selects Lather Hair Salon for Photo Shoot
October 18, 2009 at 9:16 pm | In beauty, hair care, hair styling, media, news | Leave a CommentTags: Raleigh hair salons, Rouge Magazine, Salon Today, upscale salons Raleigh
October 16, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) – When Canada-based Rouge Magazine researched salons in the Triangle area to find a location for a photography shoot, beauty editor Gabrielle Johnson and art director Daniel Mackinnon chose Lather Hair Salon in North Raleigh.
Last week, Lather’s stylists gave model Carolina Cely of Greensboro a full make-over while Rouge photographer Bruce DeBoer captured the process and results for an upcoming feature in the magazine.
Why Lather? “Gabrielle said she looked for a Wella salon that was media savvy, and that she really liked the look and feel of our salon,” said owner and senior stylist Jessica Williams. “It was very exciting. They came all the way from Canada!”
A Wella salon is a hair salon that uses and sells Wella hair care products. Lather uses Wella color systems exclusively.
For the photo shoot, stylist Lauren Lawson created the model’s Wella hair color. Williams did the styling and cutting. For makeup, Williams brought in local makeup artist Pamela Hung.
The salon’s “media savvy” derives from Williams’ education in communications and public relations, a degree she received from North Carolina State University in addition to her cosmetology education and license. In February 2008, she also contracted with blueplate pr, a boutique public relations agency in downtown Raleigh.
Among the media attention Lather has attracted since teaming with blueplate is a recent feature in Salon Today magazine’s online edition. The article focused on Lather’s “Latherwear” logo tee shirts (this past summer) and new “hoodies” for fall and winter as a marketing effort to extend the salon’s brand out into the community.
As for the “look and feel” of the salon, Lather is a relatively small shop whose décor features a rich and trendy blue and brown color scheme punctuated by black styling and shampoo stations, including large, black-framed mirrors at each station. Stylish furnishings and a stained concrete floor complete the look.
“We were absolutely delighted that Rouge chose Lather for the makeover shoot,” said Wiliams, who will celebrate her first year of doing business this month. “It was a great early anniversary present!”
For more information on Rouge Magazine, visit www.rougemag.com. For more information on Lather Hair Salon, visit www.latherhairsalonnc.com.
About Lather Hair Salon
Lather Hair Salon is a full-service, upscale salon specializing in make-overs and wedding styling. Lather stylists also maintain “Hair Academy 101,” an on-going blog on hair care, styling, products, and techniques.
Lather Hair Salon is located at 8521 Cantilever Way, Suite 109, just off North Glenwood Avenue/Highway 70 West near Carmax. For more information visit www.latherhairsalonnc.com or call 919-792-0715.
Lather Hair Salon is also available on Facebook and through Citysearch.
About Rouge Magazine
Rouge is an international magazine, published by Proctor & Gamble, that brings the latest product news, fashion and beauty trends, contests and offers to millions of readers via its magazine and website. The editorial team is comprised of beauty and fashion insiders who look to celebrity makeup artists, in-demand dermatologists and scientists, and world-famous hair stylists to report industry information.
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New Architecture Column: Raleigh Metro Magazine Announces Mike Welton Will Cover Design Trends, News
October 13, 2009 at 11:01 pm | In architecture, media, news | Leave a CommentTags: NC architecture
Mike Welton
October 13, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) – Mike Welton, a contributor on architecture to Dwell Magazine, the New York Times and Interior Design, will begin a new column in Raleigh Metro Magazine in the November 2009 issued titled Form and Function.
Welton, who lives in Wake Forest, NC, will cover news, people and events in the lively architectural community in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill and eastern North Carolina region.
The column will accompany the monthly in-depth design features by Metro’s Design Editor Diane Lea, according to magazine editor and publisher Bernie Reeves.
“Diane’s detailed pieces on homes and buildings are highly respected by readers and the architectural community,” he said. “Mike’s column, covering ongoing news items in the field, is a perfect complement to Metro’s dedication to consistent and detailed coverage of the built environment.”
Welton, who contributed an Other Opinion article to the Raleigh News & Observer on October 11 concerning public architecture says, “North Carolina and Raleigh in particular are rapidly becoming magnets for good architects intent on demonstrating excellent 21st-century design. Metro magazine is the perfect venue for showcasing their work in the built environment.”
Established in 1999, Raleigh Metro Magazine is a monthly publication covering North Carolina from the Research Triangle area to the coast, with a readership of 160,000. It is available at book stores, selected newsstands and online at www.metronc.com.
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Metro Magazine Readers Vote For “The Best” From the Triangle to the Coast
June 19, 2009 at 9:30 pm | In media, news | Leave a Comment
June 19, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) — Thousands of readers and winners are awaiting Metro Magazine’s 10th anniversary MetroBravo awards. Winning results will be published in two installments in the July and August issues.
And this year the anticipation appears to be especially high as the monthly magazine celebrates its 10th birthday during 2009.
According to Katie Reeves, director of sales and marketing for Metro Magazine, “we’ve seen a real spike in ballot entries this year. As the region has grown there are more nominations. Readers realize our 10th birthday adds significance and showcases winners for years to come.”
Over 4000 ballots were submitted by Metro Magazine’s 150,000-plus readership from the Triangle region to the coast.
Readers are asked to fill out ballots published in Metro Magazine (and online at www.metronc.com ) in categories ranging from restaurants and wine, architecture and favorite media personalities, to the best places to buy fashionable clothing, favorite resorts and the top medical facilities in the region.
Readers divulge a myriad of preferences: their favorite soft drink; brand of automobile; brand of liquor; and the best place for a romantic evening, among dozens of other categories.
“It’s great fun every year,” Reeves added, “but it’s also very serious. We work hard to assure accuracy because we know how important it is for area businesses, restaurants and organizations to win.”
For more information on Metro Magazine and the MetroBravo awards, call 919-831-0999 or go to www.metronc.com.
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Raleigh Downtowner To Offer Business News
February 6, 2009 at 6:57 pm | In media, news | Leave a CommentTags: downtown business, downtown Raleigh, Raleigh business news
February 6, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) – To mark the beginning of its fifth calendar year in downtown Raleigh, Raleigh Downtowner Magazine is launching a new business section this month. Crash Gregg, publisher of the monthly publication, calls the addition “a natural progression based on the mainly professional readership of our magazine.”
“The main focus and mission of Raleigh Downtowner Magazine has always been to help promote downtown Raleigh and the surrounding areas,” he said. “We’ve been a media champion to the many businesses within our coverage area who cater to consumers, and now we’ll be able to do the same with those who sell business-to-business.”
The new section will include business briefs, company profiles, interviews with various CEOs and industry leaders, and noteworthy information from the Downtown Raleigh Alliance (DRA), a non-profit organization that builds partnerships and collaborations with the public and private sectors to address issues facing downtown Raleigh.
The first edition of Downtowner’s new biz section, distributed the second week in February, will feature a Q&A with Harvey Schmitt (president and CEO of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce), a company profile of RBC Bank, briefs on new businesses in and around downtown Raleigh, and downtown statistics and information.
“The section will grow as it takes on a life of its own,” Gregg said, “but we plan to ensure that each article is interesting not only to our business readers but to our consumer readers as well. This will help distinguish our business section from other business publications, which can be a bit dry to non-business consumers.”
Raleigh Downtowner’s new section will cover businesses and business activities within the wider parameters of the center city district as well as those around Raleigh and Research Triangle Park “whose clients, owners or executives participate in downtown’s growth,” Gregg said. “This helps us to highlight companies who may not physically have offices downtown, but who are consistently present in our readership area.”
Advertising rates in the business section will be the same as in the more consumer-oriented sections with locally-owned businesses getting space reservation preference.
“We’ve had great response from our business-owner readers who are excited about being a part of the Downtowner in a way they were not able to before,” Gregg said. “We’re proud to be an integral part in the burgeoning growth in our area and look forward to helping to shape its direction alongside the many great businesses in downtown.”
For more information on Raleigh Downtowner Magazine and to read current and archived editions, visit www.raleighdowntowner.com.
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Controversy, Eclectic Content Characterize March Edition of Raleigh Metro Magazine
March 1, 2008 at 8:21 pm | In media | Leave a CommentTags: Anson Dorrance, Bernie Reeves, coastal issues, Jim Leutze, Metro Magazine, North Carolina media, Raleigh
March 1, 2008 (RALEIGH, NC) — In the March issue of Metro Magazine, candidates for governor discuss coastal issues with columnist and former UNC-Wilmington chancellor Jim Leutze; former UNC women soccer players defend coach Anson Dorrance; Southern author John Shelton Reed begs Metro readers to vote for the best barbecue; and the 5th Raleigh Spy Conference – set for March 26-28 at the NC Museum of History – presents unsolved mysteries of the CIA (www.raleighspyconference.com).
In Metro’s quarterly Southern Style Section, garden guru Helen Yoest previews area tours scheduled for spring; a modern home finds its place inside the Raleigh beltline; the latest female golf fashion is previewed, along with the essentials for a must-have spring wardrobe; and Metro Magazine is named the official program sponsor for the May ASID Designer Show House.
Food editor Moreton Neal ranks the top spots for lunch in the region; wine critic Barbara Ensrud researches the best restaurant wine lists and recommends a tour of wineries in the Yadkin Valley – the state’s only designated growing region; Carroll Leggett eats high off unmentionable parts of the hog; Philip Van Vleck interviews singer-songwriter Tift Merritt; Arch T. Allen covers our “color-blind” Constitution; Art Taylor reviews a modern Odyssey; and Metro’s calendar of events bulges with spring events.
Editor/publisher Bernie Reeves, in his column My Usual Charming Self, congratulates the people of Cary for their threat to “secede” from the Wake County School System, revisits the “owl theory” in the Kathleen Peterson case, criticizes former UNC law dean Gene Nichol – recently fired by the College of William & Mary – for his attack on religious symbols, and calls for an investigation into the actions of Secretary of Cultural Resources Libba Evans.
Metro Magazine is available on newsstands and at www.metronc.com.
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