East/West: Vickie Vidov & Maggie Weeks
Salon owner Vickie Vidov and salon director Maggie Weeks may hale from opposite coasts, but they have one thing in common—a love of working with people.
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.
His Brilliant Career
Alexandre de Paris, the original hairdresser to the stars and creator of haute coiffure, died recently at the age of 85.
Luis Alvarez's Creative Pilgrimages
Luis Alvarez, co-founder and creative force behind Aquage, finds that he returns time and time again to the fashion capitals of the West, Paris and New York to feed his creative flame.
Ask the Experts: What's the Safest Way to Perm and Color the Same Head?
Joe Santy, chemical specialist and vice president of education for Dennis Bernard, answers.
Ask the Experts: How Can I Help Clients Avoid Fizz?
Lorraine Massey is the author of the how-to manifesto Curly Girl and co-founder and owner of the Devachan Salon and Departure Lounge in Manhattan.
East/West: Nikki Pelusi Blahusch & Marco Pelusi
The Pelusi family has been in the professional beauty business for what seems like forever. Siblings Marco and Nikki, living on separate coasts, cultivated an early love for the business.
Lunch with Richard Thompson
Modern’s Maggie Mulhern sat down with this month’s guest contributor, Richard Thompson, founder of the world-famous Mahogany salon group.
Bumble and bumble's New Hair Looks
Headlining stylist Laurent Philippon and his team of 20 from Bumble and bumble created awe-inspiring looks on models.
Highlights, Lowlights and Inspiration
Maggie Mulhern asks MODERN’s January cover stylist Shannon Lamm and colorist Tammi Savic about their career highs and lows.
Ask the Experts: What Causes Dandruff?
Dianna Kenneally, principal scientist for P&G Beauty, responds.
Choose Beauty: Sara Jones
Modern Salon is the best resource for information about cosmetology licenses. Find the latest cosmetology trends at ModernSalon.com.
Trend Watching
Do you ever ask yourself how salon manufacturers get their advance news on fashion, scent and packaging trends? The answer, for some, is to get predictions from professional “trend-watchers.”
The Wigmaster
Maggie Mulhern talks to the man who makes Broadway stars look the part.
Michael Crispel: Cutting Edge (Short)
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Michael Crispel: Cutting Edge (Medium)
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Sandra Yu: Shaggy Chic
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Keith Campbell: Feel the Beat (Naima)
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