GO, SLOW, WHOA: An Everyday Approach to Eating
You can be healthy even if you indulge in some favorite foods that aren’t exactly on the “recommended” list. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recommends applying the “GO, SLOW, WHOA” approach to your daily ...
Bianca Hillier: Lifestyle Change
Every hairdresser learns the lesson to slow down. But at age 19? That’s when Bianca Hillier got her wake-up call. Working up to 16 hours a day, six days a week, Bianca was an ambitious, talented rising star at Sally Hershberger Salon ...
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: 12 Warning Signs
The words “childhood” and “cancer” should never have to go together, but each year more than 10,000 children are diagnosed with some type of cancer, according to City of Hope, a supporter of Healthy Hairdresser. When ...
Holiday: Take Care of You During the Holidays
It has become one of our favorite holiday traditions to close this special gift issue with a reminder to please take care of you during the pending busy season.As a salon professional, you give so much to your clients, colleagues and family ...
Aura Friedman: Start Young to Take Care of Yourself
“If you’ve chosen to be a hairdresser for your whole career, you’re 100% certain to experience pain in your back, legs, hands, tendons—everywhere,” says Aura Friedman, a stylist at Sally Hershberger Salon ...
Help Grande Naturals Fight Ovarian Cancer
Salons and stylists who purchase Grande Naturals’ limited edition GrandeTEAL Kit can help save lives this month. To mark September as Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, Grande Naturals is donating 50% of proceeds from sales of the kit to ...
Hairdressers are Passionate about What They Stand For!
Our September Healthy Hairdresser Challenge is going strong! Many of you are sharing “what you stand for” as a salon professional. All participants are eligible to receive one of 30 pairs of compression fashion hosiery from this ...
Deb Gavin: Bending, Boxing and Body Position
“This is a very physical career,” says Deb Gavin, international artistic director at Keratin Complex and owner of Fresh Hair Studio in Southampton, Pennsylvania. “When you’re young, you think injuries won’t happen ...
Marco Pelusi: Be a Health Resource
Celebrity hair colorist Marco Pelusi gets around—to all of the right people! The owner of Marco Pelusi Hair Studio in West Hollywood, California, Pelusi has been leading his team and even his clients toward healthier practices by pooling ...
Take a Stand
Salon owners represent their businesses at their local Chamber of Commerce; salon teams select charities to support; individual stylists voice their opinions at an industry association meeting. From promoting healthy habits to protecting natural ...
Could You Have Plantar Fasciitis?
If your first steps of the morning generate pain at your heel, you might have plantar faciitis. Left untreated, this can become a chronic condition. To accommodate the pain, you might change the way you walk, and that can lead to problems the ...
Get a Leg Up on Health!
“When your feet are miserable, you’re miserable!” says stylist Michael Breen, owner of Michael’s Cottage Salon in Jacksonville, Florida. Being on your feet all day isn’t good for the human body, but that’s how ...
Immunizations Save Lives!
With many parents opting out of immunizing their children, pediatricians and schools are diligently urging parents to vaccinate before school starts—in August, National Immunization Month. Some states are passing laws making it harder for ...
“Hands Up” Mentors Vary, But They All Believe in You
The results so far of this month’s Healthy Hairdresser Challenge offer much inspiration! In asking you to share the name of the person who gave you a “hands up” to boost your professional success, we’re finding that a few ...
Candy Shaw Codner: Spread the Health
There’s something about turning 50 that feels like a wake-up call for reviewing your lifestyle. “When I turned 50, I realized that I was closer to the end than the beginning,” says famed Atlanta stylist Candy Shaw ...
Trending: Spicy Foods are Hot!
Spicy foods already have a reputation for burning through your metabolism to help you lose weight. Now there’s even better news for those who like their food super-spicy, with recent studies indicating a possible link between spicy foods ...
6 Strategies to Reduce Back-to-School Stress
Your salon’s back-to-school promotions with liter sizes and travel kits are probably in full swing. It’s rewarding to help high school and college kids change their look and plan for a year of exciting new experiences. But at home, ...