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Article: Everything you wanted to know about celebrity salons

Source: TV Report via Naver

Summary of the interesting bits:

- Stars usually start their work day by heading to the salon. All hair and make up must be perfect before schedules for the day begin. Sometimes they'll have their staff join them on set to touch up as the day goes on.

- Stars who don't have schedules will still go in once in a while for upkeep. A salon isn't merely to get your hair and make up done but to create an "image" for your career.

How are salons chosen? "We don't go to salons that celebrities want to go just because they like it. From the company's perspective, we have to balance out an image we think matches her versus the image she wants for herself. Stars will usually use the same salon for 2-3 years but with variation, because shop A might be better at sexier make up looks while shop B is better at innocent looking ones." (Celebrity management agency A)

- Stars will test out certain salons a couple times before making a final decision on where they think fits their image the best. They will usually move with their stylist if they move shops or go solo because they know their skin condition and favorite concepts the best.
 

 

Salons and the stars who go to them:

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Musee Neuf:
Kim Hyo Jin, Shin Se Kyung, Chun Woo Hee, Kang Hye Jung

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A by Bom
: Han Ye Seul, Park Soo Jin, Han Yeri

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Jungsaemmool:
Han Hye Jin, Wonder Girls, miss A (Fei and Jia), Park Joomi

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Jenny House:
Han Ji Min, Son Ye Jin, Lee Min Jung, Moon Chae Won, Son Dambi

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Lee Kyung Min Foret:
Hwang Jung Eum, Kang Sora

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Style Floor:
Moon Geun Young, Nam Bora

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S Hue:
Han Chae Young

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Lee Hee Hair & Make up:
Uhm Jung Hwa, Hong Eun Hee

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Azurer:
Kim So Yeon, Son Dambi

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Aura
: Go Jun Hee, Jang Jae In, Suzy (personal schedules), Lee Chung Ah, Lee Da Hae

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Boris:
Kim Ha Neul, So Yi Hyun

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Freelancers:
Jun Ji Hyun, Gong Hyo Jin, Kim Min Hee, Jun Do Yeon, Suzy

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Sunsoo:
SNSD, Red Velvet, Girl's Day, AOA, Gain, Kim Ok Bin, Jung Ryeo Won

 

- Prices vary widely depending on the celebrity and the type of work because salons will sometimes have to follow stars on drama sets. Pictorials and CF shoots are paid the day of, but salons will be paid on monthly, etc basis for longer works like drama filmings.

- Most aren't sponsored, the work is paid for, but popular stars usually get bigger discounts.

- CF shoots are the most expensive, costing between ~$3,000-5,000 USD per day. More famous make up artists and hair designers will obviously charge more. For pictorials, the ad agency will usually cover the costs instead of the star's agency. For dramas, the agencies cover it, while for movies, the production company will cover it.

- For drama filmings, stars will get in the salon by early morning and have a director-level stylist do everything, then have one staff member follow the star on to the film set to do touch ups.

- For movie filmings, it depends on whether the role calls for special costume make up. If it's a modern film, the star will just use their regular salon, but for historical concepts, they'll use a costume make up team contracted by the producers. Same goes for horror films, etc.

- Salons will follow stars to overseas pictorials and filmings. Most magazines will have collaborations with specific designers but other than that, stars get to choose the salons they take. Some will take the director of the salon but most will ask for the one staff that they've worked with on set all day as a sign of gratitude for the work they've done all along.

- All of the members in idol groups get styled by the same salon other than older idols who choose separate salons they're more comfortable with. Idols are the same as actresses in that they head to the salons to start their day but work with 2-3 more staff throughout their day for touch ups. (usually 2-3 is the norm for groups of 5 members)

- The salon's head designer will be a part of the group's concept design, joining the group for album jacket filmings and MV filmings. Directors will also join idols for concerts or fan meets.

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1. [+96, -7] I went to 'Sunsoo' once and they just put make up on me like they were some factory, punching on the same style without consideration for your features. I criticized them on that and they got pissy with me. I suggest non-celebrities to not go to 'Sunsoo'.

2. [+62, -8] It's not the salon that's important ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ it's the face getting the styling done that needs to be pretty ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ and commoners couldn't even dream of going to these salons because they're so expensive ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹

3. [+56, -5] So that's how it is... I feel like this information's useless because I'd go check these salons out if I could become at least half as pretty as all these stars but I can't...

4. [+28, -4] I went to 'A by Bom' at Chungdam and saw tons of stars like Lee Yeon Hee, Kahi, Lee Seo Jin, Big Mama, etc. There are way more stars than on that list.

5. [+2, -1] I thought stars were all sponsored or given free stylings but I guess they pay for it all. No wonder Key wanted to do his hair dyeing himself ã…‹ã…‹ Sucks that ads have to pay all these high prices and it's the consumers who have to make up the loss

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I've heard of stars getting to know each other because they share the same salon, but I had no clue that there weren't really that many salons for celebrities in total.

 

Thousands of dollars for hair styling, makeup, and nails? What are they getting? Diamond encrusted manicures?

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I got styled by this hairdresser/stylist who worked with the likes of Lee Hyori, Won Bin, Lee Young-ae etc. 

 

Charged me $400 for simple dye and cut (so approximately > 400,000 won). Was she necessarily better than your average Korean hairdresser? No. 

 

I went back my normal hairdresser, who only charges me a third of that price.

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Hmm, now I know who to talk shit about every time idols have garbage make up. If Sunsoo is who SNSD have been going to for a while, they suck. I love Jung Saem Mool though, she knows her shit.

I love Jung Saem Mool's videos on youtube! They're always so pretty

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it's things like these that make me realize how small the korean entertainment industry is... idk just a random thought

Well, they're pretty much all milling around in Seoul... I wonder if Hollywood feels the same, though?  Much of the movie industry is concentrated there at least, so there are probably some similarities.

 

Looking at those prices charged, i hope these are self-makeup

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lol, flash is the enemy.  You'd think the salons could come up with a formulation without spf, though.

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I got styled by this hairdresser/stylist who worked with the likes of Lee Hyori, Won Bin, Lee Young-ae etc.

 

Charged me $400 for simple dye and cut (so approximately > 4 million won). Was she necessarily better than your average Korean hairdresser? No.

 

I went back my normal hairdresser, who only charges me a third of that price.

You mean 400,000 won? Because what you wrote is $4K. It immediately jumped out to me because my Celine bag was 3.6 million won

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I visited a salon in Hongdae where YG's ceo and his family do their hair, cost me 250,000 won for an ends trim and two tone hair style. Salons in Seoul are expensive in general, if you want cheaper you'll need to go to Incheon.

 

But truth be told, their products are a work of art, my hair never felt softer.

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I visited a salon in Hongdae where YG's ceo and his family do their hair, cost me 250,000 won for an ends trim and two tone hair style. Salons in Seoul are expensive in general, if you want cheaper you'll need to go to Incheon.

 

But truth be told, their products are a work of art, my hair never felt softer.

Would you go back again though?

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