How-To
NYFW How-To: Punk Ponytail Dreads at Ammerman Schlösberg by Alterna
Alterna Haircare stylist Nathan Rosenkranz created the looks for the Ammerman Schlösberg FW15 show at New York Fashion Week. Based on the collection’s theme of Furry Hospital, which embodied a dark, gothic feeling, Nathan created a 90s ...
TREND: The Half & Half Haircut
It's what we would like to call the half & half. You may have spotted them done at beauty trade shows, or more commonly on men in barber shops. But we have found that this look (which features half regular length hair and half graphic ...
BEFORE & AFTER: Ultramarine, Stained-Glass Blue Beauty
When an at-home color went wrong, this client sought the help of master colorist Shonda Broadus (@ShondaBroadus) to correct the situation! Broadus decided to use Olaplex to help keep the integrity of the hair intact while stripping out the ...
NYFW: China Glaze Manicures at Novis
The runway was awash in watercolor shades with pops of bold blues and purples at the Fall/Winter 2015 Novis presentation during Mercedes’ Benz New York Fashion Week. Casey Herman for China Glaze created a two-toned “S” ...
by Anne Moratto
NYFW HOW-TO: Rugged and Refined Men's Looks at Perry Ellis F/W 2015
With New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz in the front row at Metropolitan West on Thursday, February 12, along with New York Fashion Week devotees Joe Jonas and Nick Wooster, it was certainly a man's world at the highly anticipated ...
WATCH! fave4 Shoots Hairstyling Tutorials with GoPro
fave4 introduces Eddie, a GoPro Hero3+ camera and a great educational sidekick. Eddie captures hairstyling tutorials in an entirely new way.“We’re the first professional hair brand to utilize GoPro technology in our educational ...
by Anne Moratto
How-To: 1 Cut, 3 Styles with Ruth Roche
For clients and stylists alike, the same hairstyle every day can get old, and short hair often seems daunting to clients in terms of styling.Ruth Roche, artistic ambassador for Pureology Serious Colour Care, suggests an undercut she's ...
by Lauren Quick
TRANSFORMATION: Silver Fox
Genai Canale (@Belovedhairstudio) of the Butterfly Loft Salon is dedicated to "keeping up my education and have taken courses from Matrix, Wella, Sebastian and Sassoon Academy to name but a few." When we saw this gorgeous silver/gray ...
NYFW: Beauty at Georgine By Alterna
Ric Pipino, for Alterna Haircare, created a very strong and modern finish for the Georgine F/W 2015 collection seen at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. The overall look, inspired by the '20s/'30s, still has a very '70s vibe, a very ...
NAIL KNOW-HOW: Chrome Girl Creators on Celebs with Great Nails
The nail care and color category of professional beauty has grown hand over fist—or foot. Manicures and pedicures are considered maintenance, not luxury, services. That said, clients have spaced out appointments to save money during ...
by Anne Moratto
NAIL KNOW-HOW: Cuccio's Elaine Watson on Continuing Nail Education
The nail care and color category of professional beauty has grown hand over fist—or foot. Manicures and pedicures are considered maintenance, not luxury, services. That said, clients have spaced out appointments to save money during ...
by Anne Moratto
HOW-TO: Elongated Curls and Nomadic Texture at Naadam Fall/Winter 2015
Aveda and the Naadam Fall/Winter show partnered together to create styles that projected the strength of the modern nomad. Naadam, who responsibliy sources and produces knitwear with the intent to preserve and extend the values of nomadic livng, ...
BEFORE & AFTER: Stunning Golden Lob With Ecaille Highlights
Starting with a dull, faded ombre, haircolorist Kate Vannatta (@styledbykate_) cut off a few inches of hair and gave her client a trendy lob. "My client loves rich, warm tones for winter and was inspired by a haircut previously done by me, ...
COLOR CORRECTION: Box Boo-Boo To Winning Blonde
Brianna Shaughnessy (@brishaughnessy) of the Perfections Hair Salon, Scranton, Pennsylvania, posted this amazing transformation that caught our eye on Instagram. We tracked her down to get the story on this gorgeous makeover. CLIENT ...
PLAYING WITH COLOR: The Perfect Pastel
Eric Anthony, an artist at Canyon Salon in Westlake Village, California, loves client Erica who allows him to "Play With Color." Lately Anthony and Erica have been playing with pastel shades. "When a translucent-pastel look is the ...
NAIL KNOW-HOW: Deciding on Nail Shape from Morgan Taylor
The nail care and color category of professional beauty has grown hand over fist—or foot. Manicures and pedicures are considered maintenance, not luxury, services. That said, clients have spaced out appointments to save money during ...
by Anne Moratto
NAIL KNOW-HOW: Advice on Bridal Manis from Venique
The nail care and color category of professional beauty has grown hand over fist—or foot. Manicures and pedicures are considered maintenance, not luxury, services. That said, clients have spaced out appointments to save money during ...
by Anne Moratto