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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.
For the Blonds Fall/Winter 2014 runway show, CND's team of Education Ambassadors created 23 unique "good girl gone bad" nail designs in the CND Design lab. Learn how to translate this mini-masterpiece into a DIY wearable work of art. Here, learn the "Jewel Thief" nail design (with Swarovski Crystals!)
For the Blonds Fall/Winter 2014 runway show, CND's team of Education Ambassadors created 23 unique "good girl gone bad" nail designs in the CND Design lab. Learn how to translate this mini-masterpiece into a DIY wearable work of art. Here, learn the Pink (or Red) Panther look!
Summer beach hair is always a hot request in the salon when the weather starts getting warmer. Kenra Platinum introduces Dry Texture Spray 6 and Texturizing Mist 6 which accompany Kenra Platinum Texturizing Taffy 13 to create the Kenra Platinum Texture Collection. Get the steps to this beach-inspired look!
Even though it's still Spring, it's time to start thinking about Summer trends! This year, Senior Stylist Graziella Lemo at SalonCapri in Boston created four gorgeously simple hairstyles that transition from spring to summer and pool to party in just a few quick steps! Here, she shows us the Beach Wave Faux Bob...with a decorative fishtail braid!
Even though it's still Spring, it's time to start thinking about Summer trends! This year, Senior Stylist Graziella Lembo at SalonCapri in Boston created four gorgeously simple hairstyles that transition from spring to summer and pool to party in just a few quick steps! Here, she shows us the Luxe Low Loop Knot.
Rihanna decided to take the pastel plunge, along with celebrities like Nicole Richie and Rumer Willis, by going "Bubblegum" Pink! Pravana's Artistic Director, Vadre Grigsby offers us the color formula!
Orlando Pita, lead stylist for BioSilk at the Carolina Herrera NYFW Fall/Winter 2014 show, created a look that was reminiscent of the classic 60′s beehive but with a whimsical play on proportions. The result was a streamlined, polished, sculptural updo.
Did you hear that Adam Levine got a makeover? ...He went BLONDE! "Like" or "Unlike?" Let us know!
Part of Sebastian Professional's EvoTech collection, the Matrix Pulse look takes inspiration from the digital age. The majority of this look uses "The Pleating Technique" with a flatiron. Learn how to re-create it in just a few steps.
The 5-strand braid is predicted to be a hot request this spring/summer. "It's really just a simple weaving of the hair back and forth in an over under pattern,"says braid guru, Melissa Cook of Latest-Hairstyles.com. Wip up this simple (yet intricate looking) braid on your clients making their style a walking advertisement!
Are you a cosmetology student looking for ways to afford school? You're in luck because this may be your opportunity to get a $1,000 scholarship! Matrix is giving away this chunk of money to 50 lucky future students.
Entrepreneurial hairstylist, David Leslie, owner of ISH Salon in Phoenix, AZ, created the V-Cut towel design to help your clients feel more comfortable in the chair (rather than a traditional towel bunched up around their neck).
Darkly intense with an artful combination of color that evokes the juxtaposition of oil and water. This look is by Joico Artist Stella Livoti, get the color how-to.
DJ Victory recently created a collection called Suave Sophisticate which features a long-haired male model wearing four different looks. Try these out on your clients!
Athena Salon & Spa's Fearless Youth collection features various young and edgy looks you can try on your younger clientele. Here, owner Mary Rolling provides you with the color formulas and descriptions of each of the looks.
Soft curls, waves, bends and buckles – a beautiful combination of texture and movement come together to create the Oh Plaid Collection, the most recent work of Eric Fisher Salons and Aquage.
Part of Kenra Color's 2014 Spring/Summer Artistic Collection: Blonde Horizons, the look "Strawberry Sunrise" is inspired by unique characteristics of sunrises, including the range of tones, melting of colors and diffusion of light.
