July Healthy Hairdresser Challenge: Because Every Minute Matters
What would you do with an extra 10 minutes every morning? Or 10 more minutes with every client? When faced with illness, health scares or major life milestones, it is common to question how we “wish” we had spent more of our personal ...
Cancer Progress and Support
As the beauty industry excitedly anticipates Rock the Cure, the City of Hope Spirit of Life gala set for July 11 at Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, there’s excitement, too, in the City of Hope labs pursuing that elusive cure ...
Breast Cancer Update: Weight Matters
A new study confirms that obesity raises the risk for breast cancer, especially for postmenopausal women. City of Hope, which supports the efforts of Healthy Hairdresser, reports that the research published this month in JAMA Oncology is based ...
10 Bed Crimes
Nearly 90 percent of people experience sleeping problems, and one in three rarely get a full night’s sleep, according to a study published by Digital Hub. We lie awake most often because of stress, anxiety, needing to use the bathroom, ...
Hydrate with Food
Summertime thirst is a “demanding mistress”! “The body uses water to regulate internal body temperature, lubricate joints, maintain muscle integrity and help ease other bodily functions,” says fitness trainer Franci ...
Can’t attend the Spirit of Life Event? You Still Can “Rock the Cure”!
On July 11, Pravana founder Steve Goddard will receive the City of Hope Spirit of Life Award during the “Rock the Cure” dinner and entertainment event at Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The “cure” in this ...
Job Stress at the Salon
Stress on the job has been shown in study after study to be a major source of health problems. Salon professionals have always been fortunate that a major reason people report feeling stress on the job—a fear of being fired or laid ...
6 Foot and Ankle Exercises
Since our Healthy Hairdresser Challenge for June involves taking care of your feet and legs, Healthy Hairdresser did a little research to see what exercises are recommended. You stand much of the day, so moving your feet and ankles is critical ...
“What I Live For”
To mark June as National Safety Month, the National Safety Council (NSC) is celebrating people’s passions that give them a good reason to stay safe. The NSC’s 2015 theme, “What I Live For,” encourages you to share your ...
Is Khloe Kardashian—And Are You—Drinking “Too Much” Water?
Tweeting that her water tip of the day is that she drinks five to six liters of water a day, Khloe Kardashian touched off a bit of a health storm. Even though she added that this amount was recommended by her nutritionist and based on her body ...
Employee Wellbeing Month
How safe is your salon and how healthy is your salon culture? In conjunction with National Safety Month, this is the seventh June designated as Employee Wellbeing Month to spotlight the workplace’s role in helping to create healthy ...
How Do You Treat Your Feet?
Tell us and you could win shoes!Hairdressing isn’t a sport, but it is physical. Salon work requires stamina, strength, attention to posture and stance, and a fair amount of fancy footwork. The shoes you wear, the floor you stand on and how ...
An Itch for Info in Allergy Season
That runny nose, those itchy eyes and your scratchy throat—is it a summer cold, or do you have allergies? You don’t want to be spreading a cold to every client who sits in your chair, so you may be hoping it’s an allergy. But ...
6 Easy Exercises for Hairdressers
Davines, an Italian beauty product brand that emphasizes health and sustaining the environment, has developed a video demonstrating six exercises intended to help hairdressers maintain good posture, avoid injuries, eliminate fatigue and shake ...
Freestyle Systems Introduces VaporFree Ventilation/Lighting/Dryer Platform for Healthier Salons
Freestyle Systems introduced the new VaporFree Ventilation System integrated with Freestylist Hanging Hair Dryer and SpectraLights LED lighting at the Premiere Orlando Beauty Show, on May 30, 2015. The VaporFree system is designed to remove ...
Body Disconnect
That week early November 2014 was supposed to be one of the best of her life, but Jenni Burke, co-owner of The Head Shoppe in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, doesn’t even remember it.The birth of her second daughter had gone as planned: a ...
More About Fitness Bands and Clips
It used to be all about Fitbit, but suddenly tracking your fitness has become a competition in itself. The good news is that when the market floods, the prices drop. Still, how can you choose among the many wrist bands and clothing clips you see ...