Maggie Mulhern

Beauty and Fashion Director, MODERN SALON

MODERN's Beauty & Fashion Director is the NYC based Editor and Art Director for Modern Salon Magazine and  modernsalon.com . Maggie joined MODERN in the 1980's and has spent more than 3 decades covering the professional beauty industry around the world. In addition to writing articles, Maggie travels globally as a journalist to report on the latest trends, products and techniques in the professional beauty world. Known for a keen eye, Maggie has judged hundreds of national competitions including NAHA, and international competitions such as Wella International Trend Vision and Goldwell Color Zoom among others. As an Art Director, Maggie is responsible for hundreds of magazine covers and thousands of inside pages and features for Modern Salon and her sister publications. Among her many professional passions is ARTIST SESSION, the 2-day workshop she founded which offers direction and inspiration to hairdressers interested in learning how to do successful photoshoots. A graduate of Boston College, Maggie is the author of Great Looks (Doubleday) and, in the few minutes of spare time she has left, is working on a book for children that has NOTHING to do with beauty.

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MODERN's COVID-19 Resource Center

MODERN's COVID-19 Resource Center

by Maggie Mulhern

MODERN, along with our sister outlets, SALON TODAY and NAILS, have been gathering valuable resources to help you stay safe and give you the information you need to keep you in the know during this COVID-19 crisis.

Makeover by Marie Negrón

MAKEOVER: The Five Hour Correction

by Maggie Mulhern

Marie Negrón says “My beautiful client here is a busy mom of two baby girls and sometimes it is hard for her to keep up with her blonde. She decided to color her hair at home and unfortunately it didn’t come out as she expected. I was able to correct her color in five hours.”

Makeover by Anthony Marmiani

Global Platinum Bleach Out

by Maggie Mulhern

Anthony Marmiani (@AnthonySlays) says guest Sam “came to me with hopes of being a platinum blonde global bleach out." It took work and sensitive formulation, but mission accomplished.

Makeover by Montana Schmidt

Brightening Up: The Once A Year Refresh

by Maggie Mulhern

Montana Schmidt (@paintslikeschmidt) of Kevin and Co, Danville, IL. says "I’ve been best friends with this girl for about 8 years now and she has the thickest most gorgeous hair. I hadn’t done her hair in almost a whole year, so of course she was ready to go brighter."

The Olivia Garden 1" Titanium + Ion Flat Iron with brushes.

INTRODUCED: The Olivia Garden Titanium + Ion Flat Iron

by Maggie Mulhern

Olivia Garden is evolving and has moved into the appliance business with vigor. Most exciting for the brand is their new hero, the Ceramic + Ion Flat Iron, the 1” Professional Titanium + Ion Flat Iron which now joins Olivia Garden’s Ceramic + Ion Flat Iron which was launched last year.

Makeover by Janel Latessa

Broken and Banded To Hot Blonde

by Maggie Mulhern

This client found her new colorist (one of MODERN's faves) on Pinterest. Learn more about this color correction and how her new colorist fixed the banding while maintaining the integrity of the hair - all while bringing her to a dimensional platinum.

Makeover by Christina Luck

JUST FOR FUN: The Annual Color Change

by Maggie Mulhern

“This lovely lady loves to do that big dramatic change once a year,” says Christina Luck. “We got her to a gorgeous icy blonde last year and now she was ready to make the plunge into copper red.” Check out the lovely new shade and get the formula.

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