Retail: Big Salon or Small Studio, You've Got This!

Having had the opportunity to work with many salons around the world for many years, Pat Parenty offers insights into retailing success.

Hashtag Secrets of a Top Beauty Influencer

With 108,000 Instagram followers, styling and top beauty influencer Shelley Gregory (@shelleygregoryhair) knows her way around social media, including the hashtag component. Here’s how she maximizes her hashtag game.

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The Formula for a Happy Client

The happiest clients I meet are those who feel, regardless of their situation, they are happy, not perfect.

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5 Tips for a Successful Consultation from Lisa Walker @lisalovesbalayage

Hair colorist Lisa Walker, @lisalovesbalayage, draws an audience with her outgoing personality and mad color skills--her Instagram name says it all. The artist is also traveling the country with her Balayage Bootcamp and teaching other artists her techniques and tips. Here, Walker shares five tips for a successful consultation.

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10 Ways to Keep Your Salon Client Coming Back

So, you work in a cool salon, keep up with trendy styles and dress the part. And, you think this is the big reason clients keep coming back to see you? Maybe for a first visit, but to retain clients, it’s the little things that count.

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The Little Salon That Could

With no knowledge of how to own or manage a beauty salon, Kimberly Broyles-Meisterhans, a nail tech with a loyal clientele, took over a failing salon with only three employees and one receptionist. Here's her story of success.

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Win a Pro Photoshoot Via the Rising Star Contest from Regis Corporation

Calling all new talent: It’s your time to shine! If you’re a student or earned your license within the past three years, enter MODERN SALON’s new Rising Star contest, presented by Regis.   

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How to Get Your Work Noticed on Instagram

Artist Connective member Sydney Lopez shares her tips to getting your work noticed and shared on Instagram.

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Want to Give Back to Your Industry? Consider Visiting a Beauty School

I urge you to visit a beauty school. It doesn’t matter if you feel you are a good teacher or not. Just show how much you love what you do.

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2018 MODERN SALON 100: Emily Buffi @buffithehairslayer

Clean, current styles with a vintage vibe. Better yet, go check out Artist Collective member Emily Buffi's (@buffithehairslayer) page to see it for yourself.

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Game Changers: 2018 MODERN SALON 100

Introducing our 2018 social media beauty influencers: 100 must-follow stylists, and the work that make them Insta-famous.

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2018 MODERN SALON 100: Hai Tran @hai.stylist

You've probably seen Hai Tran (@hai.stylist)'s viral-on-Instagram post about the color journey from black to blonde, which maps out the time, cost, and sessions it takes to a client to get from a box-dye black to a pale silver. But, the rest of his page is just as well-organized and beautifully organized. Learn more about Tran here.

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How to Choose the Perfect Model for a Compeition

Best friends and finalists in the 2018 Wella Professional TrendVision North American Awards, these two stylists and their models give us a look at the process of selecting that perfect model.

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6 Ways to Make a Good First Impression

How can you up the ante on making a good first impression?

3 Upstyling Tricks That Will Change Your Life

Stylists who excel in the art of the updo often develop clever little tricks for creating outstanding work. Here are three go-to techniques, created by Sexy Hair artists, used to create the three looks in their latest collections.