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HOW TO: Victoria's Secret Beachy Waves
Freelance stylist David Lopez has oodles of celebrity clients, many of them Victoria's Secret models. Professional hairdressers are constantly asking how he creates the effortless waves on one of his favorites, Chrissy Teigen. Here, he ...
MARSALA, Color Of The Year, In Action
Camille Plourde, (@hairbycamillegp) a master stylist at Hair in Fairfield, Connecticut, had a chance to put Marsala, the colorist friendly "Color of the Year" (according to Pantone), to work.Here she offers the HOW TO:"Stephanie ...
Rob The Original Helps To Launch The Babyliss PRO FX880
Famed Barber Rob The Original held court today in NYC at the Ludlow Blunt Barbershop on the Lower East Side of New York City. RTO (Rob The Original) was there to demonstrate the new Babyliss PRO FX880 Clipper, offering hair art demos to ...
TRANSFORMATION: Grown Out and Banded To Gorgeous Color Melt
It is a hair emergency – an ombre has gone horribly wrong and a professional is needed to save the day! Deanna Hughes, stylist at Di Rosa Haircare (@dirosahaircare), was the lucky stylist who turned the disaster to desirable and ...
Turquoise Root to Silver Color Melt
Chris Weber (@chrisweberhair) a hairstylist at the Barbarella Hair salon, Vancouver, posted this gorgeous color design that caught our eye on instagram. We tracked him down to get the HOW TO: Natural/Starting level: Natural color ...
MANNEQUIN MONDAY: Sharp Shape, Bold Color
Cassandra McGlaughlin (@cassandraplatinum), owner of Salon Platinum, Tampa, Florida; along with her colleague Dominique Limone (@limonetree), are inspiring hairdressers and colorists with a program called "Mannequin Monday". ...
TRANSFORMATION: Metallic Color Melt
One of MODERN's favorite artists, Rebecca Taylor (@vividartistichairdesign) created this "Metallic Color Melt" that caught our eye on instagram. Here she offers the how to:Step 1: Install 20' tape-in extensions (done ...
TRANSFORMATION: Dimensional Raspberry
Bella DeMario (@bella_pie), an artist at ETC Hair and Nail Studio, Titusville, Florida, believes that "the people wearing my color or work that make it come to life" is just one of the reasons she is so attached to the ...
FORMULA: Sweeping Red
Chelsea Caruso (@chelseacaruso), an artist at Gerber Salon, Keyport, NJ, had an opportunity to execute her color sweeping technique on Alyssa and execute she did! Says Caruso about balayage, "Steep, long strokes and saturated strands lead ...
FORMULA: Silver Blue Hue
Laura Munoz (@munozhair) "loves being able to be creative and change people's perspective about themselves." Located at the Regis Salon in Redondo Beach, Ca. Munoz caught our attention with this pretty silver/blue hue that she ...
The Silver Journey
MODERN fell in love with this look we found on the instagram page of Kassie Yeager @kasyeager and had to know more. We contacted her and she agreed to share the story: "My boyfriend @matttalllen is the one who ...
TRANSFORMATION: Plum Color Melt
Gina Bottoni (@gina_bott), a colorist and fine artist based at Salon de Beaute, Parsippany, NJ, had an opportunity to transform her client and she jumped at it. "The goal of this was to eliminate her existing highlight pattern, as well as ...
Why Does In-Salon Training Matter? Wisdom from Ruth Roche
As a salon professional, you likely already know that continuing education is not just a good thing but a very necessary thing for you to do in order to keep up with the latest trends and techniques. Additionally, clients expect you to be ...
by Lauren Quick
TRANSFORMATION: Taking The Plunge
Jessica Mendieta (@jessdomyhair) of the Butterfly Loft (@butterflyloftsalon) in Los Angeles, CA was paid a visit by Kimberly who has been wanting to cut her hair shorter for such a long time, and finally got the courage to take the plunge.Right ...
Tweaked, Toned and Pretty
Jessie Carter (@jleighhair), J. Beverly Hills Colour Educator, of Envy Salon, Vidalia, Georgia is known for her beautiful hair-color transformations and seamless color melts. When we saw this Color Correction on Instagram we tracked down Carter ...
FORMULA: From Black Box To Silver Lilac Blonde
"With this client, it took about a year to achieve her look," says Kimemily Pham (@kimwasabi) of Excellent Hair Salon & Spa Inc., Fremont, California (@excellenthairsalon). "Her hair is a natural level 2, which she previously ...
TRANSFORMATION: Dimensional Crimson Color Melt
Gina Bottoni (@gina_bott), a colorist and fine artist based at Salon de Beaute, Parsippany, NJ, has acquired skills through art school instruction and applies it to her own hair work "in ways that many do not," she says. "To put ...