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11 of 2016’s Top Hashtags in Professional Beauty

Here are some of the most popular beauty hashtags on social media. How do you hashtag?

by Lauren Salapatek and Anne Moratto
December 1, 2016
11 of 2016’s Top Hashtags in Professional Beauty
11 of 2016’s Top Hashtags in Professional Beauty
11 of 2016’s Top Hashtags in Professional Beauty
11 of 2016’s Top Hashtags in Professional Beauty
11 of 2016’s Top Hashtags in Professional Beauty
11 of 2016’s Top Hashtags in Professional Beauty
11 of 2016’s Top Hashtags in Professional Beauty
11 of 2016’s Top Hashtags in Professional Beauty
11 of 2016’s Top Hashtags in Professional Beauty
11 of 2016’s Top Hashtags in Professional Beauty
11 of 2016’s Top Hashtags in Professional Beauty

#salonlife - 750,000 tags:

For those days when too many friends are shouting “TGIF” it’s good to connect with fellow pros who understand that Friday is your Monday. Or, that you can’t remember the last time you sat down to eat lunch and that you’ll be spending at least five minutes tonight pulling hair out of your bra. No one really understand salon life unless they are living it.

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A Twitter user is credited with employing the first hashtag in 2007 to pull others into one conversation. Today, searching on social media with a hashtag helps people find communities and see what’s trending.

WHEN POSTING CONTENT to platforms like Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook, using a hashtag is the social media equivalent of raising your hand and waving. The hashtag helps hairdressers on Instagram to grow their following and their clientele, and some have become social-media superstars. 

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It is also an organizing tool for topics. Look up #salonlife and get connected to other working beauty professionals. Search #hairpainting for freehand color examples. Lose hours to #hairinspo, #hairgoals and even #hairporn

When MODERN created #hairdressermagic, we were calling out beautiful examples of salon work—everything from transforming one bad #ombre with a #hairmakeover to a dramatic long-to-short style with #thechop. Our #modernsalon hashtag is the most-tagged in professional beauty. As editors, we use it to seek out high-quality work and then to comment on, applaud and share that work.

Here are some of the most popular beauty hashtags on social media. How do you hashtag?

#modernsalon: 2016's most popular hashtag in professional beauty: 3,000,000 tags.


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