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Career|Articles|Aug 6, 2019

How Small Add-Ons Add Up To Big Money For You

Would you like fries and a drink with that? Burgers pay the bills, but it’s the add-ons that build the bottom line. That’s true for every service business, whether you’re offering Big Macs, hotel suites or hairstyles.

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Career|Articles|Aug 5, 2019

10 Tips For Elevating Your Men’s Business

Many stylists have discovered men can be lucrative and loyal additions to their clientele. Want to build up the men’s business in your salon? Here are 10 tips from four men’s service and product pros.

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Career|Articles|Aug 5, 2019

Can You Specialize As A Solo Artist?

You love balayage and braiding, but men’s haircutting? Not so much. Yet as a solo artist, you worry that limiting your services to just those you prefer doing could be a mistake. Are those worries founded or unfounded? Can you specialize as a solo artist? Many top solo artists believe you can.

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Style|Articles|Jul 25, 2019

Why it Pays to Know How to Care for Curly Hair

Working with wavy, curly and coiled textures is fun, creative and an exciting challenge if you don’t have a lot of experience. And one more thing—it’s good for business. Are you thinking about schooling yourself in all things texture? Here’s what you need to know.

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Color|Articles|May 31, 2019

All The Ways To Price Your Specialty Hair Color

By the hour, by the level, by the bowl. Those are just some of the ways stylists are setting their rates for specialty hair color. Specialty color is hard work so don’t sell yourself short. Specialty color is also creative, and here are some creative ways stylists are charging for their artistry!

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Color|Articles|May 31, 2019

Gone Grey Strategies That Will Keep You In Business

Gone grey doesn’t have to mean gone for good. There are still plenty of ways to contribute to your grey clients’ ongoing upkeep. Here are strategies that will keep your grey clients looking chic…and keep your service and retail income looking healthy.

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Color|Articles|May 13, 2019

How To Charge For Corrective Color

Your menu covers the basics—single process, double process, highlights, balayage. But what happens when that inky-haired box color client shows up in shock, begging you to restore her to her natural shade? How much should that cost? There are many ways to charge for corrective color, but a recent poll of ModernSalon.com pros reveals four key approaches.

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Career|Articles|May 10, 2019

Here’s A Crazy Way To Keep Your Best Stylists: Put Them In Business For Themselves

It’s a common situation in many salons. One or two top earners begin to chafe under the existing system. They feel they’re carrying the rest of the team. They resent being told what to do. So they leave. And when they do, everybody loses. Jen Planck is an educator, stylist and Salon Centric Ambassador. Jen, her business partner Lacey Griffiths, and their previous employer Sandra Dunn have devised an unconventional solution to walkouts—one that empowered two high-achieving stylists to continue to excel and allowed their salon owner to maintain a positive team culture and even create a new form of regular income. Here’s what happened.

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Color|Articles|May 6, 2019

Creating the Perfect Smudge Root (Or Is It Root Smudge?)

Sophia Avera (@ssophiacolor) of Muse Salon and Spa, Atlanta, Georgia, is a color expert, and top national balayage educator for L’Oréal Professionnel. One of the key questions she gets at her seminars is “how do you create a root smudge without losing the highlights?” Here Avera shares her top ten tips on perfecting the color design.

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