Color
Pics of Color Chalking: Plus What to Charge and How To Promote
Karen Gordon, MODERN Facebook fan and co-owner of Chicago's J. Gordon Designs, has now introduced hair chalking as a professional service called "Lock Chalking" in their salon. She was so kind to not only share the details of how she has added the service to her salon's menu, but she also gave us the scoop on how to introduce it at your salon, who to market it to, how much to charge and how to make it more professional.
Dramatic Effects
The new collection, called Ghost, from Joico guest artist Addam Moreno toys with perception—teasing the eye and challenging realities.
Emma Stone's NEW Blonde Hair Style
Did you know that Emma Stone is actually a natural blonde? Over the weekend Stone went from strawberry blonde to near-platinum, and debuted her new look at the Kids' Choice Awards. MODERN has the tips on how to achieve Emma Stone's beautiful soft, blonde waves from hair stylist David Babaii.
Art + Control
Farouk Systems’ newly revamped Sunglitz Lightening Systems allows for colorists to be creative—yet still have predictable results. And, in tune with the shades that were inspired by nature, the color is designed to recreate the natural lightening action of the sun.
Seamless Color
To offer a simple and quick service, Dubre utilized the model’s existing highlights but added more depth at the base, using a shade deeper than her natural shade, and blending out to stronger lift at the tips using a high-lift powder lightener. “It’s a new fresh look,” he says. “It’s taking the extreme ombre and giving it a gentle 2012 spin.”
Seamless Diffusion
For years, Kenra has been known for its wide range of hair care and styling products—but now, with the launch of Kenra Color, salons will have access to 70 shades of low-ammonia permanent color and 40 shades of ammonia-free demipermanent color.
Show-Stopping Blonde
“You Can’t Get Supernatural from a Supermarket” is Goldwell’s recently launched direct-to-consumer marketing campaign, and it shines a light on the advantages of professional, in-salon color services over at-home box color.
Embellish With a Head Piece
Looking to create a delicate, elegant head piece? This how-to has the steps you can try to re-create this "Prim and Pastel" look.
Nicole Parrillo Demos the Malibu Makeover
Nicole Parrillo,Malibu C Territory Manager, East Coast and Haircolor Spokesperson, came to the Modern Salon Media booth at the ABS show in Chicago to demonstrate the Malibu Makeover, in-salon service, designed to detoxify the hair to allow it to be more receptive to color.
The Hunger Games Hair: How-Tos and Details
Joico colorist Cherry Petenbrink, and lead hair Jennifer Flowers dish on the hair cuts and colors of The Hunger Games movie.
DJ Victory Reveals her Secret Pastel Color Formula!
After much thought and consideration, MODERN Facebook fan DJ Victory, whose pastel purple secret trademark color blew up controversy on Facebook, decides to reveal her formula!
Photo Album of The Runway and FasciNATURE Collection at ABS
Photo Album of The Runway and FasciNATURE Collection at ABS
Hair Chalking: How-To Get the Dipped Dyed Look
COLORISTS! Every time MODERN SALON posts a pic on Facebook of someone sporting hair reminiscent of hair chalking, you guys go nuts! This last time I posted a pic from MODERN fan Theresa Ferrer Contreras, it got 445 shares, 1,580 "likes" and nearly 300 comments. EVERYONE loves this look!
Small Changes Big Results
When designing looks for his graying clients, Philip Ferreira, lead design stylist for Clairol Professional, believes soft styles for mature clients regularly work best.
Dj Victory on her Pastel Purple Hair and Spring Trends
While at America's Beauty Show, we ran into MODERN SALON Facebook fan DJ Victory—whose work always gets hundreds of "likes" whenever she shares her talent on our wall. DJ has pastel purple hair and, though she won't reveal her secret trademark formula, she talks with us about her head-turning hair, and why pastels will make a big comeback in spring.
Blaze: Salon Friendly
How to: Blaze - Salon Friendly.
Blaze: Haute Couture
How to: Girl on Fire - Blaze.