Career
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 ...
Got Dandruff? 10 Things About Dandruff EVERY Stylist Needs to Know
It’s easy to spot – the white, oily looking flakes of dead skin that dot your clients hair and shoulders and contribute to an itchy scalp. It’s a common scalp condition that plagues teens, adults and worsens during the fall and ...
6 Tips on Caring For and Maintaining the Perfect Mustache
The month of November is about bringing back the mustache, doing it for a serious cause while having fun growing it out at the same time. If your clients are supporting men’s health in November by growing out their “stache” for 30 days, help them achieve the best looking one they can with these tips from Kenny Duncan, Andis educator and salon owner of Main Attraction Unisex Salon in Philadelphia, PA.
5 Common Hair Color Problems Only Blondes Can Understand
Blonde clients require a particular regimen of maintenance to keep their color looking bright and brilliant. Yet, often colorists hear clients express concerns about brassiness, or dull, muddy tones. Tom Porter, founder and president of Malibu ...
Ashley Jael: Coping with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
She was only nine years old, which is young to get a double-whammy diagnosis of fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), but California hairdresser Ashley Jael now looks back on her nearly 20 years of coping with both diseases as a mixed ...
Shocking Pink: Spotlight on Young Women with Breast Cancer
Although aging is a major risk factor in developing breast cancer, about 11 percent of all new breast cancers are found in women under 45, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Happier Life: Oprah’s 8 Little Changes
She may have left her high-profile talk show, but Oprah still supplies a lot of advice through her OWN network, her website and her magazine. Healthy Hairdresser peeked at her eight suggestions for improving your daily routine and living more ...
Lessons from Ebola
The height of the furor in the news media over the Ebola virus has thankfully died down. No, we do not all have it. No, thousands did not die from it here in America. Thankfully, and despite the best efforts of the 24 hour news ...
by Anne Moratto
The Road You Choose
There are many industry paths you can take, but in the salon, the five primary ones are hairstylist, colorist, esthetician, nail technician and makeup artist. Each requires different technical skills and offers variations—or even ...
Turning Back the Clock
Each day, 10,000 women celebrate their 40th birthday, according to Sue Hanson, co-founder of Evolve. “And 40 percent of those women are going to struggle with hair loss,” she says. Here’s how the brand is working to solve that ...