Career
5 Tips for Increasing Your Income
Whether you own a salon, you’re a stylist in a salon or you’re an independent contractor, you have a business brand. Today more than 9 million women own businesses in the U.S., generating more than $1.4 trillion, according to the ...
TRANSFORMATION: Going For Depth and Dimension
"As a stylist, I feel like the most important thing is to make sure our guests feel and look good at all times," says Dominique Limone (@limonetree), a senior designer at Platinum Salon in Tampa, Florida and a national educator ...
Addressing The Gray: Expert Tips From Eva Scrivo
Eva Scrivo, the Master of Balayage, is best known for her fashion color designs and professional finishes. She is the "go-to" artist for many of New York's elite, including editors, top society and celebrities.When it comes to gray ...
5 Tips for Perfect Shade Selection and Color Placement
It’s all about customized color that works with the cut. At the David Salon in Costa Mesa, California, Nicole Ankenman uses placement to draw attention to focal points. She bases her shade selection on what complements skin tones. Here, ...
TRANSFORMATION: Getting It Right
Lily Duong (@Hairbylily408) from Hair by Lily at Salons by JC, San Jose, California, met with a new client that needed some color magic. "She had gone to a stylist that overly processed her hair on top with pale blond ...
HOW TO: Victoria's Secret Beachy Waves
Freelance stylist David Lopez has oodles of celebrity clients, many of them Victoria's Secret models. Professional hairdressers are constantly asking how he creates the effortless waves on one of his favorites, Chrissy Teigen. Here, he ...
Celebrity Color: Trends Include Babylights and Balayage
Tracey Cunningham, Redken Celebrity Colorist, has a lengthy and impressive list of Hollywood starlets who come to her Meche Salon in Beverly Hills, California, to keep their color perfected. Cunningham is revealing the inside scoop on the new ...
MARSALA, Color Of The Year, In Action
Camille Plourde, (@hairbycamillegp) a master stylist at Hair in Fairfield, Connecticut, had a chance to put Marsala, the colorist friendly "Color of the Year" (according to Pantone), to work.Here she offers the HOW TO:"Stephanie ...
7 Tips for Stylists Who Work With Child Clients
Do you work with child clients? Ever wonder how you can make them feel more comfortable in the chair? What things should you offer to help them pass the time while their hair is being cut? What’s the proper way to conduct a child ...
Rob The Original Helps To Launch The Babyliss PRO FX880
Famed Barber Rob The Original held court today in NYC at the Ludlow Blunt Barbershop on the Lower East Side of New York City. RTO (Rob The Original) was there to demonstrate the new Babyliss PRO FX880 Clipper, offering hair art demos to ...
6 Fundamentals of Over Direction in Haircutting
Want to unlock creativity? Turn to the fundamentals. Andrew Carruthers, Director of Education for Sam Villa, reviewed elevation first - the ‘up and down’ movement of the hair that controls the vertical aspect of the silhouette. The ...
3 Things You Didn't Know About Enlarged Pores
Did you know that for every hair on your body there is a corresponding skin pore? And, did you know that the average adult has around 5 million hairs on their body? Pores are all over the body, so it’s important to understand how they ...
TRANSFORMATION: Grown Out and Banded To Gorgeous Color Melt
It is a hair emergency – an ombre has gone horribly wrong and a professional is needed to save the day! Deanna Hughes, stylist at Di Rosa Haircare (@dirosahaircare), was the lucky stylist who turned the disaster to desirable and ...
Turquoise Root to Silver Color Melt
Chris Weber (@chrisweberhair) a hairstylist at the Barbarella Hair salon, Vancouver, posted this gorgeous color design that caught our eye on instagram. We tracked him down to get the HOW TO: Natural/Starting level: Natural color ...
MANNEQUIN MONDAY: Sharp Shape, Bold Color
Cassandra McGlaughlin (@cassandraplatinum), owner of Salon Platinum, Tampa, Florida; along with her colleague Dominique Limone (@limonetree), are inspiring hairdressers and colorists with a program called "Mannequin Monday". ...
TRANSFORMATION: Metallic Color Melt
One of MODERN's favorite artists, Rebecca Taylor (@vividartistichairdesign) created this "Metallic Color Melt" that caught our eye on instagram. Here she offers the how to:Step 1: Install 20' tape-in extensions (done ...
Talking Dry Cutting with Takashi
“I don’t like to see the ugly blunt line.” This is Takashi Kitamura (@takashikitamura_) talking, one of the inspiring creative artists of the Paul Mitchell team of hairdressers and creatives. His method of dry ...
by Anne Moratto