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#2 of ClipperGuy's Top 10 Tips for Managing Your Appointment Book

Tip #2 of 10 in the series - Hybrid your book – Some clients insist on and demand to be taken by appointment.  Some client’s lives just do not allow for the structure and commitment that making an appointment imparts.Learning to ...

Ian Michael Black's Top Tips for Instagram Posts

At Aveda's Dare to Dream event, Sept. 11-12 in St. Petersburg, Florida, top stylists, business experts and corporate team members have gathered to inspire and grow together.The approximately 1,000 attendees were treated to presentations ...

Show Off Your Balayage Skills: Enter Scruples' Power Your Blonde Contest

Enter Scruples' Power Your Blonde Contest on Instagram.

American Crew's Blue Suede Barbershop Stops at North Coast Music Festival in Chicago

The American Crew Blue Suede Barbershop jived its way onto festival grounds across the country this summer to give out free cuts and samples to festival-goers. MODERN SALON was at its Chicago stop at North Coast Music Festival.

Which Angle Should You Use for Clipper-Over-Comb Haircuts? Horizontal or Vertical?

Andrew Carruthers, education director for Sam Villa, demonstrates how using vertical versus horizontal sections while clipper cutting can yield very different results.

ClipperGuy’s Top 10 Tips for Managing Your Appointment Book

Your appointment book is your interface between you and the world of your clients. Your appointment book does way more than just tell you who to cut and when to cut them. In the following 10-installment blog post series I will share my top 10 tips for managing your appointment book.

My TEDx Experience

As many of you know I love TED Talks.  I learn from them, share them in my classes, with my friends, my family (sharing them with our daughters, my wife and I share talks we love with each other) I even share some on social media. To ...

Tips for Being a Successful Salon Professional from Van Council

MODERN spoke with Van Council about some of the things he suggests for building a successful career in the salon industry.

NAILS: How to Determine Skintone and Choose the Best Fall Colors for Your Clients

Fall is a time of transition reflected in both fashion and beauty. Speaking with confidence to clients by sharing trends, analyzing skintone to pick the best shade and offering complementary nail shapes will make your nail business soar.

Celebrity Style: Tales of Texture

Fall styles continue to veer away from smooth and sleek and play up hair’s natural movement.

A Salon Professional Should...

A Salon Professional Should...by Carlos Valenzuela Have enough cash to live six months with no income.Save more as you advance in years. Know when to push the envelope and when to walk away.Spot and avoid what’s none of your ...

Like A New Man: The Changing Male Personae and the Beauty Industry

The man’s role in society has been changing for over 40 years, so why is it garnering so much attention now? Perhaps it’s because for the first time ever, we have a woman running for the top spot in the White House. Maybe it’s because we’re seeing traditional gender roles becoming flimsy as men assume grocery shopping and soccer practice duties while their wives are tapping on the glass ceiling. Whatever the reason, the professional beauty industry is quickly and astutely taking note.

Choose Beauty: All About Tangle Teezer Founder Shaun Pulfrey

Sassoon-trained stylist Shaun Pulfrey’s focus on making stylists’ jobs easier and making hair better led to his invention of the Tangle Teezer brush.

A Night of Fun and Dance Starring the JLS Dancers and Sport Clips' Artistic Team

The JLS Dancers and the Sport Clips Artistic Team performed at the 2016 CEO & AMP Convention. After a memorable performance on the red carpet, dancers were styled by members of the Sport Clips Artistic Team.

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How to Merge Old-School & New-School Marketing Techniques

When it comes to building a personal brand, a careful balance of classic skills and new platforms are the keys to your success. In the branding world, some efforts go as far today as when your grandparents were networking and building brands and businesses. Arguably, the heavy saturation of social media, cell phones and email is making the desire for face-to-face interactions and physical—not digital—information even more valued now than in recent years.

Hope Floats: Beauty Pros Respond to Flood Victims in Louisiana

This is what happens when we take care of each other.

Product Roundup: Purposefully Pink Products that Support Breast Cancer Awareness

Our industry cares deeply, not just about making clients look good, but about their well-being, too. These brands are demonstrating their care during October, Breast Cancer Awareness month, with products that aid the cause.