Career

How-To: Lavender Dream by Jason Backe

Dusty lavenders are sticking around for summer! Jason Backe recently worked with the color team at Christophe Salon in Newport Beach, California, to show off some L'Oréal Professionnel color and products.Backe is the co-owner of Ted ...

How Hair Growth Patterns, Face Shape and Facial Features Influence Your Male Client's Haircut

Told more times than he can even recall by celebrity superstars like Paul Newman, Johnny Carson, Steve McQueen, and Freddie Prinze that he “saved their hair,” Jim Markham, transformed the way men cut, cared for and styled their ...

5 Reasons to Get More Sleep

Thanks to our Healthy Hairdresser friend Ivan Zoot for his social media posting of an article from Ace Fitness that drives home the reasons we need to be strict with ourselves about the shuteye. From the article, we can identify five problems ...

July Challenge Participants Share How They’d Spend Their “Extra 10 Minutes”!

Our Healthy Hairdresser Challenge this month has been a lot of fun! Participants are asked to tell us how they would spend an extra 10 minutes a day. Sponsored by Kenra, the Challenge highlights the time-saving benefits of the brand’s ...

15 Weird but Wonderful Foods

Does “eating well” mean “eating boring”? It’s easy to feel that you can’t look at one more kale salad, the novelty of grilled salmon wore off long ago and kiwi and pomegranate are best appreciated in a ...

TRANSFORMATION: Faded Ombre To Dimensional Sombre

Shannon Rha (@shannonhairsalon) of Shannon Hair Salon, Valencia, California, has been an artist for 16 years and says "I adore what I do so I never have to work a day in my life. I have a constant hunger to learn more about the newest ...

TRANSFORMATION: Hard To Believe Vibrancy

Alyssa Wiener (@lysseon) of Sylin' Salon, Norwalk, Connecticut, makes it clear that she never uses filters or photoshop on her amazing color designs. "I never alter my photos when it comes to hair," she says. We just had to double ...

TRANSFORMATION: Hot Before...Even Hotter After

Guy Lemieux (@Guyzers) and his apprentice Allana Swayze (@lanaswayze), both of Berns and Black Salon, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, punched up this pink shade and we had to know more. Here he shares the HOW TO:Step 1: Apply Schwarzkopf Blondme ...

COLOR CORRECTION: Hurting Patchy Ombre to Ash Blonde

Ashley Hubbard (@redhotstylist) owner of Save Your Scissors Salon, Sandy Hook, CT, says new client Jess was referred by a friend knowing Jess needed some help with her color. "She came in with an ombre that needed to be corrected. Jess ...

Beauty Changes Lives Names Dr. Howard Murad the 2016 Legacy Award Honoree

The Beauty Changes Lives Foundation (BCL) announced that Dr. Howard Murad?, founder of Murad skincare products, will be its 2016 Legacy Award honoree at a celebratory reception at Cosmoprof, Sunday, July 12, 2015. The award has previously ...

Great Clips Awards Inspiring Educator with a New Car

Great Clips celebrates their Educator Appreciation Day by gifting one lucky cosmetologist with a new car.  Evelyn Conway, a massage therapist and educator since 1997 and a licensed cosmetologists since 1994 and a cosmetology educator since ...

TRANSFORMATION: Fire To Ice

Brooke Benton (@brookebent) of Brooke Benton Salon, Westlake Village, California, says she lives "to make others feel good about themselves and be happy. What better way than making the one accessory they can't take off look ...

Bio Ionic's Sean Gallagher - Runway Stylist and Haircolor Trainer

Sean Gallagher has been creating seamless cuts & color for over 20 years.Rooted in Sassoon cutting and styling, he has developed his fashion flair working alongside Oribe, Denilo and Antonio Sardou. Read more.

Sponsored by Bio Ionic

TRANSFORMATION: Old Box Color To Purple Sombre

Alexis Ciara (@LexiCiara22) is an artist at Beautiful Hair Color Studio, Port Orange, Florida.  "My love for hair started young, but was never seen as an actual career when talking about future plans with family," says Ciara. ...

So Cool It's Frozen

Anna Bianca Pacino Clark (@annabiancahair), an Educator and color specialist at Seasons Salon Spa, Redlands, California, has a BEAUTIFUL Instagram page, filled with beautiful transformations and color designs. We loved (among others) this ...

TRANSFORMATION: Red To Rose Gold - NICE!

Andrea Lents (@andreanicolestylist), an artist at Aria Salon, Chicago, posted this rose gold transformation and we ased for more information. "The color that I did was sooo much fun," she says. "I have been seeing all these photos ...

5 Tips for a Healthier Summertime You

Summer is a good season to review your approach to diet and exercise. With so many fresh fruits and vegetables available, you can try more options for getting your antioxidants. The warm weather also removes the indoor limits of a ...