Sophisticated Fluff
The contrast of finger waves in the front and airy texture on top and in the back creates a retro, sexy look for your shorthair clients. Rusk’s Being Sexy line gives your artistry wings.
Lauren Salapatek
Web Editor
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.
Curl Enchantment
Give your clients glamorous curls that are refined, soft and touchable.
Sleek Bombshell
For shorter cuts like pixies and bobs, incorporate texture by pumping up the volume and adding separation and detail for a textured look.
Rake & Shake
To know curls is to love curls. That is the philosophy behind Ouidad’s trademarked styling technique, Rake & Shake.
2012's International Salon & Spa Expo Returns to the Midwest
Produced by the Professional Beauty Association (PBA) The International Salon & Spa Expo (ISSE), a cash-and-carry expo and educational event for licensed beauty professionals, will return to the Chicago area November 4 – 5, 2012. Read the details.
HOW-TO: Faux Python Nail
Right when we thought nail art was at its peak, CND just introduced a new way to offer more creativity and color to nail clients with 12 cosmetic-grade, pure pigments and lustrous effects called Additives. This colorful powder can be blended into any CND sculpting powder or gel, and layered over CND Shellac for a sophisticated, runway-inspired and chic look. Learn how to create the PYTHON look!
Learn How to Communicate Behind the Chair and on Stage
Want to become a platform artist? Or simply improve your communication skills with clients? Naked Audience Productions is conducting a lab called Stages that will help you take home practical actions to control your career, make more money and create a name for yourself in the professional beauty industry.
RED 7 SALON Styled Artists for Lollapalooza!
Every summer in Chicago, the streets by Grant Park line up with thousands of people for a three-day festival called Lollapalooza. And, every year, musicians and celebrities gather at the VIP Music Lounge at the Hard Rock Hotel Hard Rock to spend a little down time before the festivities. For the past seven years, RED 7 SALON has been working at the lounge for Lollapalooza. This year, they worked exclusively with CK1 and offered hair services (to compliment CK1's make-up services) to invited VIPs/Artists in the lounge area.
A New Hair Thinning Treatment Option
At Glenn Michael Salon in Metairie, LA, salon owner and stylist Glenn Milliet says they have offered hair extensions for some time now, but they never had a solution for clients who had thinning hair throughout the crown and the top portions of the head. It wasn’t until he witnessed an Evolve Volumizer presentation at a recent Intercoiffure show that he found a thinning hair system with limitless opportunities.
PBA Launches New One-Day Regional Salon Summits
The Professional Beauty Association (PBA) will launch new one-day Regional Salon Summits across the United States starting this Fall.
Modern Quiff: A Combination of the '50s Pompadour and the Mohawk
The modern day Quiff is a hair style that combines the 1950’ Elvis Pompadour and the 1980’s Duran Duran Mohawk. This has now developed into a major hair style trend for both men and women. Male models and celebrities like David Beckham have made this look popular for men. While female celebrities like Rachel Wood and Alicia Keys have made it feminine and fashionable for women.
OPI's 007 Gold Leaf Top Coat
To celebrate James Bond's Golden Anniversary, OPI has just introduced is 18 karat gold leaf top coat called, The Man with the Golden Gun.
Vintage Feel
Using classic barbering techniques, UK-based hairdresser Anne Veck, a brand ambassador for Kasho Scissors, created eight classic styles in her Jealousy Collection using scissor-over-comb, blending at the nape and the traditional method of fingerwaving.
Empire Strikes Back
Empire Education’s 8th Annual Future Professionals Expo in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
HOW-TO: Red Razor Cut and Extensions
Dedicated to quality and education, Racoon International’s West Coast USA Division teamed up with award-winning hairdresser Steven Robertson, NAHA 2011 winner Jake Thompson and the extension gurus at Lunatic Fringe (2010 NAHA-winning salon) to bring you this look with unique extension placements and techniques to improve your extension skills.
British Royal Kate Middleton's Olympic Chignon
At the UK’s Creative Industries Reception at the Royal Academy of Arts on Monday, July 30, 2012, The Duchess of Cambridge’s hair was swept into a beautiful low, side chignon. See her style inside.
Ask the Experts: Technology and Social Media
We asked our experts about social media and QR codes. See what they had to say.