NYFW: TIGI at Jonathan Simkhai F/W 2016
It was all about a “frozen Goddess” for the Jonathan Simkhai F/W 2016 Collection, created by Thomas Osborn, for CATWALK by TIGI. The look, presented earlier today during NYFW at MILK Studios, explored the ...
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.
NYFW: Ted Gibson For Pamella Roland F/W 2016
For the Pamella Roland F/W 2016 Collection, Ted Gibson created a NON messy bun. Get the details here and watch the PERISCOPE video for a behind the scenes details.LEAD HAIRSTYLIST: Ted Gibson for L'Oréal ProfessionnelTHE ...
TRANSFORMATION: Modernizing To Smokey Violet
Jessica Mendieta (@JESSdomyHAIR), a colorist at Butterfly Loft in Encino, California, is one of our favorite makeover artists. "I love the ability we all have at embracing change," she says. "My approach to pastels, or grey ...
SHEAR APPRECIATION: Salons Banding Together To Help Wounded Warriors
Shear Appreciation is a new program designed to make it easy for salons and spas to band together to help any of the almost 70,000 thousand soldiers who are part of the Wounded Warrior Project. That number of warriors looking for help, both ...
Is It REALLY A Bad Hair Day?
We are loving these Subaru commercials. This one, titled "Bad Hair Day" celebrates what is perceived as a "bad" hair experience. We think the stylist who created this "do" did a great job. What do you ...
Grown Out Fashion To Soft Dimensional Pink
Amelia "Violet" Camp (@violetthestylist), Expert Colorist and Director of Education, Bouffant Beauty Bar, La Mesa, California, says that "Tara is one of my regular color chameleons and we've taken her around the color wheel a ...
Reinvigorating Washed-Out Color
Artemis Koullias (@Hairby_Sia), an artist at New Dawn Salon in Hubbard, OH, worked on her cousin recently, who had thick hair down to her hip bones. "Her hair was faded and her previous balayage was grown-out. We definitely needed to ...
TRANSFORMATION: Grown-Out-Faded-Blonde-To-Modern-Metallic
Geysha Tomassone (@geyshaloveshair) of the Joseph Kenneth salon (@salonjosephkenneth) Marlton, NJ, says this client is a regular. "She wanted something fun so we opted for silver/grey. By looking at her style, I felt that she ...
HOW-TO: Sunset Orange
"This was my first time with this particular client," says Kristi Waldrop (@Kristi_Mac_of_Hair) a stylist/makeup artist at Head Rush Salon in Gonzales, Louisiana. "She had been following my IG for awhile and ...
FORMULA: She's Got The Blues
Oh my goodness...THANK YOU AmandaRose Kingsley (@amandarosepaintsheads) of Septembers Hair, brick, NJ, for tagging MODERN with this GORGEOUS dimensional blue finish.Here she shares the Formula:Step 1: Prep the hair by toning existing blonde with ...
Going Bright Blonde: Consultation and Formula
Gary Yeung (@eclipsesalonsf), master colorist and founder of Eclipse Salon in San Francisco, says he loves helping clients with haircolor transformations."When I begin doing a color consultation, I base any change on five factors," ...
Color Contouring! Cool! See How It's Done
Famed color educator Wendy Bond, using Lakme, shares how to contour the hair using ...
Simon Miller Shares HOW TO Create A Perfect Wave
At the most recent National Guest Artist Training for the Goldwell and KMS teams at the Goldwell/KMS Academy in Santa Monica, California, Simon Miller was working on a mannequin perfecting his wave technique. Here he ...
Balayage vs. Hair Painting: How They Differ
Isn't balayage the same as hair painting?"No," says Eva Scrivo, balayage expert, salon owner and founder of the Eva Scrivo Academy (NYC). "There is a lot of misinformation out there. They are different, and the more you learn ...
FORMULA: The Joe Jonas Rainbow Pompadour
Singer Joe Jonas went all rainbow pompadour last month and Pravana colorist Jamie Muniz put together the formula and technique to re-create the look:FORMULA 1:. Two parts Pastel Blissful Blue + 1 part Neon Blue FORMULA 2: Four parts Vivids ...
TRANSFORMATION: Going Neon Nebula
Alicia McLaughlin, AKA Lish Mac (@thehairstylish), was thrilled with this opportunity to create what she calls a "Neon Nebula" finish for client Nicole."This color story is long," says McLaughlin. "This year she had been ...
HOW TO: The Road To A Perfect Razor Cut
Lori Panarello, a member of the KMS International Team, was leading and learning at the recent National Guest Artist Training for the Goldwell and KMS teams at the Goldwell/KMS Academy in Santa Monica, California. MODERN was there and intrigued ...