Career
Secrets to a Great Clientele
When I returned to working behind the chair a year ago, I set a goal to really understand who my client is, what they want, the time they spend on their hair, and what makes them happy and feel beautiful. Overshadowing this goal, like a tent in ...
Product Roundup: Solutions for Clients Experiencing Hair Loss and Thinning
There are options when it comes to hair loss situations. Offer your clients the products that create voluminous styles and encourage hair growth.
Winning at Losing
The approach to marketing and retailing products and services geared towards clients concerned about hair loss involves more listening and learning than showing and telling.
by Anne Moratto
10 Ways to Celebrate National Romance Month
During August, National Romance Month, and throughout the year, take these 10 tips to let your partner know how you feel.
What's Changed in the Hair Loss Category?
People have always been losing hair. So what’s new now that makes HAIR+ important for salons? A number of social, technological and generational trends.
How to Enter and Be Successful in the Wig Cutting Business
To learn more about wigs, wig cutting and the HAIR+ category, join us at the HAIR+ Summit, Oct. 16-17 in Atlanta. Details and registration here: hairplussummit.com.Without the classes available to study wig cutting, Eli Mancha, owner ...
Hair Replenishment: Specializing in Hair Replacement
To meet Susan and learn more about the HAIR+ category, join us at the HAIR+ Summit, Oct. 16-17 in Atlanta. Details and registration here: hairplussummit.com.Susan Kettering, executive director of the American Hairloss Council (AHLC) ...
Ask the Experts: Speaking Professionally About Hair Loss
Trichologists and hair loss specialists offer advice on speaking professionally and intelligently with clients about thinning hair and offering effective services that will build client trust.
Natural Balance Photoshoot from Angelo Seminara for Great Lengths
Great Lengths collaborator and Davines Artistic Director Angelo Seminara has created a photoshoot reflecting the core of extension use: combining natural beauty with enhanced elements.
by Lauren Quick
THE FIX: Messed Up To Pink and Purple Melt
Jennifer Dozier Horter (@bombshellsalon), Paul Mitchell National Educator and owner of Bombshell Salon, Ellicott City, MD, had quite the challenge with this new guest, a stylist from another salon. "She came to a class where I was ...
COLLECTION: Hairdreams Extensions Color Blends
Incorporating one color of hair for volume or length might seem like the standard form of extension application, but to make hair look most natural, Hairdreams Master Trainer Erin Hayden suggests using multiple colors in the same range to add dimension.
by Lauren Quick
Channeling Style: The Launch of Beauty Coach TV
The Wunderkinds behind uber-successful salons NineZeroOne and 901too, Riawna Capri and Nikki Lee, recently launched Beauty Coach TV or BCTV, a mobile platform for sharing their tips, tricks, trends, tutorials and teaching. The duo have traveled ...
by Anne Moratto
Eye on Israel: Makeup Artist Tal Peleg's Eye Art
Tal Peleg has attracted hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram for her detailed, intricate eye art inspired by everything from Disney to dimensia.
Game Changers 2016: Meet Mia De Vries @thefoxandthehair
We’ve been following @thefoxandthehair for a longggg time now, and the page gets better and better. We were so excited when we saw one of the Australia-based salon’s posts of glitter buns go viral, working its way all the way to Lacy Hale of Pretty Little Liars’ feed.
Game Changers 2016: Meet Farrukh Shamuratov @fshairdo
If you follow hair pages on Instagram, chances are you’ve seen Farrukh Shamuratov’s work on the explore page under “Videos you might like.” While his hometown is in Russia, Shamuratov recently moved to Los Angeles and ...
#9 of the Top 10 Things You Should (or Should Not) Say to a Male Client
This is number 9 in a 10-installment blog series of the top 10 things you should say, ask or tell (or should not) when consulting, selling to or interacting with a male client. "Your sideburns should be here." Sideburns ...
by Ivan Zoot
Game Changers 2016: Meet Shelley Gregory
We can remember when @shelleygregoryhair had only a handful of Instagram followers—we were early followers of the Las Vegas-based colorist/stylist because her hair creations were always so beautiful. But everything changed in November 2015 when Shelley, inspired by a fellow Instagrammer, posted the progress shots of her “candy unicorn” haircolor creation, formulated with Pravana Pastels, and, of course, the glorious “after.”