Along desert highway 62, between the World Famous Crochet Museum and the dirt car park of the Joshua Tree Saloon, is the gorgeously retro Beauty Bubble Salon and Museum. A full-time hair salon, it is packed to the rafters with vintage hair products and advertising, creatively displayed with real love and a cheeky sense of humour by the owner – stylist and “hairstorian” Jeff Hafler, who has been collecting everything hair-related for 25 years. The pastel-pink walls and shelves are filled with dryers, hoods, perm machines, lotion bottles, curlers, combs, wigs and packaging from every decade since 1900, as well as novelties and knick-knacks including a personal gift from Michael Jackson. The oldest item in the collection is the Summer Girl, an 1883 kerosene-heated curling iron oven.

Many visitors to the museum end up returning another day for a haircut. Hafler can recreate most vintage hairstyles, and his stylists, Danielle and Emily, specialise in organic hair colour and modern colouring techniques. Another great reason to visit the area is that local artists open their studiosfor two weekends from 15 October.
• The Beauty Bubble Salon and Museum, on Facebook and Instagram, 61855 29 Palms Hwy, Joshua Tree, open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am-6pm