James
Atlanta. Gina Norris (Queen Latifah) é uma excelente cabeleireira que trabalha no salão do afetado Jorge (Kevin Bacon), que tem mais empáfia do que profissionalismo. Gina sempre sonhou ter seu salão. Um dia, após ser insultada por Jorge, que ainda ficou com o crédito do seu trabalho, ela decide que era hora de pedir demissão e transformar seu sonho em realidade. Gina abre seu salão de beleza com a ajuda de Lynn (Alicia Silverstone), uma ótima cabeleireira que nunca teve chance com o Jorge, que só permitia que ela lavasse os cabelos. Logo o salão da Gina vai ficando conhecido, no entanto quando ela começa a pegar as clientes de Jorge ele planeja se vingar. Mas ele não tem idéia do que Gina e as outras cabeleireiras são capazes de fazer.
Drake
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.
Robert
Jermaine, a young struggling Atlanta lawyer, decides to spruce up his marriage with Jasmine, who's mentally recovering from an abusive previous relationship, by hiring Jade, a bisexual stripper/prostitute fighting a custody battle with her ex-husband for their four-year-old son, for a threesome menage-a-trois get together only to have all three of them suffer the after-affects when Jermaine begins acting possessive towards Jasmine and Jade which leads to Jade (or someone) stalking him and disrupting his private and professional life. Written by Matt Patay
