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American Hairlines: Providing Hair-Replacement Solutions
Hair-replacement studio owners across the country rely on American Hairlines for high-quality products and comprehensive professional services. To suit every client’s preferences and budget, a variety of human-hair options are available, including 100-percent Eastern European human hair.
Game Changers: Meet the 2016 Class of Social Media Beauty Influencers
MODERN's must-follow list for inspiration, before-and-afters, and all things beauty.MEET THE 2016 CLASS of Game Changers. Each year, MODERN’s editorial team compiles our list of people you should follow—and who they’re ...
What Was Your Game Changer?
This issue of MODERN celebrates industry game changers—stylists and artists who are reinventing, reshaping and bringing new energy and ideas to the salon craft. This month’s Healthy Hairdresser Challenge encourages you to celebrate ...
Healthy Hairdresser Hero: Mary Beth Janssen
“If you think you’re your body, you’re mistaken,” says salon industry health guru Mary Beth Janssen, a health and wellness advisor to Healthy Hairdresser August sponsor PARODI Professional ...
New Directions - Making Pivotal Changes in Your Life
When psychology researcher Jeffrey A Kottler asked people to tell him about a major transformation they'd made that continued to the present, most people had a quick response. Try it yourself and see whether something comes to mind—an ...
The Softer Side of Competition Hair
Competition hair, by design, can be and frequently is, extreme. Colors and silhouettes often scream for attention. This hair tends to be a bit “much” for the everyday client, but can certainly serve as inspiration for the client who wants something special. MODERN invited Goldwell Global Zoom winners on set to create competition-worthy color and edge that can still be worn by the everyday client.
Conscious Beauty: Oil Slick Color How-To
Kelsey Deuel, winner of the Bio Ionic Style Awards, looks to her own lifestyle choices—both artistic and environmentally ethical—for inspiration in this “oil slick” collection.
Makeover: Effortless Beauty With A "Money Piece"
Erik Gutierrez (@hairerik), owner of Agence Salon, San Dimas, California, (@agence_salon) says his client "came in with level 5 hair and warmth on the ends. She wanted to be brightened up with effortless lived in color."Here ...
Game Changers 2016: KL Christoffersen
KL Christoffersen is best known for her coined way of highlighting hair, fluid hair-painting, which uses a balayage-esque painting technique while the client is reclined at the edge of a color table.
by Jamie Newman
Game Changers 2016: Najah Aziz's Edgy, Textured Cuts
Najah Aziz left behind a 16-year corporate career when she decided it was time to pursue her passion for hair. She opened Like The River The Salon and began working to elevate clients and fellow stylists through beauty and education.
A Great Second Half
It’s funny to think that as many of us sit here in the midst of a heat wave or “heat dome” as they are now calling it, it's less than 160 days until New Year's Eve. And, for the next five months, it will be prime time ...
Game Changers 2016: Texture Expert Isabella Vázquez is Elevating the Curl World
Isabella Vázquez became a licensed cosmetologist in 2000, and she hasn’t slowed down since. She has been a Redken artist, a DevaCurl artistic director and is the founder of curlpopnhair.com, a platform for sharing curly hair inspiration and education.
Game Changers 2016: Bianca Hillier
Bianca Hillier’s Instagram feed acts as her portfolio. It’s laden with professional photos of models, bloggers, actresses and more, all whose hair she colored. She works with newMARK models, NEXT, No Ties LA faces and Osbrink agency. ...
by Jamie Newman
5 Secrets to Fashion Week Hair
Philip Carreon is no stranger to Fashion Week. The Eufora International Creative Director and celebrity stylist has worked his magic at numerous shows and shares his 5 Secrets to Fashion Week Hair:The most important thing about Fashion Week ...
Makeover: Platinum To Dimensional Copper
Stephany Huizing-Smith (@stephygnarstagram), Creative director and Senior stylist at Parlour e.lev.en (@parlour.eleven), Huntington Beach, CA, shares details on this lovely makeover we found on Instagram:The Story:"A friend of mine from a ...
Going Blonde: Under Promise, Over Deliver
Jenna Faicco of Salon Brielle (@ SalonBrielle) in Holbrook, NY, says that "Hair painting and balayage has brought my color game to an exciting new level." She is clearly doing something right! We found this ...
Game Changers 2016: Nail Artist Jeanettte Vazquez Alfaro Is Catching the Dream
Backstage at New York Fashion Week, on set at photo shoots and in the pages of magazines, Jeannette Vazquez Alfaro (@iLuvUrNailz) creates distinctive nail art designs that get thousands of social thumbs-up. Her impressive following caught the ...
by Anne Moratto