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Marching Orders: Are You Stepping Toward Your 2015 Fitness Goals?
The figure of 10,000 steps per day—which covers roughly five miles—has been kicked around in the media as the goal for when you want to establish and maintain a healthy level of activity. But is that a valid number? And one you can ...
Complete Coverage: 5 Things You Can Do to Protect Your Skin Today
As a beauty professional, you know to hydrate your skin. Hydrating from the inside means drinking lots of water. From the outside it means applying moisturizer multiple times during your busy day. To protect against allergic reactions to salon ...
How-To: Bumble and bumble Youthful Pony
According to Frankie Denise Meyerson of Bumble and bumble, don’t take your younger clientele for granted. Their sense of style and fashion o ffers a bit more opportunity to the professional stylist to be more ...
Inside & Out: Eat and Move as if Your Health Depends Upon it
Hairdressers today are getting smarter about their food, more serious about their workout and never picking up the smoking habit to begin with. You are, after all, your clients’ wellness and beauty role models.“At minimum, we ...
How-To: Bumble and bumble Youthful Waves
According to Frankie Denise Meyerson of Bumble and bumble, don’t take your younger clientele for granted. Their sense of style and fashion o ffers a bit more opportunity to the professional stylist to be more ...
Editor's Note: Take Care of You!
Take care of you.” Easy to say, hard for some to hear, and difficult for way too many salon professionals to actually accomplish.That’s why we’re here—to help you help yourselves.MODERN SALON’s Healthy Hairdresser ...
Breathe Deeply: 5 Things you can do For Your Lungs Today
Hairdressers have long been the subject of scientific studies on workplace respiratory problems and lung function, and anecdotal reports add to the evidence that some people will experience sensitivities at the salon.“My belief is that the ...
Salons and Schools: Make Education Relevant to Success
What’s happening to our beauty graduates?I recently followed up on beauty graduates and the common denominator for success was not skill or talent, but not needing to support yourself the first year in the salon---due to some other source ...
by Anne Moratto
America's Beauty Show 2015
Chicago is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It’s home to breathtaking lakefront vistas; legendary architecture; award-winning dining; a Magnificent Mile of shopping; thrilling night life and entertainment; and of course, ...
America’s Beauty Show 2015 — The Experience
America's Beauty Show (ABS) 2015 will boast many firsts in industry trade events. See who will be performing on The CosmoProf Center Stage, The SalonCentric Theatre in the Round, and learn more about Healthy Hairdresser Day @ ABS.An entirely ...
Sponsored by Cosmetologists Chicago
Starbucks for Plant-Based Eaters
“I travel a lot for work, and Starbucks is the common meeting place to start the day,” says Lisa Botts, Paul Mitchell business development coordinator. “Four years ago, before choosing to eat plant-based foods for the health ...
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
Often, people with eating disorders are slow to recognize, or admit, there’s anything wrong. The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) established the annual NEDAwareness week not only to make the public and the media more aware of ...
TRANSFORMATION: Breathtaking Silver/Lilac Color Melt
Tonianne Munzelle (@njglamourguru), a hairstylist and makeup artist from Salon du Monde, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ, is a color correction and balayage specialist. "I'm educated and trained in Goldwell, Lakme, Bumble and Bumble, ...
TRANSFORMATION: Titanium In Action
Megan Allen (@hairstylistmeganallen) of Salon 29:11, Smithfield, North Carolina met with her client looking for something new. "Her before had level 5 new growth and her mid shaft and end had red left over from a previous appointment," ...
TRANSFORMATION: From Faded Fun To Playful Blue
"Sierra has been loving having bright and colorful hair," says Elizabeth Nuttall (@misslizbliz) of Seasons Salon and Day Spa, Orem, Utah. "She started with pink, then to purple and now this blue. To get to this blue I had to ...
The PERFECT Case For a Professional Make Up Artist
Make up artist Charles Ward offers an overview of his custom made case while backstage at Malan Breton F/W 2015 during Mercedes Benz Fashion ...
Beard Science: 4 Tips for Daily Beard Care
Well-coiffed men with healthy beards are increasingly commonplace—do you know how to keep up with your clients’ facial hair and make product and care recommendations? Beards and other types of facial hair ...
by Lauren Quick