Career
Constantly Replacing Trimmers? Read This.
Andis, who has been manufacturing styling equipment since 1922, has developed two simple rules to ensure clippers and trimmers deliver the power and performance we all depend on every time we pick them up: keep the cleaned and oiled, and store it properly between uses.
Putting the Art in Hair
From London antiquities dealer to master colorist and now salon owner, Vasken Demirjian has taken his love of hair and attention to detail to the next level with the opening of his eponymous New York salon. And with the equivalent of a Ph.D. in color from L'Oreal, a salon that takes it's design cues from the art world, and a staff that was brought in from around the globe, Demirjian offers his take on where the salon industry can go.
Tips and Tricks for NAHA 2010
As part of MODERN’s Countdown to NAHA, we went in search of some inside info to help you prepare your entry. Here are eight important things to keep in mind, straight from NAHA judges and previous winners.
Live and Learn
In any profession, the surest road to success and advancement is continuing education. Lifelong Learning, as it is often referred to, is a philosophy that keeps individuals in constant pursuit of new technology, research and trends in a chosen field.
Countdown to NAHA 2010
Do your New Year's resolutions include expanding yourself professionally? Getting more name recognition? Making a splash in the industry? There are few ways better to do that than to enter the North American Hairstyling Awards. As a nominee or winner, you'd be in some exclusive, distinguished company. And the deadline is fast approaching, so hop to it! Here are all the details and the dates to remember.
Pageants and Hair: The Journey of Mrs. Tennessee
When hairstylist, Keune educator and salon owner Letitia Carpenter called the state director for the Mrs. Tennessee pageant last year, she had one thing in mind: arranging to do hair backstage for the contestants. The director, from Carpenter's hometown of Collierville, Tennessee, had another idea entirely.
New Device Assesses and Measures Progress of Hair Loss Treatments
A new device measures hair loss, hair breakage and the scalp’s response to hair-loss products and treatments. Instead of offering clients products to address thinning hair, and hoping they work, this new device shows clients if the products are working—by measuring the results.
Warm Brunette by Artease
The artistic team of Artease, a new boutique line of color, recently released its debut collection. The looks were created with Arteasecolors, which feature an easy-to-use system with 89 shades that can be used as permanent or demipermanent color. The pigment is 99-percent unoxidized and colorists can achieve 100-percent gray coverage with 10-volume developer.
Dying for Demis
Do your clients understand the difference between a demipermanent and permanent color? Have you educated them on the different results they can achieve with looks and coverage? While a demi is great for a color-shy client, permanent color can achieve more dramatic change and better gray coverage for clients with more than 50- percent gray. However, demis still tend to be the most popular variety among clients.
Season's Trends Impact Salons
Group 3 Marketing, a full-service agency serving all segments of the beauty industry, recently shared findings that point to an upbeat holiday shopping season. A new report from American Express Spending and Saving Tracker, which examines American consumer views and priorities, shows some evolving trends that can positively impact salon business this season:
by Stacey Soble
A Simple Philanthropic Idea
In Wasilla, Alaska, owner Jennifer Camer organizes a simple philanthropic activity that helps clients and staff get in the holiday spirit while bringing joy to local disadvantaged youth. Each year, Camer’s Selah Salon and Health Spa (selahsalonandspa.com) receives gift tags from the Salvation Army. Each tag lists the name and age of a child, as well as the child’s gift request.
by Stacey Soble
Holiday Advertising on Television
For years, Seattle’s Habitude Salon Spa Gallery (habitude.com), sunk its holiday advertising money in billboards, radio and print advertising. But this year owner Inez Gray felt her money was better spent on a television campaign. “I thought we could create more of a feeling with TV, and I also wanted to move in this direction so we can take our website and Facebook pages to new levels with video and imagery,” she says.
by Stacey Soble
On the Set...The Vampire Diaries
For nearly 20 years, Randa Squillacote has been tending to some famous heads of hair on the sets of movies and TV shows. Now she's doing hair on the set of the new CW show, The Vampire Diaries, and she's giving the inside scoop on working in Hollywood. All you aspiring Hollywood hairstylists—listen up!
CELEB COLOR: Never-Fail Blonde
When Dancing With the Stars’ alumni Stacy Keibler knew she was going to make an appearance on E! Entertainment, she wanted to brighten up her blonde a bit. So she turned to celebrity stylist Marco Pelusi, of Marco Pelusi Hair Studio in West Hollywood, to go lighter and brigher.
5 Questions for Connie Barrett
Tressa’s president, CEO and co-founder, Connie Barrett, is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the company this year. Barrett, who has worked in the beauty care industry since 1962, was also instrumental in creating national competency standards for entry-level cosmetologists (now published in cosmetology textbooks). Here, Barrett shares some of her insights to one of the industry’s most respected companies, Tressa.
Simple Holiday Hair
Take the guesswork out of holiday hair this season. Celebrity stylist Allison Woodruff, a stylist at Sally Hershberger Downtown Salon in New York City, created three universally flattering styles that are easy for you to modify for your clients coming in for a great 'do. Or, help clients create their own styles by passing along the tips and ideas—complete with product recommendations, of course!
Behind the Cover (Nov 2009)
Tyson Daniel, salon owner and member of the Pureology Network as a Pure Artist, embraces the time when women were ladies and men were gentlemen. “I love that old world charm—especially when blended with a modern-day lifestyle,” says Daniel. He designed a collection called “Romance,” entered in the internal Pureology photo competition and won the opportunity to re-create the looks with MODERN SALON.