Stylist Spotlight
Beauty Changes Lives Experience NextGen Sneak Peek: Team Wella
Wella will bring the Wella Trend Vision theme to the Beauty Changes Lives Experience runway on Sunday, April 29.
Total Hair Transformation: Melted Hair Saved by Well-Timed Hair Color, Treatments and Extensions
With her client's hair melted and hanging in stringy bits, this talented hairdresser brought her A-game to this amazing makeover.
by Anne Moratto
Beauty Changes Lives Experience NextGen Sneak Peek: Team Redken
As the countdown to the 6th Beauty Changes Lives Experience continues, meet the NextGen team representing Redken on the runway.
Beauty Changes Lives Experience NextGen Sneak Peek: Team Matrix
The NextGen team representing Matrix Professional will share their interpretation of the theme “Exposed” on the Beauty Changes Lives Experience fashion runway, Sunday April 29, during America’s Beauty Show.
Low-Maintenance Rainbow Sherbet Hair Color How-To
Maintain hair health while still helping a client explore their inner unicorn.
by Anne Moratto
Get to Know Celebrity Stylist Kim Kimble
Hair is in Kim Kimble's DNA. The third-generation hair stylist has worked on films, television shows, done work for magazines, and has a hair care brand under her own name. At this year’s Premiere Orlando, attendees will have the opportunity take part in a live photo shoot while learning from Kimble's expertise.
by Jamie Newman
How to Transition Hair Color from Winter to Spring
The change in season can trigger a change in hair color for clients. The SOLO Artist Advisory Council of industry experts answer how you can help your clients transition color according to the season.
Balancing Work and Life as a Solo Artist
After working in many salons as an employee, manager, wedding coordinator and as a self-employed stylist, Gioia Gomez, currently based at Akasu Hair Studio & Spa, in Portland, Oregon, found the perfect balance. “There are many different ways to be a productive, profitable hairdresser. No one way is the right way for everyone,” she says. “I’ve found being a solo artist is a perfect fit for me.”
Royal Treatment: Throne Barbershop in Portland
Alyssa Lynn Von (@ladyvonbarber), winner of the American Crew U.S. All-Star Challenge in 2015, is promoting the work of other barbers and men’s groomers by taking tours of barbershops and sharing a behind-the-scenes look at these bastions of barbering.
by Anne Moratto
Beauty Changes Lives Announces 2017 Leo Passage Scholarship Winners
Barber and hairstylists will define “Exposed” at America’s Beauty Show 2018
Salon Culture: Bringing Fashion to the Color Bar
In an interview with MODERN SALON, partners in the salon and life Lo Wheeler Davis and Jason Davis give the lo-down (get it?) on their newest venture—Salon Culture—and how they balance owning a salon and running a just-for-the-stylist fashion line.
by Jamie Newman
Beauty Changes Lives Experience NextGen Sneak Peek: Team TIGI
A look at what inspires this talented trio.
Hair Care As Service and Ritual: A New Approach to Creating Client Connection and Avoiding Beauty Burnout
Make a client appointment an opportunity for healing of guest and stylist, alike.
by Anne Moratto
Beach Wave How-To: Create Perfect "S" Waves Using a Flatiron
Watch @sheffpavelstylist create the modern beach wave by pushing the hair into an "S" wave and pressing it with a flatiron.
Rob the Original @robtheoriginal Creates the Mandala Challenge in a Hair Cut
We've heard of the Mandala, and we've heard of the Mandala Challenge—but we'd never seen it on a head of hair... until now, thanks to Rob Ferrel, best known as @robtheoriginal.
Formula Alert: Nora Dababneh's Metallic Makeover Using Matrix Mixed Metals
We're borderline obsessed with this look she created using a sneak peek of Matrix metallic shades. From silver gray to rose gold, the new metallic shades create metallic looks in one step.
Personal Style: Patrick Kalle, Farouk Systems Inc. Global Artistic Director
Hairstyling is in Patrick Kalle’s blood. As a third-generation stylist, Kalle began his career in hairdressing at the young age of 11. In 2004, he joined the Farouk Systems team, and 10 years later, he was named its Global Artistic Director—his current role.
by Jamie Newman