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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? Here's how...

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.

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Stop Holding It in the Salon: Advice from a Longtime Hairdresser About Bladder Basics and More

Do you, like me, hate excusing yourself when working on a client? The habit we salon professionals have of holding our pee can have grave consequences.

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What Happens When Your Work Goes Viral

Alison Valsamis started creating braided rose upstyles after being inspired by planting roses with her grandmother. She never dreamed that a figment of her imagination would go viral worldwide.

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Tips and Strategies for Salon Success from a $10K a Month Stylist

As a stylist for 13 years, Kate Sparks reflects back on the choices she made that led to future success.

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GOING LIVE: Tips From Shelley Gregory

Shelley Gregory has been having success with going live on her various platforms, as well as adding video posts to her Instagram page. In this video, Gregory shares her tips on lighting, background, angles, music and more.

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Five Best Practices For Selecting and Training Staff

Mary Brunetti chats about the about five key elements in selecting and training staff.

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40 Years of Doing Hair and the Importance of Self-Care for a Long, Pain-Free Career

During the ordeal, I kept thinking of how I must warn all cosmetologists of the need for self care.

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Stylists, Stop Getting By: Financial Advice for a Long Career in the Salon

As you make your money, think of the future. Resolve to never live paycheck-to-paycheck. Here are a few rules I follow.

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What I Say to My Client vs. What I Actually Mean

Redken Creative Colorist Rebecca Taylor and Redken Artists Blake Reed Evans, Heather King and Kyle Pinneo, tell it like it is, differentiating between ‘what your stylists says’ and ‘what your stylist means’ when it comes to common haircare, color and styling woes.

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How to Clean Your Styling Brushes

In this video, Jesse Linares shares a simple way to clean brushes, as well as a hot tip on how to use a blow dryer with a round brush to prevent the bristles from burning.

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Simple Color: Saving Money and Space with Hair Color Smarts

A class at IBS New York will show how to streamline the hair colors you use to be more efficient, effective, and affordable.

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Say These Three Sentences to Build Your Clientele

Use the sentences as they are, word for word. Do not alter the words. Do not change the order. Then watch what happens. 

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What it's Really Like Styling and Coloring Celebrities' Hair: Nick Stenson Tells All

ASK HIM ANYTHING: Learn the ins and outs of what it’s REALLY like working with celebrities as Nick Stenson tells all live from Matrix Destination 2018.