Make Your Money Work for You: There's Still Time to Save More Money
To help beauty professionals become more informed about money management so they make better financial decisions, Ulta Beauty Senior Director, Education and Creative, Anna Manukyan talks us through important concepts around money in our Finance Friday video series.
Beauty Brands, Here's How You Sell to a Hairdresser
After many years of being pitched, these are the questions every manufacturer should ask themselves before creating a new product and introducing it to stylists.
Managing Change in the Salon: Heath Smith of Ruiz Salons on Creating Systems That Work
Heath Smith, co-founder of Ruiz Salons in Austin, Texas, has experienced his fair share of salon change since going into business with Allen Ruiz in 1988. In the process, he's discovered a solid system for managing it.
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Make Your Money Work for You: Protect Yourself
Every week, Anna Manukyan is sharing the wealth--of her own knowledge. As a licensed professional, industry expert and financial counselor and coach, she speaks our language, making understanding financial terms easy and accessible. This week, she tells us what we need to protect ourselves, our assets, and our investments.
Can Your Salon/Spa Go NO Tipping?
Gratuities cause hassles for owners. You have to pay taxes and credit card processing fees on tips and you have to distribute them to the team. Strategies' Neil Ducoff shows you what a no-tipping salon looks like, and what you need to do to get there.
by Neil Ducoff
Make Your Money Work for You: Read the Fine Print
To help beauty professionals become more informed about money management so they make better financial decisions, Ulta Beauty Senior Director, Education and Creative, Anna Manukyan is sharing the wealth--of her own knowledge.
Competing in the Oscars of Beauty and Creating a Compelling NAHA Collection
The North American Hairstyling Awards or NAHAs, co-founded by MODERN SALON, awards our industry’s artists and creatives. Photographer Keith Bryce is the man behind the lens for many of the finalist collections, and we asked him to discuss his process, and how he collaborates with artists to bring out their best.
by Anne Moratto
Make Your Money Work for You: Avoid This Crucial Mistake with IRAs
Every Friday, we feature some financial wisdom from Anna Manukyan, a certified finanical educator, licensed beauty professional and the founder of the Beauty Finance Group, which was created to help beauty pros design a plan for success and a strong financial foundation through education.
How I Got Your Client
If you think other stylists can "steal" clients from you, you're looking at the situation from the wrong perspective.
Make Your Money Work for You: Understanding the Difference Between Mutual Funds, Stocks, and Bonds
In a new video series, Ulta Beauty's Anna Manukyan breaks down financial terms and explains their relevance. These short nuggets of education are digestible, understandable and relatable, because she has made it her mission to "give you the power to protect your income, life, health, and wealth."
Building a Business on Lashes and Brows: Lash Spa Boutique and Academy Owner, Savannah Thorne
In the six years since opening her first lash salon in Manhattan, Kansas, Savannah has opened a second salon in Brookings, South Dakota, developed a line of magnetic lashes and created an academy to train future lash and brow professionals.
Climbing Out of Burnout: How One Hairstylist Got Unstuck
Feeling pressure to perform, to say 'yes' to everything and to work when completely uninspired led this stylist to feel stuck and burnout. But she climbed out of burnout and wrote a book about it.
by Anne Moratto
Building a Better Life by Barbering
Southern California-based Barber Betty "Sharp" Hernandez made a major career change, from corporate concerns to creating crewcuts, and says that she appreciates the new found freedom, personal growth and creativity she’s experienced since she started barbering.
Business-building Crash Course Points Hair Pros Toward Wealth
Flourish Salon Business Development launches Thrivers Society Prep School to give beauty professionals a clear path to setting and achieving their business goals.
5 Stylists on How They're Saving During this Period of High Inflation
We asked five hairdressers for their tips on saving money during this time, when inflation is at a forty-year high. Find out what tool they have found most useful in managing the money they spend in their business.
by Anne Moratto
4 Ways a Clients-Only Facebook Group Will Help You Streamline Your Business
With all the love given to Instagram, we forget that old standby, Facebook, and its ability to help connect us. But not stylist and coach Lisa Huff (@lisahuffhair). One of her recommended business practices is the use of a Client-Only Facebook, a private group that serves so many valuable purposes, we wanted to know more.
by Anne Moratto
Why the First 2022 Venus+Mercury Retrograde Will Actually Be a Good Thing
Celeb Astrologer Lisa Stardust says Mercury Retrograde 2022 is going to impact everyone—and some signs more than others.
by Anne Moratto