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Gelish Co-Sponsors Toy Drive to Benefit Children's Hospital
Gelish, the soak-off gel polish system from Hand & Nail Harmony, pampered over 200 celebrities and guests at Nail Garden's Annual Beauty for A Cause Summer Toy Drive benefitting Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA on Monday July 9, 2012.
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Olympic Pride Through Hair Extensions
Everyone across the globe is gearing up for the Summer Olympic Games in London, which starts this Friday, and MODERN SALON will be covering everything beauty-related with the Olympians, from their hair to their nails.
SalonTech Launches Three New Products
SalonTech launches a new line of products that addresses health concerns and delivers benefits to both stylist and client. The main concerns SalonTech is addressing in hair care today include...
How to Create the Undercut
Learn how to create the undercut, a shaved portion of the head, on a female client.
BioIonic's Agave Smoothing Haircare
Bio Ionic has announced the launch of the new Agave Smoothing brand, it's the one stop shop for smoothing! Frizz fighters looking for a temporary smoothing experience can use the healing oil treatment, or for longer lasting results they can experience the in-salon treatment, which lasts up to 12 weeks.
HOW-TO: Mediterranean Espresso Updo
IT&LY Hairfashion International Creative Director Pasquale Caselle transformed this brunette with dark eyes into a beautiful Mediterranean beauty, changing her hair color to a rich espresso and styling her hair to compliment her face shape with a bold updo.
HOW-TO: Angelic Upstyle
Jennifer Slager from Jean Marie Salon in Lockport, Illinois created this angelic-looking upstyle using curling tools and Aveda products. “My inspiration behind this style was the elegance of Carrie Underwoods’ 2010 American Country Awards updo but still keeping it a little sleeker at the guests’ request. I ultimately wanted to see movement coming into a very structured center,” she said. Learn how to create the style!
Davines Sustainable Beauty Day 2012
Davines and The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation are teaming up for the second annual Sustainable Beauty Day, a proud partnership that raised over $25,000 due to the participation of 54 salons in the US and Canada last year. This year the effort aims to raise $50,000 to fund a fruit tree planting project in Brazil.
Thicker Hair With Redken's Intra Force
Redken launches new Intra Force, a scientifically-tested solution to combat hair thinning through comprehensive treatments for both natural and color-treated hair...
Quick Tip For Cutting Around the Ears
Stylists who want to speed up cutting around the ears can view this quick video tip from Sam Villa. The trick is to use the wide teeth of a comb to capture hair and fold the ear back while carving around the ear.
OPI Launches Diamond Dust Hues
OPI has released two new high-shine hues—DS Indulgence and DS Luxurious—to join the Designer Series by OPI collection this fall. Fusing fashion and technology, the Designer Series lacquer formula is enhanced with real diamond dust, offering light reflecting, multidimensional color.
Make Up Show Chicago
The Make-up Show Chicago featured more than 60 top professionally-focused brands and over 3,000 beauty professionals, buyers, industry educators, press, and retailers all together in this large beauty event.
China Glaze Introduces Six Radiant Luster Chromes for Fall 2012
China Glaze introduces its latest specialty collection, New Bohemian. The chrome-like finish radiates with high shine and intense color, captivating senses with every twist and turn.
City of Hope Honors George Schaeffer with Spirit of Life Award
George Schaeffer is honored with the Spirit of Life Award at City of Hope.
A Good Shellac-ing
Rita Arutyunova of Salon AKS in NYC gives Maggie Mulhern her first Shellac pedicure.
Rusty Phillips and His NAHA Journey
Rusty Phillips is entered in NAHA category of Contemporary Classic. The results will be shared this weekend during the Cosmoprof show in Las Vegas. In this interview, Rusty shares his journey.
Venitian Updo by Kevin.Murphy
This look styled by KEVIN.MURPHY Session.Master David Bamford, stems from the mechanics and intricacies of venetian blinds. Its versatility makes it salon friendly or dramatic for editorial simply by changing the amount of hair you choose to sew. By leaving more hair out around the face and balancing it with the back, you can achieve a vintage look.