Career

Sophy Merszei: Update on Chronic Lyme Disease

Healthy Hairdresser checks back in with NovaLash founder Sophy Merszei, who shares her battle with Lyme disease in order to spread awareness of the debilitating condition.

MAKEOVER: Faded Fun To Solid Fun

This client was on set for a movie for a while and wasn't able to maintain her hair. Get the details for this makeover.

Solo Artist Ambition: How Going Independent Can Open Up a Variety of Career Opportunities

For some beauty professionals who choose to be solo artists, being independent is not the whole game, but an important stage in their careers. For Jacob Khan, currently the owner of Jacob K. Hair in Dunwoody, Georgia and a member of the CosmoProf Artistic Team, everything he has accomplished would not have been possible without some time spent working independently and pursuing what he needed next in his career.

From Our Solo Artist Advisory Council: How To Effectively Retail and Grow Your Income

The SOLO ARTIST Advisory Council of industry experts offers tips and recommendations on retailing and setting goals for income growth.

Social Catch-up with Healthy Hairdresser

Healthy Hairdresser's Instagram and Facebook posts have you talking—check it out! Comment on our posts and then look for your name on these wrap-ups!

ShearShare New Partnership Simplifies the Financials for Solo Artists

ShearShare, a global marketplace that allows salon and barbershop owners to rent their excess suites and booths to licensed cosmetologists and barbers on demand, has partnered with Track and First American Payment Systems to provide financial resources to self-employed beauty and grooming professionals who use the ShearShare platform.

Schwarzkopf Professional's BLONDME Care Range With Integrated Bonding Technology

Schwarzkopf Professional's new, re-launched BLONDME products now feature KeraLamination Technology with Silk and Keratin. This technology smooths the hair for ultimate blonde retention and vibrancy.

7 Benefits of Working in a Salon Studio

Opening a salon is a dream for many. While there’s a plethora of expected pros when going into business for yourself – like controlling your atmosphere, choosing your own retail and back bar, creating a flexible schedule, and branding yourself and your business - there is also a wealth of unexpected benefits that Sola stylists have discovered for themselves. With so much opportunity and support, these stylists have moved their careers in a direction they could once only dream of. It’s evident that going solo was the right move for them…read on to decide if it’s the right move for you, too!

Sponsored by Sola Salons Blue

To the Republic: An Interview with Salon Republic Founder Eric Taylor

In developing Salon Republic locations, Eric Taylor has created a community of solo hairstylists and beauty artists who can create their best working environment.

Advice and Tips from Hair Painting Artist Caroline Kim

When Caroline Kim enrolled in cosmetology school nine years ago, she was simply hoping she’d found a career that would nourish and make use of her creativity. She had no idea that it would lead her to her true calling.

Sponsored by Kadus Professional

Fearless by Beauty & Pin-Ups

Created by professional stylists, this intensive hair mask makes dry and damaged hair softer and more manageable in under 10 minutes.

A Young Hairdresser Prepares for a Long Career

Paying attention to her physical and mental health gives a stylist a good start while she's still in her 20s.

Fashion Line Supports ALS Research During ALS Awareness Month

You can purchase items to help raise funds for, and bring awareness to, the devastating disease ALS.

MAKEOVER: Big Cut and Color Change To Dramatic Pink

Color correction and major change time! Get the details for this dramatic makeover.

MAKEOVER: Faded To Dusty Purple

Get the details for this level 4 with faded balayage to a melted dusty purple.

Esthetician Puts Her Cancer Experience to Work

Oncology Spa Solutions founder Becky Kuehn talks about her passion for giving estheticians confidence to work with cancer patients.

FORMULA: Dimensional Dusty Lavender

Amber Mahaffey (@coloroutsidethelineshs) of Surfside Beach, SC, shares the formula for this dimensional dusty lavender design.