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Artist Connective member Heidi Marie Garrett Villa demonstrates how adding length using extensions makes all the difference with this boho upstyle using a base of Great Lengths' GL Tapes extensions.

Artist Connective member Heidi Marie Garrett Villa demonstrates how adding length using extensions makes all the difference with this boho upstyle using a base of Great Lengths' GL Tapes extensions.

Artist Connective member Katie DeLuca (@hairbykatied) is no stranger to braids. Find out what she used to create a full, seamless fishtail style.

Using these new color masques from Aloxxi, @beautybyhaleygarber was able to create a playful color palette that is a beautiful surprise.

Stylists and colorists are using Instagram to post more than just beautiful hair pictures. Here are seven hair transformations and tutorials to watch this week.

MODERN’s had a relationship with DeLuca for at least 10 years—but only recently did we start encouraging her (okay, maybe a little strong-arming, but she needed it) to focus on her @hairbykatied Instagram page and get more eyes on her much-deserving work. Here's what she did to boost her following, engagement and, as a result, clientele.

Olivia Garden was the hair tools sponsor for looks inspired by blush tones blush tones, garden-print florals, and signature tailored silhouettes in the Rachel Zoe SS '19 Show.

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MODERN SALON editors love nothing more than finding hidden talent on Instagram. Haley Garber (@beautybyhaleygarber) caught our attention with her posts upon posts of perfect braided rosettes. Read more about Garber here.

After narrowing thousands of Best of the Fest submissions to our 10 semifinalists, we asked the 10 talented stylists to create a beautiful festival balayaged look. Our panel of judges and editors picked their five favorites!

From boho braids, space buns, fun accessories such as flowers and headbands, beautiful balayage and glitter, it wasn’t easy to judge this first round, but it certainly was beautiful.

In the wise words of her highness Beyonce, if you like it then you should have put a ring on it. Although she likely wasn't referring to ring braids when she said this, we digress.

Sam Villa demos how-to create an amazing braid using simple tools. This is a wonderful, professional technique.

One creative stylist with a carry-on suitcase produced a photo shoot in the Costa Rican jungle, celebrating the surroundings and playing with texture and embellishment in braids, buns and twists.

Alison Valsamis started creating braided rose upstyles after being inspired by planting roses with her grandmother. She never dreamed that a figment of her imagination would go viral worldwide.

CosmoProf and MODERN SALON partner to bring salons Modern Fairytale, a collection of products, tools and looks that will get clients excited! It's all about ethereal, iridescent shades of beauty.