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Anne Hathaway's Iconic Style
Most fashionistas would kill to be on the cover of Vogue just once. Celeb darling—and apparent Anna Wintour favorite—Anne Hathaway just landed her second cover in two years and the photos from the November issue made quite a splash. The Mario Testino photo shoot took place in Paris, where Hathaway played a glamorous Audrey Hepburn-type to the hilt in sumptuous dresses and lush updos. And who better to create that kind of hair luxury than celeb stylist Oribe? Here's how he created the style.
Dottie McKinley-Soressi Wins the N.F. Cimaglia Award
Saturday’s highlights included presentation of the N.F. Cimaglia Award, the top honor in the beauty school industry. The Award is sponsored by Milday, the company founded by Nick Cimaglia. This year’s award winner was Dottie McKinley-Soressi, recognized for her 33 years in the beauty industry, and currently the Vice President of Industry relations for Empire Education Group, the nation’s largest beauty school chain.
Liquicolor Permanente: Reinventing Color
Clairol Professional has reinvented the venerable Miss Clairol brand with Liquicolor Permanente, for color that provides as much as 84 percent more conditioning properties than leading professional cream colors. Liquicolor Permanente contains Soy4plex technology for rich, healthy-looking hair color. The new formulation will deliver the same consistent, easy-to-use color that has always been delivered by Miss Clairol, but with improved condition from the proprietary Soy4plex.
Miss Clairol Relaunch
The press launch of Liquicolor Permanente, the reinvention of the iconic color line, Miss Clairol. Members of the beauty press attended a power presentation of models at Clairol headquarters in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Officially “revealed” November 1, the power of soy has been put to the test. “Soy4Plex technology is used to infuse color while conditioning the hair from the inside out,” says Danny Lapointe, Artistic Director for Clairol Professional. “The new formula offers more conditioning, shine, multi-tonality and longlasting, natural-looking results.”
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Dr. Murad and Winter Skin Care
Dr. Howard Murad, famed Dermatologist, pharmacist, researcher, author and founder of the Murad line of products, makes himself accessible to all beauty professionals in order to help YOU help your clients.With winter approaching, we asked Dr. Murad if there was anything estheticians and beauty professionals can and should do to guide their clients to maintaining and perfecting their skin during harsh weather.
The Empire Tour! 100th School
EMPIRE EDUCATION GROUP just opened it's 100th school in Springfield, Pennsylvania. To celebrate the milestone, Empire CEO Frank Schoeneman, Empire Education Group's Chairman and CEO, took Modern Salon Media on a tour of the pristine center which already boasts 100 students. "We are most proud of how 'green' we were in creating this school," said Frank to Modern's Beauty and Fashion Director Maggie Mulhern. "We worked it in to everything from the low wattage lighting to the floor which was created with old tire rubber." Among the many "pluses" at the new school, the tour includes a focus on updated classroom design and the Empire created "right brain" focused textbooks. Most importantly Frank emphasizes the power of Empire's core purpose: "To create opportunities for people to improve their lives".
Mizani Launches Supreme Oil
Mizani’s Supreme Oil was launched to the blogging press this week at the L’Oreal Academy in the Soho area of New York City. In addition to VIP’s and key stylists, bloggers were invited to experience the new styling treatment just introduced by Mizani.
CND Trains Tricoci Techs
More than 120 nail technicians from Chicago’s Mario Tricoci salons were introduced to CND’s Shellac UV Color Coat System during an all-day training session at the Medinah Center in Addison, Illinois.
Willow Smith "Whips" Her Hair
It's not often that a song about hair causes a sensation. Willow Smith, the precocious nine-year-old daughter of Hollywood stars Will and Jada Smith, has done just that though, with the release of her new song and music video, "Whip My Hair." Stylist Marcia Hamilton was there from start to finish and gave us the scoop on how she created the styles.
Personal Style: Ursula Stephen
Ursula Stephen, celebrity stylist and brand spokesperson for Motions (motionshair. com), created one of today’s most iconic hair styles—Rihanna’s bob. Ursula later transitioned the bob into the pixie and then made Rihanna blonde. Her creativity is endless, and her next move is without prediction.
One-of-a-kind Accessories
Cosmic Bobbins, a company that upcycles magazines and materials and repurposes them into one-of-a-kind accessories, has been working with John Paul Mitchell on taking any of their expired publication material and turning them into handbags!
Plaid Flatiron for the Holidays
Paul Mitchell's new Limited Edition Express Ion Smooth iron is absolutely adorable! It comes in a new festive plaid pattern, which is right on trend for this coming holiday season.
Turn Up the Volume in Your Hair
Onesta Volumizing Shampoo was a lovely way of greening up my beauty routine this weekend. Read about some of its green features.
Karg Chats With Maggie
I just met up with Mike Karg, an old friend, international platform artist, educator and inventor of the KARG line of shears. "Most people don't realize I INVENTED dry cutting shears," says Karg. "I saw the need about 9 years ago and have since developed 9 different shears including texturizing, precision and slicing shears." Karg went on, passionately, to talk about each shear in the line, but ended up spending the most time on the KARG SHEAR K-11 Royale.
New Bed Head Colour Combat Collection
Check out the new Bed Head Colour Combat Collection! It has a variety of shampoos, conditioners and treatments that help seal in color pigment to help hues last longer.
Repair Your Hair While You Sleep
That's right, now you can repair your hair while you sleep...