Career
5 Tips to Stay Energized Throughout the Day
After another harsh winter in #Chiberia, our team is more than ready to thaw out and transition our minds for the Spring season. Whether you’re putting in long days at the salon, spending all day on your feet in the classroom or devoting ...
Stylist Selfie! Formula For This Gorg Purple To Platinum Melt
Cassandra DeRosa (@cassderosa) of Salon 202, Howell, NJ, credits the health and integrity of her hair to "using the right products". The assortment includes: Paul Mitchell Awapuhi Wild Ginger Shampoo, Joico Intense Hydrator, It's A ...
Colorful New Branding from Pureology
Colorful CreationsPureology is, at its core, a color-protection and enhancing product line, and to embrace and enhance that vision, it is introducing new branding. The packaging will stay the same, but look out for colorful ...
by Lauren Quick
21 Ways to Spot a Hairdresser
Ok so you've had the exact same conversation 5 times today, you haven't gone to a friend's wedding purely as a guest in YEARS, and you can eat a rotisserie chicken (hunched over a garbage can) in 5 minutes flat (while your client is ...
CND and Beauty Changes Lives Announce Scholarship Fund
CND, a leader in professional nail care, and the Beauty Changes Lives Foundation (BCL), a non-profit initiative of the American Association of Cosmetology Schools (AACS), announced Sunday at I Heart CND Orlando the first regional extension of ...
by Anne Moratto
Hurry With Your Healthy Selfie!
All of you Healthy Hairdressers are doing great! Thanks to Obliphica, our sponsor for the April Healthy Selfie Challenge, we’re seeing you in action as you help yourself get healthier! This month’s Challenge offers:$133 in Obliphica ...
5 Tips for Creating the Ideal Geometric Haircut
Creating a geometric haircut takes time, dedication, precision and attention to detail.Paul Mitchell Guest Artist Casandra Cutter (@casandracutter) has created a number of geometric cuts on her Instagram page so MODERN asked her to provide us ...
How-To: Sweet Blonde to Fierce Red
For educators trying to brainstorm ways to keep students engaged and involved in classes, I.d Salon Owner Lori Panarello recommends getting the pupils involved in the decision-making process and outcome of cut, color and style."Our model ...
by Lauren Quick
Ivan Zoot: Stretching, Strengthening, Stamina
If you popped into the Healthy Hairdresser Lounge during America’s Beauty Show 2015, you may have seen a guy lifting bottles of developer for exercise. That guy was Ivan Zoot demonstrating that, no matter where you are or how busy you are, ...
Food for Thought
We made it to spring—the season to renew, refresh, start again. It’s a good time to check in on personal goals from the beginning of the year, including our career-sustaining Healthy Hairdresser resolutions for body, spirit and ...
FORMULA: Classic Mermaid
Sadie Gray (@sadiejcre8s) said something hit her seven or eight months ago. "Oh my goodness," she says, "I am not just coloring hair I am painting on a canvas that just happens to be moving constantly! It was right then and there ...
TRANSFORMATION: Inspired By Kylie
Scott Wilson (@__swilson__ ) had a fun opportunity. "My client wanted a complete color change," says Wilson, based in Kilmarnock East Ayrshire, Scotland. "She liked the idea of balayage and ombre and also liked the idea of ...
TRANSFORMATION: Old School Ombre To New School Pretty Sombre
Melanie Shields (@melaniekshields), an artist at Colours Salon, Kahului, on Maui in Hawaii, tagged us with this amazing makeover and we just had to know more."My guest had permanent black hair color about 1 1/2 inches away from the ...
Prom Season Trends by MN School of Cosmetology
Students at Minnesota School of Cosmetology are influenced by the latest runway looks each season to create hair, makeup and nail trends for their clients. For prom season 2015, MSC students, staff and instructors say popular styles include ...
by Anne Moratto
HOW TO: Sweet Caramel
Drew Noreen (@drewjnoreen) of Pucci Salon, Scottsdale, Arizona, posted this gorgeous balayage highlighted caramel finish and we just had to know more."Jamie is a regular client of mine who I see about once every three months for a color a ...
Show off Your Updo Skills with MODERN and HairUWear
Are updos your specialty? Ever added clip-in extensions to make your UPDOS even better? Here's your chance to show us your skills in HairUWear's Extend Your Creativity contest! Upload your best updo work at www.ModernSalon.com/HUW-PRO to ...
Become an Andis Platform Artist – Enter the Andis Clipper Ace Challenge
We’re giving someone the chance to earn a shot at elevating their career by representing Andis as a platform artist.You show us your stuff in a video entry and our panel of judges will select three finalists from all entries received. Our ...