Fighting Frizz: Altering Texture In 5 Minutes
Courtney Costello of the Cortello Salon, Jacksonville Beach, Florida, demos how-to adjust texture on dry hair in just five minutes.
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.
6 Ways of Making Sure You are Mixing Formulas Accurately
We asked six color experts how they accurately and efficiently mix together color formulas for every client. Here's their adivce.
6 Time-Saving Tips for Color Application and Formulation
Speeding up your services (in an efficient and effective way) saves you time and money. We asked six color experts to share with us how they speed up their color services.
FORMULA: Neon Peacock
Get the formula for this Neon Peacock!
HOW-TO: Lovely Sombre To Pale Silvery Amethyst
Get the details for this lovely transformation: pretty, classic sombre to pretty, silvery amethyst.
HOW-TO: Pearly Pixie Perfection
We are loving this pearly pixie. Get the how-to (both cut and color) from the Z.One artists who created it.
HOW-TO: The Perfect Blowout With Handle-Free Dryer
Jen Dozier Horter demos how to use a handle-free blow dryer to get a perfect blowout.
HOW-TO: Vivenne Mackinder UPDO Tips
Vivienne Mackinder shares details on how-to create an updo using just one or two pins.
Makeover: Going For BOMBSHELL
This is a lovely makeover on a client going from faded, grown out highlights to bombshell.
Makeover: Deep Red To Champagne
This makeover from the Telleish Hair Studio is quite spectacular. Colorist Melissa transformed her client from deep, faded red to crystal champagne using Pravana, Lakme and Redken colors. The hair was kept in great condition with Olaplex.
Makeover: Faded Red To Blissful Blue
Mandi Fisher shares the details for this faded red finish to a bright and beautiful dimensional blue color melt.
Sexy Hair At NYFW: The Blonds S/S '17
It was quite a sexy fashion week for the 11 artists who won Sexy Hair’s "Faux-tography" contest who came to New York City during New York Fashion Week to work on the hair for The Blonds S/S 2017 collection, one of the most ...
Makeover: Upgrading in the Purple World
This client liked her previous purple hair color and wanted to try it again! This time, colorist Amber Mahaffey added a little more pizzazz!
Color and Extensions For A Total Glam Finish
Laura Griepentrog (@TeaseSalonOC) of Tease Salon, Costa Mesa, California, got a chance to exercise her color and extension talents for this first time client. Here she shares the details:Step 1: Weave babylights and some backcombed ...
Going Metallic Melt
Kimemily Pham (@kimwasabi), a master stylist and owner of Excellent Hair Salon & Spa Inc. located in Fremont CA. says "It was almost a year since I last saw my client. I had previously lightened her hair from virgin hair. She had ...
Makeover: Perfectly Melted Purple and Blue
Elizabeth Gossett (@elizabethhairartist) of Karas Salon in Wichita, KS, says her client started out with virgin level 7 hair with a few grown out blonde peekaboos. Here she shares the details for this lovely transformation: Step 1: ...
Makeover: Grown Out Blonde To Hot Pink
Paul Callaghan (@paulcallaghanhair) from Lipstick Studio, Glasgow, Scotland created this color and braid that caught out attention. Callaghan wanted to make sure MODERN knew colleague @nicolemeechan created the waves. Here he shares the ...