Oribe and Wella Unite Together
Today Oribe Hair Care along with Wella Professionals Color announced a strategic alliance to deliver joint programming to the salon industry.

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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.
Today Oribe Hair Care along with Wella Professionals Color announced a strategic alliance to deliver joint programming to the salon industry.
New takes on razor cutting, light layering and classic barbering techniques accented with precise color placement take center stage in the first Masters of Beauty collection from celebrity stylist and master educator Nick Arrojo and the Empire Education Group. This long layered razor cut (1 of 3) lets your client transition from her real life to her own personal runway with ease due to shapes that guarantee built-in styling.
Popularity and concerns about straightening options created a new generation of products and opportunities.
Associate Editor Lauren Salapatek just received Keratin Complex's Express Blow-Out one-hour service at Salon 110 in downtown Chicago. Check out the steps to the service and an overview of Keratin Complex's new Style Therapy Collection and aftercare products.

Natasha Sunshine-Antonioni uses her styling skills to transform models Tessa and Kristina from graceful Botticelli waves to braided Bohemians.

Natasha Sunshine-Antonioni uses her styling skills to transform this model from graceful Botticelli waves to a braided Bohemian look. "The braids are standard but then ruched. Ruching along the braids adds an imperfect finish, making it modern." —Natasha Sunshine-Antonioni

Winner of the Avant Garde category in the first Great Lengths Challenge competition, Matthew Parkes, a stylist at Robert Allen Salon in Fort Lauderdale, Florida took a basic short buzzed men's hair cut and transformed it into a modern Mohawk by adding Great Lengths Extensions and a new up-to-date color.

Learn how to pull off this fabulous mohawk.

Get the Goldilocks look!

Get the look!
From new products and meetings to City of Hope and NAHA, Cosmoprof Las Vegas this year was a total hit. Check out some of the new products I discovered around the show floor and see exclusive photos of the hottest events at the show.
From manufacturers to distributors, salon owners to spa professionals, importers to retail buyers, more than 25,000 industry professionals will be visiting PBA Beauty Week/Cosmoprof North America this weekend (Sunday, July 31 to Tuesday, August 2). MODERN SALON’S editorial team will be full force at the show, and in addition to regularly posting live blogs, articles, filming Modern Salon TV and reporting from key events like NAHA, City of Hope, Beacon and Symposium, we thought it would be beneficial to give you an update on some of the hottest products being launched/promoted this year. Check out the products in this blog to get an idea of what to expect.
Stretching 40 stories tall in the heart of downtown Chicago, the Hard Rock Hotel was bustling with press, musicians, fans and more at their VIP Suite this weekend for the Lollapalooza music festival. For their 5th year in a row, RED 7 SALON ...
Premiere Orlando returned to the Orange County Convention Center June 4-6 with attendance exceeding 50,000. Salon professionals from all 50 states and 14 countries came for educational opportunities and the 780 exhibitors who filled 2,700 booths.
Make-up enthusiasts mark your calendar and save the dates for The Makeup Shows in 2012! This large, pro-only show brings together big names and the best talent in the industry, and allows you to discover new beauty products and brands all under one roof!
Goldwell has announced their 2011 Color Zoom Challenge US Finalists. See which three US colorists will represent the United States at the 2011 Color Zoom Finale Live Competition in South Beach on October 16, 2011