“I’ll Cut You,” reads the service menu at this West Hollywood salon, where the stylists frequently take to dressing up like cholas and fresh taxidermy greets people at the front door. Janine Jarman’s uniquely outfitted and irreverent Hairroin Salon is a testament to the 25 year old’s spunk and her energy. The season 3 Shear Genius finalist and Sebastian Professional stylist opened her salon just six months after relocating from her hometown of Huntington Beach in Orange County. Now, she proudly claims that she owns the salon where she always wanted to work.

Chances are you've already settled on your resolutions for 2010 (or you're procrastinating, which is something you've resolved to stop doing in the new year). Perhaps it's hitting the gym more often, or you've sworn off swearing, or maybe you've decided this is the year you make a big change in your look. Blackstones' expert colorist Joseph Mullen suggests that instead of changing your regimen or color to suit your sudden hankering for a total 2010 overhaul, you should first change the long held ideas you've had about hair care. The East Village colorist has coiffed Chanel and Fendi models, appeared on many TV shows, handling damsels in tress distress, and now shares his tips for winterizing hair, what he thinks is total bullshit and his own 'green' resolutions.

Here at BlackBook, we pay a lot of attention to where cool customers go out -- bars, clubs, restaurants, shops, hotels, you name it. So why not flip the frame and let you see where we go out? Here's a periodically updated, exhaustive list of hotspots currently favored by everyone at BlackBook, from the mighty bosses down to the humble interns, from the charming local lounges around the corner to the jet-setting temples of luxe living. ● Creative Director - Jason Daniels, The Odeon (NYC) -American Psychos down salmon and steak frites, but the real scene's on the sidewalk. ● Vice President, Content - Chris Mohney, Agua Dulce (NYC) - Festive outpost feels like Miami, F-L-A.

The power of a new 'do -- plus the right hair color and cut -- has to bring you back to feeling like yourself. And a 'do done right by rad people who can chat you up about interesting things, have their own serious style but can understand your own, and really just get "it" ... isn't that what a city salon experience is all about? There's a lot of inherent anxiety in the act of stepping into a new salon, even one as reputable as, say, the elegant and perhaps too imposing John Barrett in Bergdorf's. Then there's Blackstones, a veritable cabinet of curiosity-cum-salon seated comfortably in the East Village. From the Victorian wigs on the wall to the collection of taxidermy (fish, foxes and more), it's clear the establishment is very conducive for recalling your own personal style prowess. But the badassness really emanates from colorist Joseph Mullen and owner/stylist/taxidermist Joey Silvestra, two sharp shooters who at once make you feel at home and force you into remembering the time when you were one fly chick, before you got all busy, lost your groove, and let your hair get drab. Just me?