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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.
More than 1000 salon pros, friends and family were in Dallas, Texas tonight to cheer on the 9 finalists in the 2017 Sebastian Professional’s WHAT’S NEXT AWARDS (WNA). Details and winners here.
MODERN would like to congratulate the Top Ten finalists in the 2017 Intercoiffure Nouveau Creative, Cut, Color, and Texture Contest. These artists, all working at Intercoiffure member salons, were asked to to submit a dynamic haircut and texture displaying versatility and creativity with distinct color as a vivid component of the overall look. Learn more here.
Learn the formula for this lovely galaxy-inspired color design.
Jenn Malone (@jmalonehair) at Agence Salon, San Dimas, California, says her client "had 85% virgin hair. Her goal is to be a 'rooty' platinum blonde while still keeping the 'lived in' look. My main goal was to get her to her desired color, while still maintaining the integrity of her hair. Patience is the key in achieving this!" How to here.
What are your plans this weekend? Sebastian Professional’s What’s Next Awards (WNA), a premiere hair styling competition for students and professionals, will broadcast live from Wella Education’s Facebook page at 6:30 p.m. PST/8:30 p.m. CST/9:30 p.m. EST.
Jack Martin (@JackMartinColorist) of Jack Martin Studio, Tustin, California, posted this impressive makeover and we just had to share. Here Martin shares the details for this makeover.
MODERN stopped by the most recent educator training for Living Proof. Rafael Benitez, Director of Sales and Education - Latin America was working with Living Proof Educator - Latin America, Leonel (Leo) Sandoval. As he was perfecting the technique, Benitez asked Sandoval to demonstrate for our Spanish speaking audience.
It has been a problem in our industry for years - retailing. Many salon pros have trouble seeing beyond the artistry and find it difficult to sell products to their clients. In this brief video Cody Fullerton of Living Proof confronts the situation and shares why salon pros should encourage their clients to buy products to maintain their hair between salon visits.
Four lovely icy blondes were chatting up a storm at a special training for Living Proof educators. The ladies, together, represented some of the prettiest dimensional pale shades ever seen. We had to know: WHAT IS YOUR FORMULA. Here they share.
At the most recent Artist Session, MODERN's photoshoot workshop in New York City, Rose Fraser, owner of Hair Reflections in Birmingham, Alabama, took a double-take on her models.
Eva Scrivo shares how she used balayage to correct this hair color.
Having trouble getting a perfect face frame? Check out this short video demo from Living Proof's Michael Shaun Corby who shows how to get a beautifully blended design in 4 simple steps.
Details for Sebastian's 2017 What's Next Awards here.
This client wanted to go from her current color to platinum. She arrived with 2-3 inches of level 6 regrowth with red panels and 1/2 head grown out highlights.
Crista Lydia Chavez a colorist at Platinum Hair Salon, Caldwell, Idaho, says her over-processed client "had been doing her hair at home, overlapping lightener each process. There was a lot of Breakage was at the ends and near the face frame." Here Chavez shares the details for this correction.
MODERN checked in with Mark Leeson to get the formula for this gorgeous deep red. Here he shares, using all Goldwell colors.
Jon Reyman, using Olivia Garden and Aveda, created timeless finger waves for the Chiara Boni fall/winter 2017 collection, shown at the most recent NYFW. Here he offers details.
