If there is anything worse than a bad hair day, it’s not being able to get in to see our stylist on a Saturday without eight-weeks’ notice and a pint of blood.

Now our beloved bob + paige salon has heard our cries and opened a second location just down the road. A lighter and
airier extension of their original Danforth loft, the cozy new street-level salon has whitewashed brick, distressed hardwood and gleaming Corian counters. Still on offer: wearable cuts, toxin-free Sojourn products and great coffee. Better still, extended hours and ten new chairs mean getting in will never be a problem.

Hair crisis averted. —Marianne Wisenthal

Cuts from $50, bob + paige, 239 Danforth Ave., Toronto, 416-519-4596 and 412 Danforth Ave., Toronto, 416-850-9719, www.bobandpaige.com

Fancy going from from pixie to Pocahontas in a day?  

At Toronto’s Doll Bar, a hair extension-only salon, owner Melissa McKenzie will give you the long, luscious mane (from $398) you’ve always dreamed of. A full head of So.Cap hair extensions take less than two hours to apply.

But if you’ve got the locks, why not think about getting feathered ($15 each) instead? McKenzie can add rooster plumes (in any colour of the rainbow) to your tresses for a bohemian inspired look. Wear with a Navajo print blouse and you really will be channeling the Native American princess. —Athena Tsavliris

Doll Bar, 1099 Queen St. W., Toronto, 416-792-4455, http://dollbarinc.com

The blow-dry bar in every Vancouver gal’s little black book has just arrived in Toronto.

The promise is simple: get catwalk-ready hair in around 30 minutes for just $30—and the new Blo delivers every time. Its stylists can transform the unruliest manes into luscious locks, so choose your dream ’do from the lookbook, sit back, and enjoy the blow. Perfect for parties and pick-me-ups, at this price we’re tempted to book a standing weekly appointment.

Now we just have to decide between the poker straight “Executive Sweet” and the wavy and vivacious “Holly Would.”

Psst: Keep your eyes peeled for the pop-up bar coming soon to the Four Seasons.

Blo opens today, 2594 Yonge St., Toronto, 416-440-4256, www.blomedry.com

If your better half’s mop is making him look like a Jonas brother, may we suggest a snip, clip and coif at hip barber Blood & Bandages?

Located in a one-time baby shoe store, this 97-square-foot chop shop brings a dash of cool to the old-school strip of Little Portugal barbershops.

Guy flicks and 70s Playboy mags entertain while owner Roger Janes snips and shaves away.

Now, with his rockin’ do, you’ll just have to talk your guy out of starting a boy band.

Blood & Bandages, 932 College St., Toronto, 416-357- 9178.