How-To
Tuxedo Nails
Turn your client's manicure into a black tie event with this look showcased at the Ruffian Fall/Winter 2011 show.
Twilight How-tos
The craze for hair recently is the premiere of Twilight's Breaking Dawn: Part 1! In celebration of the premiere this Friday, November 18, 2011, MODERN SALON asked top stylists how they would style certain cast members of the hit movie. Check out the advice from these stylists on how to re-create these looks!
Classic & Clean
April Barton Classic & Clean
Polished Punk
April Barton's Polished Punk Style, part of "Triple Threat" seen in the 2011 November issue of MODERN SALON.
Surfer Rock
April Barton Surfer Rock
Sleek And Smooth
’Tis the season for hectic schedules, which means your clients are looking for ways to spend less time styling, but may not know of the services available.
Mature Client Makeover by Marie Ferro
A large part of the clients that come into Celebrity Stylist Marie Ferro's Malibu, California salon—Marie's Hair Studio—come in wanting gray coverage. "The trick to working with mature women is enhancing their skin tone by adding depth around the face, melting tone into the midshaft and leaving the ends light and bright," says Ferro. "Creating dimension in the hair mimics what the hair did before it turned gray." Ferro says to use a maximum of three tones to make the hair muddy. Follow her steps on how to re-create this look on your mature clients. It will make them look years younger!
Subtle Ombre
This Fall/Winter Ombre created by Eva Scrivo is her interpretation of the new ombre trend that will be popping up on heads all over this season. Instead of the very dramatic, dark to very light look, Scrivo created a more gradual ombre, with less color change from roots to end. For this look she added a handful of lowlights and used a balayage technique to complete the look.
Simplicity Extensions and Vivienne Mackinder Offer Training
Simplicity Hair Extensions is passionate about education and creating a top-notch certification program for stylists and educators to become expert in the application of Simplicity extensions.
Bradley Cooper's Style from The Hangover II
You do not have to experience an unforgettable weekend to appreciate the casual style of Hangover II star Bradley Cooper. Cooper's look is a little longer and looser than a classic taper cut, and the look is ideal for many different textures. This technical provided by Andis, has hair just a bit straighter than Coopers' but the look works well to create an easy style and a nice change.
MSTV HIGHLIGHTS: John Simpson Teaches How to Create Fab Fringe
Last week's episode of MODERN SALON TV featured Goldwell North American artistic director John C. Simpson, who shared his step-by-step instructions on how to create dimensional fringe using foils and unique color placement—all in less than 60 seconds!
Fall Shadings - Red
For Arianna, Freeman’s goal was to evolve a summer color into a fall shade without going dramatically dark. “I want to take some worn out color and bring some life back into it,” says Freeman.
Fall Shadings - Blonde
MODERN invited Redken Artist and International Colorist Leah Freeman into our studios to demonstrate the beauty of the freshly launched Redken Shades EQ Cream.
American Baliage
The queen of color design is sharing her latest technique using some of her favorite tools including long foils, unique patterns and special Joico color formulas. Beth Minardi, spokesperson for Joico Vero K-Pak Color and owner of Minardi Salon in NYC, selected an Asian model, sporting some of the toughest hair to lift, to demonstrate that this type of hair can and does offer multiple interesting color possibilities.
Stained-Glass Effect
Looking to spice up your client’s nails for the fall season? Try this look created by Kristina Estabrooks and the CND nail team for the 2012 Spring shows at New York’s Mercedes Benz Fashion Week.
Girls Who Love Curls Makeover
This college student from Ramapo University says humid days were "unbearable" with her frizzy hair. To fix this problem, Tela Beauty Organics' creator Philip Pelusi performed a treatment called "Girls Who Love Curls." See ...
Crimped Retro Redux
KMS California has re-launched and Sonna Brado, of the KMS Artistic Team, offered MODERN a peek at how she uses the products to create new and exciting finishes. "It's a complete style and care line," she says. "The line is fantastic, designed to allow for unlimited style transformation." So what does she say about this look? "The style has a '70s influence but is crimped and tucked. It's a heavy full texture that's been randomly and inconsistently crimped. It's almost a brick-layered crimping."