CHOOSE BEAUTY with Tom Porter: Wellness, Willingness and Water
Tom Porter, CEO and founder of Malibu Wellness in Malibu, CA, has always emphasized health and wellness. Both have flowed together throughout his life, with water being an essential connecting element of the story.
by Anne Moratto
Sam Villa: 5 Tips for Choosing High-Impact Education
Improving your chances of having a long, successful career depends not only on how healthy you keep your body, but also on how wisely you plan your business moves. As any successful hairdresser will tell you, continuing education is key to ...
1 Posture “DO” and 4 “DON’TS”
Healthy Hairdresser thanks our friend and health guru Mary Beth Janssen for posting this look at the way we stand. It’s easy to fall into one of these problematic postures, so think about your back and shoulders whenever you’re ...
Hurry With Your Healthy Selfie!
All of you Healthy Hairdressers are doing great! Thanks to Obliphica, our sponsor for the April Healthy Selfie Challenge, we’re seeing you in action as you help yourself get healthier! This month’s Challenge offers:$133 in Obliphica ...
Ivan Zoot: Stretching, Strengthening, Stamina
If you popped into the Healthy Hairdresser Lounge during America’s Beauty Show 2015, you may have seen a guy lifting bottles of developer for exercise. That guy was Ivan Zoot demonstrating that, no matter where you are or how busy you are, ...
Food for Thought
We made it to spring—the season to renew, refresh, start again. It’s a good time to check in on personal goals from the beginning of the year, including our career-sustaining Healthy Hairdresser resolutions for body, spirit and ...
How to Take a Healthy Selfie!
Staying healthy and sustaining your career is more of a marathon than a 5K. To stay motivated, celebrate and share the fun and positive energy of your Healthy Hairdresser moments in time! Take the April Healthy Hairdresser Challenge (starting ...
April's Healthy Hairdresser Challenge: Take a Healthy Selfie!
Catch yourself in the act of being healthy, then share your energy and positive influence! April's challenge (starting April 1st!) is fun and focused on celebrating “healthy moments”—actions you are taking or adding to your ...
Howard Hafetz: “For Crying Out Loud, Sit Down!”
Industry icon Howard Hafetz, CEO of Raylon Corp. in Reading, Pennsylvania, tells us that he’s been appreciating the weekly Healthy Hairdresser e-letters. To contribute to our goal of keeping hairdressers healthy, Hafetz shares his own ...
Did You Walk 5,000+ Steps at ABS? Big Success for Healthy Hairdresser Day!
Healthy Hairdresser made an impact at America’s Beauty Show (ABS) over the weekend!As this month’s Healthy Hairdresser Challenge, ABS attendees were invited to pick up a free pedometer from the Cosmetologists Chicago (CC) booth to ...
Debbie with the Flair: Do Good to Feel Good
California hairdresser Debbie with the Flair, known more formally as Debra Nierenberg, finds that nutrition and exercise are not the only essentials to good health. The third piece is charity work. In addition to having her own business as part ...
Kathy Cresci: 7 Tips for Daily Detox
Our Healthy Hairdresser of the Week, Kathy Cresci, is on a mission to protect herself against everyday toxins like car fumes, indoor air pollutants and cigarette smoke, as well as alcohol and processed food. “As hair stylists, we are ...
Slooowww Down
As you’re blow-drying a client’s hair, what’s going through your mind? Good for you if the answer is that you’re thinking about how to keep that hair smooth and keep the client comfortable. But it’s easy to let our ...
Mobile Health Apps
From all indications, smartphones will be doing more heavy lifting in healthcare. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expects that 500 million smartphone users worldwide will be using a health care application this year and that, by 2018, 50 ...
Ease Your Body into Daylight Saving Time
This Sunday, March 8, we’ll “spring forward” as we move to Daylight Saving Time. How well do you adjust to setting the clock ahead or back? “Even though your brain knows that the time on the clock has changed, your ...
Can You Develop “Healthy Addictions”?
Often it’s former smokers who become the most vocal anti-smoking advocates. Does it work that way with diet and exercise? If you felt “addicted” to donuts or sugary sodas, can you transfer that to an affection for fruits and ...
Healthy Resources
Check out these products and programs designed with your health in mind.