Make Your Own Soup
Homemade soup is a treat, especially during these chilly months. You can divide your soup into small containers, freeze them and bring them to the salon with you for a healthy lunch. Chef John Chiakulas names three key ingredients that make ...
Winter Vacation Guidelines for Perfect Bikini Zone Skin
For women planning a winter getaway to a warm-weather destination, the bikini zone suddenly becomes a big concern! If you have a spa at your salon, your problem is solved; you can book an appointment with the esthetician. If you don’t, ...
Healthy Hairdresser Hero: David McCann
When he saw an ergonomically designed chair in an office supply store, London hairdresser David McCann was intrigued. The chair put the seated person into a sort of kneel, resulting in an upright position that improved posture. “Why not ...
World Cancer Day 2016: We Can. I Can.
This year’s theme—“We can. I can.”—will carry us from World Cancer Day 2016 on February 4 through World Cancer Day 2018. Together, we can make a real difference by raising research funding and awareness, but ...
Take the February Healthy Hairdresser Challenge
Make the Leap to Healthier Finances! Share your personal salon business wellness story—or wish—and you could earn a $50 Ulta gift card!February has an extra day this year. What better time to think about what you could do with ...
Healthy Hairdresser Hero: Donna Judson
Donna JudsonSalon manager, market trainer and master business facilitatorUlta Store #225Phoenix, AZDonna Judson was 43 years old and had spent 25 years in the salon industry when a divorce and house foreclosure left her with little choice but to ...
Dollars and Sense
Figure out your finances to eliminate one major source of stress. The other benefit? You just might make your dreams come true.Do what you love, and the money will follow. If that bit of conventional wisdom has disappointed you, that's a ...
One Hairdresser’s Goal: "Believe I Have What it Takes"
Energy and a positive outlook aren’t the only paths to becoming healthier. Sometimes loss also can motivate you to make changes. The Healthy Hairdresser Challenge for January, asking you to share your health goals for 2016, is supplying ...
Brrrrring on the Winter Workout!
Whoever timed New Year’s resolutions to coincide with the coldest months of the year has a cruel sense of humor! If exercising outside is your best bet for keeping fit and giving yourself a break from working inside in the salon all day, ...
New Year, Healthier Recipes!
If eating healthier is a goal for you this year, try a one-for-one swap of something you’re currently eating for something you could eat instead. Make these ahead to bring to the salon, or enjoy them at home. Replace your afternoon ...
Your 2016 Health Goals Revealed!
The January Healthy Hairdresser Challenge offers a chance to earn a professional brush set and backpack bundle from Pivot Point, a $70 value, in exchange for sharing your health goals for the New Year. Responses so far indicate that some of you ...
Mental Health Awareness Marked in 2015
Bringing mental illness out of the shadows has long been a goal of the mental health community. In 2015, this movement caught steam as both famous and non-famous sufferers shared their stories publically. The Mighty, a website devoted to ...
Martha Hanna: "Let’s Talk Hairdresser Health"
She blogs about her southern roots, she blogs about rehabbing her “Big Creek” home, she blogs about crafting and, as a hairdresser for 20 years, Martha Hanna blogs about beauty. Known as “Martie” on her A Hair In My ...
Roll Up Your Sleeve: Give Blood in January
Giving blood is a great New Year’s Resolution, which makes it convenient that every January is National Blood Donor Month. This month also is critical for keeping the country’s blood supply sufficient during the winter, which ...
Avoid Colds and Flu This Winter
When you work with the public, germs are always an issue. If you’re a new stylist, especially, you may not have developed an immunity to much of what’s sitting in your chair. Is there a way to avoid getting sick this ...
Busy Day? Take A Beauty Breath Break!
While taking this Beauty Breath Break from PARODI Health & Wellness Consultant Mary Beth Janssen, massage in your PARODI Daily Moisturizing Hand Cream and invite your client to join you!Stand or sit tall. Roll your shoulders down and away ...
Fresh Start
"I don’t know that I believe in making a New Year’s resolution,” says Paul Suttles, Pivot Point’s director of field education domestic and this month’s Healthy Hairdresser Hero. “I believe we should ...