At the most recent LBP (Luxury Brand Partners) Innovation Summit held in Carmel, California, MODERN met with Coral Pleas, owner of the Cutting Loose Salons (3 in Sarasota, Florida and one in Somers, Connecticut). Pleas works with a total of 65 ...
David Thurston, co-owner of Butterfly Loft Salon and Spa of Los Angeles, California, is the creator of one of our favorite Instagram sites: @butterflyloftsalon. Thurston is an enlightened leader who guides and supports his team allowing each to ...
Let's Get DigitalMany clients now view a mani/pedi as maintenance—not luxury—and as such, mastering that skill set makes you an important member of a salon team even if you do spend most of your time doing hair. Nail shape ...
Mustafa Avci (@hairsalonm), owner of Salon M in Brooklyn, NY and educator (check out www.mustafaworkshop.com), is the king of glamorous waves and large, elegant updos. He just shot these gorgeous looks and asked if we wanted to share with our ...
She is an uber-famous face-and body-but Kathy Ireland long ago illustrated that her good looks are matched by equally good brains. The model, actress and author launched her brand kathy ireland Worldwide in 1993 and since then she has been ...
Weddings can be a stressful time for you and for your client because they're typically more high-stakes than a standard cut and color. After all, pictures from her wedding can live on for all eternity, as far as she is concerned!Geneva ...
Some of your most demanding clients might not even be more than 12 years old. Children are notorious for being hit-or-miss clients; it often seems that they're either shy, calm and quiet as a mouse or rambunctious and moving ...
Color Master John Simpson has generated a lot of buzz with MODERN's May 2015 cover, a beautiful, shiny, vibrant and saturated red that has all the luster and coverage every colorist wants to offer to his or her client. In these two very ...
You can still give your client the luxurious blow-dry she deserves while also saving yourself a little time - and that equates to booking more clients (and making more cash, too!)Here, 30-year salon industry veteran Mario Russo, owner and lead ...
Richard Mannah, international artistic director, Label.m USA, is no stranger to winning awards including winning the coveted London Hairdresser Of The Year in the British Hairdressing Awards."Some of the world's best hairdressers either ...
MODERN heard from one of our favorite artists, Gina Bianca (@the_hair_doctor), who has learned A LOT in her short 23 years. An extremely talented hairdresser and owner of Gina Bianca Hair, Plantsville, Connecticut, Bianca says she "lives by ...
EUFORA recently held their second quarter Eufora Salon Owner Network (ESON) meeting, which focused on teaching salon owners how to recruit excellent talent. Joanne Magana, Eufora’s head of ESON , put together these suggestions for how to ...
"One of the most difficult haircuts to maintain consistency is a layered haircut," says cutting and style master Sam Villa."Hairdressers and consumers alike often misunderstand the term ‘layering,’" Villa says. ...
Gray 101Mike Petrizzi, artistic director for Zotos AGEbeautiful, a vitamin E-infused color line that’s designed to cover grays while it fights five signs of aging hair, is well-versed in the oft-daunting task of ...
Don't freak out when you and your client see the first signs of gray. In this short video demo, colorist Mike Petrizzi, who also serves as Artistic Director, AGEBEautiful, shares tips on serving the client who is slightly (or even very) ...
As a makeup artist, it’s my job to make whomever sits in my chair gorgeous. Unfortunately, brutal winter winds often turn the prettiest skins into a rough and dry canvases. As any beauty professional knows, sandpaper skin is no ...
With the online submission process underway, the Professional Beauty Association (PBA) has released a list of tips and tricks for those interested in entering the 2015 North American Hairstyling Awards (NAHA). Put together with the help of the ...