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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.
At The Wedding Salon, an invitation only event for brides held in NY last night, Modern Salon Media caught up with artists showing the latest in bridal beauty. Our favorites were a fantastic alternative for a crown or a tiara: the bridal headband and we also learn how to apply the perfect lashes for an evening wedding.
Beth Minardi Offers a Formula and Technique to Get Kate Middleton's Highlights
Lee Rizzuto Jr of Conair Corp has been doing his part for the environment for years. More than ten years ago he initiated a campaign encouraging employees to use emails in lieu of paper mail.Beyond the speed of delivery and response efficiency Lee already realized how this can be a long term benefit to the environment.
We just heard that the very popular Paul Mitchell What Inspires You Tour is making a stop in New Brunswick, NJ this June 20, 2011.
The ARTIST SESSION Goody Bag is one of the most coveted of all goody bags in the industry. After opening the bag to find the ghd Midnight Deluxe Collection, one attendee shouted "This is just like Christmas!"
The Intercoiffure America Canada Spring Symposium just wrapped up today at the Fontainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach, completing some of the finest education and inspiration offered to date. President Lois Christie gathered top artists to give important insight in business, design and color.
Last night was very special for me. I had just wrapped up an interview with Lynn Tully, the lead hairdresser at American Idol (for the May 2 episode of Modernsalontv) and was invited to sit in the audience to watch the show. One of the highlights of the hour was the Rihanna performance. Wow...that chic chick can sing. But even more impressive was her HAIR!! "Wasn't her head shaved on one side last month?" asked the fan sitting next to me. Sure was...which is why I did some digging to find out what Rihanna's BFF, hairdresser and FHI Heat VisionMaker Ursula Stephen did to get the length, volume and gorgeous finish.
We just wrapped up the best ARTIST SESSION ever! Ten fantastic hair designers from all over the United States and Canada came to New York to learn how to get involved in session work and use their amazing pictures to "Up Their Profiles."
In this interview, Lee Rizzuto, Jr., Vice President Global Professional Business Units, Conair Corp., talks about the history of BaByliss, the Volare blow dryer and Conair's efforts to combat counterfeiting. Today the BaByliss portfolio is extensive and the recent launch of the Volare blow dryer featuring Ferrari engineered components is a nod to Conair's maintaining the quality and integrity of the BaByliss brand pioneered by Lelievre back in the 1960's.
Dozens of beauty editors, directors and bloggers were invited to see the results of the Care and Styling products on a variety of models. The products, designed to be customized for each client for use in the salon and at home, were demonstrated by Wella Professionals Global Creative Directors Eugene Souleiman (Care and Styling) and Josh Wood (Color). The color-safe Care products, unique formulas are designed to engage the senses by offering results the client can see, touch and smell. “Each product has been specially developed with our innovative technology and premium multisensorial ingredients,” explains Teca Gillespie, Scientific Communications for Wella Professionals.
The three-day event offered more than 250 educational opportunities to up your skills in classes offering specific and advanced education. The North American Hairstyling Awards (NAHA) class featured NAHA winners offering participants the tips on how to win a NAHA. Business-building classes focused on how to market and grow business. The ISSE Long Beach Latino Fashion Theater offered a venue for new cut and color trends for the Latino market. The EstheticsAmerica & Wellness Pavilion devoted to skin care, cosmetics, health and wellness products, services and education offered the latest information, products and services. Continuing Education credits were also available to massage and wellness professionals along with advanced training from Cidesco USA.
Carmen DePasquale, Founder of DePasquale Salon Systems, has launched "Little Green," a child friendly line of products that he created for not just his grandchildren, but for EVERYONE'S little ones. The products are free of all the toxins and ingredients that could harm not just the user, but the environment as well.
This is huge news. If you know how incredibly popular this product is, you will appreciate how much this info will be appreciated by so many. OPI's Shatter, the uber hot shade worn and made famous by Katy Perry, has been expanded with the addition of three new shades: Blue, Navy and Turquoise. These shades now join Black, White, Red and Silver.
MODERN took in the shows at Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week in February. Not only did we see amazing collections for fall 2011, the hair was equally fantastic. Hair and make-up that complemented the runway looks completed every show. Here’s a sampling of the looks we loved.
Today is the last day of Cosmoprof Bologna 2011. This five day EVENT in the gorgeous medieval city of Bologna, Italy, is one of the most wild of all the shows I have ever attended. Reportedly the largest professional beauty show in the world, I would find it hard to believe it’s NOT.
In my quest to find the best professional beauty industry services around the world, I decided to go to the source of all spa services…the Turkish Bath…or as it is known in Turkey….the HAMAM. I found the very best at the city's finest hotel...The Spa at the Ritz Carlton Istanbul.
Edward Tricomi, co-owner of Warren Tricomi salon in New York City, knows what it takes to create a hip environment. “No detail is missed,” says Tricomi of his perfectly planned space. “Every detail is studied and placed in a procedural way.”
