Whoever timed New Year’s resolutions to coincide with the coldest months of the year has a cruel sense of humor! If exercising outside is your best bet for keeping fit and giving yourself a break from working inside in the salon all day, ...
If eating healthier is a goal for you this year, try a one-for-one swap of something you’re currently eating for something you could eat instead. Make these ahead to bring to the salon, or enjoy them at home. Replace your afternoon ...
The January Healthy Hairdresser Challenge offers a chance to earn a professional brush set and backpack bundle from Pivot Point, a $70 value, in exchange for sharing your health goals for the New Year. Responses so far indicate that some of you ...
Bringing mental illness out of the shadows has long been a goal of the mental health community. In 2015, this movement caught steam as both famous and non-famous sufferers shared their stories publically. The Mighty, a website devoted to ...
She blogs about her southern roots, she blogs about rehabbing her “Big Creek” home, she blogs about crafting and, as a hairdresser for 20 years, Martha Hanna blogs about beauty. Known as “Martie” on her A Hair In My ...
Giving blood is a great New Year’s Resolution, which makes it convenient that every January is National Blood Donor Month. This month also is critical for keeping the country’s blood supply sufficient during the winter, which ...
When you work with the public, germs are always an issue. If you’re a new stylist, especially, you may not have developed an immunity to much of what’s sitting in your chair. Is there a way to avoid getting sick this ...
While taking this Beauty Breath Break from PARODI Health & Wellness Consultant Mary Beth Janssen, massage in your PARODI Daily Moisturizing Hand Cream and invite your client to join you!Stand or sit tall. Roll your shoulders down and away ...
"I don’t know that I believe in making a New Year’s resolution,” says Paul Suttles, Pivot Point’s director of field education domestic and this month’s Healthy Hairdresser Hero. “I believe we should ...
Take the January Healthy Hairdresser Challenge and resolve to make a healthier 2016!Visit modernsalon.com/healthy for all the details on how to challenge yourself to make—and keep—your personal 2016 Healthy Hairdresser ...
What will you do to make 2016 a fabulous year for yourself? Of course we have some suggestions! Don’t tackle everything, but choose one or two things in each category to make yourself a healthier hairdresser this year. BODY 1Join ...
When the Global Wellness Summit met in Mexico City in November, experts identified a number of shifts in the way we’ll approach wellness in 2016. They forecasted that healthcare will become more truly integrated in our lives, in government ...
Her story wasn’t unusual—a single mom struggling to support two daughters—but what was uncommon about Kathy Jager was her intuitive understanding that she had to take care of herself if she wanted to be there for her children ...
With a busy schedule that revolves around not only a full clientele and traveling to do hair on movie sets but also a husband and 4-year-old twins, Takisha Sturdivant-Drew depends heavily on exercise for fitness and focus. “Working ...
Putting a little thought into your wellness will maximize the chance that you’ll be safe and healthy as you travel during the holiday season. Tina Aldatz, chief executive officer of Savvy Travelers, shares tips to avoid getting sick, hurt ...
Does receiving just a handful of “likes” on your Instagram post ruin your day? Were you caught off-guard by a personal attack on Facebook? Those are just two of the battles you face in what Sam Villa calls a “war zone of ...
This week is National Influenza Vaccine Week. Get your flu shot ASAP, since this is your busiest time of year. The more clients, the greater the chance that someone is spreading the flu virus! The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) now ...