Clients were notified over the phone when calling for an appointment and also through flyers in the salon. Also present was Felice Dee Eyewear for an in-salon trunk show, with 50 percent of sales going to the same fund.

"It wasn't mandatory for all staff members to participate, but everyone wanted to do it," Garrison, whose clients include Sandra Bullock and Ashley Judd, explained.

"Mark has been doing my hair forever, and I've been doing anything I can do to help," said Dee about her decision to participate in the event, adding that response from the salon's customers was "pretty good."

While Garrison said that traffic in his salon "luckily" hasn't been affected by the terrorist attacks and the staff has been busy, he acknowledged that there were more customers than usual with women, who had been notified of the benefit with flyers in the salon and upon calling to make a reservation.

"I specifically came today," said Bl Weissman, 74, a regular at Garrison's. "I got my hair blown out and I also got a facial, which I don't often - but I thought it'd be a good time to do," Weissman added.

Another customer, a hand therapist in her 30's, who asked her name to be withheld, also made an appointment once she learned about the benefit.

"I wanted to contribute," the woman said. Asked if current events had changed her beauty routines, she acknowledged that she devotes "less time now. I also used to come more often to get my hair blow dried, but it seems less important now," the hand therapist, who had gotten a cut and manicure pointed out.

Meanwhile, Garrison who cut his signature rock star mane into a sleeker, shorter 'do mused if the recession and terrorist attacks will have any effect on hair trends.

"I don't know if the fact that I have more 'conservative' hair now has to do with what's been going on, or because I felt that I'd done the messy thing and just wanted something else," he said. "I'm not sure if people will say 'I just want a clean bob and I'll only wear black clothes' because the economy is bad and there's a war going on," Garrison elaborated.

But coincidentally, the look for fall will be a little simpler than last season, the stylist pointed out. "The back is going to be less fringy," Garrison explained, "It's a refreshing change, but a cleaner nape is also good when you wear turtlenecks and coats."

And after seasons of the thinned-out style, "volume in the right places" is making a comeback of sorts, according to Garrison. "It's about respecting the head shape and through tapering the nape, it lifts the head in a way," he said.

As is customary in the colder months, color will steer towards richer, deeper hues. "When the tan from the summer is gone you can't keep the same light tones," Garrison warned. "If your hair is the same color as your skin, you'll look washed out and sallow," he added.

Garrison suggested a "basic, jaw-length layer cut" as one of the best cuts for all. "The hair is basically the same length all over - it has a lot of movement, it's sexy and works on most faces. You know, I've found that people want to feel good, regardless of what is going on," he added. "And you feel good when you look good."