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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.
There was so much unkempt hair this season on the runways in New York during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week that one would have thought the tents had been blown away—with all the hair having been picked up and thrown around in the process! That’s not to say these looks were anything but fantastic. Anyone would be shocked to know how much work goes in to creating these designs. Here are just a handful of some of our favorites.
I just heard about this fun contest by SALONTECH offering a great way to receive free items and to showcase your talent. The first ten entries are automatic winners because they will receive a Ceramic Ionic Brush just for entering! The best news is...it's all about YOUR Creative Hair Styling Skills.
Joshua Boos decided he needed to “tame the beast” in the backroom of his Moxie Salon and Beauty Hub salon in Beacon, New York. While he does not consider himself an “inventor” necessarily, he has designed things to make life easier in the salon. His latest design, created just last month, is called THE COLOUR ORGANIZER, a system that Boos says keeps all the color and color items in the dispensary in one place.
Modern Salon's Beauty and Fashion Director, Maggie Mulhern chats with hairstylist and salon owner Salvatore Minardi. This video was filmed at Artist Session 3 in New York. Check out http://modernsalon.com/artistsession to find out how you can be a part of the next session.
Each season Rodney Cutler and his team of 50 session artists do about 36 shows during New York Fashion week. Above and beyond influencing hoards of hairdressers, Cutler believes the looks they create will be diluted and worn by clients on the streets from New York to LA to Witchita. "These looks are tomorrows silouhettes," he says. Each season Dean Holcombe, a highly published hairdresser, shoots all the runway and behind the scenes images and boils it all down to a 2 minute video.
This necklace arrived just before a recent MODERN photo session. We couldn’t resist shooting it on model Kinzie.These would be fantastic retail items in any salon.
Oh my….the reddest, most fabulous flat iron just landed on my desk. Ordinarily I like to bring appliances and products to the studio for REAL hairdressers to try, but this one just so FITS into my décor that I may have to keep it in the casa! It’s just adorable!
This famed up-do artist, presenter, educator and author was able to squeeze in an interview with MODERN SALON after receiving a standing ovation at the most recent Intercoiffure show in New York City. Based in Canada, Parsons travels the world teaching hair stylists at all levels how to create the perfect look. Here, he shares his industry insights.
More than 2000 artists from 60 countries converged on the incredibly hot city to re-create their winning images presented in the preliminary photo competition. The 81 finalists and their teams (including make up artists and models) won a trip to Berlin to participate in the live competition for a panel of international judges. There are two categories: Young Talent and Color. The participants were given an opportunity to showcase their interpretations of Wella Professionals’ yearly trend forecast, Trend Vision which has four unique, distinct trends
We just heard of the passing of Monica French, wife of the late Freddie French the founder of French of London and the mother of cover and platform artist Nicholas French. Monica and Freddie pioneered salon chains. French of London salons were in multiple department stores around the UK, Hotels as far as The Mount Nelson, Cape Town and as near to home as the Mayfair Hotel London.
MODERN’s Artist Session 3, a two-day seminar and photo shoot is designed to guide salon owners and stylists on how to create beautiful photos and learn how to get more publicity for themselves or their salons. Attendees develop a portfolio and learn how to break into the freelance hair business.
The Christian Siriano 2010 spring/summer collection presented in a fashion show in the Promenade Tent at Bryant Park during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York.
Modern Salon's Beauty and Fashion Director, Maggie Mulhern chats with hairstylist Cosmo Easterly. This video was filmed at Artist Session 3 in New York. Check out http://modernsalon.com/artistsession to find out how you can be a part of the next session.
Modern Salon's Beauty and Fashion Director, Maggie Mulhern chats with hairstylist Sherri Jessee. This video was filmed at Artist Session 3 in New York. Check out http://modernsalon.com/artistsession to find out how you can be a part of the next session.
It’s been quite a year for Rose Renda, owner of the Second Glance Salon in Edison, New Jersey. Within the past year she has earned a Modern Salon cover, won the totally fabulous Pravana contest, did all the hair for a movie (more about that in a later blog) and created stunning looks for dozens of brides and their parties just about every weekend.
As part of the Product Club “Go Wild!” Jungle Print Foil Promotion, a donation was made to Noah’s Wish – a unique animal welfare organization dedicated exclusively to rescuing and sheltering animals in disasters throughout the United States and Canada.
Shawna Dorego, Creative Director of Jaguar Luxury hair extensions, just sent us the greatest write up on "How to Care for Your Clip in Extensions". This is so wonderfully thorough I thought it would be great for every salon to print this out and give to each and every client purchasing clip in extensions. Thanks Shawna!
