Photo Gallery
Saks Appeal
Who doesn’t love hairstyles that are flexible enough to easily go from work to play.
The Modern Beehive by Michael Shaun Corby
Fashion week is over, but the style lives on. This year, Alterna’s Global Creative Director Michael Shaun Corby created modern-day beehives for fashion designer Kevan Hall at LA Fashion Week.
Curl Diva
Hairdresser Lauren Thompson and make-up artist April Caruso just graduated from Parisian Beauty Academy in Hackensack, New Jersey. While they are each thrilled to be working in great salons (Thompson at OC61 in NYC and Caruso at Caru in Hoboken, NJ), each wants to build a portfolio in hopes to start doing some freelance and magazine work.
Colour Surfing
Spirax by Mikel Luzea
In the Spirax collection, Mikel Luzea, international styling sensation and owner of three salons in Pamplona, Spain, lets his artistic talents loose with carefully sculpted styles utilizing braids, texture and accessories to create styles that suggest bird-like plumage.
Fall-Winter 2009-2010 by Intercoiffure France
The creative team of Intercoiffure France, under the direction of its new President Alain Zinzius and Artistic Director Francois Mazeau, has released its Fall-Winter 2009-2010 collection in which the team “Makes its Own Cinema.” The collection brings back images of cinematic icon Marilyn Monroe in a surreal, industrial setting straight out of Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times.
Faux Locks by Barbara Lhotan
Barbara Lhotan is known as the “personal trainer” for stylists wishing to expand their long hair and special occasion hair techniques. A texture specialist, Lhotan is thrilled about the return to rough, full and interesting shapes as noted on the runways in all the fashion cities around the world this fall.
Winter Collection by Gandini Club
The Winter Collection from Italy’s Gandini Club, based in romantic Verona, features hair styles so luxurious and colors so warm and rich it almost makes us look forward to the season’s impending icy blasts and shorter days.
Pin-Up Date by Michael Del Bianco
The pin-up girl seemed like a bygone concept until Michael Del Bianco decided to give the retro glamor look a 21st century shot of style.
Place Perfect by Joe Santy
Joe Santy, Vice President of Education for Dennis Bernard Inc., and AJ Sbaraglia, Solution Specialist educator and owner of Reputations Hair Salon in South Philadelphia, work together on cut and color to get the most flattering result.
Modern Fairytales
The stunning Modern Fairytales collection earned Matrix Artistic Design Team members Brian and Sandra Smith a 2009 North American Hairstyling Award as Master Stylists of the Year.
Luxurious Locks by Nicholas French
This lush head of hair was created with extensions from So.Cap and color from Matrix. Nicholas French, national creative director for So.Cap USA (socapusa.com) and global artistic designer for Matrix (matrix.com) along with Franco Hernandez, national director of education for So.Cap and Ramon Bacaui, master designer at Hair Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona, were the creative forces behind this voluminous look.
Rapunzel! Let Down Your Hair!
Us girls at Modern Salon's offices get to have so much fun! Pink Pewter sent us a box full of hair accessories that are beautifully unique and totally playful.
Goldwell Trend Zoom Finalists
Goldwell Trend Zoom finalists Deborah Gavin and Dimitrios Tsioumas demonstrate show-stopping shades.
Achieve Photo-Worthy Hair
When you’re working on a photo shoot, the stakes are much higher for beautiful, memorable hair. Sherri Jessee of Sherri’s salon in Bristol, Virginia, recently attended a MODERN SALON Artist Session and created this magazine-worthy style. Here are the steps she took to create the look.
Blonde Ambition by Rose Renda
Rose Renda, winner of Pravana’s Rock Your Cut and Color contest, created this gorgeous blonde with Pravana’s ChromaSilk color.
Vintage Supression by Lunatic Fringe Salon
At first glance, you see ancient family portraits, or perhaps a museum piece. Upon closer investigation, it is obvious that the subjects of these images are adorned with hair that is nothing if not present and future perfect. The artistic team from Lunatic Fringe Salon in Salt Lake City has followed the evolution of style and photography from the 1800s to 2010 to create the Vintage Suppression collection for Paul Mitchell Systems.