Career
Celebrating Your Color—Brunettes
In my last blog I shared hot tips on how to create great redheads, in this blog I want to share some of my personal signature techniques and ideas for brunettes. It's funny, at this point in my career there is a “Patrick” redhead, blonde and brunette, and in the same way there is a Picasso or a Versace dress or BMW headlights that can be recognized from behind you at night. Why? Because of branding and style that creates the signature to their look that makes it undeniably them. Here’s what I do.
L’Oréal's I Love My Hairdresser, I Love My Hair Color Competition
Beginning end of day March 6 up to May 31, 2012 stylists have the opportunity to enter the “I LOVE MY HAIRCOLOR. I LOVE MY HAIRDRESSER” contest where the stylist wins a trip to New York City and class at the L’Oréal Professionnel Soho Academy, while the client could win a trip to Paris! Read this story for the details.
Choosing a Model for Your Color Zoom Entry
Goldwell continues the search for the most creative colorists with their 2012 Color Zoom Challenge. Don't miss the webinar this Wednesday, March 7 (7 p.m. Eastern, 6 p.m. Central, and 4 p.m. Western) which will delve into all the components you need to put together for a Color Zoom challenge submission.
Matrix Color-A-Thon Fundraiser
Three Austin-area Matrix salons will be participating in the Celebrate Your Color Color-A-Thon Friday, March 9. Free hair color services will be performed in exchange for donations to the Bastrop Pregnancy Resource Center, which provides information, planning and support for young girls and their families with unplanned pregnancies. The event will be held at Bastrop’s Best Lil Hair House in Texas, and will be joined by the salon teams from LeAnn’s Salon of Bastrup and Heavenly Hair Salon and Spa of Elgin.
Ammon Carver Interviews Nick Stenson
Ammon Carver interviews Nick Stenson about his roles as Artistic Director at Matrix and as the Creative Artistic Director for J.C. Penney.
CosmoProf Reaches Out at ABS
CosmoProf/BSG used a giant Facebook Wall to promote it Mobile Connect texting alerts at ABS.
Jamison Shaw Interview at ABS' BeautyBASH
Salon owner Jamison Shaw of Jamison Shaw Hairdressers was recognized at Cosmetologist Chicago's BeautyBASH and we gave Candi, his daughter, the chance to interview him for Modern Salon TV.
Trends at America's Beauty Show
Trends offered by TSB Cutting Edge Resources' Tony Beckerman, Goldwell's John Simpson and Celebrity Stylist Nicholas French.
Editors Chat with Industry Notables at ABS' BeautyBASH
Beauty and Fashion Director Maggie Mulhern interviews Martino Cartier, News Editor Jan Hillenmeyer interviews Repechage's Lydia Sarfati. Also, catch the interviews of the stylists who created the models' hair styles at the BeautyBASH.
Tour of the Texture Pavilion at ABS
Michelle Breyer takes us on a tour of the Texture Pavilion at America's Beauty Show.
Highlights of Day Three at America's Beauty Show
It’s been a busy and successful three days at America’s Beauty Show in Chicago. MODERN SALON Editors have been in full force going around the show floor learning about the newest products, hottest trends and capturing all of the excitement in our blogs, articles and videos. Read about the demos at MODERN SALON's booth, CND's Shellac Couture Runway Show and the Texture Pavilion.
Highlights of America's Beauty Show Day 2
Day two of America's Beauty Show was all about the Runway presentations. MODERN caught presentations by Mark Hayes and the Sassoon Creative Team, Beth Minardi and Goldwell's FasciNATURE collection. Miss Universe even made an appearance at the MODERN booth! Check out the photos and read the story.
Day Two Down, Day Three About to Begin: ABS
Definite highlight: sitting under the hands of Hollywood heavy-hitter, Dean Banowetz, as he demonstrated the new InStyler IQ, the smart tool for intelligent stylists.
by Anne Moratto
Phillip Ferreira Interviews His Colleagues
Phillip Ferreira interviews Anita Guitierrez and Paul Nasrallah about their Modern Salon Magazine March issue appearance.
A Collection of BeautyBASH Photos at America's Beauty Show
It was the Bash of the night at America's Beauty Show yesterday--Cosmetologist Chicago's big 100th birthday celebration and Pivot Point Internationals 50th anniversary! The BeautyBASH celebrated Cosmetologist Chicago's (CC) 100 Years of Beauty and Pivot Point International's 50 Years of Education. The event not only tributed both of these prestigous organizations, but they also featured a fashion show that showcased the hit looks through the past 100 years. See the looks from the night.
Ivan Zoot Demos at America's Beauty Show
America's Beauty Show is all about education, and Ivan Zoot of Andis kicked off the first day with an inspring demonstration of techniques using clippers and trimmers. Ivan, who is the Director of Education and Customer Engagement, took Modern's stage by storm when he showed the audience that clippers are not limited to just men’s hair sculpting.
America's Beauty Show Day One
It’s my kind of town… and my kind of show. America’s Beauty Show (ABS) in Chicago reflects the big-hearted city that is its host—bustling with energy, bursting with warmth and welcome and always something new around the corner. And here is a little of what I saw…
by Anne Moratto