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THE TALK: Home Color
THE TALK - WHAT TO SAY WHEN YOUR CLIENTS: Bring up home color.
THE TALK: Thinning Hair
THE TALK - WHAT TO SAY WHEN: Your client’s hair is thinning.
THE TALK: Cosmetic Ingredients
THE TALK - WHAT TO SAY WHEN YOUR CLIENTS ASK: About specific cosmetic ingredients.
Test Yourself on These 8 Beauty Bits of Information!
Test yourself on these beauty bits of information. Did you know...
THE TALK: Pregnancy and Hair Coloring
THE TALK - WHAT TO SAY WHEN YOUR CLIENT ASKS: “I’m pregnant, can I color my hair?”
THE TALK: Drugstore Products
THE TALK - WHAT TO SAY WHEN YOUR CLIENTS SAY: “I can buy that product in the drugstore.”
THE TALK: Salon Products vs. Store Brands
THE TALK - WHAT TO SAY WHEN YOUR CLIENTS ASK: “What’s the difference between salon products and cheaper store brands?”
FALL HAIR TREND: The Curtain Braid
Nicholas Penna Jr. owner/lead stylist of SalonCapri in Boston tells us how to re-create this peek-a-boo "Curtain Braid."
2014 Gwen Stefani Nail Polish Collection by OPI
OPI joins musician Gwen Stefani in announcing seven new limited-edition nail lacquers for 2014, including two that have a “semi-matte satin finish” that don’t require a top coat, a glitter polish and a special chrome hue.
First Consultations: THE TALK
What to say when your clients ask...
Elegant Edge: Clipper Cut Men
The key, adds Jessica Zeinstra, is to work with a tilted head along vertical planes. “Also playing with tension—all that works to create different lengths and weight lines.”
Elegant Edge: Clipper Cut Women
Assorted techniques, like clipper over comb, notching and varying attachments, can make clipper cutting easy and fun, says Jessica Zeinstra, an Andis platform artist who has honed her skills in the clipper world and demonstrates her expertise on both men and women.
Long Hair How To: Create the Styling Illusion of Short Hair
Inspired by all of the celebrities who have recently gone from LONG to SHORT? Or, just looking to spice up your look for a night out? MODERN Facebook fan Megan Sandy created this step-by-step video after being inspired by the Miley Cyrus media circus.
Anna Panuta's Snow Queen
Anna Panuta's Snow Queen
WATCH: Hunger Games Hair Department Head Interviewed
She created the Katniss braid. She designed the hair for The Hunger Games. And now, Linda Flowers, Hair Department Head, is Catching Fire as the latest in the Hunger Games trilogy of films (based on the books) prepares to launch. WATCH this great interview with Dean Banowetz, celeb hairstylist.
by Anne Moratto
The Masters: A Strategies Success Story
The Masters in Huntsville, Alabama went from bad to worse financially and suffered from a very low client and staff retention rate. After attending a Strategies Incubator they changed around their entire business. Now it's booming with success. Read their story.
Editor's Note: Be a Healthy Hairdresser
In addition to adding monthly articles on health education, inspiration and peer profi les to the magazine, this January we will launch a Healthy Hairdresser resource center on modernsalon.com, a Healthy Hairdresser Tuesdays e-letter and Healthy Hairdresser tips and encouragement on our social media, all designed to help you maintain a healthy body, healthy spirit, healthy mind. We are also planning expanded sections on key wellness topics, a special MODERN SALON Healthy Hairdresser guide and a Healthy Hairdresser challenge.