Stylist Spotlight

5 Tips To Clipper Cutting Perfection

Josh DeMarco, a cutting expert, shares his top five tips to clipper cutting perfection.

How to Make the Most of Trading Services for Social Media Recognition

If you're going to offer free services to an influencer, here's what to consider asking of them. Great advice from a stylist who is, himself, a must-follow.

Modern Salon Top Articles of 2019

2019 was full of new trends and reimagining the classics, and our top articles of the year prove it! From curtain bangs to the mullet (yes, that’s a thing in 2019), the trends and techniques this year were big! Missed some? Now’s your chance to catch up.

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She Wanted to Make Women Look Beautiful But She Had to Leave Her Country to Do It

This expat knows she made the right move. “Helping my clients look and feel good makes me happy as my work empowers women.”

Feeling Defeated After Salon Setbacks, She Staged a Beautiful Comeback

“I knew I couldn’t fail more than I already had, so I really had nothing left to lose.” Find out how this talented stylist reinvented herself and her career.

#IBELONG In Beauty: This Pro Chose The Salon by InStyle for the Love of Family

When Kathy Oliver was working on her master’s degree, she decided to write her thesis on the JCPenney organization. “I learned this is a multi-billion-dollar business,” she laughs, “and I wondered what part of that pie could be for me?"

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TRANSFORMATION: Blushing Beauty with Redken Formula

This was the winning look in the Redken Flair Photo Contest for Best Transformation.

Trending: The Mullet is On the Move

This 1980s hair cut trend has been re-emerging in a multitude of hybrid 'disconnected/connected' shapes. Check out this slideshow of must-have mullets, and get style tips from a mullet master.

STYLIST SPOTLIGHT: Hair Cutter and Colorist Kazuma Kurata

Throughout the artist’s online portfolio and Instagram platform, @kazuma_genuine, it’s clear the Sassoon-trained artist places value on the customization of each finish based on his client’s individual features.

Work Efficiently, Look Cool with Salon Armor

The creator of the magnetic wrist band wanted to help hairstylists work smarter, make more money, and love their career as much as she loves hers.

Visit An Out-Of-This-World Salon

In a galaxy far, far away, Colin Watkins opened Studio 2000 Hair Salon.

10 Money-Making Tips to Make Instagram Your Side Hustle

Are beauty pros really making money on Instagram? Yes, yes and YES. Get the inside scoop and learn the top ten tips on what you have to do to make the platform work for you.

New Davines Hair Art Director Announced

"My approach is to provide the education and processes to help people innovate, not replicate."

RUNWAY: Beauty Looks by Paul Mitchell at CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund

The beauty looks spanned the decades with a nod to the flappers of the Roaring Twenties to high-volume pompadours of the ‘50s to vibrant wigs and finger wave sets that stole the show.

Beauty Talks: Multi-Lingual Approach to Beauty Education Builds Business

Juan Carlos Pimentel (or JCarlos) is uniting hairdressers across the language divide.

Pravana Announcement Party for "Show Us Your Artistry"

The annual competition expanded this year to include more categories, encompassing even more artistry and opportunity to be recognized.

Fighting Her Way Back from a Devastating Accident, Her Love for Hair Drives Her

Even as she was falling, she was thinking about protecting her hands. A freak accident has paralyzed her body but not her spirit. Read her inspiring road back to the salon.