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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.
Getting employees to appreciate the importance of THE FUTURE with a 401K plan is the goal of Arik Efros, co-owner of the Eva Scrivo Salon. Efros outlines the importance of this perk and explains why many of the people in their NYC salon have already a nice bundle waiting for them upon retirement.
Influencer, colorist and salon owner Larisa Love (@larisadoll) is tackling this quarantine situation the way she tackles a tough color correction - head on!
Why should every stylist keep what are considered "barber tools" in their kits? These four barber/stylists tell you why.
Sponsored by BaByliss4Barbers
Moroccanoil Professionals is providing key information for beauty professionals to stay educated and inspired. The brand is committed to education on all levels at every career stage and now can provide that education in the new Moroccanoil Academy in NYC.
Get the details for this lovely new shade, where the existing balayage highlights were put to good use.
Learn more about Eva Scrivo, owner of the Eva Scrivo Salon and Academy in NYC. Scrivo is known for not just her signature balayage technique, but for creating beauty wherever she goes.
Get the details for this makeover for a client who drives 6 hours to meet with her favorite colorist.
Get the details for the makeover from faded and grown-out to bright and pretty on this curly haired client.
Great Lengths extensions can transform a look from strong and powerful, to soft and elegant. Stylists use bonded, clip-in or tape-in extensions, or combine them, to create fresh looks.
Hairstylists make their dreams come true at Artist Session, MODERN’s photoshoot workshop.
MODERN checked in with some of our favorite salon owners, from three different regions, and asked how they are advising their staff on keeping it all together during this unplanned break from work and routine. Find out what Eva Scrivo, Rona O'Connor and Rusty Phillips are doing to stay productive, healthy and happy.
The KAO “Elevate the Artist Social Program” is an intensive exploration into Instagram success for Goldwell and KMS artists. MODERN editors along with social-media expert and salon owner Sydney Ann Lopez offered a two-hour seminar that included best practices in photography and lighting, posing, writing compelling captions, hashtagging, creating engaging content and more.
Sponsored by KAO
“My new client came to me with more bands than you’ll ever see," Carly Brown says. "I knew this was going to be a HUGE challenge! Thankfully her hair surprised me and it did exactly what I wanted it to first time... YAY!”
This client tried someone new and was not happy with the results. Get the details for the color correction once she returned to her favorite colorist.
“When you have a heavy perimeter, try point cutting or slide cutting to texturize your way to a sweeter result,” says Jesse Linares, Sam Villa ArTeam Member. Here the artist demonstrates 4 ways to add texture to blunt cuts.
Olivia Smalley (@OMGartistry) shares 8 tips on staying productively distracted during the COVID-19 crisis.
Want some powerful cutting inspo? Check out @CiprianVaidaHair on Instagram. This is a page chock full of phenomenal cuts and silhouettes and totally worth the visit.
