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

MAKEOVER: The Big Tone Down

MAKEOVER: The Big Tone Down

by Maggie Mulhern

This client with natural level 1 coarse Asian hair  had been lightened multiple times before this visit. "This time she wanted more of her natural black brought back into her color and to tone down the brightness," says her colorist, Brittany Briggs (@brittany_pro).

COLOR CORRECTION: Banded To Silver

COLOR CORRECTION: Banded To Silver

by Maggie Mulhern

This client's previous stylist used a base breaker when toning her highlights, and it created a lot of unwanted warmth in her overall look. When she came to Sarah McDonald, a blonde and balayage specialist, she had an inch of virgin regrowth and grown out highlights. See how she fixed her look.

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