City of Hope Honors Eva Graham
City of Hope, one of the country’s leading research and treatment centers for cancer, diabetes and other life threatening conditions, has announced that Eva Graham, founder of Nioxin, will receive its 2010 Spirit of Life Award.
The Pro-Tech Faceshield
We love finding new products that serve a purpose. Christian Colbert has created the PRO-TECH face shield, a disposable, 100% hypo-allergenic shield designed to protect a clients face during a salon service including cut and color design. “It’s perfect to use even for a finish spray to protect make up and to prevent inhalation of fumes,” says Christian.
SPF. Skin and Hair's Best Friend
Sunscreen in products is not just for the summer months—it can be used all year around. To prevent aging caused by UV rays, sunscreen should be used every day of the year, even if it is a cloudy and you're not even planning on going outside.
Links to 2009 ABS Show Dailies
America’s Beauty Show, held on March 28-30 2009 at Chicago’s McCormick Place, featured an array of seminars, workshops and live education in The Runway with stage presentations by Irene Meikle for Mizani, Kim Vo for Kim Vo Haircare, Orlando Pita for T3, Kim Kimble for Sessions Beauty, Angus Mitchell, Robert Cromeans and Stephanie Kocielski for JPMS, Danny Lapointe and Anita Gutierrez for Clairol Professional and Robin Sween, Michael Crispel, Edwin Johnston, Deborah Gavin, John Simpson and Dimitrios Tsioumas for Goldwell/KMS.
Recreate J. Lo, Sandy and Amanda's Oscars Make-Up
With prom season and spring weddings upon us, clients will be looking for special occasion looks for both hair and make-up. Get inspired and take a page from the Oscars' playbook with these three stunning make-up how-tos. Mirabella Beauty national trainer Darlene Zembrod shows you how to perfectly recreate the styles from the glamorous evening.
Creighton and Mirren...a winning look for the Oscars
Creighton Bowman used Rene Furterer products to create the Bridgette Bardot inspired look on Helen Mirren for the Academy Awards.
How To Do the Best Blowout
Modern Salon editor Maggie Mulhern goes on a search for the "Best Blowout in Hollywood." With help from her friend Hank, Maggie was able to meet Cristina Rocha, a stylist at Andy LeCompte Salon. Watch as she demonstrates her skills with the blow dryer. Get tips about products, practices and customer service from this experienced stylist.
Oscar Faces – and the Winner Is...
I loved the Oscars – the dresses, the hairstyles – but most importantly, the makeup. Sandra Bullock channeled old Hollywood glamour in a gold sheath that she had to be sewn into – how glam is that! She kept her hair simple and wowed the crowds with bright red lips that perfectly complimented her winning smile.
The Beauty Bus Foundation
Alicia Liotta, founder of the Beauty Bus Foundation (www.beautybus.org) talks about the vision behind the organization. Find out why hairdressers, estheticians and even celebrities have joined Beauty Bus to change lives for the better.
Customized Curls
Are your clients ready to embrace their texture and try a product that controls, conditions and is customized to their curls?
Add a Little Botanica to Your Life!
The AETO Botanica Collection has a blend of natural/organic ingredients just waiting to be used on your hair. Coconut, palm kernel oils, bamboo, hibiscus...these are just a few of the main ingredients. Go green today!
Shear Genius: The Super Six
This week's episode of Shear Genius 3 was not the most exciting for me. The highlight for me was the sexy accent of guest judge Moulay Yacboui. For the shortcut challenge contestants were asked to dry cut curly hair into a graduated bob.
Oscar Gold Goes To...
Now that the little statuettes have been handed out, it's time for the industry's top stylists to weigh in on the looks from the big night. They voted for their favorites, and here are all the winners, from Best Blondie to Best in Show. Not surprisingly, there was some overlap between our hair winners and the real winners that night. Sandra Bullock was just one of the stand-outs.
Oribe Bardot-ed Me!
Oribe met with Maggie Mulhern in New York just hours before boarding a plane to LA to prepare Penelope Cruz for the Academy Awards. Using a new product to be launched in May, Oribe did a little backcombing, twisting and turning and VOILA.....Maggie Bardot.
Highlights are Turning Green!
If you're a colorist, you probably use aluminum foil on a daily basis for coloring hair. Just think for a moment how many strips of aluminum foil you use per client? How about every day...or every month? Did you know that one piece of aluminum can take up to 500 years to decompose? If you want to practice being more eco-friendly with coloring processing learn how you can use cotton instead.
Something Special to Retail: Shower Caps!
Louise O'Connor, owner of OC61 Salon in NYC, sells Zazz Shower Caps for $36 to her salon clientele.
For Roni: I knew her before...
Some people in the beauty industry were just born with natural talent. For some, their niche is color, for others, it's nails. Some prefer make-up while others hit it big with cutting. For Roni, it's all of the above.