Longhairs.com

I had been postponing getting my hair cut for about 3 years. My
hair is to the small of my back, and I didn't want another hack job
that only looked good blow-dried. I was on a mission! I searched high,
I searched low, and then I found her quite by chance (or was it fate?).

Getting your hair cared for by Louise Marie is the best you
could ask for. She is a joy to speak with, knowing her craft inside and
out; she is an encyclopedia of holistic hair advice. Louise Marie puts
you at ease with her down to earth, no nonsense approach, spending as
long as it takes to get it right and beautiful.

My hair was
not doing well. My previous hair cut was still maiming my skull. My
ends were split more than a few inches, it was dry and stuck together,
coarse like a mane. These were not the silken strands I so hoped my
head would house.

Louise Marie taught me how to use the products
correctly, explaining as she demonstrated, letting me feel the
differences occurring immediately. We discussed what I was looking for,
and then she sat me in her big antique barber's chair overlooking Yonge
Street and worked away. Her skill is such that she only uses scissors.
No funny appliances, no chatting up this or that technique. True
artists don^'t have to market to their clients, their work speaks for itself.

I hadn't had bangs since I was four years old. I was so nervous! I
walked out of their with a new love for my hair, it was shining, light,
more like it used to be when I was younger. All thanks to Ms Longhairs,
her magic scissors and elixers!

When I got home I used the shampoo and deep conditioner
I had purchased every day. The next week I went back for a check up
with Louise Marie. It was much better, but not as good as that first
day. She took the time to go over with me exactly how I was using it,
and explained what I may be doing incorrectly, and what I should do to
improve it (demonstration included!).

I picked up a natural bristle (Baby Kinder)brush and a Flexipick
for the conditioner, some clarifying spray for skin and hair and some
scalp oil. I was excited to go home to try my new products and
techniques.

It is amazing what a small change in technique can
bring (Major change for the best!). My hair has never been so shiny,
luminous, manageable, tangle free, and most importantly, pettable!

The #27 Chillout clarifying spray works wonders for blemishes and ingrown hairs, the Flexipick is amazing for snags and distributing conditioner in the shower, the brush makes your hair extra soft!, and the scalp oil is refreshing as well as a good excuse to get (or give!) a scalp massage.

My parents were coming into town and our dog desperately needed a bath.
We had no pet shampoo. He has very sensitive skin, it is always flaking
and itchy, with lots and lots of dander and hair that sticks in his
coat.

I thought, if it works for me, why be so selfish? Why
shouldn't extended family benefit as well, animals are deserving of the
joy of fabulous hair too! So I imparted the gift of the Longhairs
shampoo and conditioner to our furry friend. I tell you, he has never
been so clean! He gets compliments on his coat every time we go out.
His skin is clear with no more flakes, a problem he has had for years!
His fur doesn't mat, and this is only after one bath! It has been a few
weeks now and still his coat is magnificent.

Once you have tried, you will never go back! Longhairs clients are for life!

Every product is amazing. Louise Marie graces with samples and stories. I can't wait to try them all and neither should you!

Thank you Louise Marie Longhairs, from the bottom of my heart to the tips of my ends!!!

-Shenandoah

Before Longhairs, (MP  and visits) my hair would never grow past my bra line.  Just wouldn't go!  But now, my hair is down to my waist and just keeps going!  Many thanks!

Siobahn 

"One of the things i like best about going to your place
that was not mentioned though -- maybe you could consider adding it next to
the pic of Maxcat on the chair -- is something about how when you're in the
chair you get full attention, more like visiting a friend than going to the
hairdresser, only one client at a time, cozy personal environment complete
with snoozing lap cat, great people-watching view from above, and all the
time you need, hair dries naturally so you know how it really looks.......

Just a suggestion, as I expect most of your clients enjoy that aspect -- it
was also part of the reason I was easily convinced by my friend, to visit
you in the first place -- I hate salons with rows of chairs and fifty
conversations going on at the same time, and when she told me how it was
there, it appealed to me, so I went.'

I have been a client of Louise Marie since 1990. At that time, one of the bands that I was playing with was producing a video and she was the hair stylist that was hired by the production house for the shoot. I immediately liked how she got my hair to lay. The more I spoke to her that day, the more I realized how serious and knowledgeable she was. My first cut at her salon left no doubt that I had found a person who would not only cut my hair (and leave it long), but oversee and educate me on how to make it (and keep it) healthy.

In 1990 I was 31 years old and for at least 5 years before that I had been concerned about how much hair I was losing in the shower. In 2009 I turn 50. I have a full head of long dark hair and (my father's genes aside) I believe that this is due to Louise Marie's products and the techniques that she has shown me to use them. You only need to use her products to appreciate their quality. I was impressed when I found out that she is her own chemist. These products are designed by her to be good for your hair and scalp. I believe that there is nothing on the market that is as good. On the rare occasion when I was forced to use commercial shampoo I was immediately aware of the harshness of the detergents and the garbage that is added to make these products look and smell the way they do. Her products are organic and mild and I can see and feel the difference that they make. It turns out that even the way you apply shampoo can have an impact on the condition of long hair.

Another thing that other men with long hair might not appreciate is the benefit of having a good quality comb. I am not a person who obsesses about my hair. I have chosen to wear it long. Many of the gigs that I do these days require that I wear a suit, and I frequently have to cross the border to play in the US. I have found that keeping it healthy and groomed makes it less of a problem for people who might otherwise have an issue. It brings to mind a slogan that Louise Marie was using when I first went to her. "Don't stare, grow your own"

My experience with hair stylist before meeting Louise Marie was not good, partially because I gave them too much credit and let them talk me into haircuts that took years to grow out. The most traumatic of these haircuts was in 1986. I had been growing out layers that had been cut in by previous scissor-happy hair stylists, and was just to the point where the bottom layer could be cut into the one above. That year I was finishing the music program at Humber College and thought that I would get a trim for my final recital. I went to a place that my sister had recommended. I explained to the stylist that I was growing out these layers and needed to clean up the look for this recital. The very first thing this woman did after putting the apron on me was to gather my hair at my back. Then she actually said "say good-bye" and cut off my pony tail (from the middle of my back to my collar). She then took the hair she had just cut off into another room before coming back to finish the haircut. I'm sure the bitch sold my hair.

I have wanted to write a note of appreciation to Louise Marie for some time now. My hair gets cut less than twice a year. As I began to feel the need for a trim this last time, I happened to be driving by her salon and saw that she was no longer there. It was a number of weeks before I had the time in my schedule to call to make an appointment. For that time I did not know where or why she had moved or if the phone number would still be good. The possibility occurred to me that for any number of reasons, she may have closed after 30 years. I was quite relieved when I did call to find that she had moved only a couple of blocks to a new location that is bigger and better for her. I wish her great success at her new location and I will remain her client as long as I have hair and she has clients. And if you are in the Toronto area and happen to see a band with a sax player with long hair, please say hi. All the clients of Louise Marie that I have met are as interesting as she is.
Be well.

Gordon A from Toronto

Dear Louise Marie

I just wanted to thank you again for yesterdays appointment. I couldn't tell how much curl there was in my hair until I got home and saw it dry. I was SO EXCITED!!!

I was going through each curl on my head and was telling my husband that they are only that curly when I use a curling iron!

Glo from T.O.

Finally something that works!

I was feeling like I had tried every product out there.

I was beginning to lose hope and was getting to the point that I thought I was going to give up and cut off my hair.

My natural curls needed curling. The ends kept breaking. My hair was dry. I bought every product my hairdresser recommended - nothing seemed to work.

I had ONE treatment at Longhairs- and guess what? BEAUTIFUL CURLS. I don't have to use the diffuser. I don't have to use the curling iron.

No more mousse. No more hair serum. No more junk!! What a difference! I can finally grow out my hair. I am so happy that I found out about Longhairs.

Thanx

Glo from T.O.

About Louise Marie Longhairs

-I began my fight with my hair at age 10. Brush and Blow-drier in hand, I would struggle with what my momma gave me. Cut to highschool, and VERY early mornings to pump up my 'trademark' mane. Several more years of 'abuse' and mistreatment to my hair, my once-lovely hair, which recently i found to be limp brittle thinning and ready to just break off my head.

See about 2 years ago, I had a bad run-in with a disinterested 'salon expert' who seemed more interested in anything else but my hair. I walked out with an 'anti-haircut' and have not trusted anyone with my hair since. That was, up until a month ago, when I was having a hair emergency and feared that without intervention, I would wake up one morning to find all of my hair sitting on my pillow.

I had walked by 'Longhairs' every morning on my way to work and had always thought about checking it out. One visit under my belt and I again have hope that I can have long and healthy hair!!

Louise Marie was thorough in her explanation and of the processes we were going through and actually helped my hair look and feel sooo much better in just one visit, even after the decades for which I had mistreaded it!! She spoke my language, and didn't pretend to hold a monopoly on the truth about MY hair but did give me information and advice on how to work WITH it and care for it. I'm a believer !!!!!

Rebecca, Toronto Canada.

Hi!

I have had long hair my entire life and it has never looked better.

I had never cut my hair, only cut off split ends with the kitchen scissors. Since using the products I have received tons of compliments on my hair.

I needed to trim the ends but i didn't want anyone to know so I discussed it with Louise Marie and she gave me the most amazing "non-hair cut" cut in the world. No one has noticed that I cut the ends, they just comment how healthy it looks! "I've been coming to her for 6 months now"

longhair_happy: Definitely

length: way past waistlength

G from Toronto, Canada

When I saw Louise Marie for the first time a week ago today, it was the last chance I was giving my long hair.

I've had long to very long hair since I was young but the last few years had been trying my patience. It felt sticky, heavy, was continually tangled and thoroughly frustrating.

I tried everything: different washing techniques, various brushes and brushing styles, washing in the morning/at night/frequently/in frequently, every type of hair product, avocadoes, olive oil, beer, vinegar, honey, talc. Nothing helped.

I saw Louise Marie and noticed a difference right away. After the first time I washed my hair with her products, I was convinced. For the past week, I have received compliments about my hair on a daily basis. Now I have beautiful, fun hair! Thank you very, very much.

Ali

Hi again!

I spoke to you about a week and a half ago about the shampoo/conditioner not rinsing out very easily. The zigzag rinsing helps a lot. I've also found that putting extra shampoo directly into the centre (about 5 or so inches from the bottom) and then squishing it throughout helps, too.

Thanks,

Ali

From out east.

Hi,

I just wanted to thank you again for yesterdays appointment. I couldn't tell how much curl there was in my hair until I got home and saw it dry. I was SO EXCITED!!! I was going through each curl on my head and was telling my husband that they are only that curly when I use a curling iron!

GD toronto

"My hair feels healthy and beautiful for a change"

Hi Louise Marie!

This is Mary writing. I got my hair cut on your birthday. I am just writing to say thank-you for spending so much time on my hair. I am really happy with the results. My hair feels healthy and beautiful for a change. I will be back after the holidays, so I can pick up some shampoo and conditioner.

Happy Holidays!

See you soon, Mary

Dear Louise

Thought that I'd drop you a line to remind you that you are a fantastic hair-magician. I know that you know that, but I thought I'd tell you. Even if I feel and look like a complete toad in the morning, I am NEVER let down by my hair. Sometimes it seems, I let my hair down! Today, is a perfect example of this: My hair, a million bucks...today, my hair is falling like a mane. I feel regal and downright majestic within it.

Thank you

Karen B from Canada

Longhairs the Non-Salon

I moved to Toronto after college and started to grow my hair long. I grew up with short hair and found it difficult to grow out but I was determined.

One day when walking along Yonge St. I saw a sign that said Longhairs the Non- Salon and I vowed that when my hair got long enough I would go there. Not only because the place specialized in long hair but because it said it was a non-salon. This intrigued me very much as I don’t particularly like the salon experience.

Salons for me tend to be places where I am easily intimidated because I don’t adhere to a glamorous lifestyle. I don’t usually know what to ask for and I don’t live with my nose permanently glued to the inside of a fashion magazine. All of these factors put me out of sync with the people that work and frequent salons.

In desperation over the years, I would hop from salon to salon trying to find one that worked for me to no avail. The closest I came was finding a hairdresser who worked by himself in a very small space. Although it was intimate, I didn’t feel that I was not in a salon as the attitude and attention to my hair was the same ­ always chasing the most popular trend.

When my hair started to get long I realized that I didn’t know how to properly take care of it. It was getting frustrating enough to want to cut it off, but I wasn’t going to do that. Instead, I called up Longhairs and booked an appointment.

I found very quickly that the Non-Salon is just that. It is an intimate space decorated with sacred objects and customized products. Louise Marie Longhairs is not a fad agent or a style guru but rather a highly skilled hair technician who knows her stuff. She started telling me about the ingredients she uses and doesn’t use in her products right down to the plastic for her specially made combs. She looked at my hair and didn’t use any buzzwords but rather taught me how to clean it properly. Nothing was rushed and the whole appointment took about 3 hours. She cut my hair so that I wouldn't have to style it. She rarely uses a blow dryer. I knew I had found the non-salon for me!

Now I go to The Longhairs Non-Salon about once or twice a year. My hair is pampered when I go there and it is healed from previous damage. It’s growing well and I can comb it when its wet without tearing it out. Louise Marie is all about hair and scalp health and she is a precision cutter. She caters to people who know who they are and don’t buy into the mainstream beauty myth. I haven't been to a salon since. I am very glad I found this place and I’m grateful to Louise Marie for helping my hair become long and beautiful.

Student in Toronto

Both my partner and I went to Longhairs before we went on a trip to Mexico. Our hair was dry, full of tangles and split ends. After one month of using the LONGHAIRS® BTN PRODUCTS DUO, my hair is full and has lots of natural moisture. The sea water and the chlorine in the pool on our trip had no bad effects. The LONGHAIRS® BTN PRODUCTS DUO works magic and we are both delighted. How do you become a member?

LaVerne from Toronto

Just got back from my trip to Toronto! It was a wonderful experience finally meeting Louise Marie Longhairs after working with her for over a year on the phone and via email.

The day of my appointment, I received a beautiful fruit basket at my hotel room from Louise Marie Longhairs. Later, I walked the 2 blocks to her place. The assistant was there to meet me, and took all my bottles (I use the big 16 oz sizes, so he had his work cut out for him) for refilling. What a great deal that is. It saves me a lot of money, since I don't have to pay international shipping costs. I met the feline residents. At certain times during the appointment, they would jump up to sit in my lap! The studio (can't call it a salon) is painted all lilac - my FAVORITE color. As a matter of fact, I just painted my bedroom the exact SAME color. That told me that LM and I were going to have much in common.

Louise Marie came in a few minutes later, and she was not at all what I expected her to look like....I think I was expecting a lot of flamboyance since talking to her on the phone - her voice gave me that impression. But she looks just normal - she's really petite, and that great voice is what makes up for her size! Her hair is REALLY shiny.

She took me right to the chair, which overlooks Yonge Street, and started evaluating my hair and scalp. I am glad I had been doing the scalp treatments properly - she only found one spot that I need to improve on. Then she did a scalp treatment, and washed (#20), and HoneyBee-d, and conditioned (#9). Then it was time for the trim. I have not had a trim on about 13 months, and the last time I did eas the time I swore off traditional salons after the "stylist" ripped out a good sized chunk of my hair while brushing it. But I digress. Louise Marie probably spent hours nipping here and there, letting my hair dry in between to see how it would lay, then wetting it and snipping again. I never was nervous at all, I trusted her completely. I knew she was going to have to take a couple inches off, since I had some old foil highlights that had grown out, and were a tangly mess most of the time. I have VERY curly hair, and it is really fine, so tangles were a big concern of mine. Well, not anymore! Now my hair has a WONDERFUL shape to it, the curls are springy without tangling onto each other, and it detangles in the shower so much easier - it cuts about 5 minutes off my shower time!

Then she put some color on my hair, to sort of hide grey, and give it some brilliance. I really like it SOOOO much. It is very natural looking. Then we spent some time and she showed me how to do updos with her pike clips, and I bought 2 of each size. I was having trouble with updos, and now I have a lot of ideas. So I left with about a 50-lb shopping bag of refilled (and some new) product, and a great updo. (It was raining out).

I was there hours, just Louise Marie and me. You certainly cannot go to a salon and get that kind of service. I was really impressed with her intelligence, not of just hair, but of all sorts of worldly matters. She is a multicultural person in all aspects.

But overall, the lady knows how to give a great haircut! Curly hair is the HARDEST to cut and shape, and her skills are by far the best.

I'll bet Louise Marie will want to comment to you on our visit as well...I will recommend to all of you members that it is worth the $$ to try to see her at least once a year. I know I am already planning in my mind next years trip!

(curly and from the USA)

"WOW!! That sounds so great!! I have scheduled MY trip to see Louise Marie Longhairs!! I have been using her products for about a year, myself."

I can't WAIT!!

(another curly one from the USA)

a story from a-far...

I have been a Louise Marie Longhairs client (online) for over a year now. I now have nearly waist length, thick brown hair.

I'd been growing it out using commercial shampoos with high silicone content. I loved the shine (what was actually a yucky coating) but my hair wouldn't grow past "bra-length". I switched to high-priced salon formulas, which promised organic ingredients (like sodium l. sulfate, and of course, silicone-based conditioners) and great soft hair, but I got neither. Again, my hair was dry, frizzy, and felt more like straw than hair.

I found Louise Marie Longhairs' web site though a fellow longhair, and it was a whole new beginning for me.

The first few months I really didn't notice anything dramatic, but after awhile, my hair was growing longer, it had a MUCH softer texture, and the "frizzies" smoothed out into nice soft waves. I don't have oily build up on my scalp (which cause flakes!) and I don't get split ends as often either. My hair is growing longer and stronger thanks to LML's natural products.

But that's just the beginning of the story!

I being a poor college student, dreamed of going to Louise Marie Longhairs' salon for one of her famous cuts.

I was tired of going to "bargain haircuts" where for $10.95 I could ask for 1/2 in cut, and walk out in tears with 4 inches gone, or going to overpriced salons where they did the same thing to me for five times the price.

To get to Louise Marie Longhairs I needed a little help. For a gift, my mother bought me a plane ticket to Toronto, and a gift certificate to the Louise Marie Longhairs salon! I was completely overjoyed!

After some planning (with Louise Marie's help!) I was in Toronto! The day I arrived I was amazed that Louise Marie Longhairs' salon was in the heart of downtown Toronto, and the buildings there are beautiful.

The actual visit.....

I walked up the stairs to meet one of Louise Marie's assistants, and I waited for Louise Marie's arrival. In the mean time I was thoroughly entertained by - three beautiful cats with interesting heritages.

Louise Marie Longhairs arrived a short time later, a flash of sparkles and laughter! I will give her this, she really does look like the "sweet marie longhairs" logo on her products!

After some nice chatting about my traveling, we got down to work.

I've used her products for over a year, but with the limited things you can describe over email, I still had some build-up and needed to get a good scrub down of the Longhairs SOS scalp oil (#18). I'm sure LML could bench press with her pinky, her fingers are SO strong!

I found out that a main reason the area of hair over and around my ears was so unusually oily was that my hair grew straight down in that area, so the oil just sat around there and built up. The hair that grew there was very wispy and fragile. LML gave me personal directions on how to correct this, and this would have been very hard to do over email and the internet.

I then got a good dose of Chillout (#27) applied. I was shampooed and conditioned (with #2 and #9) and whisked to get the trim! In the mean time, they refilled my Magic Pack.

There is no way to describe the way Louise Marie Longhairs trims hair. She is most definitely an artist, and hair is her canvas! Snips here and there, over and under, for over an hour. We chatted, and it was great fun. I never saw big chunks of hair sitting in my lap.

Louise Marie Longhairs is definitely a perfectionist as well! I could now run my hands through it with not a catch or snarl. It was swinging and flowed and bouncy all at the same time! It had a definite shape to it now! Not just limp locks sitting on my back, but lively hair dancing as I moved!

She took a few pictures of my hair in her Non-salon. Then like a kid in a candy store, I got to pick out goodies to add to my Longhairs Magic Pack.

I got a pair of the Longhairs split nippers which work wonderfully, and they have a most original design! (I won't ruin that surprise!) :) I also got some hair clips and her velveteen scrunchies!

I loved every minute of it. Never have I felt more pampered! I didn't feel like I was going to some stoddy salon, but over to a friends house to chat the day away!

Louise Marie genuinely cares about your hair looking and feeling its best, and is a rarity in itself. I hope that given the opportunity, I can visit her salon at least yearly!

Since the cut, I have to actually SEARCH for split ends, and my brushes have never had it so easy (there are no more snarls to detangle!). I must say thanks again to LMLonghairs for all her help!

And if you ever get the chance, go see her!

(hails from the Eastern USA)

Dear Louise Marie,

I have been a member of your salon for more than six years now and I can honestly say that before I came to you, having my hair cut wasn't something I looked forward to.

When I come to your salon, I always leave happy.

Not only do I appreciate your professionalism, but you are a Sagittarian like myself, and we always have something to talk about.

Mississauga Ontario Canada

I just arrived in from Toronto after the long weekend and I was going to wait to post my comments about my visit to this wonderful WONDERLAND of a Non-salon, mainly because I didn't think I could express what an HONOR it was to sit in Louise Marie Longhairs' chair... this antique chair is a worth a whole other posting... but I can't wait to share with all my other Longhair friends here.

was great (thanks to him my magicpack is like brand new) The cats were beautiful well behaved, lovable, fluffy, creatures that made me feel right at home and long for my own fluffy creature back home!

LML was just gracious, intelligent, and healing. The experience was overwhelming to say the least.

LML diagnosed everything right and wrong with my hair and scalp, and cleansed and massaged and combed and shampooed for approximately an hour and a half before she even started THE CUT, I swear my hair must have already grown and inch before I left that day!

We joked and people watched out her beautiful downtown window at all the silicone heads walking the streets ... how dare they!

LML spent hours cutting my hair which lacked any shape due to not going for a salon cut in over a year. A couple hours later I emerged with the curls that went straight due to yucky products over the years, a beautiful shape that actually made my hair look longer than when I walked in, it falls all over my body now, not just in the front or just in the back (all around) I've got a 'before' picture and I promise to send her an after shot. My hair feels fantastic, thick, shiny, and like it is growing as I type. I left with a treat for clients only (Love, love, love them!) and also a friend in LML.

It was truly an HONOR to sit in her chair. If you get the opportunity, give yourself the treat of a lifetime!

Can't wait to go back. Thank you so much.

(another curly from central USA)

I hardly noticed any difference at all the first two/ three weeks I was using Louise Marie Longhairs' products. Then, seemingly all of a sudden, there was a softness and a shine to my hair that wasn't there before.

I mean, my hair had shine previously, but it had begun to show this glimmering, holographic effect.

Then again, I wasn't washing daily at first due to problems with my last landlady. It's been about 7 weeks now since I first started. I wash almost every day and my hair is: softer, shinier and has less tangles. Length is still something I'm working on, but I found out during my last visit that I wasn't using #18 SOS Scalp Oil in the best way possible.

I don't think healthier (and I'm hoping faster) growing hair is that far away for me.

(from Canada)

After slightly less than two weeks...my hair (and especially scalp) feels... different. I've had three people compliment my hair in the first week! I will really enjoy watching my progress with the system.

As for the sticky outtie bits...I'm sure I have more than just the normal "grow in" cycle. I think I asked LM about it when I was at the non-salon...but there was so much new information all at once, I didn't take it all in. It's my recollection that she indicated I would get a significant portion of them to "grow in". I recall she said I should expect a "line" around my head as they grow in.

I'll let you know in three months or so...if I'm going to get a line I should see it by then. That's also when I'm hoping to go back to the non-salon for another trim/consultation.

(Straight from Canada)

I read that a fellow Magicpack member secretly hopes that Louise Marie doesn't get too popular and "spread out too thin". Even if Louise Marie's line became the most popular in the world, I don't think she'd ever get spread out too thin because not everyone would put in the effort and care that is needed for her line to work. We choose her line initially, but eventually it chooses us!

Also, I told Louise Marie about a friend of mine who wants to grow her hair long and she said to bring her to the non-salon with me next time.

She told me to bring her along next time and that I was like many of her clients who want to keep her a secret. The downside of keeping Louise Marie a secret is that it maybe keeps her from getting new clients. (some hair chat boards have rules I notice try to keep her down to 'size', afraid of her becoming too popular? ..heaven-forbid a household name like a popular mainstream brand they are not afraid to discuss. I notice initials are used to discuss her that aren't listed or defined in their legends like with other brands) New clients and sharing her means more support and desire for her line and that means she can get the support to to buy the finest ingredients for her products that we love.

Next time someone asks me if I dyed my hair or remarks about it, I'm going to mention Louise Marie Longhairs' line (which I haven't done in the past). In fact, I was thinking of buying my friend a gift certificate for a holiday gift and taking her with me to the Longhairs Non-salon next time I visit!

I'll let her choose if she decides to join or not and then if she does, I hope the Longhairs products choose her.

(from USA)

"I have been using LML's products for almost two years worked closely online with her, (and over the phone) for this long so far. She's worked on my hair three sessions. (I live far away..)

After getting to know and love this wonderful person, I am very disturbed by what I am seeing out on the web, on different "chat" boards.

Louise Marie has been developing her products and style of cutting since she was a young teenager. She is neither "just a hairdresser" nor the CEO of a mega-company. She is passionately, personally involved with her products and her clients.

People from the outside don't seem to understand that she needs to spend her time on and with her clients - not necessarily on the general public. She and her staff PERSONALLY answer all email because LML wants to give each client INDIVIDUAL, PERSONAL support.

I've noticed outside people are upset because they can't just order one product or get a price list from the sites she extends to the general public. Some folks around are not happy if she sends them a personal instruction. I think to myself, "THEN WHY DON'T THEY GO SOMEPLACE ELSE?!"

LM is, in a sense, a Guru. To her it isn't just about hair, but a whole attitude of love and caring for each other as a community. I feel that she is a "natural" and that she has a "gift" for hair. She draws heavily on her Native American heritage and spirituality.

I feel that she has been given a natural ability to understand the nature of herbs and other natural ingredients in her products. This is a long and honored tradition in most cultures. My great-grandmother was noted for her knowledge of herbs. These women used to be revered and treated with great respect. I think Louise Marie deserves the same kind of respect from the web and her clients.

She is not in this just for the money - you could never pay her for the number of hours she spends giving support and working with her staff on her websites.

This planet is where she is the Queen Bee, not because she is arrogant, but because she has put over 20 years of love and effort into her products (and her clients!) Here is where we can be free and revel in the "SPIRIT OF LONG HAIR"!

(from USA)

What I have to say, first and foremost is that the hair cut has given me everything that I wanted; the hair has a fullness that it didn't before, and it bounces and swings much better. The colour is lovely too; and I've received many compliments on both; people are usually quite surprised to find out that I do not have a perm.

(curly from Canada)

Dear Louise Marie,

I'm loving the products and only wish I'd found you years ago. 24 hours later I still love my/your hair cut. Washed my hair this morning (all by myself) and it feels great. Will be in touch soon. Still working on an alternative to the word "hairdresser" - did you know that the old (English) name for a oman who dressed hair was an abigail? Just one more bit of useless information lying around in my brain.

(from Canada)

the #9 Trees Conditioner is a mantrap!..." I came by the other day and I've washed a few times with the (you sent me home with lots of shampoos and conditioners, and I haven't yet tried all of them. could I pass on the last little bit as a sample to snare in more needy hair types? the hairgasm cool has been very popular with myself (and my boyfriend - he's been sneaking it) and the #9 conditioner is a mantrap. I would just like to offer testimonial that I and my sister both tried it and men actually asked us what we had in our hair that smelt so good!! (on separate occasions and different men!) I just came to the website to see how to use the 10a and 10b,

Anyway, my boyfriend likes your stuff so much that he is even going to pay for the next shampoos.

(local)

Dear Wanda at Longhairs office, I'm glad that I finally have the opportunity to write to you. Things have been very hectic for me, but I wanted to share a few things with you about Louise Marie and her web site.

Louise has been my hair stylist for years now and I can honestly say that I have never been happier with my hair and scalp. Without her help, my only solution would have been a dermatologist and lots of medication .

I am extremely grateful to Louise. Not only is she extremely talented, she is the only hairstylist that takes the time to CARE . And that is not all. Louise lets me be who I want to be. We are all surrounded with trend setters on television and on the web. I see this all over shows like City Line TV Show and on the web sites that advertise hair products and salons..

Women are constantly being categorized according to the standards set by these trend setters. I can still recall someone saying on television that "as long as you have long hair then you are still considered a little girl." This is a form of "group think". It renders women to compare themselves with other women and then cut their hair in ways they don't like or that simply do not suit them.

I appreciate the sophistication with which Louise has conducted her business. While in her non-salon I am usually the only client there, at one time. This has always made me feel at ease and comfortable.

The web site which you have created for her never has any pictures of other men’s or womens hair that create feelings of anxiety about whether my hair is the right length, colour or curl. I never feel as though I'm being pressured into looking a certain way according to somebody's trend.

I really hope that things will remain this way. I hope you keep her web site the way it is. It really is very refreshing to see such a sophisticated, informative and intelligent presentation. Keep it up!

(a Canadian curly)

with the help of a friendly hair spirit named Louise Marie Longhairs..." A Story Written for Louise Marie.. From the beginning, when we were all given life through the first man and woman. Every part of our body was to serve a purpose, the womb to give birth, the eyes to see, the legs and feet to walk. Some things that may seem to just be there and do nothing really do serve a purpose.

Take my hair for example, I know that I have it, and I know I have to keep it clean but why is it exactly there? It doesn't speak. Or does it? It does, because when another one sees you they look at the many things...your eyes, your skin and on down to your feet.

But your crown, in these days of no real kings and queens, is your hair. It's there to be beautiful. Not everyone has beautiful hair either, most people have to work hard at it. And we Anishinabe people were given by our creator Gitche-Manitou good hair.

So I think it's a shame that in assimilating into the larger culture around us we lost our beautiful hair. We enter salon and barbers and sheer away part of the beauty that was given to us long before clippers and scissors ever existed. In this world of culture vultures, treaty rights, land and water fights and the right to sell tax free cigarettes we easily lose sight of the fact that we are cutting away one of the greatest gifts given to us, our hair. What was the first thing taken away from my parents and grand parents by all the priests, missionaries, social workers and boarding school teachers on the road to civilization and de-indianization. HAIR. Chop, snip, clip and cut. There goes pride, spirit and joy right down the drain. They knew it and so do I. Having said all this , I try to honour in a small way the first of my people by keeping my hair like theirs and hope along with looking like theirs it contains some of the soul they had also. But, not without the help of a friendly hair spirit named Louise Marie Longhairs, anyhow. : ) This is the official story of the day and it belongs to you now Louise Marie."

(Native member Athena, from Turtle Island.)

Dear Louise Marie;

I am writing you a short note to express my appreciation for your art. This past Sunday my fiancée came to you, to have her locks operated on. , I am sure you remember us...we were the ones with the longhair...HA !!! As it stands, I love my lady's lovely hair and I approached your service with the greatest unease. None the less we came into your humble salon and opened ourselves to your skills. Throughout the whole process I sweated internally, dreading the outcome. Before the cutting started I made myself scarce, leaving only to return after the deed was done. Upon my return the job was not quite complete so I lurked in the shadows awaiting the outcome. The moment soon arrived and my lady came into your reception area with her usual gleeful giggle. I lifted my eyes in delay, being asked my opinion. Now I am not one for patronizing tomes, never have been...never will be, so I withheld the obligatory offerings only to state that what I saw was different. I posed the only question of import to me, "do YOU like it honey?" Needless to say she was ecstatic. Good enough for me.

But now if you want my true opinion of your mastery I offer you this. The style and its execution on your part is second to none. For me, I find the cut most intriguing and it displays many vantages to me. It is at one moment sweet and innocent, the next dark and sultry, perhaps even sordid.. .I am so bad. Regardless of this, the experience I adore most about this new look is in the joy of adaptation. Upon closely perusing your work I have noticed the many subtleties of your approach, mostly the way you have crafted the hair to grow into having a natural uncut appearance. Accolades to you Louise Marie. Another lifetime client to add to your list.

(Canadian male)

Dear Louise Marie,

When I saw this necklace, I thought of you! It's you I think, I hope you like it:-)

I love your hair products Louise, it's amazing, but I know I'll never look at a new hair product line again, because of you and yours.Thanks for spending the whole day with me in your salon when I came up from USA.

I love my hair, I'm glad I found you, your cause is pure and natural long and growing all the way. You're special.

member

An appointment with Louise Marie is a relaxation technique on it's own.

It is a blend of beautiful decor, rich, relaxing scents, and an open confidence like with an old friend. You never have to worry about your hair in Louise Marie's hands - there is no safer place. A trip to this salon is not only good for the hair, - it's good for the soul.

(Canadian wavy)

Dear Louise Marie Longhairs,

Thankyou for being so supportive when I came to you, completely distraught. I appreciate your advice on the wholistic and naturopathic Remedies you suggested. All the best, Love and blessings to you !!

PS, I LOVE my new colour you did, and your products!

The absolute worst salon experience I have ever had was at a popular trendy salon. I had always been very happy with my long hair, even proud of it, it gave me confidence knowing that I had nice hair, until I went to one of those supposedly well reputed salons. The hairdresser who did my hair did not listen to my instructions at all. By the time he was done with my hair it looked like it had been bush wacked. Instead of soft layers I had chunky uneven cubes. After two weeks my black hair dye started to turn into an orangy gold ring, like a halo. Needless to say I left there crying and was upset for months after. Luckily for me I heard of your longhair salon. After one visit my hair was restored to it's former self, I was proud of my hair once again. I would recommend your salon to anyone, longhaired or not. Seems that all there is out there is the type of salon that spends to much time on making them and there salon trendy, instead of there clients hair. Thanks for fixing my hair Louise Marie Longhairs.

(Canadian straight thick)

Dear Longhairs,

Please feel free to post this on Louise Marie’s sites.The other day my husband asked me how I felt about Louise and whether she held up to my hopes and expectations. "She has far, far exceeded any hopes I could have had!" was my immediate reply. This is the first time in my life where I actually feel that I have healthy hair and scalp. After all, Louise is probably the only hair stylist who takes an interest in treating both. While I do have alot of hair, it is very fine, curly, and wavy.

My sensitive scalp has always had adverse reactions to commercial shampoos and conditioners. Because of the fullness of my hair and the ringlet curls, most hair stylists layered it in ways that made me either look like a child or a helmet head. I don't need to tell you that neither of these looks were very endearing to me. About 5 years ago I got an alopecia spot at the back of my head and earlier this year I got another one right at my hair line. My scalp was so worn out that my hair started falling out! Then I started visiting Louise Marie who introduced me to the S.O.S scalp oil and her shampoos. The nutrients in these products, as well as her honey-bee moisturizers and other conditioners (I use them all) have restored my scalp and it is actually NORMAL now! I am 33 years old and this is the first time I have ever have been able to say this!

Now after visiting with Louise my old layers have grown out and I actually some heavier curls falling around my shoulders...not the thinned out ones that I used to get. I have become very dedicated to the scalp and hair regimes which Louise has recommended to me. My hair gets trimmed regulary and I have no problems remaining loyal to her products. She has new products all the time and one is even better than the next. I am slowly making my way down the list so I can try different things all the time!

Above all Louise has always been loyal and concerned in return, which is a very rare trait to find in a hair stylist. I don't know how many ways to thank you, but you are wonderful! I loved the #15 Longhairs Scrunch for the Curls Cream so much that I used it all up already!

(fine and curly from USA)

Louise! Thank you so much for all you did last night. I was thinking about what you said regarding hockey stick wings and dull blunts...I want a blunt cut with some action, some intrigue, some flair! Now that my beautiful bevel cut is growing out, I want to even it out, but how, I'll leave up to your magic hands.

Louise, my mum wanted me to pass on a thank you for how generous she felt you were with your time for her, your knowledge and your products. Oh, I heard from my sweetie when I got home last night that you'd been thinking about the new style for Mum. That's fantastic ! "Every salon experience, had been a disappointment until I came to see Louise Marie Longhairs. To see Louise Marie is to see the end of any hair-splitting frustration you may have experienced over inadequate hair care. I feel extremely lucky and personally satisfied to know that I have reached the Oz of hair art and care."

(wavy from Canada)

PS Louise-Marie you are a hair goddess.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! My package was waiting at home for me last night (very speedy delivery - never say you can't depend on Canada Post :-)). I'm looking forward to waking up my hair with all my new stuff. Thanks for the bonuses and the candy! Thank you, I really like my hair. I've had a lot of compliments on it. Not that anyone has noticed I had it cut - just that it looks good and it does - and it feels really good too (:-} You're the best.

(curly from Canada)

Hi Louise Marie!

I can't wait any longer, just have to write and thanks for the best present I've had in years. My hair has never been better. Healthy, shiny, thick, smooth, curvy, fluffy and totally frizz-less. Any words I've forgotten? Add them too. Your products are amazing, and so is the cut you gave me. Even the bangs are behaving, and I swear they've grown half an inch in the last couple of days. Best of all, the dryness has completely gone, and even the gray seems to have melted. P.S. Do I need to make an appointment to pick up new products, or can I just drop by? Don't want to disturb you while you're performing miracles. Thanks again, see you soon.

(local)

Dear Louise Marie,

You cut my hair around 2 years ago. It was the best haircut I have ever received. My hair had lots of movement without tangles ! I did move away shortly after, and went somewhere closer to my new home, (a well known salon) The man who cut my hair there, was shocked at the quality of my previous cut by you and how long I had gone inbetween cuts. I want to to tell all people who read this, what a high quality style I have experienced at Longhairs Salon, and that they MUST try it. It’s well worth it, you can’t get any better than this!

(now hailing from USA)

Hi Louise, I got your package two days ago, but haven't had a chance to sit down and write. thank you for all the goodies!! it is like Christmas when your packages come, thank you for all you do !!

I want you to know my 46" of hair hasn't been in better shape then it is now, using your system of hair care has brought the "virginity" out in my hair that I haven't seen since childhood! it's soft, silky and growing healthy and strong! it's been five months since you've trimmed it, and it's holding that beautiful shape! the shine in my hair is reflective.....if there is a miracle pill out there for long hair, it surely has Louise Marie's name on it!! stay cool, stay strong and always long.

Val (From USA)

Hi Louise Marie!

I just got online! I love it! My last haircut is holding out just great. When I come back to Toronto, I will be coming to you for another magic hairdo! Hope your summers been great, And those longhaired men clients even better! C-Ya!

(Alberta Canada)

Dear Louise Marie

Hi there! I can't believe it's been over two years now since I last saw you. I must be crazy. I miss you and your shampoo, especially since the shampoo and conditioner here is unbelievably bad... But I need a haircut and I have to stock up on hair stuff, and I'll be in your town soon. I can hardly wait to have my hair feel like hair again! And of course -- to see you!

(long in Japan)

Dear Louise Marie

Just a little note.. to thank you for your continued excellent and professional service.

I just LOVE my new hair colour, and cut, which you did last week.

I also wanted to mention that in my 26 years of going to salons to get my hair done, never have I had so many wonderful compliments than in the past 2 years since I've been going to you. My hair, now is really getting quite long, and it has not been this healthy since I was a kid. The care that you take in keeping it healthy with the right cut and great colour products, along with my using your amazing shampoos and conditioners have made a world of difference.

Another thing that I really like is that I get one-on-one dedicated attention when in your salon... I no longer feel like I'm the product of an assembly line with my stylist jumping from one person to the other like they do in the larger salons.

All this to say... BRAVO! ...and thanks for two years (and many more to come) of great friendly service...

(Toronto Canada)

I've always wanted 'long' healthy hair. It's been 5 years since I started growing it out one length. The crazy thing is, every hairdresser I had, tried to talk me in to a short cut, or took too much off my ends.

My hair had only grown 7 inches in 5 years. No thanks to hairdressers recommending me products from a well-known professional hair care line that have done nothing but damage and give my hair a build-up. Not to mention more split ends. It's so sad to have paid big dollars for hair care products that did nothing but stress my hair.

FINALLY, a friend with great long hair, recommended Louise Marie Longhairs, who is a specialist in long hair. ...I got an appointment with her, I went. Now, I think Louise Marie Longhairs is THE most 'educated and intelligent' the master of the 'World of long haircare and products'.

I have only been using her hair care products exclusively for four days so far, and cannot believe the difference in my hair!!!! Louise Marie gave me the best trim I have ever had in my life, she's awesome! She did more than just trimming off all my split ends, and still kept my length!

All of her products are amazing, She let me try almost all of them, from shampoos to conditioners to her 'Magic Spray', it's a leave in conditioner that makes your hair smooth as silk.It also adds a very light-weight feeling to your whole head of hair, plus now my ends feel thicker than ever!

I would highly recommend anyone who wants 'healthy long hair' to give Louise Marie Longhairs a call. She's intelligent, hardworking, and has the knowledge about growing long hair. You'll be very excited to use her hair care products and to see the difference they will make.

So take MY advice, and trust her, she really knows what she is doing!!! My mind is at ease, knowing I have finally found someone who can honestly help me get the hair I want.

So, if you want healthy 'long hair', do yourself a favor, you owe it to yourself to give Louise Marie Longhairs a call.. NOW!!!!!!!

(Canada)

I'm a faithful (male) client of 13 years since my first visit with Louise Marie.

She makes all her stuff so you know it's the best for you.

If I could get a nickel for every time someone asks me these four questions:

1. Is that your real hair?

2. How long did it take you to grow that?

3. HOW did you grow that?

And 4... can I touch it?

Gee I'd be an awfully rich boy! Many years it's been really long now, but, can you believe these Questions! I feel like a zoo animal! Here's the answers for ya... To question 1, Don't ever ask me if it's MY real hair, Maybe you say it looks cool or maybe say something constructive.(it's not like a Mink coat either!) Answers to question number 2,and 3...Well, to start at the beginning: 12 years ago, I wandered into this really cool salon on Yonge Street in Toronto. This Hairdresser just focused on longhaireds. I had very short hair then, kind of the office look. When I walked into this place,I met Louise Marie and said;"can you help me grow my hair long?" Well the rest is history, because within two years my hair grew about a foot and a half, and I was still using the earlier versions of her products. The next 2 years it grew an additional foot and a half. The last remaining years I've had her keep the length shortened to the mid of my butt. I have had my hair this length now for the last 10 years and what IS scary, is that I am probably capable of growin this hair right down to my knees, thanks to Louise Marie.Thanks to her hair advice, amazing products that I swear by, and salon care services, my hair is HEALTHY and STILL GROWING long and strong. These days I try to come in to Louise Marie Longhairs to get my hair trimmed, between 3-6 months depending on my busy schedule. So to all those people that say "don't cut your hair for years to grow it..." that's a pile of "you know what!" Give Louise Marie a Holler, and get your hair looking like a million dollars. To me, she is THE doctor of long hair.

(that blonde guy from her wall of pictures;-)

Hi Louise Marie

I have had many different hairstyles in my life. Long as a child, cut in high school, allowed to grow again, cut again in college, now in my mid-30's, long again. I like my long hair the best and I get so many compliments on it. Your products and expertise kept me from cutting it off again not longer than six months ago. It was lifeless and I always wore it up in some way. Since visiting your salon since 1998, and using your products, I wear it down most of the time and put it up only to do yard work, or go to the swimming pool with my kids. I love my hair as I always have but now I don't have to "fight" it so much and I get to really enjoy it!!! I wear it down all the time now:)

Thanks Louise Marie.

(local)

I though you might like to know that while sitting on the street car a stranger asked me where I got my hair cut. She mentioned that my hair looked great and she just had to ask! I told her Louise Marie of course! My new boyfriend also said one of the things that attracted him to me was my hair. "It's so full of life" he said. He thinks my hair reflects my inner soul. I think he's half right, It could be my hairdresser too! ;)

(Ontario Canada)

Today is the one year anniversary of my becoming a member. I started by LMLonghairs voyage by a long distance trip to the non-salon where I met Louise Marie and had a "hair changing" experience.

When I first saw LML I had hair just past my shoulders and it was "blunt cut". I had been growing it out for two years...since experimenting with short hair. I had a bad step in my hair length around my ear. And I had some twizzly hairs that LML showed me as being root damaged hairs.

I won't go into the details of that first non-salon visit any further. That day I had my fiance take pictures of me (/my hair) from the front and the back so I could compare later. I took home my magicpack and started experiementing. Since that day I have not once used a product other than Louise Marie's. I have faithfully scrubbed my scalp with #18 every day. ANd, washed every day (rather than my previous every other day). And, the biggest change I made was to wash my hair rightside up in the shower...I had to buy swimmer's ear plugs to convince myself to do that one.

It's been a long haul. I've struggled with twizzlies. And fuzzies. And dry feeling hair. I've learned a lot along the way. My hair has undergone a major shape change after three LML cuts. At this point it is bra strap length (just barely, at the longest point) and has a "natural" curve at the bottom, rather than being blunt cut. My hair feels totally different in texture. A lot less "plastic". It's regained some of the colour it had lost (I was becoming more of that sun-bleached straw colour with each passing year). The character of my hair's shine has totally changed from being a surface gloss (like a polished wax) to being a deep shine. Also, I think my hair is thicker than it used to be. It seems to have more body/volume.

Possibly the best change for my hair has been that I rarely get tangles any more. Even when I wear collars. For most of my life my hair has been this length (except that experimenting with short hair three years ago). All along I had to wear it in ponytails most of hte winter to avoid knots at the nape of my neck. Not any more.

The best change overall has been the total elimination of the eczema from my scalp. I have fairly bad atopic allergic dermatitis and have struggled with it for my whole life. For years I have had to periodically treat my scalp with an alcohol based strong steroid to prevent my eczema patches from getting worse/getting infected. I haven't had more than a day or two of trouble in the last year. A remarkable turnaround. The skin on my hands and my face has also dramatically improved with use of LML products.

I have an appointment to go see "the hair doctor" next weekend in Toronto. I plan to take my one year anniversary pictures both tonight, and after LMLs ministrations on the weekend. I expect I will see a real difference in the photos.

So, hang tight and keep writing in those Diaries. With Louise Marie's guidance, and a little bit of patience, you can have the best hair of your life!

(Canada)

I have hip-length (3.3 feet) of hair & use Louise Marie Longhairs products daily...

Louise Marie is more than just a hairstylist... she's an artist... she's the doctor of hair... she's the goddess of all hair gods & goddesses... she's the ultimate genius... i feel sorry for those who don't use her products & who don't get private sessions with her... they're missing out in one of the greatest hair care technicians that has ever lived...

(locally long)

I love my new LML haircut. My boyfriend loves how it swings. I like it too! It's sooo much easier and quicker to rinse out!!! I like the fringe up front. I was thinking of dying them - or I should say, have you dye them. I saw how you dyed your hair more brown and how natural it looked. I feel that if I don't like the new colors, you could get it back to the original. I was thinking of dying the hairs up near my face shades of red (bright red), raspberry, and plum. then I was thinking of putting those same shades on a few individual strands throughout my hair so you'd do a double take and wonder if those funky colors were natural. Plus, it would look really good coiled in a bun with the multi-colors. This way, I could keep my natural color that I LOVE and have fun with a few other colors. We'd have to somehow coordinate the copper-highlights into it too. I was thinking of maybe doing a bit of a fiery-orange red too. I hope this makes sense. I want a tiny bit of wild color, but I want it to appear completely natural too - like
what one might imaging the hair on a fairy, goddess, or mermaid would look like. I want it to coordinate with my natural haircolor still.

this is still just a thought. I'm not sure if I have the guts to do it yet :-)

(Michigan USA)

My hair is within a couple inches of my goal of classic / bottom of the butt length. This is very exciting -- I can notice the growth. A young lady at the grocery story complimented my hair and asked how long it took to grow. I told her I had been growing it for 12 years and that now I get my hair cut once a year -- of course at Louise Marie's. It's a bit shaggy along the bottom now, but with the use of Magic spray and comb-outs/ brushing by my hair roadie (my sweetie), it was looking very nice this Thanksgiving. Best regards.

-(here is a note from her sweetie: Her hair looks great since she started following the regimen you recommended in May. Very shiny and silky and more body. Seems to be growing faster, too, or maybe she is just getting to the point where the length is more noticeable. Only about 3 inches from her goal of bottom 'o the butt. As my lady says, "Who knows after that.")

(Longdistance Magicpack members from Wisconsin USA since May 2000)

Dear Louise Marie !!

Thank you again for the expertise and personal care you showed in serving my needs.
What a pleasure it was to meet you! I know my hair is in good hands! In following
your advisements, I look forward to having healthy, beautiful hair, and a long
fruitful relationship with you.

You spoke of a follow-up session in a months time to see how my hair's doing and
how it grows in.

With gratitude,

CG from Toronto Canada

Hi LML,

My hair is fabulous, thank you so much for your expert attention yesterday.

(Long thick naturally curly hair)

DB a traveler USA