How about you, do you have 10 different styling products, five brushes, and three hair appliances none of which you know how to use? If the answer is yes, then it is time to hit Suite Five Salon’s monthly Blow Out To Go Out event, September 27th at 7:00pm, at 305 Grant Street, 5th floor, San Francisco.

Enjoy a glass of wine and some tasty nibbles while learning how to blow dry without busting a bicep, apply the right product so your hair doesn’t look like limp glass noodles, and use a flat-iron without giving yourself a three-degree burn. Suite Five Salon’s stylists will show you how to tame those locks and provide you with a personalized styling remedy for all that may ail your tresses. You’ll also enjoy a 20% discount on all styling products purchased during the event. So grab your friends and get your Thursday nights started early at Suite Five Salon’s Blow Out to Go Out.

Blow Out To Go Out takes place the last Thursday of every month. Maximum attendance is eight. Reservations recommended.   These classes can also be reserved for a private group, great for weddings or a girls night out. Cost is $45.00 per person.

Suite Five Salon announces an exhibition of paintings by San Francisco artist Tina Vietmeier, August 7 through September 29, 2007. A reception for the artist will be held on Thursday, September 6, from 6:00 to 7:30pm.

Vietmeier is a British-born artist whose chosen medium is encaustic-an ancient artistic practice that consists of beeswax, crystalline pigment, and tree resin applied on a firm ground, in this case, wood panel. Vietmeier extends the process to incorporate modern materials such as recycled papers, graphite pencil, and discarded or used objects to create works that are spare in imagery but rich in color and light. The artist builds up the surfaces and then breaks them down in a manner that Vietmeier likens to an archeological dig, with “everyday” imagery buried and revealed within the successive layers. The texture, media, and symbology come together to create a visual experience that is at once timeless and deeply personal.

For more information about Tina Vietmeier and her work, visit http://www.tinalaurenvietmeier.com. Tina Vietmeier is represented by the Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco.