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Mobile Health Apps
From all indications, smartphones will be doing more heavy lifting in healthcare. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expects that 500 million smartphone users worldwide will be using a health care application this year and that, by 2018, 50 ...
Bad Banded Sombre To PRETTY Classic Highlighted Blonde
Susan Aw (@susan.aw) is one of MODERN's favorite colorists. The artist, based at Embellish Salon, in Arcadia, California, did not hold back when taking her client from a banded sombre to a classic highlighted blonde."I had actually ...
Farouk Systems Student Boot Camp
On March 6, 2015, Farouk Systems Inc. (FSI) is hosting 120 junior and senior students from the Career and Technical High School in Pasadena, TX, a CHI partnered school. To celebrate and award their hard work, they have been ...
by Anne Moratto
TRANSFORMATION: Strawberry Sorbet Haircolor
Eric Anthony, an artist at Canyon Salon in Westlake Village, California, shares that his model, a natural level 4, had multiple layers of previously colored hair. "She had some fun with various dark browns and reds. My mission was to remove ...
How-To: Romantic Braided Updo (GoPro Tutorial Video!)
Special-occasion season is nearly upon us, and the best thing you can do for yourself is arm yourself with styles that impress your client but don't take too much time on your part.Braided styles are still very much trending, and aside from ...
by Lauren Quick
Who Does Your Hair?
Let’s play a game: First, think about the number of years you have been working as a stylist in a salon.Second, think about the number of years it’s been since you had your hair done in a salon- Wait, not so fast… Not in the ...
by Anne Moratto
4 Steps to Cleaning Up a Difficult Neckline (+Video!)
Unusual growth patterns in hair aren't all that uncommon in both men and women; but when disproportionately more men than women go for tight, precise hairstyles, these growth patterns have a much bigger effect on the overall ...
by Lauren Quick
Social Worker
When you work solo, you have to make sure new clients can “find” you. That’s not a problem for Instagrammer extraordinaire Larisa Love.On her Instagram account, Larisa Love (@larisadoll) describes herself as a freelance ...
6 Ways to Handle an Unhappy or Dissatisfied Client
Did you know that 96 percent of unhappy clients don’t complain when they are dissatisfied with a haircut, and that 91 percent of these guests will leave and never come back (according to 1Financial Training Services)?Let’s face it, ...
How-To: Pull-Through Pony into Fishtail
Blohaute founder Amanda Diedrich isn't afraid of lived-in looks, and she doesn't think they're going anywhere.Fave4, Blohaute and Glowout Salon in Chicago hosted a Fave4 Style Session and invited an exclusive group of stylists to ...
by Lauren Quick
Maximize Social Media Exposure: PBA Free Webinar March 30
On Monday, March 30, 2015, (1:00 p.m. EDT | 12:00 p.m. CDT | 11:00 a.m. MDT | 10:00 a.m. PDT) the Professional Beauty Association (PBA) will host Awesome Insta Images: Reinvent Your Social Space, a complimentary webinar designed to guide social ...
by Anne Moratto
FORMULA: The Wildest Orchid
Ruby Devine (@rubydevine) of Frizzles Salon & Spa, Alexandria, VA, teamed up with fellow stylist Ash Fortis (@xostylistxo) to create this design they call "The Wildest Orchid". The post went viral within moments of posting. ...
The Future of Hair Mannequins? Find out What's Next for Hairdressers
Pivot Point International, Inc. has introduced a new, internationally patented Mannequin Snap Cap System for cosmetology students, educators and salon professionals to use for hands-on hairdressing training.The new Snap Cap System will be used ...
A Sam Villa Tip To Perfection: SECTIONING
Cut and style artist SAM VILLA is the king of shape and design and he says that sectioning is the key to a perfect result."Sectioning is important for control especially when you are detaching a haircut," says Villa. "It ...
Formula: Cotton Candy Pink, It's Delicious
Toni Rose Larson (@HAIRITAGESALONCARLSBAD), Artist/Owner @Hairitage Salon, says "My beautiful Client 'Sent' has been a few different colors including silver, blonde and now pink! Sent lives in LA and drives 3 hours for our ...
Ease Your Body into Daylight Saving Time
This Sunday, March 8, we’ll “spring forward” as we move to Daylight Saving Time. How well do you adjust to setting the clock ahead or back? “Even though your brain knows that the time on the clock has changed, your ...
Can You Develop “Healthy Addictions”?
Often it’s former smokers who become the most vocal anti-smoking advocates. Does it work that way with diet and exercise? If you felt “addicted” to donuts or sugary sodas, can you transfer that to an affection for fruits and ...