
The Beauty Pro Book Club: 4 Reads to Inspire Growth and Success
Four publications for beauty industry professionals to enhance their leadership skills, financial awareness, professional growth, and joy!
On National Hairstylist Appreciation Day, we asked the ones we appreciate, love and miss--the stylists--to share their thoughts on their life's work. "The connection and the creativity. Both are my therapy."

The Sexy Hair team of artists and educators
On National Hairstylist Appreciation Day, we appreciate every salon artist who creates art with hair and does it with love and care.
I love getting to be creative and making my clients feel beautiful!! 💞—Dawn Atkinson
I love the look on my client's faces when they love their hair. It's so touching & honoring when they instantly want to jump up & hug you!—Kristen Lenz
I love the work the hustle the instant gratification. The transformation that a simple movement of a cut can make. How a color can ignite the color of a client’s eyes. And the smile a client has after a session of hair manipulation and conversation. —Lonn Bogart Jr
Making people feel great about themselves—Jennifer Knechtel Neese
I love making people feel their best self.....it makes me happy to see others happy and feeling beautiful and sexy! 💞-Kaci Hutchison
I love to be able to touch their lives, not just their hair. Being with them through the ups and downs and being able to just let them relax for awhile. - Cynthia Freeman
I love being able to build relationships with clients and celebrate all their life’s milestones with them ♥️ —Jennifer Evans
I love the look on my client’s face when they love their hair. When you get a phone call and your client is just beyond happy with how their hair looks and the compliments they get!!Clients that have become family and look forward to spending 2 hour with you to catch up! Celebrating accomplishments they’ve made and life’s journey because they love the environment you’ve created for them in your salon. I’m blessed to be a Hairstylist! 🤩❤️—Lelia Baca
I love the contact with people and making them feel their best! Seeing their faces when we have finished our craft is truly rewarding. 💜 Changing the world one head at a time! 💖✨—Chelsea Christina Bratko
I love the bond we build. No matter what differences we may have we have one common goal. Getting them to look their best. It's never just hair. You are shaping how they will feel for weeks on end. Some of my greatest friendships started with hair.—Nellie O. Valdivia
I love the ability to make someone look in the mirror and see themselves as someone that is beautiful, confident and matters to those around them. For them to see what everyone else admires about them inside and out. —Sharon Renee Elliott
The connection and the creativity. Both are my therapy. -Tiffany Farris-Massey
I love that with making my clients feel good , they are making me feel good in return. I love that we work in an industry that is such a great community & that we can all always be unapologetically ourselves and it's accepted. And that no matter how crazy an idea you have, you have a million people supporting you 💕—Katrina Cahill
I love making a difference with a touch ,inspiring them, giving them confidence, making them feel beautiful. Giving them reasons to fall in love for who they are inside and out. What I love most is what " We" can do in 45mins to an hour can take them a lifetime to figure out.—Margaret McClellan
I love connecting with my clients while making them look and feel their best.--Shayla Robertson
I absolutely love having the ability to change someone’s self-perception and building a relationship at the same time! The look of pure satisfaction when they see their hair finished is so fulfilling. —Melanie Murray
What other profession is there where I get to go to work, tell stories, listen to stories, make people feel good, make them look beautiful and have fun doing it! And get paid for it all. I call that a win-win!-Dawn Mounts

Four publications for beauty industry professionals to enhance their leadership skills, financial awareness, professional growth, and joy!

Salon suite pioneer Karen Kaminski argues that the next evolution of independent beauty businesses won't be defined by beautiful spaces alone, it will be driven by smarter systems that help professionals spend less time on administrative work and more time serving clients.

At a time when many LGBTQ+ people felt compelled to hide parts of themselves, Carlos Valenzuela found a career in beauty and a community that offered opportunity based on what you could do and how well you could do it.

Whether it's social media, fashion, film, art, or culture, Chaz Dean advises stylists to stay aware of what's inspiring people. Take the elements that make sense for you in these five lessons learned through a life in beauty.

For Jessica Domoney, building a successful career isn't about saying yes to every opportunity, it's about protecting your time, investing in yourself and creating an experience clients won't forget.

MODERN SALON sat down with Samuels to discuss the book, beauty education, mentorship and the habits that help beauty professionals thrive.

"The mistake people make is treating AI like a vending machine instead of a personal assistant." Digital marketing expert Scott Moon shares how beauty professionals can use AI while staying authentic

Real-world advice on creativity, consultations, color, burnout, business, boundaries, inclusivity, client care, and career growth from educators and industry experts.

Real-world advice on creativity, consultations, color, burnout, business, boundaries, inclusivity, client care, and career growth from educators and industry experts.

Today's clients are hearing more about longevity, biohacking, inflammation, and healthy aging than ever before. This article explores the science and language behind the skin longevity movement, and what it could mean for client consultations, treatment recommendations, and professional credibility.

Licensed to Thrive, Anna Manukyan's all-in-one beauty career and financial masterclass, is being gifted to professionals who enroll in L'Oreal LEVEL Rewards for a limited time.

From breaking free of external validation to creating joy-based goals, discover a more sustainable and fulfilling path to success.

A full day of education for hairstylists and salon pros focused on pricing, personal branding, client experience, social media, and long-term career growth.

From working backstage at multiple Paris Fashion Week shows to collaborating on four creative collections and expanding her international stage work, Michelle Bowden has had an incredible year of growth. Here, we break down her approach that drove her momentum, offering a framework for stylists looking to elevate their own careers.

This marks Ulta Beauty’s first scholarship partnership with Beauty Changes Lives, building on years of enthusiastic support for the organization and its mission.

Locally owned Great Clips salons offer a wide variety of career opportunities, competitive compensation, supportive salon teams and opportunities to grow your skills, both technically and professionally.
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Salon suite consultant Karen Kaminski explains why cheap salon suite rent can destabilize the salon suite business model and why value-based pricing may be a smarter strategy.