YouthCare Fundraiser @ VAIN Beauty World!
Happy holidays, VAIN Beauty World!
We're happy to announce our partnership with YouthCare this season to help support Seattle's growing population of homeless youth. From December 5th-14th stylists at all three of our locations will be offering YouthCare haircuts in which 100% of the service total will be donated to YouthCare and the Orion Center in order to provide necessities, gifts and cold weather items for homeless youth. Our waxing specialist and makeup artist, Belinda will also be donating four brow waxing appointments for our YouthCare Fundraiser.
If you would like to schedule an appointment with a Belinda or a stylist offering YouthCare haircuts, feel free to give us a call at VAIN downtown (206) 441-3441, VAIN West Seattle (206) 535-2595 or VAIN Ballard (206) 706-2707 to inquire about availability, or stop by the front desk in person at any of these locations and pick up a pamphlet about YouthCare services.
YouthCare is an amazing organization that focuses specifically on providing food, shelter and safety to those who have been affected by homelessness and instability. As temperatures drop and the holiday season approaches, it's especially important to keep these youths in mind.
If you're interested in becoming more involved with YouthCare in Seattle or making a donation, feel free to contact YouthCare via email at donations@youthcare.org or telephone at (206) 204-1412. Donations can be made online or delivered in person Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at 2500 NE 54th St. Also visit Amazon.com to find YouthCare's holiday wish list. Thank you for your support and generosity!
VAIN @ The Annual EMP Fashionably Undead Prom!
VAIN invites you to EMP's Fashionably Undead Prom -- an evening of nightmarish ‘90s fun on Saturday, October 17.
EMP cordially invites you to the Fashionably Undead Prom -- an evening of nightmarish ‘90s fun. Grab your scrunchies and don your best babydoll dress, or dress down with acid-washed jeans and flannel for the biggest bash of the year.
Get an Undead Prom Makeover from VAIN, hit the photo booth with your crush, enjoy twisted drink specials, groove with MC Troy Nelson (KEXP, The Young Evils), and enjoy the ultimate '90s dance party from DJ Severed Hans, Lance Romance, and SuspirLeah. Plus you get a Fashionably Undead Yearbook souvenir to take home!
Dress to impress for your chance at killer prizes in our costume contests and come find out who’ll be crowned this year’s terrifying Prom King and Queen...
Do prom right this time -- come dance the night away until you feel as dead as everyone else in the room!
Tickets include admission to Can’t Look Away: The Lure of Horror Film.
Date and Time:
October 17, 2015
9:00pm-1:00am
Venue:
EMP Museum
Sky Church
Ticket Info
$25 ($18 EMP members)
21+
Find out more on the Fashionably Undead Prom FB page
VAIN @ GeekGirlCon
Join us Sunday, October 11th for GeekGirlCon, celebrating women in science, tech, comics, arts, literature and gaming!
Attention Lady Geeks
of VAIN Beauty World!
Join us Sunday, October 11th at The Conference Center (8th & Pike downtown) for GeekGirlCon, celebrating women in science, tech, comics, arts, literature and gaming!
VAIN stylists will be near the photo booth from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. providing free guerrilla hair and makeup services for fellow geeks attending the conference, so don't miss out.
VAIN is incredibly excited for this opportunity to support female geeks! Women are not often represented well in traditionally geek-friendly industries. By providing a safe space for women involved in geek culture and industry, GeekGirlCon fosters an inclusive community for female geeks to get connected.
For tickets and more information about GeekGirlCon, visit their website.
Books at VAIN: California Four O'Clock
Author, designer, Seattle Review of Books co-founder, and longtime friend of VAIN Martin McClellan's first novel California Four O'Clock is on sale now at VAIN downtown!
Photo by: Alessandra Gordon
Author, designer, and Seattle Review of Books co-founder Martin McClellan just published his first novel California Four O'Clock and you can pick up a copy at VAIN downtown!
Martin is a longtime friend of VAIN (he rents one of our artist studios and sees Dylan for his haircuts) so we were delighted to be the first to feature his brand new book.
Martin describes California Four O'Clock as "a stylish, gripping family drama set in mid-century Los Angeles. It’s about painting vs. photography, queer identity in a time of great repression, California’s car obsession, and that big bang moment of culture being forged by a shutter click. It’s about daughters and fathers, daughters and mothers, lovers and partners, and what it’s like to fight the ghost of a self you haven’t yet outgrown."
Martin is throwing a book release party Wednesday, October 7th at 8:30 p.m. at Mercer Street Books in Lower Queen Anne, where he'll do a short reading as well as an interview by Seattle Review of Books co-founder Paul Constant (RSVP).
Copies of California Four O’Clock will be available for purchase at the party, at the Elliott Bay Book Company on Capitol Hill, and through Martin's Kickstarter website. Please send media inquiries and other questions to Martin at martin@martinmcclellan.com.
VAIN Winter Coat Drive
We're having a coat drive! From now through Nov. 7, you can drop off clean, gently used (or new!) winter coats for men, women, and children at any VAIN location or at the Sweet Spot in Fremont.
As temperatures drop, your friends at VAIN and the Sweet Spot Sugaring Studio are teaming up to hold a coat drive.
From now through November 7th, you can drop off clean, gently used (or new!) winter coats for men, women, and children at any VAIN location -- downtown, Ballard, or West Seattle -- or at the Sweet Spot Sugaring Studio at 3507 Evanston Ave. N in Fremont.
Each coat donated will receive one raffle ticket (limited to 10 per person) for a chance to win prizes from VAIN and other local sponsors and businesses, including:
+Estrella Soap Company +Toronado +Hudson +Smarty Pants Garage +Kinetic Sports Rehab +Backdoor at Roxy's +How-to Hair Girl +Damn The Weather +The Barrel Thief +Show Pony +The Sweet Spot +Hurraw! Lip Balm +Rat City Rollergirls +Two Beers Brewing +Seattle Cider +Alima Pure +Hynt Beauty +Burnt Sugar +Pipe and Row +Briotech +Schmancy Toys
We'll announce the raffle winners in mid-November, so stay tuned!
Donations will benefit The International Rescue Committee, a nonprofit that provides aid to refugees and other survivors of humanitarian crises, and The Jubilee Women's Center, a Seattle-based nonprofit that serves nearly 1,500 impoverished women by providing safe, affordable community housing, educational resources, job skills and training, and free clothing.
So clean out that coat closet and help people in need stay warm this winter. Thanks in advance for your support!
Seattle Made!
Seattle Made Week at VAIN was a great success, and we have you to thank! We had a great time at our Meet the Maker events featuring JMCCORMICK Designs in Ballard, Coventry by Siddal downtown and Dolcetta Artisan Sweets in West Seattle. If you missed our Meet the Maker events, visit the artists online, and for more Coventry by Siddal designs, stop into our boutique at all three VAIN locations. Thank you for supporting VAIN and other local artists and businesses by shopping local, and thank you Seattle Made for providing an opportunity to celebrate our community and economy!
Seattle Made Saturday: Dolcetta Artisan Sweets at VAIN West Seattle
Join us at VAIN West Seattle on Sunday, September 27th from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. for a Meet the Maker event featuring Andrea Terrenzio of Dolcetta Artisan Sweets!
Join us at VAIN West Seattle on Sunday, September 27th from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. for a Meet the Maker event featuring Andrea Terrenzio of Dolcetta Artisan Sweets!
Stop by and enjoy Seattle-made bonbons, caramels, truffles and chocolate bars. Click here to RSVP!
VAIN West Seattle is located at 4513 California Ave SW.
Seattle Made Friday: Coventry By Siddal at VAIN Downtown
Superstar stylist and dread master Siddal will be at VAIN Downtown on Friday, September 25th from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. for our very own in-house Meet the Maker event!
Before becoming a stylist, Siddal studied ceramics and art therapy, spending much of her free time creating beautiful sculptures and handmade pieces from a variety of materials. Today, she teaches at the Seattle Art Museum and the Kirkland Arts Center and works on her own jewelry line, Coventry by Siddal, at her studio in Fremont.
Don't miss this opportunity to check out Siddal's work and talk with her about supporting local art.
Coventry By Siddal is available at VAIN Downtown and VAIN West Seattle.
Seattle Made Week at VAIN!
We're celebrating Seattle Made Week at all three of our VAIN locations and we couldn't be more excited!
We're celebrating Seattle Made Week at all three of our VAIN locations and we couldn't be more excited!
Seattle Made Week highlights the local makers and do'ers within our community and runs Saturday, September 19th to Saturday, September 26th, so be on the lookout for pop-up shops, Meet the Maker Events, and local goods and services in your favorite Seattle neighborhoods.
By supporting Seattle Made Week, you're also supporting a diverse local ecosystem of manufacturers and producers who strengthen our economy, employ Seattle residents, and help make the Seattle community unique. For more on Seattle Made events this week and beyond, check out the Seattle Made Calendar.
VAIN Maker Spotlight:
Belinda The Bold
Our master waxer and makeup extraordinaire, Belinda is not only an incredibly talented esthetician (brows beware! #belindabrows) -- she is also super creative. Stop into VAIN Downtown or VAIN West Seattle to see Belinda's lovely hand-crafted collection of banners and cake toppers that are sure to please any and all partygoers. Check out Belinda The Bold on Etsy and Instagram for more from your favorite sassy lady at VAIN!
Coventry By Siddal
Superstar stylist and dread master Siddal will be at VAIN Downtown Friday, September 25th from 5 p.m.- 8p.m. for our very own, in-house Meet the Maker event. When she's not at VAIN, Siddal teaches at the Seattle Art Museum and the Kirkland Arts Center and makes pieces for her jewelry line Coventry by Siddal, which is for sale at our Downtown and West Seattle boutiques. Stop in, check out Siddal's work, and talk with her about supporting local art.
How-To Hair Girl
Our beloved DIY product mogul, hair tutorial expert, Free Your Pits Co-Founder, and all around badass stylist Roxie Hunt will feature her handmade ShamPhree & Free Your Hair products from How-To Hair Girl at all three VAIN locations during Seattle Made Week. Come check out the best in handmade natural hair care products, and follow Roxie on Instagram for product details and styling ideas.
Local Maker Spotlight:
In addition to featuring VAIN stylists and staff members during Seattle Made Week, we're also teaming up with local businesses and artisans to feature handmade products from our community.
On Wednesday, September 23rd from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m., stop by VAIN Ballard for our Meet the Maker Event featuring Julie McCormick from JMCCORMICK Designs.
On Sunday, September 27th from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., check out our VAIN West Seattle Meet the Maker Event featuring Andrea Terrenzio of Dolcetta Chocolates.
Other Seattle-made goods featured at VAIN during Seattle Made Week include:
+Wild Things Skinny Dipped Almonds
Contests & Prizes:
This week, Seattle Made Week and Seattle Good Business are hosting an Instagram hashtag contest and VAIN is joining the fun.
Post a photo of a locally made product at your favorite VAIN location on Instagram with the tag #seattlemadecontest and you'll have a chance to win some great prizes! For a second chance to win, add #vainbeautyworld and #vainseattlemade to your post.