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TIGI Chooses Top Ten Finalists for 2016 Inspirational Youth Program

TIGI has chosen ten Inspirational Youth finalists from hundreds of applicants to attend an intensive 6-day boot camp at the TIGI New York Academy where they will have the opportunity to develop and advance as hairdressers, individuals and ...

SKIN CARE: Diagnosis - The Key to the Perfect Facial

Lydia Sarfati, the queen of skin care and founder of Repechage, says that the proper diagnosis is imperitive in ANY skin care service and will ultimately help in retail sales.In addition to looking at the skin closely, Sarfati advises that all ...

Donald Scott NYC Launches the New DSNYC Barber Edition Range of Razor Tools and New Naked Blades

Donald Scott, founder and chief hair artist of Donald Scott NYC introduces the new DSNYC Barber Edition, a range of premium razor tools and new Naked Blades specifically designed to meet the needs of today’s modern barber. The barber ...

How to Turn Your Front Desk Into a Profit Center

Front desk employees are one of the most valuable aspects of your business. Your front desk should do more than just answer phones, book appointments, and ring-out clients. If that’s all that they do, then they are a cost center: an ...

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Are You Watching Global Beauty Masters on TLC? Episode 5 Sneak Peeks Here

Are you watching TLC’s Global Beauty Masters, a hair, makeup and nail art competition show that challenges salon teams to create their best looks on a model, and then to be judged by industry experts and celebrity hosts? If not, you can ...

Introducing Inspire: A Night Celebrating Beauty Entrepreneurs

The Professional Beauty Association (PBA) and Cosmoprof North America (CPNA) recently announced INSPIRE: A Night Celebrating Beauty Entrepreneurs.  INSPIRE, to be held Saturday, July 23rd, will kick-off PBA’s Beauty Week and the CPNA ...

Coachella-Inspired Nail Art

Weekend 1 of Coachella is this weekend, so there is no better time to ready your clients for the SoCal music festival than some Coachella-inspired nail art, courtesty of Mars the Salon nail artist Ayumy Namaizawa. Click through ...

Spring/Summer Makeup How-Tos: Peach Dusk and Amethyst Dawn

Aveda introduces its limited edition Spring/Summer 2016 Makeup Collection Indian Sunset, creating the next chapter in the ‘no-makeup look’—a pretty face with subtle color perfectly highlighting the face’s natural ...

JCP Trend Shoot 2016: Behind the Scenes

Nick Stenson, Senior Creative Director, JCP Salon/The Salon By InStyle, spent one full week at the Pier 59 Studios in NYC creating magic on 45 models representing everything from children to men to classic beautiful women. "We are covering ...

Beauty Coach Launches: First Stop, Coachella

NINE ZERO ONE salon owners and celebrity stylists Nikki Lee and Riawna Capri have launched their mobile beauty bus, the Beauty Coach, and are taking style to the streets. Equipped with three hair and two make up stations ...

Farouk Shami Returns as CEO of Farouk Systems

On April 8, 2016, Farouk Shami announced his return as Chairman and CEO of Farouk Systems, Inc. Shami, who founded the haircare company that includes brands CHI and BioSilk in 1986 out of Houston, Texas, announced his son, Rami Shami, will ...

Registration Now Open For Redken Symposium 2017

Registration is now live for Redken Symposium 2017, one of the largest and most successful industry events of its kind that invites leading educators, stylists and colorists from around the world to learn better, earn better and live better!

Intercoiffure America/Canada: Results Of The Cuban Photoshoot

 The Intercoiffure America/Canada (ICA) Spring Atelier, to be held next weekend in Boca Raton, Florida, is not just the setting for the 2 day symposium, it is also the venue for the release of finishes from the recent ICA photoshoot held in ...

6 Tips to Achieve a Perfect – And Lucrative – Brazilian Blowout

MODERN attended Cosmetologists Chicago’s April First Mondays class hosted by Dalia Misho, regional education manager of Brazilian Professionals. She demonstrated three Brazilian Professionals services that can be used to keep curl and lose ...

Justice and Soul Offers Hope in Cambodia

When Matthew Fairfax sets his mind to something, he doesn’t just get it done—he hits it out of the park.The owner of the James Alan Salon in Seattle, Washington, planned to raise $100,000 for a salon and training school in Cambodia ...

Psy-Cosmetologist Jay Williams Tells MASTERS Audio Club Why Hairdressers Give the Best Advice

Jay Williams has over 20 years of experience across a wide variety of disciplines. He has held numerous roles including general manager, vice president, divisional manager, regional manager, facilitator, keynote speaker, principal, senior ...

Beauty Changes Lives Foundation Expands Industry Reach and Establishes Independent Infrastructure

Three years after its establishment as a 501c3, the Beauty Changes Lives Foundation (BCL) has emerged as a standalone, non-profit organization, independent of the American Association of Cosmetology Schools (AACS). The new organizational ...