In The Know

TEAM SPIRIT: Lunatic Fringe

The term “lunatic fringe” refers to outliers, those who live on the edge or fringes of society because their take on life is so unique and original.  It’s also the name of a salon group in Utah overseen by unique and ...

Cervantes Joins Kirschner Group

The Kirschner Group, Inc. recently announced the addition of Ricardo Cervantes to their International Sales Team.Cervantes joins the The Kirschner Group, Inc. as Sales Manager for Mexico. He comes to The Kirschner Group, Inc. with over 15 years ...

Hairdreams: Changing the Way Hairdressers Talk About Extensions

 Hairdreams hair extensions provide stylists with products that solve a myriad of problems for their clients and answer many needs.  Recently, the team at Hairdreams agreed that the term "hair extension" didn't accurately ...

Sport Clips Veteran's Day Haircut Event

Helping a hero is as easy as getting a haircut on Veterans Day.  On November 11, 2014, Sport Clips Haircuts locations across the country will host the company’s annual Veterans Day haircut event during which $1 per haircut service ...

Beauty Changes Lives Announces Fall 2014 Scholarship Winners

The Beauty Changes Lives Foundation, through generous funding from Massage Envy Spa, has awarded six $2,000 massage therapy scholarships to aspiring massage therapists. Each scholarship will help fund the recipient’s education at a massage ...

EVENTS: Bold MINDBODY Conference, Santa Monica, CA

BEING BOLD: OVERHEARD AT THE MINDBODY CONFERENCE in Santa Monica, CA, Oct. 13 and 14, 2014(Top left)  Aarde Cosseboom, MINDBODY, Sr. Director of Technical Support, talked about Creating Client Evangelists with Customer Secret Service and ...

Redken's Top Educators Ann Mincey and Kris Sorbie Awarded at Intercoiffure Fall Atelier 2014

Redken proudly announces that two of their industry educators, Ann Mincey and Kris Sorbie, were bestowed great honors October 20 at the Fall Atelier for Intercoiffure America/Canada (ICA), held at The Waldorf-Astoria in New York ...

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Stephan Becker New VP Global Marketing at KAO Salon Division

Cory Couts, President of Kao Salon Division announced Stephan Becker as the new Vice President Global Marketing, effective  October 1,  2014.Stephan Becker joins the Kao Salon Division from Coty Beauty Germany where he was the ...

Choose Beauty: Lydia Sarfati

Biggest change in skincare: When I first started here, I would say ‘esthetician’ and people thought I was saying ‘electrician.’ It was a foreign word to them but, today, people understand what it is and what it means. The ...

Here's Why Your Client Went Elsewhere

When a client leaves and takes their business elsewhere, we all look around and want to know what happened.  What caused them to stray?   We asked three top-tier beauty professionals for their take on why a salon guest decides ...

Schwarzkopf Professional Launches IGORA Vibrance Gloss & Tone

Shwarzkopf Professional presents IGORA Vibrance Gloss & Tone, the first transparent, tone-on-tone, ammonia-free, acidic demi-permanent gel color. Beginning October 2014, stylists can offer a tailor-made service to color cautious clients ...

November Best Sellers: Damage Prevention

The problem with winter hair blues is that it can quickly turn into irreversible damage. MODERN asked our Facebook fans (more than 300,000 of you!) which deep conditioning treatments are your beauty faves to keep ...

Modern Salon Wins mediaShepherd Social Media Award

mediaShepherd LLC—a web-based company that provides “actionable intelligence” for media brands—recently announced the winners of their Social Media Awards. Modern Salon was the winner in the business-to-business media ...

Five of the Hottest Hair Trends at Latino Fashion Week

 Latino Fashion Week, held October 1-5 in Chicago, featured hair and makeup looks designed by a team of cosmetology students and instructors from Tricoci University of Beauty Culture. Student teams from Tricoci University’s Chicago ...

IT&LY Hairfashion, N.A. Supports The Breast Cancer Foundation’s Gala

President and CEO of IT&LY Hairfashion, N.A., Richard Zucckero is proud to announce the company’s recent support of The Breast Cancer Foundation’s Annual Gala. This year’s event was held on October 4, 2014 at the Ritz ...

“Stylepreneurs” Get Unstuck at the First PYP Freelance Business Development Summit

Freelance makeup artists, hair stylists, fashion stylists and manicurists are in for some intense business education and enlightenment at the upcoming PYP Freelance Business Development Summit. Hosted by empowerment diva, Crystal Wright, ...