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.

Maggie Mulhern wrote

Tips to creating perfect teasy-lights.

How to Properly Do Teasylights

by Maggie Mulhern

Teased highlights are ALL the rage. Teasing or backcombing the root automatically creates diffused color, diminishing a line of demarcation.There are keys that colorists should adopt to perfect results. Details here.

Makeover by Franco Hernandez

MAKEOVER: From Uh-Oh To Cherry Treat

by Maggie Mulhern

“This guest had a 4 plus month grow out level 3 darkest brown and the ends were a fade vivid at a level 10 with a mint stain,” says Franco Hernandez (@hairbyfranco). “She requested a ‘creation’ of a deep to vibrant red.” Details here.

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