Career
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 ...
Make Your Own Soup
Homemade soup is a treat, especially during these chilly months. You can divide your soup into small containers, freeze them and bring them to the salon with you for a healthy lunch. Chef John Chiakulas names three key ingredients that make ...
TRANSFORMATION: Modernizing To Smokey Violet
Jessica Mendieta (@JESSdomyHAIR), a colorist at Butterfly Loft in Encino, California, is one of our favorite makeover artists. "I love the ability we all have at embracing change," she says. "My approach to pastels, or grey ...
Scissor Happy: Note From the Editor
Growing up, one of my closest friends enlisted in the Air Force right after 9/11. He was a musician and was known for his long, blonde hair. Before he shipped off to boot camp, as sort of a bon voyage, he invited his closest friends and family ...
Grown Out Fashion To Soft Dimensional Pink
Amelia "Violet" Camp (@violetthestylist), Expert Colorist and Director of Education, Bouffant Beauty Bar, La Mesa, California, says that "Tara is one of my regular color chameleons and we've taken her around the color wheel a ...
Pucker Up: Must-Haves For Lips
Valentine's Day is just around the corner, so what better up-sell or way to glam up clients with than with products for their lips? Flirty colors, kissable treatments and shiny glosses are quintessential for their celebrations of the holiday ...
by Jamie Newman
Reinvigorating Washed-Out Color
Artemis Koullias (@Hairby_Sia), an artist at New Dawn Salon in Hubbard, OH, worked on her cousin recently, who had thick hair down to her hip bones. "Her hair was faded and her previous balayage was grown-out. We definitely needed to ...
TRANSFORMATION: Grown-Out-Faded-Blonde-To-Modern-Metallic
Geysha Tomassone (@geyshaloveshair) of the Joseph Kenneth salon (@salonjosephkenneth) Marlton, NJ, says this client is a regular. "She wanted something fun so we opted for silver/grey. By looking at her style, I felt that she ...
9 Marketing Ideas for Valentine's Day
Show your clients some extra love this Valentine's Day with these marketing ideas designed to attract new clients and encourage existing ones to rebook:Repurpose Remaining Christmas Stock: If you have leftover stocking stuffers from ...
by Stacey Soble
HOW-TO: Sunset Orange
"This was my first time with this particular client," says Kristi Waldrop (@Kristi_Mac_of_Hair) a stylist/makeup artist at Head Rush Salon in Gonzales, Louisiana. "She had been following my IG for awhile and ...
FORMULA: She's Got The Blues
Oh my goodness...THANK YOU AmandaRose Kingsley (@amandarosepaintsheads) of Septembers Hair, brick, NJ, for tagging MODERN with this GORGEOUS dimensional blue finish.Here she shares the Formula:Step 1: Prep the hair by toning existing blonde with ...