10 Tips To Instagram Stardom
We are often asked how to get recognized on instagram. We know it’s not easy, but it is SOOOO worth it. Many professionals have earned new clients as a result of a great IG page. Ten tips to Instagram stardom here.
Symphonic Structures
This black and white collection is a celebration of hair’s shine, shape and femininity. “The Symphonic woman is classic, classy and timeless. She is fashionable and everpresent,” says Alexandra Newman-Sandowsky, a stylist at ...
Holiday Allure
Ted Gibson, who coifs countless celebrities, treats every client as if she is a star prepping for her red-carpet moment. For many women, that red-carpet moment might be during the holidays and, more traditionally, New Year’s Eve.
Diaphanous
Educator, mentor, business owner, stylist and trend columnist Tracey Hughes values balance in all of her collections. In Diaphanous, it’s all about the delicate placement of intense hues within explicit forms. "The exquisite, ...
Tips on the Trend: Casual Cool Braids
What do the Hunger Games, Coachella, and Frozen all have in common? Fantastic braids! And based on trends on the Spring/Summer 2015 runways, braids are here to stay. This season, braids are all about adding a cool-girl twist that can be worn day ...
Master ANY Haircut by Following this Sectioning System
Josef & Shaun Settle first developed their innovative new Shaoé Haircare Secret 7 Haircutting System while working with beginning hairstyling students. The Settles own Avant Gard The School in Avon, Indiana in addition to their 17,000 square ...
Why Do I Need A License?
I went to beauty school in 1986 and this coming year will be my 29th year as a salon professional. I started my career by attending a vocational school as an adult in NJ where 1200 hours of classroom and practical hand-on experience was ...
Get the Fix: 6 Skincare Issues Solved
In the pursuit of the perfect complexion, clients often approach salon professionals with the same common issues, such as breakouts and redness. Here skincare experts share tips on solving six common complexion concerns. The Issue: Tired ...
Tips on the Trend: Touchable, Smooth Texture
Fresh and flirty, yet perfectly precise was the prominent trend found on Spring/Summer 2015 runways. This coming spring’s clean and simple look calls for center and side-swept parts, perfectly smooth strands and weightless, airy ...
No Filter: An Interview with Photographer Michael Pool
The photographer Michael Pool shot a collection for Sebastian that was submitted to MODERN SALON. The images were so polished and finished that they passed approval and into print before Pool let MODERN know this was raw film—not edited or ...
by Anne Moratto
3 Ways to Make Your Gift Card Sales Skyrocket
The holidays are right around a corner, and this means increased business opportunities for your business as a stylist or a salon owner. Tanisha Foster, Director of Vertical Market shares with us how gift certificates can increase your revenue ...
All About Ponylights
Move over, babylights— there's a new highlighting technique in town! Ponylights, or feathered highlights that brighten up the hair around the face, might be the next big hair color trend. From application and service to pricing and ...
Fantastic Sams Celebrates 40 Years of Education and Service at Look. Feel. Be Fantastic. Convention
THE EVENT: Fantastic Sams Bi-Annual Convention, September 14-16, 2014 at the Mirage in Las Vegas. THE DETAILS: With inspiration to “Look. Feel. Be Fantastic,” over 800 stylists, salon managers, franchisees, regional ...
Rare Hair Condition Creates "Mallen Streak" -- A Higlighted Streak You're Born With
Remember the white-haired streak on Cruela Devil, Sweeny Todd or Bonnie Raitt? The truth is out – their hair wasn’t highlighted, they have a rare hair condition called Poliosis.This rare condition is the decrease or absence of ...
Got Dandruff? 10 Things About Dandruff EVERY Stylist Needs to Know
It’s easy to spot – the white, oily looking flakes of dead skin that dot your clients hair and shoulders and contribute to an itchy scalp. It’s a common scalp condition that plagues teens, adults and worsens during the fall and ...
6 Tips on Caring For and Maintaining the Perfect Mustache
The month of November is about bringing back the mustache, doing it for a serious cause while having fun growing it out at the same time. If your clients are supporting men’s health in November by growing out their “stache” for 30 days, help them achieve the best looking one they can with these tips from Kenny Duncan, Andis educator and salon owner of Main Attraction Unisex Salon in Philadelphia, PA.
5 Common Hair Color Problems Only Blondes Can Understand
Blonde clients require a particular regimen of maintenance to keep their color looking bright and brilliant. Yet, often colorists hear clients express concerns about brassiness, or dull, muddy tones. Tom Porter, founder and president of Malibu ...