Career
Workshop: Kenra Professional’s 2016 Educational Line Up Keeps Solo Artists’ Needs in Mind
For 2016, Kenra Professional is building-up its online video and free webinar education, creating business-building brunches and even bringing customized training right to individual renter’s suites.
Zeus Garca, Hair Master and Renter
When Zeus Garca realized hairdressing was seen as a trade in the U.S. but a profession in Europe, he took the highest educational ground he could.
6 Marketing Strategies for Renters
Most salon marketing ideas are written with the entire salon in mind. But renters face the same challenges as salon owners.
Home at Last
Seanna Oglesby is a super cut-and-color pro the industry might have lost, had she not found a highly professional rental salon.
Renting is for Friends
When Renee Noice decided to downsize and cut back on her 45-hour work week, bringing along her friend and former business partner required a suite for two.Notice and Cindy Durbin Wible worked together for 10 years at a salon, then left to open ...
Business Building: The Beauty of Benchmarking
Do you track performance standards or benchmarks? Chris Sulimay, author of Shop Talk, which details proven ways for industry professionals to grow their incomes, says setting and tracking goals are key making more money. Coming from a ...
Classic Color Changes from Solo Artist Cindy Chida
Color specialist Cindy Chida has been a hairstylist for 30 years and went solo in 2015, opting for a Salons by JC suite in San Jose, California. At her Hair by Cindy Chida, the Matrix Artistic Educator also offers hair extension services ...
Paul Dombroski: Preparing for a Personal Cancer “War”
Healthy Hairdresser recently caught up with Paul Dombroski, the NFL-athlete-turned-stylist who was featured in an earlier Healthy Hairdresser article about his 2013 struggle with breast cancer. It’s an unusual story, and we wanted to know ...
Speaking EIMI in LA: Wella Launches Styling Line for Creative Hair Professionals
On October 29, 2015, at the Wella Studio in Woodland Hills, CA, the talented team at Wella Professionals presented the possiblities that await stylists when working with the new EIMI Styling Line from Wella. Inspired by the trend toward ...
by Anne Moratto
Unite Exposed Chicago
The Event: Unite Exposed made a stop in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood on Nov. 2, 2015, to teach industry pros the latest trends in cutting and styling with members of the Unite Creative Team. Andrew Dale, CEO and founder of Unite, ...
by Jamie Newman
10 Habits to Build Mental Toughness
Succeeding as a hairdresser requires you to have a heart as soft as cotton and nerves as hard as steel. You try to make people feel great when, in return, they may complain that you missed the mark on their hair color. It takes mental stamina to ...
Stylist Spotlight: Bio Ionic's Johnny Wright
By his 12th birthday, Johnny Wright had a client base of 100 classmates. Today, Wright’s client roster consists of entertainment’s most stylish and influential celebrities including First Lady Michelle Obama, actress Nia Long and ...
Sponsored by Bio Ionic
Balayage with the Best: New PRAVANA Balayage Certification Program with Guy Tang
PRAVANA invites stylists to take their blonding skills to the next level and master the art of Balayage with its new Balayage Certification program, featuring Balayage expert and hair guru Guy Tang using the new Pure Light Balayage ...
by Anne Moratto
Pivot Point Partners with Denise Provenzano of Zano Salons
Delivering exceptional education and providing sustainable beauty careers has been the mission of Pivot Point International, Inc., Chicago, throughout its 53-year history. To prioritize focus on developing innovative educational content and ...
by Anne Moratto
What's Your Color IQ?
Thousands of you have discovered what your Color IQ is, compared scores with friends and learned something about color that you may not have known already.The Color Process IQ Quiz tests your color knowledge with questions sourced directly from ...
Intercoiffure America/Canada – Wow!
"Honoring the Past and Embracing the Future" was the theme at the recent Intercoiffure America Canada Fall Atelier for 2015 held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in NYC.Trends trending included a controversial Political Hair Show, taking ...
Q&A With KL Christoffersen, the Stylist Behind Fluid Hair Painting
Think of it as balayage's fantastically quirky cousin; Fluid Hair Painting uses a similar painting technique to balayage, but while the client is reclined (like their position at the shampoo bowl) at the edge of a table. MODERN SALON asked ...
by Jamie Newman