Born and raised locally, Melissa Collar has become a part of the local flavor of Burlingame. Her quaint salon, nestled in the back of Bevmo! Plaza, has a warm atmosphere decorated with the tones of the outdoors. "I wanted to bring the courtyard inside," she says. Considering beauty an outer and inner endeavor, she previously studied alternative medicine and her knowledge transcends to helping her clients with special issues such as thinning hair, offering her. In business for 16 years and this location for seven, she keeps her shears up-to-date on the latest techniques by taking classes in her profession as well as hosting classes at the salon.