Career
How-To: A Nice Melt for the Client Who Loves Purple
Kristina Cheeseman (@cheesemandoeshair) a hairstylist at Govero Salons, St. Louis, MO. says she loves "playing around with vibrant colors and letting my imagination run wild with color." This transformation caught our eye on ...
Healthy Haircutter: Get a Dog, Get Fit
Get a dog, get fit.Barbershops have a tradition of having pitt bulls as mascots. Many hairstylists have tried their hand at grooming the family dog. A dog just might have a larger role in haircutter health and wellness.Having a dog ...
by Anne Moratto
SHE Salon from Mexico Wins TV's "Global Beauty Masters" Challenge
The hair, makeup and nail art competition, Global Beauty Masters, announced the winning team in an exciting finale aired April 25, 2016. Working against five other teams in the challenge to create an avant-garde “Phoenix Rising” ...
by Anne Moratto
HOW-TO: Fire Hair Inspired by Guy Tang
Sami Schneider (@samihairmagic) of House of Color, Colorado Springs, CO, shares the details for this magical transformation:HAIR BACKSTORY: "My client found me through social media (gotta love it) and sent me a photo from the one and only ...
COLOR CORRECTION: Warm and Banded To Cool Blonde
Amie Miller (@amarieshairstudio) owner of Amarie's Hair Studio, Chicago, nailed this color correction and we had to know more. "A new client initially contacted me saying she wanted to be a cool blonde tone," says Miller. ...
Solo Artist Tobias Rice - Young, Gifted and Driven
Tobias Rice’s clients moved from college to careers, as he moved from school to a chain to a Salon House Suite. Growing together can be a "Crazy Beautiful" thing, he says.
Beauty Is a Family Affair: Three Generations and Their Careers in Beauty
Beauty is ageless. It's a maxim that applies perfectly to Kathy Knodle.Knodle, who has two daughters and eight grandchildren, enrolled in the esthetics program at Tricoci University of Beauty Culture's Rockford, Ill., campus in ...
by Anne Moratto
CORRECTION: Oil Slick To Magical Peacock
Kasey O'Hara Skrobe (@hairbykaseyoh) The Hair After Salon, Westminster, MD, says she LOVES fashion colors and "making people magical unicorn mermaids! I am fueled by passion and the drive to make it so one day vivid hair ...
TRANSFORMATION: Peacock Curls
Leysa Carrillo (@leysahairandmakeup) a hair and makeup artist based @atelierbysquare, Las Vegas, Nevada, says her client was a level 4 with 3" of regrowth with ends that were previously colored.Here she shares HOW to create a lovely ...
Stylists Introduced to "Farm to Chair” Organic Salon Products from Simply Organic Beauty
On April 11th at Salon Capella in Studio City, CA a salon full of stylists were introduced to Simply Organic Beauty and their new Oway organic hair color, care and styling products. Simply Organic Beauty, one of the world’s ...
by Anne Moratto
The Fabulous New York Makeup Show, May 1 and 2
The fabulous Makeup Show is coming to New York City May 1st and 2nd.Come out and play with the latest products by over 50 professional vendors including Senna Cosmetics, Make Up For Ever, Inglot, Kevyn Aucoin, Cinema Secrets, NARS, Smashbox and ...
10 Ways to Spring Clean your Body!
As a hairdresser, you probably keep a clean scalp and nails, which is a good start toward “spring cleaning” yourself. Professional beauty industry brands offer a variety of cleansers to target specific areas, while Dr. Kally ...
Tips From Readers on Losing the First 10 Pounds
The entry box of our April Healthy Hairdresser Challenge is overflowing! We already have hundreds of entries with great ideas for how to “Lose the First 10” on your way to your weight loss goal or improving your health. The direction ...
5 Ways Clients Can Get Their Hair Longer, Faster
Of course we all know there isn't really a miracle pill clients can take or a special head massage that can make hair grow at rapid-speed, but there are some things that your clients can do to promote quicker hair growth. Dominik Mager, ...
by Jamie Newman
Image: Are You What You Look Like?
If you are what you eat, are you what you look like? Does the image you create, or overlook, influence the quality of your results? Is there need for a professional image, or can you just go from your laundry room to the salon?You are a believer ...
3-WEEK JOURNEY: Dark Red to Platinum
When MODERN posted this photo on our Instagram and Facebook pages, we got LOTS of love (more than 16,000 likes on Instagram in less than three days, and more than 12,000 likes on Facebook in 2 days!)We reached out to color and style ...
QUITE THE JOURNEY: Yellow Ombre To Bombshell Blonde
Brenda Hendricks (@brenda_hendricks_muahbb), a hairstylist & make up artist at SJ Studio Salon and Spa, Oxnard, CA, demonstrated a successful journey to bombshell blonde.Here she shares the HOW TO:"My client came to me after two ...