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The December Healthy Hairdresser Challenge: Brush up on Fundamentals
This month’s challenge is simply to pick (and practice) one basic, fundamental skill or habit in each area—hairdressing and personal wellness—throughout December. Try each for a few days, then share a sentence or two about how it is going on modernsalon.com/healthy.
Healthy Hairdresser Hero: Paul Suttles
Paul Suttles, senior director, education implementation, at Pivot Point International in Chicago serves as a role model for health in body/spirit/business. Suttles offers his approach to health in his 15 years in the industry.
How Did You Celebrate Your Health in 2016?
Feel great about changes you made in 2016 to improve body, spirit or business.
13 Ways to Better Connect With Your Clients
Set yourself apart from the competition by making long-lasting impressions on your clients. Here are 13 ways you can start doing this right now!
Celebrity Makeup Artist Michelle Phillips To Discuss Creating Meaningful Connections with Clients
Celebrity makeup artist and best-selling author Michelle Phillips will be the keynote speaker at Face & Body Midwest on Saturday, January 21, 2017.
by Jamie Newman
Beauty Changes Lives Foundation Announces Fall 2016BCL│MUD Make-Up Scholarship Winners
Five esthetics students from across the U.S. are taking their talent in makeup artistry to a new level through the gift of education.
HOW-TO: Remove Banding Using The Blonde Wand
Watch celebrity stylist, blonding expert and co-owner of Nine Zero One Salon Nikki Lee (@nikkilee901) remove a bit of banding from a client’s hair using The Blonde Wand from Pravana.
by Jamie Newman
MAKEOVER: Microlights and Smart Toning For Silvery Blonde
This client waited 5 years to have a new shade. The results from natural brown to icy blonde, via microlights and toning, are amazing!!! Check it out.
MAKEOVER: Dark and Damaged to Healthy Deep Blue
This client wanted to keep darker hair color but make it healthier, stronger and shinier.
The EmpowHERment Project - Get On Board
Lyndsey Bardnell has launched the EmpowHERment Project to celebrate women in the industry. Learn more about the initiative and how to get involved.
ITVA 2016: Wella Professionals International Trend Vision Awards Recap
The 14th International Wella Professionals Trend Vision Awards (ITVA) just wrapped up this fall in Barcelona, Spain. See the winners and pics from the event!
Ship Shape: How One Stylist Works On Land and At Sea
Whitney Benevedo is a California-based stylist, who spends several months at a time working onboard a hospital ship off the coast of Africa as its Crew Hair Stylist.
by Jamie Newman
MAKEOVER: Brassy Blonde To Ashy Melt Perfection
Frances Canola (@frances_hairartist) is in the process of opening Bauhaus Salon in Orange, CA (opening Jan 2, 2017). MODERN found this lovely makeover and asked Canola for the details for this brassy blonde to ashy melt perfection. Here she shares.
Makeover: Color and Extensions For A Glam Makeover
"My client is usually a short haired beauty, but she wanted to try to grow her hair out," says Alysha Cornetta (@AmoreHairDesign) of Amore Hair Design, Gallery Salons, Foxboro, MA. "We applied the Donna Bella tape-in hair extensions. We originally got them to match her before color but then after consultation she really wanted to be red again." Get the details for the how-to.
The Professional Beauty Association’s 2017 Beacon Program Launches Search for Nation’s Top Beauty Industry Students
The Professional Beauty Association (PBA) officially launched its bid to find 2017’s top beauty industry students through the annual Beacon Program.
by Anne Moratto
When a Solo Salon Artist Takes Maternity Leave and Their Assistant Takes Over
When Marilyn Cole went on maternity leave, she did it with complete trust and confidence that her clients would be well-cared for by her assistant. Here's how the two made it work so well.
by Anne Moratto
Going Lighter: Four Steps To Bright Ash Blonde
Ludovic Geheniaux (@hairbyluu) says client Leana is a professional model. “She wanted a big color change and told me that she wanted to go lighter. I proposed she had to just trust me.” See the steps and the after. Amazing.