When faced with adversity in the salon, telling others how to behave is a knee jerk reaction that backfires. It’s best to keep cool. I know, easier said than done when someone hurls a real stinger at you. I made a breakthrough when I ...
The luckiest thing that could happen to you as a new salon professional, aside from winning millions in the lottery, is to assist a successful salon professional.Watch the video below where MODERN SALON blogger Carlos Valenzuela talks about the ...
Greg Yedding calls his 7,693 square foot space the incubator because he factors the inevitable departure of salon professionals into his business formula. He offers Industry Hair Studio, a lease chair salon in Tucson, Arizona, for professionals ...
New educators often show insecurity about being a good teacher, especially when training platform artists. This normal stage of development makes some go to great lengths to be liked and to unleash an emotional rollercoaster relationship with ...
I walked the aisles and classrooms of ABS 2015, feeling proud of the number of Latino professional participating —including emerging Latino beauty companies and executives. How could I tell? I made my rounds with TV hairdresser star, Leo ...
Forty-two years as an educator, and I am still the happiest when attending a fresh, well-organized presentation with information I can use, plus an action plan. Without a plan, no matter how cool or hot the experience, it becomes just an ...
I am a fanatic of lists, alerts on Google, iPhone, post-its, back of envelopes and Starbucks napkins. I stick to a schedule and turn down conflicts with “the plan.” The school of hard knocks teaches that if you don’t know what ...
iFabulous Salon Success, an interactive online program targeted to schools, students and new salon professionals, was launched to the beauty school market with a series of three complimentary educational videos discussing the state of ...
Does it really take six meetings to change a first impression? Do we start from scratch each time we meet? How important is that one indelible, tattoo-like encounter that makes a first impression? Who cares, some might think? You care, because a ...