Career
Great at Hair Color? Get Certified!
Professional hair color certification offers you a way to market yourself as one of the country's premier colorists. You can do it!
Hair Styling Tips: The 411 on Texture Services
It's the rare stylist who truly understands the variety of texture services available. Expert Joelle Ray clearly explains it all, even how to perm the shortest hair.
Tips on giving salon clients faux eyelashes
Want to give clients' a little boost for big beauty? Attach lashes! It's simple, and they'll love it.
Heather Currie: Career of a Make-Up Artist
A professional make-up artist in L.A. discovered her passion by watching indie movies.
Being a booth renter vs. working in a salon
Are you teetering on the edge between getting your own chair as an independent contractor or joining a salon team? Our resident expert Kathy Jager spells out the differences.
The 4 Steps of Every Hair Color Service
This quick refresher will remind you that delivering beautiful hair color requires an orderly progression of steps.
The secret behind shiny hair
What's a "good hair day" for clients? More than likely, it's when their hair looks shiny, feels silky and fends off the frizz. Learn the science behind the shine.
Hair cutting tips: Creating a strong vision
With a vision and plan for executing it, you can deliver an awesome hair design every time!
How to get referrals from your salon clients
Generating referrals is the number-one strategy for building clientele in this business. But you need a plan. Try this one!
Hair Color tips: How to get the perfect hair color
Color can seem like a mystery until you break it down. The first step is to know some of the tricks to formulation.
Mary Ann Valdes: Career of a TV hairstylist, Part 1
An Emmy-nominated hairstylist reveals how she went from obscure salon owner to making "Ugly Betty" the most popular girl on TV.
Mary Ann Valdes: Career of a TV hairstylist, Part 2
What does it take to be a hairstylist on the set of movies and TV shows? A lot of practice in some unfamiliar skills.
Hold Everything!
Learn early how to hold shears and blowdryers properly in order to avoid wrist, leg and back problems later in your career.
What to avoid when recommending skin care products
Recommending products is key to your professionalism as well as your income, but it's tricky when every client's skin presents unique issues. Here, a dermatologist sorts it all out.
Increase Your Earning Potential as a hairstylist
An artistic director for a major beauty academy firm takes you through each step of an action plan that will create the high-paying career you envision for yourself.
Warn your salon clients about skin cancer
Whether you're a hairdresser, esthetician or massage tech, you may be a client's first eye on a serious problem. One salon is making sure its staff knows how to spot skin cancer.
7 steps for salon career success
A professional product line educator urges new stylists to embrace the professionalism of their industry.