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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.
Alicia Liotta, founder of the Beauty Bus Foundation (www.beautybus.org) talks about the vision behind the organization. Find out why hairdressers, estheticians and even celebrities have joined Beauty Bus to change lives for the better.
Oribe met with Maggie Mulhern in New York just hours before boarding a plane to LA to prepare Penelope Cruz for the Academy Awards. Using a new product to be launched in May, Oribe did a little backcombing, twisting and turning and VOILA.....Maggie Bardot.
Louise O'Connor, owner of OC61 Salon in NYC, sells Zazz Shower Caps for $36 to her salon clientele.
Chagrin Falls, Ohio, is a picturesque little town outside Cleveland that surrounds the beautiful natural waterfall on the Chagrin River. Chagrin Falls is also home to the Aquage headquarters and the new photo and video studio created by Luis Alvarez. MODERN SALON editor Maggie Mulhern and Alvarez conducted the very first shoot at the studio in early January. The 50-by-30-foot studio is designed for both video and still photography, with lights suspended from the ceiling.
In this exclusive shoot for MODERN SALON, Luis Alvarez was inspired by his two favorite beauty events—the Academy Awards in Hollywood and America’s Beauty Show in Chicago. Alvarez, who is a photographer as well as a hairdresser, has an eye for shapes, which he cultivated carefully on his red-hot models in this collection, titled “Mood Swing.”
ModernSalon.com editor Maggie Mulhern was at NY Fashion Week and decided to visit her friend, celebrity hairstylist Ted Gibson, at his salon. Watch as Ted points out various features of his beautiful salon. Get inspiration to pursue a beauty career from Ted himself! Ted's work has been featured in numerous magazine covers (including Modern Salon!) Stay tuned for it!
Several salons in Northern New Jersey unite to raise funds for Haiti relief. The Dieci Lifestyle Spa in Livingston hosted the event.
L’Oréal Professionnel introduces INOA, a new hair color line, at a two-day event in New York City.
New York Fashion Week just ended and Maggie Mulhern offers her thoughts in this "wrap" up.
Jan Arnold, Co-founder and Creative Director of CND, creates beautiful nail designs for fashion week.
Oribe Member Salons recreate hair style featured on the Vogue Italia June 1990 cover featuring Linda Evangelista.
Luis Alvarez does a photoshoot for MODERN SALON in his new studio in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
Bree D'Errico won Sebastian's "What's Next Awards". Among her prizes was a trip to attend and work behind the scenes during New York Fashion Week for the fall/winter 2010 collections. She worked alongside Thomas Dunkin for Betsey Johnson, Zero + Maria Cornejo and Band Of Outsiders.
Modern Salon has just received word that Tabatha Coffey, star of Bravo’s “Tabatha’s Salon Takeover” and “Shear Genius”, has agreed to host the Matrix Mannequin Mania Contest. The contest, running from April 1, 2010 to July 31, 2010, is open to all stylists willing to be judged on a new cut, color and/or style created on a mannequin. A photograph of the “model” will be judged by a panel of industry experts…including ME!
Thomas Dunkin for Sebastian Professional styles the hair for the William Rast fall/winter 2010 Collection during New York Fashion Week.
Christian Marc uses Rene Furterer products to style the locks of Orianthi, the Australian starlet and lead guitarist for Michael Jackson's "This Is It".
Odile Gilbert created magnificent finishes at several shows during New York Fashion Week. She used Aveda at Rodarte for the Fall/Winter 2010 Collection.
