When forecasting holiday sales for 2009, experts agree the businesses
that will have the best season are those led by managers who plan
ahead, buy smart and wow their customers with service and solutions.
While the rest of retail world is fighting for consumers’ attention
and to get them in their doors, salons have the unique and precious
commodity of “quality time” spent with clients. It’s never more
valuable than during the holidays. Be sure you maximize it! Check out
these tips and reminders:
by Modern Salon
Hairdresser Lauren Thompson and make-up artist April Caruso just graduated from Parisian Beauty Academy in Hackensack, New Jersey. While they are each thrilled to be working in great salons (Thompson at OC61 in NYC and Caruso at Caru in Hoboken, NJ), each wants to build a portfolio in hopes to start doing some freelance and magazine work.
by Jan Hillenmeyer
Coral Pleas, owner of Cutting Loose Hair Salon in Sarasota, Florida, is saying “see ya” to mainstream marketing – at least for the upcoming polo season. This year, Cutting Loose is sponsoring the most well-coiffed pony each week at the Sarasota Polo Club.
by Melissa Hill
In the Spirax collection, Mikel Luzea, international styling sensation and owner of three salons in Pamplona, Spain, lets his artistic talents loose with carefully sculpted styles utilizing braids, texture and accessories to create styles that suggest bird-like plumage.
by Jan Hillenmeyer
The creative team of Intercoiffure France, under the direction of its new President Alain Zinzius and Artistic Director Francois Mazeau, has released its Fall-Winter 2009-2010 collection in which the team “Makes its Own Cinema.” The collection brings back images of cinematic icon Marilyn Monroe in a surreal, industrial setting straight out of Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times.
by Jan Hillenmeyer
Barbara Lhotan is known as the “personal trainer” for stylists wishing to expand their long hair and special occasion hair techniques. A texture specialist, Lhotan is thrilled about the return to rough, full and interesting shapes as noted on the runways in all the fashion cities around the world this fall.
The Winter Collection from Italy’s Gandini Club, based in romantic Verona, features hair styles so luxurious and colors so warm and rich it almost makes us look forward to the season’s impending icy blasts and shorter days.
by Jan Hillenmeyer
There is nothing elementary about the Elemental Collection from Darren Ambrose of D&J Ambrose in London.
by Jan Hillenmeyer
The pin-up girl seemed like a bygone concept until Michael Del Bianco decided to give the retro glamor look a 21st century shot of style.
by Jan Hillenmeyer
Joico’s Clinícure Thinning Hair Solutions line offers salon clients
ammunition against thinning hair and hair loss. We asked Brad O’Brien,
Clinícure and Re:nu brand manager what salons need to know about this
latest technology breakthrough.
Joe Santy, Vice President of Education for Dennis Bernard Inc., and AJ Sbaraglia, Solution Specialist educator and owner of Reputations Hair Salon in South Philadelphia, work together on cut and color to get the most flattering result.
Looking for a creative new way to do client consultations? Turn to Skype, says Rick Fogarty, owner of Plan B, Boston’s new cut and color boutique.
by Modern Salon
Not sure what kind of leader you want to be in the spa? Read up on these different styles to figure out which one works for you.
by Modern Salon
The stunning Modern Fairytales collection earned Matrix Artistic Design Team members Brian and Sandra Smith a 2009 North American Hairstyling Award as Master Stylists of the Year.
by Jan Hillenmeyer
Think October and think orange? Think again. Pink has become the
reigning color for the fall month. All you have to do is turn on the TV
where NFL players are sporting pink accents, or walk into a
neighborhood coffee shop to see pink decorations and a special brew,
proceeds of which go to Breast Cancer Awareness causes. For the hair
industry, the cause is one close to many hearts and this month, people
in the beauty industry are going all out in their efforts to fundraise,
honor friends and family, and create awareness.
by Modern Salon
The time has come, dear Modern readers, for the vote! Forget the 2008 election -- the 2009 Laurel's Bridal Hair Challenge is where the real action is and we want to know what you think. You've seen the six very different styles, now you can vote for your favorite.
by Melissa Hill
