
How to Build a Sustainable Beauty Career Without Burning Out
LifeSpa leader Ali Yanez explains why strong mentorship, predictable income, meaningful recognition and the right work environment help beauty professionals build careers that last.
MODERN Facebook fans share their hidden talents!

To celebrate MODERN's 100,000 Facebook LIKES and to thank our fans for helping us get there, get ready for exciting giveaways!!
Throughout this celebration, we're going to post a fill-in-the-blank question for you to answer once per day. If we choose your answer as one of our favorites, you win that day's giveaway! We're talking free shears, shampoos, stylers, nail polishes and more as we celebrate this huge milestone! Each day brings a new post and a new opportunity to win something cool, so make sure you "LIKE" MODERN's Facebook page!
Tuesday, December 18, 2012's question was: I'm great at doing hair, but my hidden talent is ________...
If we picked your answer as one of our favorites, we're going to direct message you on Facebook to get your address to send you an Andis Envy Clipper! The metallic red high-speed clipper is equipped with an adjustable blade that’s perfect for all around styling and delivers powerful all day performance. Built for high volume hair cutting, the Envy is ergonomically designed and uniquely balanced to relieve hand and arm fatigue from repeated usage. Its motor is built to run quiet, cool and maintenance free. A single lever is controlled effortlessly by the thumb to adjust the blade from fine to coarse (#000 to #1) for complete styling versatility.
The 10 MODERN Facebook fans who will be receiving athe Andis Envy Clipper are below! Congratulations to the winners—keep an eye on those Facebook inboxes! IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE A FACEBOOK MESSAGE FROM EDITOR ALISON SHIPLEY, IT IS BECAUSE OF YOUR PRIVACY SETTINGS. PLEASE EMAIL ALISON AT ASHIPLEY@VANCEPUBLISHING.COM WITH YOUR MAILING ADDRESS!
1...keeping the crazy in check. Screaming kids, just a trim when they really need to buzz it and start over, and balance that with family and a life. Being a rockstar stylist is hard work! —Aimee LaPlante-Ward
2...comedy...I can make my clients laugh til they snort. —Kateri Johnson
3...singing the national anthem backward.—Becki Thomas
4...mud and obstacle racing! Nothing like running a muddy 5k through a ski slope with fire, barbwire, and freezing cold water to get your adrenaline pumping and energy flowing for the salon! It gives me some interesting conversation for my clients, male and female, as well and it's something to train for and keep my body in shape year round! —Katie Gilbert
5... I can do a one armed handstand! I guess 25 years of doing hair has made my arms strong! —Laura Doyle Stalemark
6...being able to make anyone feel comfortable and welcomed weather there walking into a salon or lost on the street. —Amanda Smith
7...customer service. Making a client feel beautiful on the outside is important but that fades, making them feel beautiful on the inside never fades. —Clover Belle Carbajal
8... life coaching. I love to create beauty on the physical plane but when someone is open to it, I like to ask questions that empower a person to make a choice in their life that they were previously afraid to. Illuminating a possibility for someone that they didn't see before is so amazing and can seriously change the world. So essentially, hairdressing allows me to change the world. One hair at a time. —Autumn Whisman
9... my ability to remember things about my clients. It makes them feel special when you ask about their sick cat or how their child's play went. It lets them know they are more than just "next in line." —Angela Haumesser Prock
10...keeping a straight face thru all of the stories I hear. Good, bad, and ugly. To say I counsel people would be a safe assumption.—Jennifer Swinney Madden
REMEMBER.... Each day brings a new post and a new opportunity to win something cool, so make sure you, and your collegues, "LIKE" MODERN's Facebook page!
PREVIOUS WINNERS:
The best hairdressers are the ones who _____
I love being a hairdresser because ______
The most inspiring day in my career was ______
My hidden talent is keeping the crazy in check. Screaming kids, just a trim when they really need to buzz it and start over, and balance that with family and a life. Being a rocks tar stylist is hard work!!!

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