Before You Move to Another Salon
We creative people like variety, fresh perspectives and new starts. We look for the support we feel we need to express our creativity. I personally cannot justify all my moves except to say it felt like I was moving toward something better. ...
Secrets to a Great Clientele
When I returned to working behind the chair a year ago, I set a goal to really understand who my client is, what they want, the time they spend on their hair, and what makes them happy and feel beautiful. Overshadowing this goal, like a tent in ...
Product Roundup: Solutions for Clients Experiencing Hair Loss and Thinning
There are options when it comes to hair loss situations. Offer your clients the products that create voluminous styles and encourage hair growth.
Natural Balance Photoshoot from Angelo Seminara for Great Lengths
Great Lengths collaborator and Davines Artistic Director Angelo Seminara has created a photoshoot reflecting the core of extension use: combining natural beauty with enhanced elements.
by Lauren Quick
COLLECTION: Hairdreams Extensions Color Blends
Incorporating one color of hair for volume or length might seem like the standard form of extension application, but to make hair look most natural, Hairdreams Master Trainer Erin Hayden suggests using multiple colors in the same range to add dimension.
by Lauren Quick
Channeling Style: The Launch of Beauty Coach TV
The Wunderkinds behind uber-successful salons NineZeroOne and 901too, Riawna Capri and Nikki Lee, recently launched Beauty Coach TV or BCTV, a mobile platform for sharing their tips, tricks, trends, tutorials and teaching. The duo have traveled ...
by Anne Moratto
Eye on Israel: Makeup Artist Tal Peleg's Eye Art
Tal Peleg has attracted hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram for her detailed, intricate eye art inspired by everything from Disney to dimensia.
Game Changers 2016: Meet Mia De Vries @thefoxandthehair
We’ve been following @thefoxandthehair for a longggg time now, and the page gets better and better. We were so excited when we saw one of the Australia-based salon’s posts of glitter buns go viral, working its way all the way to Lacy Hale of Pretty Little Liars’ feed.
Game Changers 2016: Meet Farrukh Shamuratov @fshairdo
If you follow hair pages on Instagram, chances are you’ve seen Farrukh Shamuratov’s work on the explore page under “Videos you might like.” While his hometown is in Russia, Shamuratov recently moved to Los Angeles and ...
#9 of the Top 10 Things You Should (or Should Not) Say to a Male Client
This is number 9 in a 10-installment blog series of the top 10 things you should say, ask or tell (or should not) when consulting, selling to or interacting with a male client. "Your sideburns should be here." Sideburns ...
by Ivan Zoot
Game Changers 2016: Meet Shelley Gregory
We can remember when @shelleygregoryhair had only a handful of Instagram followers—we were early followers of the Las Vegas-based colorist/stylist because her hair creations were always so beautiful. But everything changed in November 2015 when Shelley, inspired by a fellow Instagrammer, posted the progress shots of her “candy unicorn” haircolor creation, formulated with Pravana Pastels, and, of course, the glorious “after.”
What Was Your Game Changer?
This issue of MODERN celebrates industry game changers—stylists and artists who are reinventing, reshaping and bringing new energy and ideas to the salon craft. This month’s Healthy Hairdresser Challenge encourages you to celebrate ...
The Softer Side of Competition Hair
Competition hair, by design, can be and frequently is, extreme. Colors and silhouettes often scream for attention. This hair tends to be a bit “much” for the everyday client, but can certainly serve as inspiration for the client who wants something special. MODERN invited Goldwell Global Zoom winners on set to create competition-worthy color and edge that can still be worn by the everyday client.
Conscious Beauty: Oil Slick Color How-To
Kelsey Deuel, winner of the Bio Ionic Style Awards, looks to her own lifestyle choices—both artistic and environmentally ethical—for inspiration in this “oil slick” collection.
Game Changers 2016: KL Christoffersen
KL Christoffersen is best known for her coined way of highlighting hair, fluid hair-painting, which uses a balayage-esque painting technique while the client is reclined at the edge of a color table.
by Jamie Newman
Game Changers 2016: Najah Aziz's Edgy, Textured Cuts
Najah Aziz left behind a 16-year corporate career when she decided it was time to pursue her passion for hair. She opened Like The River The Salon and began working to elevate clients and fellow stylists through beauty and education.
A Great Second Half
It’s funny to think that as many of us sit here in the midst of a heat wave or “heat dome” as they are now calling it, it's less than 160 days until New Year's Eve. And, for the next five months, it will be prime time ...