How-To

Texture How-to: Aveda's Curls in Bloom Hairstyle

Learn the styling technique behind this round, soft textured look from Aveda’s Rare Bloom Collection, featuring the Dry Remedy system with certified organic Buriti Oil.Inspired by the shape of sunflowers, Tippi Shorter, Aveda Artistic ...

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How-To: Summer Sandy Bronze Haircolor

Everyone has clients they want to take from blah to a beautiful, especially in spring and summer. Nicoletta Whitaker, artistic director at Aurelio Salon in Howell, NJ, offers MODERN a how-to for this sandy bronze haircolor starting with a ...

TRANSFORMATION: Pretty In Pale Lavender Pink

Deseray Thiessen (@deseraytee) of Wink Studios, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is "very passionate about hair and color corrections. I especially enjoy creating new tones with blondes." So when Thiessen met this client, she had the ...

DRAMATIC CORRECTION: Fashion Boo-Boo to Tasteful Red

Kayla Zajes (@shinemakeupartistry), a make up artist and hair student at Est-Elle Academy, will be done with school at the end of July."I love doing hair and am so excited to be in this industry," she says. "I love how supportive ...

DRAMATIC TRANSFORMATION: All Hands on Deck

This makeover was a collaborative effort done by three artists from the Butterfly Loft Salon and Spa (@butterflyloftsalon) in Los Angeles.The three stylists: Caroline Guiney (@caroline_anythingbutbasic), Breanna Little ...

HOW-TO: Achieve Creative Freedom with all Color Services and No Damage

Damage results from a combination of many factors; not just from chemical services, daily styling, or environmental stress.When hair is colored or lightened, the bonds that make up the cellular membrane complex are broken so that color can ...

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Bronzed Beauty by Lindsey Benitez

If you aren't following Lindsey Benitez on Instagram (@lindseybenitez), well, get following.  She posts beautiful images and then shares her formulas, her process and also her thinking behind what she is doing on her clients.In this ...

TRANSFORMATION: Going For HOT HOT HOT Red

Shawna J. Lowrie (@shawnastcstylist) is a stylist that is moved by the "reaction on a persons face when I'm finished. It is what drives me to do the best I can at my profession. I really love what I do and put the most thought, ...

How-To: New-Mom Red

Nato VanDine (@re_nato_v) of Bardo Salon and Spa, Boca Raton, FL (also a Brand Educator for Wella Professionals) had a fun opportunity with a friend."She recently had a child and was dealing with some regrowth and brassy ends," VanDine ...

TRANSFORMATION: Faded to Blue and Purple Color Melt

Shonda Broadus (@shondabroadus) of Color Me RAD Salon in South Carolina, caught our eye with this gorgeous blue/purple colormelt."My client came in and she wanted a change from the purple/lavender that she had 11 weeks prior that ...

How-To: Brassy to Dimensional Curls

Rachael Urrico (@Rachael_Devacurl) of Devachan Salon, NYC, met with a new client who from out of town."She had her hair previously colored, which she felt was too brassy with no dimension," Urrico says. "Our goal was to lighten ...

FORMULA: Eva Green's Breathtaking Bronde

 Eva Green's wavy bronde finish by Frédéric Mennetrier has created quite the buzz. How-to: Eva Green's wavy brondeApplicationSection 1: Apply INOA 4.8/4M (Altn: Majirel 4.8/4M) from re-growth area to ends.  Process ...

TRANSFORMATION: From Perm to Deep Red-Violet

"My client,  an old friend from middle school, came to me with a grown out perm and wanted a color change to freshen up her look," says Maayan Birstein (@maayanbescene) of the Be Scene Studios. "She gave me creative ...

How-To (plus video!): Pravana Locked-In Rainbow Hair

Haircolor magician Rebecca Taylor, possibly known more commonly by her very popular Instagram handle, @vividartistichairdesign, is teaming up with Pravana to showcase the staying power of Pravana's new Vivids Locked-In Colors (available ...

"Dye-ing" for a Big Change

Samantha Daly (@bottleblonde76), a master stylist at Cutting Loose Salon in Sarasota, Florida, specializes in blonde and short hair."I live and breathe hair," Daly says. Her bio on Instagram says, "I find beauty in making people ...

Formula: Blueberry-Grape Color Swirl

Anastasia Amico, artistic color director for John Amico, recently taught a class at Heidi's Salon and Spa, Warrenville, Illinois, on a color technique called color swirling. "Color swirling is a fast and easy technique to ...

COLOR CORRECTION: Over-the-Moon Blonde

This client found Karl Brown (@karlgbrown), a color correction specialist, of Axis Hair (@AXISHAIR) through Instagram."She saw some of his other platinum/silver color corrections and wanted the same outcome," says colleague Renee ...