Salon Fundraiser Spotlights Teen Suicide
Progressions Salon Spa Store in the D.C. area is raising awareness and funds for a local organization targeting teen suicide.
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Making the Transition from Warm to Cool Blonde
Get the details for this lovely color conversion from warm blonde to cool blonde.
Excellence in Education 2017: Best Practices from Placement Top Honorees
Finding a job upon graduation from cosmetology school can be a frustrating experience—but not for the graduates of this year’s Excellence in Education honorees.These schools aren’t just focusing on getting their students employed, but also placing them in salons where they will succeed and thrive.
See Wahl Professional's Think Like An Artist Video
The documentary-style video pays homage to American barbering.
by Lauren Quick
Excellence in Education 2017: Best Practices from Nails Top Honorees
MODERN SALON was proud to add a new category to the Excellence in Education awards this year—Nails. Nails recognizes schools committed to offering their students an important career option while diversifying and building their own business.
Premiere Beauty Classic Educates and Inspires
Premiere Beauty Classic was a great success and offered beauty professionals in the Midwest top-tier education.
by Anne Moratto
How Do You Hashtag? The Best of 2017 Hashtags in Professional Beauty
That little crisscross of lines has become a powerful way to introduce subjects, themes, and even social causes. In the beauty world, the hashtag helps us find each other.
by Anne Moratto
Excellence in Education 2017: Best Practices from Marketing Innovation Top Honorees
Although traditional advertising on TV and in local news sources is still utilized, school owners are turning more and more to a more affordable option—social media.
Excellence in Education 2017: Best Practices from Facilities Top Honorees
This year in the Excellence in Education awards, school owners across the country have been remodeling, making over and adding green initiatives to their buildings. All of these beautiful, modern facilities, from small boutique schools to large powerhouse academies made choosing honorees in this category a challenge—each school was gorgeous in its own way.
Bright Lights, Big City
As Ulta Beauty Prepared to open the doors to its first-ever Manhattan location, Chief Artistic Director Nick Stenson and his Pro Team headed into the heart of Times Square to capture a collection inspired by the city that never sleeps.
How-To: Geode Crystal
This season, the CosmoProf Artistic Team is inspired by geode crystals.
How-To: Fairy-Tale Couture
“Modern, wearable, ethereal,” were the words used by the team when asked to describe the look artists used to describe this model.
Team Work Dream Work
There’s nothing like a great collaboration, especially when there’s a lot of work to be done. The CosmoProf Artistic Team comprises creative artists, and when they get a chance to divide and conquer they do it well.
How to Deal With Challenging Nails at a Photoshoot
How do make a nail-biting model look their best? This artist shares her story of how she handled this exact scenario at a recent shoot.
GET THE LOOK: Miss Universe 2017's Braided Updo
Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, Miss South Africa, sported an elegant braided bun during her crowning moment of Miss Universe 2017. The look was styled by CHI artist Julian Macias.
by Jamie Newman
Our 10 Most-Liked Instagram Posts of 2017
See 10 of our most-liked Instagram posts of 2017—from nails to makeup to barbering and everything in between.
by Lauren Quick
Trending: LaCroix Hair Color
Pastel and vibrant hues still have a tight grip on hair-color trends—so it should come as no surprise, really, that LaCroix-inspired hair color is the latest trend. Scruples challenged colorists to take inspiration from their favorite LaCroix can designs and interpret it into a color creation.
by Staff