'Hairstream' -- a traveling beauty salon

Minnesota now has a salon on wheels thanks to a Twin Cities man. Jon Charles came up with the idea to equip an Airstream trailer into a traveling beauty shop. KSTP reports you can rent the Hairstream for about $1,000 a day.

Author:
BMTN Staff
Updated:
Mar 8, 2018
Original:
Jan 28, 2012

Minnesota now has a salon on wheels thanks to a Twin Cities man. Jon Charles came up with the idea to transform an Airstream trailer into a traveling beauty shop. KSTP reports you can rent the Hairstream for about $1,000 a day.

Checkout video (below) of the salon on wheels:

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