Career

What Will 2021 Look Like for Stylists? Listen to Moving from Coping to Adapting to Thriving

A special report podcast taken from an interview with salon business coaches and experts on how to manage the present time and plan for the future.

5 Core Hair Principles to Guide a Stylist

When you’re passionate about these principles and they come from the heart, they will always be there for you when you need them.

Color Correction: Yellow and Banded to Ice Queen

This client was anxious to get back to her signature platinum. The process involved pre-appointment treatments, and careful color work throughout.

Working BTS at Fashion Week

Yes, many of the shows were virtual this season, but runway isn't going away. This stylist finds being behind-the-scenes fuels her creatively and has propelled her forward in her career.

Mapping Your Future Beauty Career

What qualities are most important in working at a salon? Here's what these Ulta stylists said they loved most about where they work.

Sponsored by Ulta Beauty

5 Tips for Empowering Stylists to Cultivate the Courage to Do Hair

Being a hairdresser is hard, but if you love what you do and cultivate enough courage to put yourself out there, then when things go wrong the passion will keep you going, and you will be confident that you will bounce back.

This Financial Advice is Geared to Salon Professionals

“Salon professionals can misunderstand making money with building wealth, and without a timely heads up, leave the salon with little to show for a lifetime of salon work. I’ve seen this happen too many times.”

The Beautiful Business of Bridal Styling

Sara Yousif is seeing a return to pre-virus busy-ness. Here are some of her most-requested styles.

Holiday Shopping Will Be Earlier Than Ever So Start Offering Holiday Sales in Your Salon NOW

We all need something to look forward to and to help us feel better during the weirdest year ever.

National Recruitment Campaign Looks for Gen Z Beauty Lovers to "Make Your Mark"

Beauty insiders and brands engage the “next gen” of beauty.

Salons Discover Implementing a Sustainable Mission Draws Like-Minded Talent and Clients

Green Circle Salons helps salons recycle and repurpose up to 95 percent of their waste, as well as safely recover their PPE. And, a new study shows that a salon's mission toward sustainability is an eco magnet that draws new clients as well as talent.

Sponsored by Green Circle Salons

Salon Pros Can Be Both Eco-Friendly and Hyper-Creative Without Compromise

Going ‘green’ shouldn’t sacrifice quality, and the professional beauty industry should have more options to be sustainably beautiful.

Sustainably-Minded Beauty Students Awarded Sustainable Success Scholarships 

Three sustainably-minded beauty school students have been named recipients of the Sustainable Success scholarship awarded by the Horst M. Rechelbacher Foundation and administered by Beauty Changes Lives.

Back-to-School Tips for Salon Owners and Stylists

Strategies around scheduling, some suggestions for making homeschooling easier, and resources to tap into are offered in this blog from Sola.

Trend Alert: Cool Modern Beige

Take neutral to the next level.

Sponsored by Schwarzkopf Professional USA

Beauty Industry Veteran Named New Executive Director of the American Association of Cosmetology Schools

Anthony Civitano, has been named Interim Executive Director for the association effective immediately.

Support Creatives Announces Live Education with Celebrity Artists on Working with Deep Skin Tones, Textured Hair

20 of the industry’s top artists behind the hair and faces of Beyoncé, Michelle Obama, Tyra Banks, Taraji P. Henson and others will be offering live education on how to work with deep skin tones and textured hair.