Best of 2012: Hair Stylist: Sara Mascarenas
When Eden Salon and Barbershop celebrated its seventh year in business by making a move to downtown, cosmetologist Sara Mascarenas didn't have to worry about losing her clientèle. A short-hair specialist whose own towering, yet oddly ladylike mohawk is a walking advertisement for her skill with the shears, Mascarenas says most of her customers were only too happy to follow her over from Rockrimmon. But when parts of her old neighborhood started going up in flames during the Waldo Canyon Fire this summer, she returned the love with free stylist services for anyone who'd been affected. To find Mascarenas downtown, just look for the angel wings on the storefront. Sure, it's a common enough motif, but Eden and Mascarenas have really earned theirs. — Claire Swinford