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Why You NEED to Boost Your Bridal Updo Business
This month, as summer brides start counting their RSVPs and finalizing their seating arrangements, they’re also making their way into the salon for hair and makeup trials. Wowing her with your talent and special occasion expertise ...
Debunking 3 Balayage Myths
Eva Scrivo, of Eva Scrivo Salons, is known as the “Master of Balayage.” In addition to training numerous hair color and cutting experts within her own company, she has served as an elite educator and consultant for the industry's ...
Extension Creativity
When working with extensions, the possibilities for creativity, business and solving clients’ hair concerns are endless.
Missed Opportunities: 5 Tips to Update Your Salon Services
Are you missing out on offering services for your clients in need? Are there special requests that you just can’t fulfill because you don’t have the right systems or services in place. Many salons are losing thousands of dollars a ...
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HOW TO: "She Lets Me Do My Thing"
"My guest Ali is the one who loves being the first one to try out my new color ideas and experiments and has always supported me in my career by letting me express myself creatively," says Christian Ariel (@christianxariel), an artist ...
8 Ways to Take Ombre to the Next Level
Many people think Ombre haircolor is on its way out, but in the opinion of Gina Bianca, owner of Gina Bianca Hair in Southington, CT, ombre is the base for many of today’s trends."The dark natural roots and lightness at the ends gives ...
Shifting From Basic Booth Renting to a Salon Suite
For Calynn Colceri, shifting to a suite from basic booth rental was an easy decision to make.
Up From The Ashes
A devastating salon fire inspires Hot Tools’ Artistic Director Detra Smith to rebuild, reenergize and refocus for the new season.
Special Session
The hairstylists at the most recent Artist Session, MODERN’s two-day, hands-on photoshoot workshop, created special occasion silhouettes that would work for any bride, bridesmaid, prom, homecoming, red carpet or even the Kentucky Derby. ...
Woven Chignon How-To
Prepping the hair is the most important part of any special-occasion look, according to Daniel Roldan, Matrix global artistic director. “You have to layer or cocktail product to build texture,” he ...
Updo How-To: Prep. Play. Perfect.
Prepping the hair is the most important part of any special-occasion look, according to Daniel Roldan, Matrix global artistic director. “You have to layer or cocktail product to build texture,” he ...
The Great Debate: Balayage vs. Foil
This question comes up regularly when highlighting: when should a stylist use foil and when should a stylist balayage? Sometimes the answer isn't so black and white explains Jenny Savage, artist at Atelier by ...
ABS, A Model of Latino Inclusion
I walked the aisles and classrooms of ABS 2015, feeling proud of the number of Latino professional participating —including emerging Latino beauty companies and executives. How could I tell? I made my rounds with TV hairdresser star, Leo ...
by Anne Moratto
Meet American Crew's All-Star Challenge Winner
The work: Alyssa Brasket has been cutting and styling hair for nine years at The Barbers, a Vancouver-based chain of barber shops run by Don and Alison Lovell. In an interview with The Columbian, Brasket said she prefers ...
5 Dos and Don'ts for Growing a Brow Business
BROW MAINTENANCE IS A GROWING PART of the beauty industry—take it from someone who does more than 500 brow services a month. Malynda Vigliotti, owner of Boom Boom Brow Bar in New York, has built her entire career around ...
8 Booth-Renting Realities: Why Choose a Salon (Company) Rather than Independent Contracting
Thinking of booth-renting? Some would say it has its advantages…or does it? Ask any booth renter why they chose the path of independent contracting. One of the most common answers you will hear is that they were seeking freedom. But ...
Going Up?
Business today is tough, as it’s always been. We used to think we were in a recession-proof business, but after the past recession we realized we might be recession-resistant but we are not recession-proof. The reality for us as ...