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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 are many ways to introduce your client to color, but offering color without the commitment can make it even more enticing. Add in volume and length and you have one of the biggest trends of 2016 and one of the most profitable services in the salon today—extensions.
This client waited 5 years to have a new shade. The results from natural brown to icy blonde, via microlights and toning, are amazing!!! Check it out.
This client wanted to keep darker hair color but make it healthier, stronger and shinier.
Lyndsey Bardnell has launched the EmpowHERment Project to celebrate women in the industry. Learn more about the initiative and how to get involved.
The 14th International Wella Professionals Trend Vision Awards (ITVA) just wrapped up this fall in Barcelona, Spain. See the winners and pics from the event!
Frances Canola (@frances_hairartist) is in the process of opening Bauhaus Salon in Orange, CA (opening Jan 2, 2017). MODERN found this lovely makeover and asked Canola for the details for this brassy blonde to ashy melt perfection. Here she shares.
"My client is usually a short haired beauty, but she wanted to try to grow her hair out," says Alysha Cornetta (@AmoreHairDesign) of Amore Hair Design, Gallery Salons, Foxboro, MA. "We applied the Donna Bella tape-in hair extensions. We originally got them to match her before color but then after consultation she really wanted to be red again." Get the details for the how-to.
Ludovic Geheniaux (@hairbyluu) says client Leana is a professional model. “She wanted a big color change and told me that she wanted to go lighter. I proposed she had to just trust me.” See the steps and the after. Amazing.
World AIDS Day is fast-approaching on December 1st. Each year, Hairdressers Against AIDS hosts a social movement asking everyone to come together to #cutAIDSshort by pledging to cut a symbolic lock of hair via a photo on social media, or by making a donation to an HIV/AIDS research company.
Wella Professionals Global Creative Director, Color, Josh Wood, shares his tips on how all salon pros can up their skill set to not only increase their income, but to ultimately develop their craft.
Jennifer Wills (@hair_byjenwills) of Salon 77 West, Pleasanton CA, is a color specialist "And love my cool tones!" Here she shares the how-to for a beautiful blonde correction.
Lizzie Leggat (@Lizzie.spouse) from Alberta, Canada, says her client " started off with a very faded strawberry blonde color. The client loved the idea of rich copper tones while adding some dimension to frame the face." Here Leggat shares the how she punched up this shade.
Samantha Lawrence (@samlawrencehair) of House of Color, Colorado Springs, Colorado, says her 75%/very curly hair client wanted to be a #Unicorn! We had been doing her hair with a level 5 natural on her base and highlights with a block coloring of purple and blue in the front. She then decided she wanted to go full color because we kept making the purple and blue more prominent."
Amber Mahaffey (@coloroutsidethelineshs), Surfside Beach, SC, shares the details for this gorgeous makeover, going from faded and blah to hot red melt.
After about 8 months of being blonde and a couple years of growing her hair out, Kasey Rials' (@kasey.hair) client decided she wanted a change! Here's how she gave her client a lower maintenance color to switch up her routine.
This client came in for professional help after balayaging her hair a couple times and compromsing its integrity. How did they get it back to a healthier state? Find out.
Amelia ‘Violet’ Camp, (@violetthestylist), Colorist/Director of Education at Bouffant Beauty Bar, La Mesa, California, says, "I hadn’t seen Larissa in almost a year when she contacted me about changing up her grown out ombre." Check out the makeover here.
