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Personal Style: Juan Carlos Maciques

Juan Carlos was born in Cuba and raised in Miami, but currently calls the Rita Hazan salon in New York City home.

Punk Style Goes Broadway

Green Day’s “American Idiot” album was pop culture smash when it was released in 2004 and it’s since sold more than 14 million copies worldwide. They took it up a notch this past spring with a Broadway rock opera based on the music, which has racked up multiple Tony Award nominations and two wins. With style as a big part of the show, keeping up with the punk hairstyles on stage is not an easy task. Hairstylist Kevin Maybee has been in the industry for more than 25 years and he’s proven he’s up for the challenge. Check out his looks from the show.

Kim Vo's Tips: Consultations & Retail Strategies

Join Celebrity Stylist Kim Vo for this seasons "Fall 2010 Tips on Tuesdays" Series. Give Kim 10 Minutes to show you his secrets: * The "Mind Map" to flawless consultations * "Blowout Bootcamp" retail strategies * Kim Vo POP's, product opportunities

Farouk Systems Provides Stylist Kits for Tabatha's Salon Takeover

In the new season of Bravo’s Tabatha’s Salon Takeover, Farouk Systems has supplied Stylist Kits for all salon participants on the show.

Making a Difference

So many times, it seems like lives are getting harder, and at the same time, we work to make lives better by making our clients look and feel great. But what else can we do to make life better? Our team always looks to see what we can do to improve everyday life that does not require changing the successes our team has built. So, we started looking around and realized we were not fully maximizing our recycling opportunities.

2010 Trend Vision Winners Announced!

Huge News! The winners were just announced for the Wella Professionals 2010 International Trend Vision Awards! The United States received the Bronze in the highly competitive COLOR category. Congrats to Eric Wennberg of the Coupe Rokai Salon of Seattle!

The Reimagination of Miss Clairol

Experience the color by visiting clairolpro.com to register for a free sample kit. Or, enter the sweepstakes to win free color for a year.

H.O.P.E. For Beauty Education Center Opens

H.O.P.E. for Beauty is a new 10,000 square foot educational facility that opened November 1 in Southampton, Pennsylvania.

Hair World and Mondial in Paris

I am at the combined shows of Hair World and Mondial in Paris. This is the craziest event I have ever attended. The combined show takes place every four years and more than 90,000 people are expected over the three day event. See some PHOTOS of the hair so far!

Michael Napolitano Offers HairUWear Updates

Just about everyone at our most recent Artist Session used hair pieces to either bulk up or enhance his or her models hair. We decided to check in with Michael Napolitano, President of HairUWear, to find out the latest in this ever popular and important segment of the industry.

Alison Goes Red Violet!

Guess what!? I, who has had VIRGIN hair for the past five years, took the plunge and colored my hair! I am so, so, so excited about the results!

Anne Hathaway's Iconic Style

Most fashionistas would kill to be on the cover of Vogue just once. Celeb darling—and apparent Anna Wintour favorite—Anne Hathaway just landed her second cover in two years and the photos from the November issue made quite a splash. The Mario Testino photo shoot took place in Paris, where Hathaway played a glamorous Audrey Hepburn-type to the hilt in sumptuous dresses and lush updos. And who better to create that kind of hair luxury than celeb stylist Oribe? Here's how he created the style.

Dottie McKinley-Soressi Wins the N.F. Cimaglia Award

Saturday’s highlights included presentation of the N.F. Cimaglia Award, the top honor in the beauty school industry. The Award is sponsored by Milday, the company founded by Nick Cimaglia. This year’s award winner was Dottie McKinley-Soressi, recognized for her 33 years in the beauty industry, and currently the Vice President of Industry relations for Empire Education Group, the nation’s largest beauty school chain.

Liquicolor Permanente: Reinventing Color

Clairol Professional has reinvented the venerable Miss Clairol brand with Liquicolor Permanente, for color that provides as much as 84 percent more conditioning properties than leading professional cream colors. Liquicolor Permanente contains Soy4plex technology for rich, healthy-looking hair color. The new formulation will deliver the same consistent, easy-to-use color that has always been delivered by Miss Clairol, but with improved condition from the proprietary Soy4plex.

Miss Clairol Relaunch

The press launch of Liquicolor Permanente, the reinvention of the iconic color line, Miss Clairol. Members of the beauty press attended a power presentation of models at Clairol headquarters in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Officially “revealed” November 1, the power of soy has been put to the test. “Soy4Plex technology is used to infuse color while conditioning the hair from the inside out,” says Danny Lapointe, Artistic Director for Clairol Professional. “The new formula offers more conditioning, shine, multi-tonality and longlasting, natural-looking results.”

GKhair Trends: Mad Men Hair How To

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