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Hair Coloring Not Cancelled: This Bergen County Salon Owner's Novel Idea Saved His Business Hair Coloring Not Cancelled: This Bergen County Salon Owner's Novel Idea Saved His Business
Hair Coloring Not Cancelled: This Bergen County Salon Owner's Novel Idea Saved His Business Coronavirus has cancelled much of life as we know it -- but not hair coloring for this Bergen County salon. Like all New Jersey salon owners, Eric Altomare was forced to close this three locations -- two in Saddle River and one in Ho-Ho-Kus -- at the order of Gov. Phil Murphy last week. With clients and employees both relying on him, Altomare knew he had to get creative. That's when he launched "Alt At Home Hair Color Kit," putting him at the forefront of haircare services during the coronavirus outbreak. Altomare and his workers have been personalizing and packaging $50 dye kits in pret…

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by Cecilia Levine
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North Jersey Cafe Owner Goes For Feel Good Food North Jersey Cafe Owner Goes For Feel Good Food
North Jersey Cafe Owner Goes For Feel Good Food Lori Iannone sits at one of the square, white tables in Ho-Ho-Kus' Alt Eats Cafe cupping a mug of coffee between her hands. She wears a baby blue apron printed with colorful doughnuts and her brown hair is knotted on top of her head.  Iannone has heaps of work to get done between the North Maple Avenue Cafe, her latest business endeavor, and longtime bakery We Knead Dough in Garfield. But taking time to mingle with customers is high on her list of priorities. After all, it's a key ingredient that goes into her passion: Blending good food and good people. "I always equated food with love …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Makeup Mogul Bobbi Brown Tells 'Vogue' This Bergen Salon Is Best Makeup Mogul Bobbi Brown Tells 'Vogue' This Bergen Salon Is Best
Makeup Mogul Bobbi Brown Tells 'Vogue' This Bergen Salon Is Best BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — Bobbi Brown may live in Montclair but her "roots" are in Bergen County. Her hair roots, that is. In a recent "Vogue" magazine article, the makeup mogul cites the Eric Alt Salon -- headquartered in Bergen County -- as the best in the area. "Beauty tips are to be taken seriously when the source is Bobbi Brown," the article says.  "She refers to this New Jersey–based salon as, 'the best color, cut, and blowouts in town.'" The salon is owned by Emerson native Eric Altomare, who has locations in Saddle River, Ho-Ho-Kus and Ridgewoo…

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by Cecilia Levine