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How to Turn Your Front Desk Into a Profit Center

Front desk employees are one of the most valuable aspects of your business. Your front desk should do more than just answer phones, book appointments, and ring-out clients. If that’s all that they do, then they are a cost center: an ...

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New Cosmetology Student Hannah Barnette Starts Her Beauty School Adventure!

Hello everyone! I am Hannah Barnette and I am about to take you through my year-long journey at Aveda Institute in Charlotte, NC. I am very excited to get started! I believe that this is what I really want to do and what interests me. It is ...

FORMULA: Balayage and Toning For The Perfect Blonde

Renee Spinale (@___thedollhouse) of Wakefield, Mass, sent in this gorgeous pix which is made so much more magical with proper toning. Her guest arrived with level 6 all over and some outgrown foils which had lifted to a brassy level 9. To ...

Modern Reports: Hair Visions International Transformation Expo 2016

Hair Visions International held its Transformation Expo 2016 March 6-8, 2016, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.The event brought together stylists, owners, distributors and media to learn more about what's coming up for the multifaceted brand ...

Aveda’s Spring/Summer 2016 Color Forecast

Inspired by the fashion runways of New York City, Paris and Milan, along with steady world travel, Ian Michael Black, Aveda global artistic director, hair color, is the expert in color. Here he shares his predictions on the hair color trends ...

The Top 4 Reasons to See a Professional Colorist

At-home hair color may seem convenient, but as noted by Ian Michael Black, Aveda global artistic director, hair color, the results can be unpredictable. It’s always better to invest the time to see a professional colorist.Here Black ...

Modern Reports: Keune's Luxurious Minimalism Launch Party

On April 10, 2016, Keune introduced its sophisticated new trend collection, Luxurious Minimalism, at Atlanta's Foundry at Puritan Mill. The launch party welcomed stylists, salon owners, distributors and media to a chic, all-white affair ...

Healthy Haircutter: A New Blog Series on Taking Care of You So You Can Take Care of Them

In support of Modern Salon's Healthy Hairdresser Initiative, I will now be posting once per week on a fitness and wellness-related topic that is to be of interest to salon professionals.In addition to my cosmetology and barber education, I ...

PRO TO PRO - MOTHER TO DAUGHTER: A Color Journey To Pastel Pink

Tammy Muniz (@rouge22salon) recently opened her own Chattanooga, Tenn., salon within the "Sola Salons" with daughter Lauren Muniz (@iamtheloud1). Muniz is causing quite the stir with this beautiful makeover on Tammy's youngest ...

TRANSFORMATION: Getting The Green Light To Go Silver

Penny Fair (@penny_theyoungamerican) of The Young American Salon, Old Town Tustin, California says that long time client Miya, a musician, had to get her hair done at a different salon when Fair was unavailable.  "Unfortunately ...

TRANSFORMING TO ROSE GOLD: Striking But Soft On The Eye

Presley Poe (@presleypoe) a Platform artist and Artistic Educator based at The Parlour in St. John's  Portland, Oregon, specializes in color corrections had an opportunity to do something interesting with this client. ...

TRANSFORMATION: Nice Blonde To Rooty Icy Melt

Cyrell Cook  (@hair_by_love) of Mane Trendz Salon, Austin, TX,  shares that "This client had a terrible last experience at the salon leaving her with a sensitive scalp and a 3-4 inch level 7-8 yellow band that was extremely ...

Gem Of A Transformation For A Gem Of A Client

"My client - or gem, as I refer to them - is the daughter of another gem of mine," says Ang Holland (@hairbyangholland ) of Pricilla's Hair N Nail Salon, Peru, Indiana. "She's 15, and her mom is all about letting her ...

Wash Your Hands: 5 Common Mistakes

Hand-washing is among the top suggestions for making sure you don’t catch what your clients and team members bring into the salon...make sure you're doing it right!

Mamma Mia! Mother's Day Salon Promotion Ideas

We love these ideas from Sola Salon Studio's Jennie Wolff on promoting some paternal pampering for Mother's Day.  Read more terrific content and learn more about Sola here.Mother’s Day is right around the corner – ...

Salon Owner Posts Video for Autism Awareness Month

Back in 2013, Nicole Hitchcock, owner of NH2 Salon in Novato, California, wanted to do something special to promote autism awareness during April Autism Awareness Month. She did two things. First, Hitchcock got permission at her ...

How-To: Breaking the Base (+video!)

For blondes, base-breaking is typically a necessary part of color maintenance. Highlights can look unnatural next to regrowth, and Pravana has launched its new ChromaSilk Ultra Hi-Lifts to aid in the base-breaking process.Pravana stylist Jamie ...