I like where your going. I have a personal rule where I will not use free fonts. Free fonts tend to be more commonly used. Consider spending a bit on some fonts. In my opinion it is a small price to pay.

I'm not very good with script fonts so I'm not much help there. I don't use them very often. You could try Kabel for the san serif font. It is one of my favorites. The bar on the lowercase e slopes up similar to Caviar or Josephine. I also love the lowercase g.

Looks to me like a job for Richard Lipton’s Tangier Black.

 
But it’s certainly not free (and you’re not likely to find anything quite like it for free) — but isn’t your business worth ~$40?

FWIW, Tangier is used by Glamour magazine for department & section heads.

updated w/a few rough drafts.

Wasn't that comment about lower-case? Blackletter uses letterspacing for emphasis. Mind, I have seen this in whiteletter, too, in cases where I suspect the printer did not have italic or bold.

I've been researching and brainstorming on how to incorporate something that symbolizes hair and I just can't figure out anything that's different. So the swoop is out of desperation. Most hair companies go crazy with flourishes and I just don't want a whimsical look. I want crisp to the point design.

I put "hair" in lowercase because I really wanted to put emphasis on the name of the product "Anila". I do however like how Suzie Ormans logo looks thanks for that idea.

I know that I don't want to use a or have a vector drawn of a woman with flowing hair, I see so many companies using vectors of women with swirling hair.

I guess if I capitalize "hair" I can add a swirl going through the lettering or is that blah?

Thx for the suggestions I appreciate it greatly.

Ok so made tweaks, took your advice Eric and put the "hair" next to Anila. I may make Anila bold and leave Hair regular. So far no tracking, even though the spacing of the a character is kind of too far spaced.

3 versions more color 1 black.

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I like the type treatment but the way the hair is implemented is a bit much. Consider doing something similar but having the hair element underline the text instead of having it becoming the i. That would make the logo more compact.

The second gray may cause difficulties when printing. For example, if you got this embroidered on shirts the cost would go up for a second color thread.

I like the idea of using different font weights. In addition to making Anila bold the word hair could be light and Anila could remain the weight it is. Just an idea. It is one of those things where you just have to try it out and see what works.