How-To
GET THE LOOK: Effortless Bridal Ponytail
Kenra Professional's Bridal Style Contest Winner Julie Flury (@Jewelhairdesign), master stylist and owner of Jewel Hair Design, created this beautiful "Effortless Bridal Ponytail" with a total of 14,566 votes! Congrats, ...
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FORMULA: Vintage Rose by Melanie Bray
Melanie Bray (@melanie.bee) calls the beautiful color design she created for her client a "Vintage Rose.""This beauty was nervous but ready for something new," Bray says. "She showed me a few pictures and I took ...
by Anne Moratto
Step-by-Steps: The Modern Flattop
The Modern Flattop has a 1950’s pompadour flair to it. The top stands up higher than a traditional flattop and slope is more exaggerated from the longer front to the crown area. Another unique characteristic is the square shape from the ...
by Anne Moratto
TIP OF THE DAY: How To Cut To Get Volume At The Crown
MODERN recently met with KMS California educator Lori Panarello who shares her fantastic TIP OF THE DAY on how to best get volume at the ...
TRANSFORMATION: Sad And Broken To Peacock Sombre
Robin Del Toro (@ms_robinita), an artist at The Cutting Room Salon, Tracy, CA, says "Hair is my life. It is always on my mind, some way or another. I absolutely love the reward of doing color, turning something that someone was ashamed to ...
TRANSFORMATION: Faded Fun To High Fashion
Amber Mahaffey (@tatted_blondeee) of Amber's Chair, Myrtle Beach, SC, specializes in color correcting, high lift platinums and bright hair. When we saw this faded fashion shade we were curious what she would do! The results, as you see, ...
TRANSFORMATION: California Sunset Red
Rona O’Connor (@ronacolor), co-owner of Lukaro, Beverly Hills, California, has fun with Kimberly, a client who plays with color, but prefers to stay in the red family. It’s been a while since she stopped by the salon and although she ...
The Blonde That POPS!
Kelsey Chlopecka (@kelseychlopeckahair) of Adore Hair Studio of Inman Park, Atlanta, Georgia, was there to help out her client using balayage, her specialty. This new client came to Chlopecka (a referral) looking to brighten up her blonde. ...
A "Twizzler" Color Melt
This sizzling and sweet "Twizzler Melt" is by Gina Bottoni (@gina_bott). And her tips for this kind of colorful work: "Different heads and artists will yield different results! Use the color wheel and saturation levels as ...
by Anne Moratto
Balayage with Hints of Pink
Owner and Lead Artist at The Modd Labb in Dallas, TX, we think @jakethegreat_88 has done a GREAT job with this color and style.WELLA FORMULATIONBase: Koleston Perfect 7/73 + /28 + 40 volPreGloss: Color Touch 7/89 + /68 + 1.9Towel dry then apply ...
by Anne Moratto
TRANSFORMATION: Pretty Blonde Sombre
Jon Alexander Frawley (@jonnystylez), a color and balayage specialist at Bangz Salon and Wellness Spa, Montclair, New Jersey, had a challenge. "My client came in with yellow highlights and a brassy broken base." Here he shares how he ...
How-To Video: Pixelated Equalizer Design with Pravana Locked-In
Music software was the inspiration for Pravana Guest Artist James Gartner's pixelated haircolor design.Gartner started with a sleek, platinum-blonde bob as the base of his artistic design, then used Pravana Locked-In color to create a ...
by Lauren Quick
Classic Blonde To Pale Pink Champagne
Lexie Rogers (@hairbylexie) of Milagro Spa, Redbank, NJ, was there to help her client who had just finished school and was prepping for interviews. "She wanted a new color," says Rogers, who designed a pale pink champagne shade that ...
COLOR CORRECTION: Beautiful as a Brunette
Marco Pelusi of Marco Pelusi Hair Studio in West Hollywood, CA and the creator of Marco Collagen Color Guard Haircare shared a beautiful 'brunettes have more fun' finish on Facebook. The young woman client, Angel, is ...
by Anne Moratto
How-To: Ralph Lauren F/W 2008 Chignons and Knots
It’s been about eight years since Ralph Lauren’s Fall/Winter 2008 show, a presentation that was in celebration of the brand’s 40th anniversary. The show featured shiny chignons and knots that were created by Redken’s ...
by Jamie Newman
Titanium Blue-ness
The client in the chair next to this "Titanium Blueness" by @stevenrobertsonhair has beautiful brunette locks but a finish like this makes a woman consider going for full-on steel.FORMULA:Pre-lightened and glazed with Redken 8T + 1 ...
by Anne Moratto
CLIENT REQUEST: "Go Lighter Without Any Maintenance"
Tyler Summers (@makeupfreaktyler) a stylist at Jax and King in La Jolla, San Diego, had a client come in with level 3 Asian hair. “She wanted to be lighter without any maintenance,” said Summers, so he decided a ...