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Wella Cares Challenge: If You Didn't Submit This Year, Get Inspired for Next Year

Wella, the salon professional division of P&G, has reimagined its annual Charity Challenge to incorporate another way to challenge salon owners and hairdressers to think about their impact on their community and planet. With the addition of ...

5 Ways to Make $5 More on EVERY TICKET

Got Your FiveFive dollars might not seem like much, but it’s a small tweak in your tickets that can make a big difference over time. Millennium Salon Software points out that just tacking on a conditioning ...

The Makeup Show Debuts 7 Days of Beauty in Celebration of 10-Year Anniversary

In celebration of The Makeup Show’s tenth year of artistry and education, this year will see the first ever The Makeup Show Week in NYC from April 29th-May 5th.   The Makeup Show Week will be filled with over ten unique events ...

Dermalogica Professional Additives Relaunch with New Touch Therapy Classes

Dermalogica announces the re-launch of three new and improved professional-use additives which allow the skin care therapist to customize and enhance professional treatments. In tandem with the product re-launch, Dermalogica will be offering a ...

Join HAIRraising 2016 Cut-A-Thon to Support Boston Children’s Hospital

There's still time to be a part of this year's HAIRraising Cut-A-Thon to support Boston Children’s Hospital, the #1 pediatric hospital and research center in the country. On Sunday, April 12, salons from Massachusetts to ...

New Nail Art Kit from CinaPro for Ooh La La Nails

Launching in May exclusively at BSG, the new Ooh La La kit from CinaPro contains a pink crystal bow, white pearls, two sizes of silver beads, pink crystal hearts, a rhinestone Eiffel Tower, two different shades of pink flowers and a rope of ...

NovaLash Names Ten Elite Brand Ambassadors

 NovaLash CEO, Sophy Merszei named ten of the country’s most elite Lash Artists as the first NovaLash Brand Ambassadors at a celebration  of lash artistry recently held at Hotel Za Za in Houston, TX.This talented squad of lashers ...

Sport Clips Haircuts Sponsors Ageless Aviation Dreams

Sport Clips Haircuts announced its primary sponsorship of Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation (AADF) to fund flight experiences for veterans living in long-term care communities. In its second year of supporting AADF, Sport Clips will help make ...

CHOOSE BEAUTY: Sophy Merszei

Hometown: Cambridge, Massachusetts, a place where makeup is almost illegal.Industry Icon: Vidal Sassoon. I love how he applied architectural and mathematical concepts to hair.Now reading: “Quiet:  The Power of Introverts in a World ...

President of Spornette Shaves Head for St. Baldrick's Foundation

Spornette President Alan Sporn shaved his head on March 7, 2015, in order to raise money for St. Baldrick's Foundation, which is a non-profit with the ultimate goal of ending childhood cancer.With help from his two grandsons, Brayden ...

MINDBODY Partners with Jon Reyman Pro to Support Salon Professionals

MINDBODY, a leading provider of SaaS software to the wellness industry and creator of the MINDBODY Connect consumer app, has partnered with Jon Reyman Pro to provide enhanced benefits and incentives to their respective client networks. Jon ...

Celebrate Beauty and Attend the 2015 Legacy Awards at ABS

 The Beauty Changes Lives Foundation (BCL), in conjunction with Cosmetologists Chicago (CC), proudly announces that the 2015 Legacy Award honoring Leo Passage will be held on Saturday, March 21, 2015, at the Art Institute of Chicago. The ...

New 2014 Professional Salon Industry Haircare Study Sees Growth

Total revenues for all salon industry services (hair, skin, nails) plus salon retail grew at a respectable 3.1%, according to the new 2014 Professional Salon Industry Haircare Study from Professional Consultants & Resources, the leading ...

New Course Required For Stylists to Help Spot Trafficking Victims

A new law in Ohio requires licensed cosmetologists to take a course on identifying trafficked women and girls (a form of modern-day slavery where people profit from the control and exploitation of others). Why Ohio? Because of the major highway ...

Sexy Hair Presents Week-Long Education Experience in Vegas

 Hairstylists from all over the world traveled to Las Vegas for a Sexy Hair education and hands on training event.  The week long symnposium, called “Sexy Hair: The Experience,”offered new educators access to classes where ...

Be Inspired at the 2015 America’s Beauty Show

Inspiration is what you’ll find at America's Beauty Show 2015, March 21-23 at McCormick Place, Chicago!For the first time: Two great stages in the exhibit hall with top talent, great trends, and best of all they are FREE for all three ...

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John Paul DeJoria and Mark Cuban Will Share Their Stories at PBA Business Forum

  John Paul DeJoria, billionaire businessman and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of the Paul Mitchell line of hair products and The Patrón Spirits Company, will join fellow entrepreneur Mark Cuban at this year’s PBA Business ...