Stylist Spotlight
MAKEOVER: Box Color Transformation and New Haircut
Start following @vanessayvonnehair for some gorgeous makeovers including this one. Here's the formula and how-to for this cool-girl finish.
by Anne Moratto
Getting Even: 8 Hour Color Correction to Eliminate Banding
“The key to this was evening out the canvas by pre-lightening all the warm areas.” See what else this blonding specialist did to create the final, beautiful result.
by Anne Moratto
Graduation Day: 6 Steps to Create Face-Framing Layers
Sam Villa demonstrates how to achieve beautifully soft layers in a haircut.
by Anne Moratto
From Police Officer to Makeup Artist: Putting Down the Badge to Pursue a Passion for Esthetics
“I want to merge my passions of helping people. A large part of my job is making women feel powerful, strong, independent, beautiful, and loved and I feel like makeup can give women that same feeling of confidence.”
by Anne Moratto
Nikki Lee & Riawna Capri Launch the BeYOUtiful Hair Donation Program & BeYOUtiful Days
A chance to do good, give back, and share your talents.
by Anne Moratto
Explaining Foilyage, Teasylights, Shadow Root and Other Hair Color Techniques to a Salon Client
Here's a short cheat sheet from a master blonder with descriptions of these different techniques.
by Anne Moratto
5 Tips for Seamless Blending
From an application artist, we offer up these simple-yet-effective suggestions for lightening and blending.
by Anne Moratto
Detangle Backcombed Hair with Ease
Creating beautiful, teasy highlights takes mad skill. From sectioning and formulating to application and processing, being a colorist means creating works of art. See what Artist Connective member Caroline Guiney used to detangle backcombed highlights with ease for this look
by Mary Kaleta
Sola Salon Sessions San Diego: Get a Taste of the Suite Life, Join Pulp Riot, Paul Mitchell and More
Sola Salon Studios is gearing up for their first 2019 Sola Sessions education and inspirational event.
by Anne Moratto
HOW-TO: Round Brushing Tips & Technique for Loose Curl and Wave
From Sam Villa's Director of Education, Andrew Carruthers, comes a great step-by-step to achieve shiny waves.
by Anne Moratto
COLOR HOW-TO: From Blonde to Beyond by @chadkenyon
Redken (with Olaplex incorporated, always) formulas plus some bang action changed-up this look in a bright and beautiful way.
by Anne Moratto
Cool-Tone Balayage Color Correction Breaks Through Banding for Beautiful Blend
Reema Jaber is a color correction artist and this transformation was performed on hair that was fragile and very banded.
by Anne Moratto
Brush Hour: See How Stylists Are Using WetBrush's New Pro Collection
WetBrush revamped its brushes for its new Pro collection, combining its most loved elements with ergonomic designs fit for the salon.
by Jamie Newman
TIGI Takes On Festival Hair, From Woodstock to Coachella, at the Beauty Changes Lives Experience
Team TIGI will illuminate the intersection of music festivals, hair, makeup and fashion during the 7th annual Beauty Changes Lives Experience, Sunday, March 31, at the Geraghty in Chicago.
by Anne Moratto
Meet The Horse Barber Melody Hames Who Has Changed the Face of Equestrian Clipping
Meet Melody Hames, aka The Horse Barber. She has changed the face of equestrian clipping—yes, that’s a thing, a HUGE thing!—with her unique artistic approach and graphic detailing when she cuts horse hair. Here, we take a look at some of her incredible designs.
One Session, 12-Hour Color Correction with Pravana
And she charged by the hour. Get the details here!
by Anne Moratto
Creative Courage: How One Artist Combined a Love for Hair, Music and Film
This stylist never gave up on the things he loved and found new passions along the way.
by Anne Moratto