Comments on: Family Hairapy just won't cut it.

Question: Family Hairapy just won't cut it.

friezer — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:59:13 -0800

Name my friend's mobile hair service company.

A close friend has had a mobile hair cutting business for a few years, and the current name isn't such a peach (Cut & Run). She needs something better. She hopes to do office calls, house calls for families, and brides at their weddings. We spent a good portion of the day getting nowhere fast. Help me, mefites.

By: msconduct

msconduct — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:06:33 -0800

hair anywhere
or
hair everywhere?

By: mynameisluka

mynameisluka — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:13:50 -0800

hair and there
cuts on call
dial-a-do

By: JujuB

JujuB — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:19:10 -0800

Hair on wheels

By: parmanparman

parmanparman — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:25:31 -0800

call to cut

or

clip'd conversation

or

clipped calls

or

Have scissors will travel (and you need business cards in black that echo the show's iconic design)

or

shear adventure

or

curlers by car

or

Perms on the run

or

hairspray airways (I sense a great logo opportunity here, maybe one of those Memphis Belle type pin ups decaled on the side of the truck)

or

by hair or hot water

or

Perms with Privacy (your marketing can be about how it's more convenient on important days for the hairdresser to come to you to do the job rather than deal with the stress of travel)

or

House calls for haircuts (you would have to start carrying your tools in an old doctor's bag)

or

Suburban Selectives (or Suburban Salon, though I think people will get it.) (only useful if you happen to drive a Suburban)

or

Salon Squad (orange and black cars, relaxed cursive lettering in white, snappy uniform with tie)

or, lastly,

Highway Hairdressing

By: sentient

sentient — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:26:50 -0800

(Such a) Peach
sweet emotion
hair today gone tomorrow
Dial-a-Style
Hair in Motion
Beauty in Motion
Mobile Style
Your Call Hair/Style/Beauty
Hair On The Go
Sweet Spot
Salon (de la) Maison

(Need the name imply the mobile nature of the business?)

By: parmanparman

parmanparman — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:27:09 -0800

By the way, if one of these are chosen and I happen to be in your area, although I don't know where that is, I hope to at least get a nice haircut out of it.

By: Askr

Askr — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:32:23 -0800

I think Cut & Run is great. But here are some others.

Hair Emergency
Mobile Hair Rescue Squad
Hair Recon Unit
Hairatroopers
Instant Salon
HairCalls
Haircuts Delivered
Haircut Delivery Service
Styles On Wheels
Scissor Squad
The Floating Salon
The Flying Scissors
The Flying Stylist
Motostylist
Autostylist
Hair 2 U
Cuts 2 U
Haircuts On Demand
Darth Vader's Rolling Regeneration Chamber (n' Cuts)

From the other people's suggestions, I really like Hair Anywhere and Cuts On Call. Those sound very crisp in terms of sticking in people's heads as business names that clearly evoke the nature of the business and have the advantage of being rhymey/alliterative

By: Askr

Askr — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:49:12 -0800

The Hair Fairy!

By: Cat Pie Hurts

Cat Pie Hurts — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:00:55 -0800

Hair We Go! (again?)

By: lleachie

lleachie — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:29:38 -0800

Stylin' to Go?

By: fogster

fogster — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:44:50 -0800

Hair, There! (Versus hair here, at your shop.) Though it might be awkward to say? It does kind of rhyme with "Care Bear," though I'm not sure whether that's a plus or minus.

I have to say, I, too, like Cut n' Run / Cut & Run, though I guess it doesn't convey the mobile nature.

I like Askr's 'mobile emergency vehicle' theme, and would add "Bad Hair Day Rescue {Unit, Squad}" to the list.

Harrier, invoking the aircraft carrier imagery? (Not the dog.)

By: fogster

fogster — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:48:50 -0800

Hair Rollers.

How did I not think of that earlier?

By: box

box — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:03:04 -0800

Cutmobile

By: bjork24

bjork24 — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:07:35 -0800

Hair, There, and Everywhere

By: tomble

tomble — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:08:14 -0800

Hair and now

By: MegoSteve

MegoSteve — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:27:40 -0800

Running with Scissors

By: choragus

choragus — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:29:47 -0800

Hair 'n Go
Roll Dry
Perm Term
Blazer Razer
Pinto Tinto
Mustang Bangs
Clipper Chick

By: hortense

hortense — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:03:30 -0800

From Hair To Eternity
Tonsorial To Go.

By: bonobothegreat

bonobothegreat — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:50:57 -0800

heh, heh..I like "Cut&Run" too.

By: davejay

davejay — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:48:05 -0800

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow.

By: friezer

friezer — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:54:24 -0800

You guys are hitting on a lot of the stuff we had come up with, but I'll have her look at these and see if anything sticks.

By: parmanparman

parmanparman — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:08:58 -0800

I think maybe the best thing to do is to come up with a name that has absolutely nothing to do with hair or is not a play on words, although I do like Hair@Home.

By: jamjam

jamjam — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:31:19 -0800

Kindest Cuts.

By: majikstreet

majikstreet — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:34:26 -0800

Hair on the Run

By: Effigy2000

Effigy2000 — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 12:59:35 -0800

Hair And Back Again.

By: sentient

sentient — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:19:38 -0800

I think maybe the best thing to do is to come up with a name that has absolutely nothing to do with hair or is not a play on words, although I do like Hair@Home.

Right. Any of these names might still leave the fact that it's a mobile hair cutting/styling operation ambiguous if there isn't some kind of subtitle, e.g. "Haircuts and styling at your home, office, or event." (Maybe something shorter for a phonebook entry.) So if you go with a subtitle, you may as well use any name that sounds good....