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Salon owners represent their businesses at their local Chamber of Commerce; salon teams select charities to support; individual stylists voice their opinions at an industry association meeting. From promoting healthy habits to protecting natural ...
If your first steps of the morning generate pain at your heel, you might have plantar faciitis. Left untreated, this can become a chronic condition. To accommodate the pain, you might change the way you walk, and that can lead to problems the ...
“When your feet are miserable, you’re miserable!” says stylist Michael Breen, owner of Michael’s Cottage Salon in Jacksonville, Florida. Being on your feet all day isn’t good for the human body, but that’s how ...
With many parents opting out of immunizing their children, pediatricians and schools are diligently urging parents to vaccinate before school starts—in August, National Immunization Month. Some states are passing laws making it harder for ...
The results so far of this month’s Healthy Hairdresser Challenge offer much inspiration! In asking you to share the name of the person who gave you a “hands up” to boost your professional success, we’re finding that a few ...
There’s something about turning 50 that feels like a wake-up call for reviewing your lifestyle. “When I turned 50, I realized that I was closer to the end than the beginning,” says famed Atlanta stylist Candy Shaw ...
Spicy foods already have a reputation for burning through your metabolism to help you lose weight. Now there’s even better news for those who like their food super-spicy, with recent studies indicating a possible link between spicy foods ...
Your salon’s back-to-school promotions with liter sizes and travel kits are probably in full swing. It’s rewarding to help high school and college kids change their look and plan for a year of exciting new experiences. But at home, ...
Whether you’re the patient or the hairdresser, hair loss during chemotherapy has always been a big concern. As the hairdresser, you may have fitted wigs, shaved a client’s head to minimize the emotional trauma of watching the hair ...
Responding to the August Healthy Hairdresser Challenge, Sherry Tollerson, a stylist in Evans, Georgia, told us about not just one person who gave her career a “hands up,” but a series of salon pros who helped Tollerson to achieve ...
It seemed like a great idea when you were in your 20s, but getting inked may be something you’d rather put behind you than show off every time you bare that skin. Is there a safe way to remove a tattoo? Yes, but this is not a ...
Free WiFi and nursing rooms—those seem to be the current hot-button amenities for public places to offer. What about your salon? Do new moms on the salon team have a comfortable place to nurse or pump? What breastfeeding experiences have ...
When we saw this graphic posted in a blog by Niraj Naik, known as the “Renegade Pharmacist,” we had to share it with our Healthy Hairdresser Coke drinkers. Naik created this to illustrate the damage a single 12-ounce serving of ...
As an evolving Healthy Hairdresser yourself, you know that you must ensure your own wellbeing in order to stay healthy and strong enough to assist clients in their quest for health, peace and beauty. This approach is key to an initiative just ...
”Take a deep breath. You can do this. You have the talent. Here, let me show you how I do it. Let me know if you need more help. Let’s take a class together. Here’s how I talk to my client…”If any of that ...
Standing at your station all day is tough enough. When you can’t catch your breath or you cough through your consultations, it can be miserable.Summer is high-season for allergies and asthma, but any nagging symptoms require attention no ...
“Small tweaks can make all the difference,” says Sulyn Silbar, an orthopedic massage therapist and posture and fitness expert who works with clients experiencing chronic body pain and low energy caused by poor posture and faulty ...
