Alison Alhamed

Editor in Chief, MODERN SALON

As Editor in Chief, Alison Alhamed shapes the content and voice for MODERN SALON's social media platforms, digital channels and monthly print magazine. Alison collaborates closely with salon professionals, social influencers, brands and industry personalities to connect them with our community of readers and followers. As a beauty editor, public speaker and licensed cosmetologist, Alison was named one of Folio magazine's 13 Under 30 emerging leaders in publishing. She regularly judges industry competitions; presents on how to build a following on social media; collaborates with brands on photoshoots, marketing and advertising campaigns; and is passionate about the professional salon industry.

Alison Alhamed wrote

Hair Sewing: How To Create Editorial Hair in 15 Minutes

by Alison Alhamed

While at America's Beauty Show in Chicago, Steven Lightfoot stopped by the MODERN SALON booth to demonstrate a quick and fun way to create extremely editorial hair that can be used in photo shoots or runways by using a Salon Tech flatiron, little product, some thread (yes!), hair pieces or filler, and pins.

Pics of Color Chalking: Plus What to Charge and How To Promote

by Alison Alhamed

Karen Gordon, MODERN Facebook fan and co-owner of Chicago's J. Gordon Designs, has now introduced hair chalking as a professional service called "Lock Chalking" in their salon. She was so kind to not only share the details of how she has added the service to her salon's menu, but she also gave us the scoop on how to introduce it at your salon, who to market it to, how much to charge and how to make it more professional.

Butterfly Effect - Nature Inspired

by Alison Alhamed

For the International Color Zoom Creative Team, the extraordinary beauty of nature fascinated and inspired the colors and styles displayed in the Color Zoom ’12 FasciNature Collection, interpreted here by Goldwell International Artistic Director Dimitrios Tsioumas.

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