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As the Web Editor, Lauren Salapatek manages the creation, production and editing of all editorial online content for Modern Salon Media's websites and e-newsletters. Since January 2010, Lauren has worked at Modern Salon Media covering salon style, products, trends and more.
With nails being the hot new accessory, why not give your clients a reversed French manicure? No, not the 1998 version of the French manicures…a new and improved one, similar to what celebrity Jessica Biel did at the Total Recall premiere in Los Angeles. See a few examples...
This woven braided bun, created by Surface’s Hair Art Team, can be worn to any kind of occasion from formal to informal. Learn the technique and watch the video of how to re-create this style!
Occasionally you may find it necessary to color your client's hair extensions. According to Brittany Johnstun, president and founder of Racoon International's West Coast USA Division, coloring extensions is different from coloring natural hair. Read her tips on depositing color and lightening extensions.
At Melbourne Spring Fashion Week 2012, Kevin Murphy really wanted to make a statement for the hair at RMIT and Heroes of Tomorrow. To achieve this, he created a futuristic Mohawk shape that was seamless. “Because the shape was so hard and structured, I used soft golds and apricot, peach blondes and soft chocolate browns,” he says. “I wanted the hair to almost look like crystal caves in Mexico.”
Pravana has announced the winners to their 2012 Show Us Your Vivids Contest! See who the winners are, plus get the steps and learn their color formulas.
The Gila Rut Aveda Salons in San Diego have created a special hair fashion collection where color and cut work together to form a variety of fun, playful shapes. This collection, called Unison, quickly brings to mind island breezes, beachy waves and tropical, frothy blends of fruit sorbets and ice cream pastels.
What complimentary services make the backbar experience better for the client? What are some creative extra services a salon can offer at the backbar? How would you upsell services while clients are at the backbar?
From session styling to bridal styles to runway hair, Sharon Blain offers customized education to educators and stylists who crave inspiration, education and motivation. Learn how to create this angelic braided updo called, Soft Focus.
KEVIN.MURPHY has just introduced its newest addition to its COLOR.BUG collection—in white for the holiday season.
Your on-the-go male clients know how frustrating getting a good shave while traveling can be. ShaveTech is now offering a sleek, lightweight design that gives users a USB charging option that will save them not only space but the aggravation of finding a free electrical outlet.
Blowouts add character to your client’s fabulous hair. The experts at Blow, a New York blow dry bar, have created various catwalk-ready styles for their clients in quick and easy steps that have their clients feeling transformed. In these steps, learn how to create luscious body and pin curls using Blowpro products.
Playing up the texture in your clients’ hair can be easier than you think. Whether you’re creating retro waves, fashioning ringlets, adding bounce and definition or reshaping the curl pattern, here are some ideas for giving clients the hair they crave.
Construct wild but stylish texture with Matrix Design Pulse products.
Create tousled, just out-of-the ocean texture with a matte finish for your clients.
The Sebastian Professional Stylist Design team defined the four types of shine, including textured shine. The stylists used crushed velvet as the inspiration to create this look.
Dress up long hair styles with Simply Smooth’s Keratin Reparative Magic Potion Intense Blowout, and top it off with a modern, French twist headband braid.
Smoothing a client’s hair with BioIonic’s Agave Smoothing Treatment typically takes just over an hour from start to finish, depending on the hair’s length and texture.
