FORMULA: Caramel Sombre
Jay Rua (@jayrua_glam), Glamour Beauty Salon, Las Vegas, transformed his client with an uninteresting faded shade to a caramel sombre that caught our eye on Instagram. "She came in with grown out highlights," says Rua. ...
Maggie Mulhern
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 The Red Right: Kate Bosworth For "Still Alice"
Still Alice is a magical movie and the buzz is about Julianne Moore's performance AND Kate Bosworth's haircolor. David Adams and the team at redCHOCOLATE were tasked with transforming Bosworth, who played the role of Julianne ...
2015 Academy Awards: Top 3 Head-to-Toe Beauty Looks by Eva Scrivo
MODERN checked in with makeover expert Eva Scrivo to see if she would share her favorite overall looks from the 2015 Academy Awards."My criteria was based on the balance between beauty (hair/makeup) and fashion," Scrivo says. ...
TRANSFORMATION: Breathtaking Silver/Lilac Color Melt
Tonianne Munzelle (@njglamourguru), a hairstylist and makeup artist from Salon du Monde, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ, is a color correction and balayage specialist. "I'm educated and trained in Goldwell, Lakme, Bumble and Bumble, ...
TRANSFORMATION: Titanium In Action
Megan Allen (@hairstylistmeganallen) of Salon 29:11, Smithfield, North Carolina met with her client looking for something new. "Her before had level 5 new growth and her mid shaft and end had red left over from a previous appointment," ...
TRANSFORMATION: From Faded Fun To Playful Blue
"Sierra has been loving having bright and colorful hair," says Elizabeth Nuttall (@misslizbliz) of Seasons Salon and Day Spa, Orem, Utah. "She started with pink, then to purple and now this blue. To get to this blue I had to ...
The PERFECT Case For a Professional Make Up Artist
Make up artist Charles Ward offers an overview of his custom made case while backstage at Malan Breton F/W 2015 during Mercedes Benz Fashion ...
The Kardashian Beauty Experience
An invite arrived with some fanfare in my email box a few weeks ago. It was to the launch of Kardashian Beauty by Farouk Systems and the invite revealed that both Kim and Khloe were going to be there to meet the press. I JUST HAD TO GO!I ...
MANNEQUIN MONDAY: The Funny Side
Sometimes we find posts tagged #MannequinMonday that just make us LAUGH OUT LOUD! These four are some of our faves:Top row: both by @_amandanoir_ who also tagged #bored, #salonantics and #salonshenanigans and says on her page: ...
CHUNKING: It's Baaaack!
MODERN heard from celebrity colorist Jason Backe who said that this heavy highlight post caused a big reaction on Instgram. "This chunking image done by our color director Kitty Nadel (@kittyclorist) BLEW UP on social media," ...
NYFW: Beauty at Sherri Hill Fall/Winter 2015
Yes, the Sherri Hill F/W 2015 collection, shown last night at the Plaza Hotel in NYC, was breathtaking, but the BEAUTY backstage was something else. As always, the designer populated her runway with an interesting mix of professional models, ...
NYFW: Cool Hair By Kien Hoang at THE BLONDS
THE BLONDS is one of MODERN's favorite shows held during New York Fashion Week. The hair, make up, nails, EVERYTHING, is a story. For the F/W 2015 season, the designers looked to the famous Stanley Kubrick film Clockwork Orange to inspire ...
TRANSFORMATION: The Money Making Blonde Sombre
Charmaine Edwards (@charmededwards) just opened her CharMarie Salon this past September in Christiansburg, VA. She tagged #MODERNSALON on Instagram with this makeover and we just loved! We tracked her down to get more information."Client ...
TRANSFORMATION: Damaged Blonde To Cool Red
Vrej Nazar (@v_hairstylist) describes his work as varying "from everyday beach waves, to bridal updos, to even editorial big glam curls." Based at Marine M Salon Studio, in Sherman Oaks, California, he also cuts, colors and does ...
NYFW: Beauty at Jeremy Scott, F/W 2015
It was all about color for the Jeremy Scott F/W 2015 collection and Wella Global Creative Director Eugene Souleiman delivered with hot splat shades on black wigs.“Jeremy’s collection was based on dolls so I wanted to follow ...
NYFW: Beauty At Delpozo
The Delpozo F/W 2015 collection presented some interesting beauty in it's NYFW presentation. For hair, Antonio Corral Calero, Moroccanoil’s global creative director, played with accessories, incorporating the designers’ ...
NYFW: Nails and Makeup at The Blonds, Simply Incredible
Everything about The Blonds, shown last night at NYFW, was simply incredible. MODERN spent hours backstage to get the scoop. Because there is just so much to chat about (from head to toe), we start here with nails (by CND) and makeup (MAC).CND ...