Peaches, a hair stylist from Baltimore, and her estranged sister, Angela, the owner of an upscale salon in Beverly Hills, get reacquainted when Peaches decides to attend a celebration for Angela in LA. The reunion is bittersweet and worsens when Angela finds out that Peaches is on the run from the IRS and has only a few days to pay $50,000 in back taxes. After some hilarious moments and passionate exchanges, the two sisters join forces to fight off a pesky rival salon owner Marcella and save Peaches from her troubles by competing for a lucrative cash prize and bragging rights at the city's annual hair show. BEAUTY SHOP proves that blood and family run thicker than water.
Un beau matin de printemps, Émilie reçoit une lettre d’amour, belle, inspirée mais anonyme. Elle la jette d’abord à la poubelle, avant d’y voir le moyen de sauver sa mère, isolée et triste depuis le départ de son mari. Sans trop réfléchir, elle la lui adresse aussitôt. Mais Émilie ne sait pas encore que c’est Jean, son employé timide, qui en est l’auteur. Elle n’imagine surtout pas que son geste les projettera dans une suite de quiproquos et de malentendus qui vont vite tous les dépasser…
Rosine Mbakam is invited to step in Sabine’s small hairdresser’s because it is dangerous in the street. She accepts and pushes in with her camera. Sabine’s stories and the customers’ joys, worries, problems and fears bring depth and life into the premises. At times, it feels like the entire African quarter of Brussels had squeezed in. Laughter abounds, anecdotes and life stories elicit emotions, and a male visitor brings a touch of flirt into the salon.