HOT CLASS: Redken Symposium 2015, Ready To Wear
One of the hottest classes held during Redken Symposium 2015, which recently wrapped up in Las Vegas, was Ready To Wear featuring Rodney Cutler and David Stanko. The class, designed to break down high glamour/high fashion looks to streetwise and ...
Gino Trunzo and essie at Redken Symposium 2015
What a wonderful surprise! Right there, smack in the middle of the Redken Symposium 2015 show floor, stood Gino Trunzo, Essie director of education. Trunzo was overseeing, managing and serving as "security" at the Essie lounge, an ...
Why Stylists Should Take a Stance Against Diversion
There comes a time in every stylist’s career where his/her client cheats and purchases product outside of the salon. The client may justify these transactions for a variety of reasons – they don’t have time to wait on product ...
by Anne Moratto
5 Creative Ways You Can Use Hair Extensions on Your Clients
“I HATE my hair.” How many times have we heard that from our clients?Most of our clients come into the salon not loving something about their hair - even sometimes hating it. It is our job, as salon professionals, to make sure each ...
Dove's 'Love Your Curls' Campaign
Dove has done it again with their latest viral video aimed at encouraging young girls to embrace their curly hair. Cue the waterworks.According to a Dove research survey, only four out of 10 curly girls think they are beautiful. As someone who ...
Who Made You Want To Be Great?
I have been very fortunate in my career. I have worked with some of the best companies in our industry and I have traveled to 5 continents and 17 countries sharing ideas, but it was always the people that made the difference for me. In ...
5 Ways You Can Stop Your Clients From Using Box Color!
Dominique DeFrancesco, Colorist from De La Mer Salon (Bellmore, NY), has seen her fair share of homemade "ombré" color created at home with box color, so she has a list of tips she now shares with her guests on why doing their own ...
What the Client Saw, The Positives
I am writing this post as a follow-up to my last post. I was proud of my last post. I am passionate about what was shared. When I read it online after it went live I was immediately struck by not only how important the message is bit also by the ...
by Anne Moratto
Accentuate the Base for a New Spring Color Service
For a great new spring color concept, accentuate the base, instead of breaking it, says David Barron, owner of Barron’s London Salon in Atlanta, Georgia.“Spring is a transition period between the darker colors of winter and the ...
What Color Personality is Your Client: Whisper, Talk or Scream?
At Yellow Strawberry in Sarasota, Florida, salon owner Richard Weintraub says spring 2015 trends are all about noticeable blondes and redheads to remember. “We’re predicting a much warmer spring and summer,” says ...
4 Tips on How to Master the Art of Consultation
In order to master the consultation, one must first meet certain conditions in order to become a great communicator, advises Glenn Milliet, owner and stylist at Glenn Michael Salon and Spa in Metairie, LA. “What you hear, you will forget. ...
5 Tips for Perfect Shade Selection and Color Placement
It’s all about customized color that works with the cut. At the David Salon in Costa Mesa, California, Nicole Ankenman uses placement to draw attention to focal points. She bases her shade selection on what complements skin tones. Here, ...
Celebrity Color: Trends Include Babylights and Balayage
Tracey Cunningham, Redken Celebrity Colorist, has a lengthy and impressive list of Hollywood starlets who come to her Meche Salon in Beverly Hills, California, to keep their color perfected. Cunningham is revealing the inside scoop on the new ...
7 Tips for Stylists Who Work With Child Clients
Do you work with child clients? Ever wonder how you can make them feel more comfortable in the chair? What things should you offer to help them pass the time while their hair is being cut? What’s the proper way to conduct a child ...
6 Fundamentals of Over Direction in Haircutting
Want to unlock creativity? Turn to the fundamentals. Andrew Carruthers, Director of Education for Sam Villa, reviewed elevation first - the ‘up and down’ movement of the hair that controls the vertical aspect of the silhouette. The ...
3 Things You Didn't Know About Enlarged Pores
Did you know that for every hair on your body there is a corresponding skin pore? And, did you know that the average adult has around 5 million hairs on their body? Pores are all over the body, so it’s important to understand how they ...
Why Does In-Salon Training Matter? Wisdom from Ruth Roche
As a salon professional, you likely already know that continuing education is not just a good thing but a very necessary thing for you to do in order to keep up with the latest trends and techniques. Additionally, clients expect you to be ...
by Lauren Quick