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How-To: Half-Up Braided Style for Festival Day 1

Festival season is about more than music--culture, style and hair have been taken to NYFW street-style levels at Coachella, SXSW, Lollapalooza and more across the country.Pravana artists created custom color (click here for formulation) and ...

FORMULA: Kylie Jenner's Aqua

Kylie Jenner (@kylizzle) posted her new aqua 'do on Instagram, and in less than 18 hours she had more than one million "likes" and 70,000 comments, many (not all) very positive. The color chameleon captioned the pix "The road ...

HOW-TO: A New Twist on a Deconstructed Fishtail Braid

Warmer weather makes us think of braids! To kick off spring, MODERN brings to you this braid we spotted on Instagram. This new twist on a classic fishtail braid is just what we needed to see! Here, hair educator and blogger of Confessions of a ...

GoPro How-To Video: Lala's Updos' Braided Flower Updo

Laura Kaszoni (@lalasupdos) has reached considerable Instagram fame for her stunning updos, and we can't say we're surprised.Her meticulously braided, twisted and coiffed styles range in elegance from everyday to The Big Day, and ...

Julianne Hough's Pink Hair Formula

She did it! Actress and Dancing with the Stars judge Julianne Hough revealed her new unicorn-inspired, powdery pink look via Instagram, giving credit where credit is due: to her trusted stylist and friend Riawna Capri ...

2015 Bridal Collection from Essie

Bridal Bliss Essie has unveiled (pun intended) its 2015 bridal polish collection, which includes six romantic hues with that perfect day in mind.  The six new shades are curated with six tried-and-true colors for a full line ...

New Colors from The Wet Brush

Spring ShadesThe Wet Brush is mixing things up with a variety of new colors and styles of its traditional Wet Brush.  These pro brushes are made with IntelliFlex and SofTips Bristle technology to create an ouch-free ...

Shark Tank Concept Comes to Cosmoprof NA with Beauty Pitch

The Professional Beauty Association (PBA), the industry’s largest non-profit organization of salon professionals, partnered with Cosmoprof North America (CPNA), a leading international business-to-business beauty trade show, to launch the ...

How to Make Wool Dreadlocks

There's a false perception that dreadlocks are easy to maintain when in actuality, they're anything but. Proper maintenance can be time-consuming and tedious; keeping dreadlocks clean and healthy is a lot more work than most people ...

Show off Your Updo Skills with MODERN and HairUWear

Are updos your specialty? Ever added clip-in extensions to make your UPDOS even better? Here's your chance to show us your skills in HairUWear's Extend Your Creativity contest! Upload your best updo work at www.ModernSalon.com/HUW-PRO to ...

Visual Guide to Contouring Based on 6 Face Shapes

Contouring is a buzzword of sorts in the beauty world right now. Love them or hate them, but the Kardashians really made the makeup technique a trend in its own right.But if you're looking to up your tickets, makeup could be the answer. ...

How-To: Fishtail Twisted Updo (+Video!)

Looking for time-efficient, beautiful upstyles for prom and bridal season? Fave4 is here to help!The latest in Fave4's GoPro education series, the video is from Blohaute Founder Amanda Diedrich's perspective and features a twisted ...

Why You NEED to Boost Your Bridal Updo Business

This month, as summer brides start counting their RSVPs and finalizing their seating arrangements, they’re also making their way into the salon for hair and makeup trials. Wowing her with your talent  and special occasion expertise ...

Extension Creativity

When working with extensions, the possibilities for creativity, business and solving clients’ hair concerns are endless.

Missed Opportunities: 5 Tips to Update Your Salon Services

Are you missing out on offering services for your clients in need? Are there special requests that you just can’t fulfill because you don’t have the right systems or services in place. Many salons are losing thousands of dollars a ...

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Product Spotlight: Colorful Heat Stylers

Color CoolStyle in color! Mix up your all-black everything with haute hues and playful patterns on irons and ...

Special Session

The hairstylists at the most recent Artist Session, MODERN’s two-day, hands-on photoshoot workshop, created special occasion silhouettes that would work for any bride, bridesmaid, prom, homecoming, red carpet or even the Kentucky Derby. ...