Sept. 16, 2015  Updated 9:00 a.m.

BY HANNAH MADANS / STAFF WRITER

Aliso Viejo resident Monica Harter is on a mission to expand her empire of men’s salons.

Harter took over the 18|8 Fine Men’s Salon in Lake Forest in May. She wants to expand the luxury salon to Irvine and either Ladera Ranch or Mission Viejo.

18|8 Lake Forest18|8 is a chain, based in Laguna Niguel and owned by Scott Griffiths and Ron Love, that started in Orange Cou