Lessons from Your First Job
Many seasoned professionals look back on their first job and that their first job was a major influence on their career.
HOW-TO: Damage-free Sunkissed Ombre Using Hair Extensions
In this step-by-step Emily Kempf colorist and Great Lengths Extensions specialist at Fresh Salon on Music Row in Nashville, Tennessee created a "Haute Hippie" sunkissed ombre look using Great Lengths Extensions.
HOW-TO: Men's Contemporary Mohawk Using Hair Extensions
Matthew Parkes, a stylist at Robert Allen Salon in Fort Lauderdale, Florida took a basic short buzzed men's hair cut and transformed it into a modern Mohawk by adding Great Lengths Extensions and a new up-to-date color.
HOW-TO: Platinum Blonde Highlights on Virgin Dirty Blonde Hair
Who doesn't love flawless platinum blonde highlights? We have the how-to for you by Alexa Mansa, colorist at Salon Couture!
COLOR CORRECTION: Brassy Blonde to Sombre Brunette Using Balayage
Helen Erickson (Instagram's @HairXHelen), colorist at Sola Salons gives us the formula for this color correction: brassy blonde to sombre brunette.
WHAT TO WEAR TO A WEDDING: Ideas To Share With Your Client
Ideas to share with your client when she asks: "What am I supposed to wear to this wedding?"
Charlize Theron Color Formula! Find It Here
Tracey Cunningham shares her formula for Charlize Theron's platinum pixie.
BEFORE & AFTER: Flat Top Afro Haircut How-to
Clark Walker is one of our newest ONES TO WATCH salon professionals we found on Instagram lately, and we learned that he actually acquired his new barbering job entirely through Instagram – he didn’t need a resume or cover letter, his work/pictures alone scored him the job.
6 Tips On HOW TO Overcome Excuses
Want to overcome excuses and meet your goals? Author Dan Waldschmidt offers 6 tips on gaining the edge.
5 TIPS FROM A WINNER: Jessica Tiddes Shares What She Does To WIN
Jessica Tiddes has won several competitions. Here she offers advice to any salon professional entering any competition.
SAVE THE DATE: A Night of Wigs and Wishes, October 5, 2014
A Night Of Wigs and Wishes will be held October 5, 2014. The fundraiser, to benefit Friends Are by Your Side will take place at Lucien's Manor in Berlin, NJ, just outside Philadelphia.
Runway Recreations, A Wonderful Exercise
Graziella Lembo, a top stylist at SalonCapri of Boston, Mass, exercises her creativity by taking looks from runway collections and recreating them on fellow hairdressers, friends and clients.
Editor's Note: Make it Count
It's an incredible privilege to be a hairdresser: From first hair cuts on toddlers to last hair cuts before chemotherapy. To wedding days, and holidays. Military buzz cuts or the transformational post break-up makeover.
Nurturing Your Creativity: You Are Artists, First
I believe to be truly creative, you need to feel the freedom and believe in yourself as an artist. To develop and maintain a creative frame of mind and to nurture the imaginative and exciting aspects of our daily routine takes a bit of work.
Paula Kent Meehan, Co-founder of Redken, Passes Away
The professional salon industry mourns the loss of Redken co-founder, Paula Kent Meehan. Details here.
HOW-TO: Electric Pink Waterfall Braid
Instagram user Lindsey Wiseman (@lwisehairmarvel), and Creative Director at Salon Modello Atlanta created this Waterfall Braid on her client, Cara, recently. If your client is rockin' vivid hair color or an ombre look, this braid is easy to try.
Would You Believe This is the World's Most Tattooed Man?
“Camo-Confessions” is the coolest viral video circling the internet recently – it’s a video series of people showing off their REAL skin under Demablend Professional make-up. You would never guess this guy is the most tattooed man in the world!