Career
Are You Good or Just Licensed?
Your license is just your ticket to the game. How you play determines your success.
Putting the Salon Professional First
A new salon education and salon benefits program makes it easy for salon stylists and estheticians to grow their business rapidly and in the direction they want to take it. They get the perceived benefits of booth rental or owning their own salon, but without the hassle or overhead. Benefits include ability to earn up to 70% commission right away, generous health insurance, paid vacation and sick time, and even paid education. Grow your salon career now with a salon company that puts you first!
Sponsored by Ulta
Tips for Treating Frozen Shoulder and Fibromyalgia
Frozen shoulder is the result of scarring, thickening, and shrinkage of the joint capsule, or an injury.
by Anne Moratto
How Small Add-Ons Add Up To Big Money For You
Would you like fries and a drink with that? Burgers pay the bills, but it’s the add-ons that build the bottom line. That’s true for every service business, whether you’re offering Big Macs, hotel suites or hairstyles.
Sponsored by SalonCentric
Beauty Changes Lives Launches "Make You Mark" Campaign
The campaign is hoping to spread consumer awareness to transform traditional perceptions about careers in beauty.
Team Players: Members of Ulta Beauty's Design Team Share How the Experience Has Changed Their Lives
As artists, the freedom of expression is best amplified under a unified and supportive message, and at Ulta Beauty, the Design Team is the ultimate example of the benefits of teamwork.
by Mary Kaleta
10 Reasons to Make a Smart Salon Career Move
Job benefits, career growth, flexibility, up to 70% commission and customized hands-on classes in hair color, blow dry, extensions, hair styling, texture, skin care, business building, consultation and more—explore all the reasons stylists and estheticians are switching to the Salon at Ulta Beauty.
Sponsored by Ulta
10 Tips For Elevating Your Men’s Business
Many stylists have discovered men can be lucrative and loyal additions to their clientele. Want to build up the men’s business in your salon? Here are 10 tips from four men’s service and product pros.
Sponsored by SalonCentric
Can You Specialize As A Solo Artist?
You love balayage and braiding, but men’s haircutting? Not so much. Yet as a solo artist, you worry that limiting your services to just those you prefer doing could be a mistake. Are those worries founded or unfounded? Can you specialize as a solo artist? Many top solo artists believe you can.
Sponsored by SalonCentric
Come Grow with Us! Q&A with Nick Stenson and Ammon Carver
Hair stylists and estheticians can find great salon career opportunities and financial growth powered by a new program focused on hands-on education in hair styling, hair color, extensions, texture services, men’s looks, skin care treatments, cosmetics and other salon services, along with competitive benefits like health insurance, 401k, paid time off and much more! Get the INSIDE LOOK at the Salon at Ulta Beauty, and learn more from salon industry leaders Nick Stenson and Ammon Carver and team.
Sponsored by Ulta
Five Reasons to Private Label and Future-Proof Your Salon Retail Business
With the confusing sea of hair products available today, putting your own brand on the bottle or tube can be a smart business move. Private label comes with its own set of challenges, of course, but a company called Naturich Labs Inc. believes it has solutions!
Sponsored by Naturich
Why it Makes Sense to be a Curl Expert
Although more than 60 percent of the population has curly, coily or wavy hair, only a fraction of stylists are trained to work with texture. There is only one curl-trainedstylist for every 32,000 curly people, according to DevaCurl, which has trained thousands of stylists at its Academy.
Learn to Lift & Tone Highly Textured Hair
Learn to lift and tone highly textured hair.
Do You Remember Your Best Day at Work?
Hopefully you’re one of the lucky ones for whom a day at work feels like anything but. For you, work is full of laughter and fun, in a place that gives you confidence and makes you feel like part of a winning team. Recently, Sport Clips asked its associates to share the stories of their #sportsclipsbestday. From touching to life-changing, Sport Clips stylists are having the times of their lives! Meet them and have a peek at some of their best stories!
Sponsored by Sport Clips
Maggie
There were MANY highlights from the 2019 MODERN Artist Connective Artist Session photo shoot held recently at the Eva Scrivo Salon in NYC, but one that caused a lot of buzz was the creation of the decorative florets created by Haley Garber (@beautybyhaleygarber). Garber spent hours creating dozens of the florets that were eventually placed in the hair to accent the three final looks by Garber and her hair partner Stephanie Hodges (@stephstyles) who created the beautiful and dimensional color.
#IBELONG In Beauty: Discover Solo Artist Freedom with Salon Support
Eric Jeter rented a salon studio for two and a half years until he realized he missed the camaraderie of other stylists. Lauren Correll joined a JCPenney Salon right out of cosmetology school, and now, as a salon manager, brings her enthusiasm for the company and the profession to her team. Both agree they wouldn’t change the unique combination of independence, teamwork, opportunity and family spirit the company offers for anything.
Sponsored by The Salon by Instyle
#IBELONG In Beauty: Discover Solo Artist Freedom with Salon Support
Eric Jeter rented a salon studio for two and a half years until he realized he missed the camaraderie of other stylists. Lauren Correll joined a JCPenney Salon right out of cosmetology school, and now, as a salon manager, brings her enthusiasm for the company and the profession to her team. Both agree they wouldn’t change the unique combination of independence, teamwork, opportunity and family spirit the company offers for anything.
Sponsored by The Salon by Instyle