Career
How-To: Elvis' Pompadour & James Dean's Rockabilly
Style icons are iconic for a reason—their images, hair, clothes and very existence seem to transcend the logic of time and the finality of their lifespans. And so they resurface, again and again, inspiring and re-inspiring, the looks ...
by Lauren Quick
Kathy Cresci: Lessons From Morocco
When Healthy Hairdresser profiled Casey London Keeter, the manager at Intrigue Salon in Atlanta, Keeter told us we should speak with one of her stylists as well. Kathy Cresci has been with Intrigue for 11 years and, like Keeter, makes ...
Tips on the Trend: Touchable, Smooth Texture
Fresh and flirty, yet perfectly precise was the prominent trend found on Spring/Summer 2015 runways. This coming spring’s clean and simple look calls for center and side-swept parts, perfectly smooth strands and weightless, airy ...
No Filter: An Interview with Photographer Michael Pool
The photographer Michael Pool shot a collection for Sebastian that was submitted to MODERN SALON. The images were so polished and finished that they passed approval and into print before Pool let MODERN know this was raw film—not edited or ...
by Anne Moratto
MODERN Celebrates Cosmetology Schools, Names 2014 Excellence in Education Honorees
MODERN SALON Media has named the 2014 class of Excellence in Education honorees in its fifth annual program recognizing leadership and best practices among cosmetology schools. MODERN SALON Publisher Steve Reiss announced the recipients ...
COLOR CORRECTION: From Skunk To Sombre
Miriam Ortega has been challenged with some dramatic color corrections, but she says "This color correction was the most invasive, yet precise color correction I have done."Client Pamela came in with a ...
How-To: Midnight Storm "Bombre"
You know it's real when there's an Urban Dictionary page for it. Bombre: Taking ombre hair color to the next level. A termed coined by internationally recognized Salon KAVI color director, Victoria Pelaez, for the ombrés she ...
by Lauren Quick
Own Your Body
Your career as a hairdresser makes you hyper aware of beauty and appearance. Do you feel that team members treat you a certain way based on your appearance? Do clients judge you for the way you look? Even if you do not feel that your ...
Alternative Medicine
(This is a version of an excerpt from an article published in the Healthy Hairdresser section of the October 2014 issue of MODERN SALON.) Perhaps you relieve your sore back with acupuncture, or maybe your grandmother’s secret brew ...
On the Career Path: From Student to Hairdresser
We are following Jessica DeAngelo as she leaves school and sets herself up for success in the salon world. She will be blogging in subsequent posts and we wanted to introduce you to how she found her passion for hair:"Perhaps the ...
by Anne Moratto
3 Ways to Make Your Gift Card Sales Skyrocket
The holidays are right around a corner, and this means increased business opportunities for your business as a stylist or a salon owner. Tanisha Foster, Director of Vertical Market shares with us how gift certificates can increase your revenue ...
All About Ponylights
Move over, babylights— there's a new highlighting technique in town! Ponylights, or feathered highlights that brighten up the hair around the face, might be the next big hair color trend. From application and service to pricing and ...
Casey London Keeter: Manager, Role Model
As a former long-distance runner and a gymnast, Casey London Keeter was accustomed to a regular schedule of working out. Now 38, married, a mom to daughters aged 9 and 3 and the busy manager at Intrigue Salon in Atlanta, Keeter still finds ways ...
Fantastic Sams Celebrates 40 Years of Education and Service at Look. Feel. Be Fantastic. Convention
THE EVENT: Fantastic Sams Bi-Annual Convention, September 14-16, 2014 at the Mirage in Las Vegas. THE DETAILS: With inspiration to “Look. Feel. Be Fantastic,” over 800 stylists, salon managers, franchisees, regional ...
#Babylights Continued! 3 Application & Time-Saving Tips
They’re finely painted highlights that give a sunkissed result. The topic of babylights blew up on MODERN’s Facebook the other day, so we thought we would seek out some more information about the trend. MODERN interviewed Rona ...
Meditate, Not Medicate!
(This is a version of an excerpt from an article published in the Healthy Hairdresser section of the October 2014 issue of MODERN SALON.) “Try to give yourself the gift of meditation every single day,” advises author and ...
Rare Hair Condition Creates "Mallen Streak" -- A Higlighted Streak You're Born With
Remember the white-haired streak on Cruela Devil, Sweeny Todd or Bonnie Raitt? The truth is out – their hair wasn’t highlighted, they have a rare hair condition called Poliosis.This rare condition is the decrease or absence of ...