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6 Time-Saving Tips for Color Application and Formulation
Speeding up your services (in an efficient and effective way) saves you time and money. We asked six color experts to share with us how they speed up their color services.
FORMULA: Neon Peacock
Get the formula for this Neon Peacock!
A Spotlight on the Lead Ambassadors and Educators of Color Wow
Color Wow's range of breakthrough technologies are created to keep color looking “wow” between salon appointments.The brand's educators and ambassadors come from a variety of hair backgrounds, ranging from celebrity stylists to well-known colorists.
6 Pieces of Advice From Your Fellow Stylists on Staying Happy This Holiday Season
Take care of you throughout the season and the New Year. Here's some advice from fellow hairdressers for keeping the holidays happy and easy.
The Salon by InStyle Names Michelle O'Connor and Dilek Onur-Taylor Creative Directors
NAHA award-winning artists Michelle O'Connor and Dilek Onur-Taylor have been named the new creative directors of The Salon by InStyle at JCPenney.
by Lauren Quick
Research and Development Drive GKhair
GKhair invests heavily in research and development to continually advance the science of hair to deliver new and innovative products.
by Jamie Newman
Choose Beauty: Donald Scott, Inventor of the Carving Comb
Donald Scott built a brand on a single innovative tool—his Carving Comb. He has since made his name synonymous with razor-cutting tools and techniques.
by Lauren Quick
Tool Brushup: How to Heat up Your Tool Sales
Salons have so much potential in merchandising tools during the gift season. With regal gold reigning as this season’s thermal tool color, you’ll find it hard to resist purchasing the dryers and irons for yourself, which is a great idea for two reasons.
The Holiday Men's Forecast: What's Staying, Trending and Going Away?
Guys are getting better at showing who they are and knowing what they want in holiday services, products and gifts. See what's trending in the men's market this holiday season.
How to Upsell Hair Color Services to 4 Generations of Clients that Normally "Don't do Haircolor"
Upselling hair color to clients in their early 20s, women approaching middle age, men turning gray, and those who are tired of coloring in general all require different marketing techniques. Here's how you do it.
Try These 4 Steps for Holiday Retail Success
Tracy Liguori, Scruples co-president mar-keting/advertising, off ers advice for salons to build retail sales this season.
Editor's Note: Modern Salon's Holiday Issue
In our Holiday issue, you’ll find the latest holiday product and tool promotions, along with holiday service ideas, planning tools, merchandising solutions, marketing tips and trending techniques in hair, nails, skin care, grooming and more.
HOW-TO: Lovely Sombre To Pale Silvery Amethyst
Get the details for this lovely transformation: pretty, classic sombre to pretty, silvery amethyst.
HOW-TO: Pearly Pixie Perfection
We are loving this pearly pixie. Get the how-to (both cut and color) from the Z.One artists who created it.
Competition Seminar at Wella Studio LA Sets the Groundwork for Success
Always been intrigued by the idea of entering a styling competition but don't know where or how to start? A two-day class at Wella Studio LA will prepare particpants to enter Sebastian’s What’s Next Awards (WNA), taking them through all they need to know to develop an entry.
by Anne Moratto
Are You Thinking About Life Insurance?
Here are a few facts about life insurance to help you decide whether it's something you should purchase for peace of mind.
HOW-TO: The Perfect Blowout With Handle-Free Dryer
Jen Dozier Horter demos how to use a handle-free blow dryer to get a perfect blowout.