Pretty Parlor

Pretty Parlor has no need to prove that it has rock and roll roots, and instead creates a refined atmosphere for hair removal and styling. It’s an intimate act, and the privacy this teensy space affords will calm the most agitated of nerves. A tiny, blue-painted salon in the ground floor of the Activspace artists’ collective on 18th and Treat, Pretty Parlor is full of Art Nouveau touches like silhouettes, bold wallpaper, a still life painting and elaborately framed mirrors. Hyper-contemporary looks emerge from this turn of the last century space, where stylish Mission ladies with troublesome brows get beautified on their lunch hour.