Career
TRANSFORMATION: Faded "Beyond Blonde" To Rose Gold/Peach
Gabrielle Grzegorczyk of G. Creative Studio Salon, A Paul Mitchell Focus Salon in Freeland, Michigan, caught our eye with this beautiful transformation. "My guest Bridget has been coming to me for almost a year now," ...
Spa By Pevonia at Dreams Puerto Aventuras, Mexico
In January 2014, my husband and I got married at Dreams Puerto Aventuras Resort and Spa in Riviera Maya, Mexico—and it really was just that: a DREAM. Every moment leading up to the walk down the aisle was seamless. And the wedding? ...
Beauty Changes Lives Announces MUD Scholarship for Makeup Professionals
Beauty Changes Lives is launching its first professional makeup scholarship through the generosity of MUD, Make-up Designory. The BCL| MUD Make-up Scholarship will award 10 $2,500 scholarships annually to students enrolled in cosmetology or ...
by Anne Moratto
Your Business Successes and Challenges
Participants in the February Healthy Hairdresser Challenge—“Leap Ahead to Financial Success!”—are supplying great tips for increasing business! Insights also have been valuable on the other half of the challenge, which ...
TRANSFORMATION: Faded Ombre To Apricot Sombre
Kathy Nunez (@HairByKathyNunez), owner of Studio One Salon, Tri-Cities, WA, says this first time clent was looking for something fresh and modern.Here she shares how she gave her something pretty and tasteful (assisted by ...
Pretty Root Shadow/Silver Melt For The Client With A Sensitive Scalp
Joseph Cuozzo (@joseph_cuozzo) and Tonya Cuozzo (@tonyacuozzo), Master Color experts with Wella Professional and Owners of “Cuozzo Studio for Hair” Madison, NJ, and Oranjestad, Aruba, tagged (and wowed) us ...
You Just Want to Feel Good
Not everyone is a vegan or is training for a marathon. You may not want to research every food before eating it or keep up with the latest research on the most efficient way to structure an hour of exercise. If you’re like a lot of ...
BALAYAGE! How to Choose the Perfect Board
Is the board you use for balayage important? It's VITAL, according to Eva Scrivo, owner of the Eva Scrivo Salons (NYC), founder of the Eva Scrivo Academy, and Balayage Princess! It's all about size, texture, length, width, and the ...
The Beauty Entourage App - Beauty Pros On The Road
Beauty Entourage is the new company organizing hairdressers and make up artists to go out and do the hair and make up for weddings, photoshoots, and all kinds of events where beauty pros are needed. You can make some extra money and have some ...
THE JOURNEY: Classic Blonde to Pink Root Shadow to Metallic
Megan Rafidi (@meganrafidi), owner of The Megan Rafidi Studio, Cornelius, NC, says: "This client is actually a long time friend and coworker. She started out as my assistant and grew enough to become her own suite owner where I own my ...
THE JOURNEY: Fashion Fade To Home "Repair" To Pro Aqua
"My client came to me wanting to be a new fun color," says Meri Kate O'Connor (@merikateoconnor), Senior Colorist at Eva Scrivo Salons (@evascrivosalons) & Educator at the Eva Scrivo Advanced Academy, NYC. "She is a ...
ARROJO After Party
Put on your party attire for the ARROJO After Party on Sunday, March 13.Nick Arrojo and his eponymous brand are putting on a night of pure celebration for the hairdressing elite. All are invited. Tickets cost $20 and are still available for ...
Cut Hair Better, Immediately: Tip #7 of 10
Tip number seven on my list of the things you can do RIGHT NOW to be a better haircutter is to use shorter scissors. It is all about control. You control the tool that builds the haircut. Good precision haircutting is done with the last ...
by Ivan Zoot
5 Tips for Customer Service on the Trade Show Floor
If you build it, they will come – Or will they? No matter how much time you spend designing the perfect booth (or salon, store, etc.), your efforts count for nothing if you don’t have an efficient, well-trained staff to go with it. ...
FORMULA: Trix Aren't Just For Kids
"Brittany has been my muse for almost 6 years now," says Alicia McLaughlin, AKA Lish Mac (@thehairstylish). "She is game for anything! Last April we took her to purple from black. It took 13 hours but it was worth ...
How to Sell to a Hairdresser
So much information – so little time.Do you at times feel so overwhelmed that you just pass on all of it? I do. Maybe well-meaning providers of information misunderstand the hairdresser mindset. Why? If you want to catch and hold the ...
Healthy Hairdresser Hero: Marie Stiegman
Two years ago, Marie Stiegman took the principles she’d learned at a Qnity seminar and used them to increase her business. A stylist at Parker Paris Salon in Hammond, Louisiana, Stiegman immediately connected with the simplicity of the ...