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Fire-Over-Comb Barbering Technique? The "Singe" Cut

By Alison Shipley | Updated: 03/15/2012 12:29:00 PM
In an article posted in the MokenaPatch, a local newsletter for Mokena, Illinois, Dina's Barber Show groomer uses an open flame and a comb to cut the editor's hair—in a technique he calls the "Singe Hair Cut."
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Margaret Vinci Heldt On Inventing the Beehive Hair Style

By Alison Shipley | Updated: 03/07/2012 3:53:00 PM
While at America's Beauty Show 2012, live at the Cosmetologists Chicago's BeautyBASH, MODERN got the opportunity to chat with Margaret Vinci Heldt, who designed the world's first beehive hairstyle that debuted in 1960 on the pages of MODERN SALON—formerly known as MODERN BEAUTY SHOP.
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Dj Victory on her Pastel Purple Hair and Spring Trends

By Alison Shipley | Updated: 03/07/2012 10:02:00 AM
While at America's Beauty Show, we ran into MODERN SALON Facebook fan DJ Victory—whose work always gets hundreds of "likes" whenever she shares her talent on our wall. DJ has pastel purple hair and, though she won't reveal her secret trademark formula, she talks with us about her head-turning hair, and why pastels will make a big comeback in spring.
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SERIOUSLY Awesome Video About the Horrors of At-Home Color

By Alison Shipley | Updated: 03/03/2012 4:29:00 PM
Ok, if you haven't yet watched the video above, DO IT! Any colorist or professional stylist will definitely get a good chuckle!
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"You Know You're A Hair Stylist When ________" Fill in the Blank!

By Alison Shipley | Updated: 02/24/2012 11:22:00 AM
MODERN SALON posted the question on Facebook: "You know you're a hair stylist when _________" and the comments came flooding in—nearly 600 replies, and they were so hilarious everyone was laughing and "liking" about how true they are. Check out some of our favorite responses...
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Make-Up Artist Transforms Into a Barbie: Tutorial

By Alison Shipley | Updated: 02/18/2012 9:16:00 PM
YouTube allstar Promise Tamang Phan literally turns herself into a Barbie right before our eyes by loading on concealer to create a flawless, plastic illusion, minimizes her nose by contouring with brown shadow, creates cartoon eyes by lining them with blue and pink shadows, and of course, tops it off with a pink pucker and blonde wig.
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