HOW-TO: Fastest Way to Straighten Hair
Straighten hair faster by slowing down not speeding up. Sam Villa shares his top tips on perfecting a silky smooth finish.
Straighten hair faster by slowing down not speeding up. Sam Villa shares his top tips on perfecting a silky smooth finish.
Schwarzkopf Professional and FHI Heat have teamed up to produce the SKP-Pro Heat Dryer and SKP-PRO Heat Flat Iron.
Hot Tools’ NexGen appliances are formulated with the essences of coconut and jojoba extracts, combined with Titanium and Nano Ceramic Micro Shine technologies.

Hot Tools introduces their new Hot Tools Fire Flower collection of hair appliances including a curling iron, hair dryer and flatiron. Read the features of each appliance.
Thanks to MODERN Facebook fan Najah Aziz, owner and stylist at Like the River The Salon in Atlanta, Georgia, for sharing this 1920s-inspired style she created.
Hot Iron Holster provides a convenient way to keep hot styling tools organized and safe at home or at the salon. The proproprietary silicone material allows the Hot Iron Holster to cling to any smooth surface without suction cups or adhesives.
Call them unique, distinctive or the first of their kind, these dryers, irons and brushes represent the next generation of styling tools.
Read more about this cordless flatiron.
Read more about the Salon Tech 1" Diamond Spotlight Iron.
More about IZUNAMI's Fume Iron, a flatiron with a fume extraction system to reduce the risk of harming the health of stylists and clients during keratin treatments (or those in which chemicals are released into the air).
Watch a demo of Izunami's Fume Iron as it sucks in vapors released during treatments that require a flatiron.
The Corioliss K3 Professional Capsule Treatment Iron features a unique capsule system with a heat activated Keratin Fixer treatment that restores strengthens and minimizes hair breakage as you style!
Orlando Pita uses a T3 flatiron to pass over braids and create texture at Derek Lam.
As hairdressers, you use your straightening iron on a daily basis, but do you truly understand the principles of a flatiron and how to use it for optimal results? In this video Sam Villa demonstrates the three principles of a flatiron and how to achieve smooth, sleek, straight hair using a comb and an iron; he also shows how to use a round brush and flatiron to create a beautiful beveled finish.
Inspired by uneven skirts, geometric shapes and asymmetrical fashion silhouettes in current seasons, Redken's Sam Villa says free-hand tilted fringe is the ideal accessory to compliment the perfect imperfection of today.
Smoothing a client’s hair with BioIonic’s Agave Smoothing Treatment typically takes just over an hour from start to finish, depending on the hair’s length and texture.
When Laura Viera, stylist at Salon Bliss in Boynton Beach, Florida, was asked to create a “modern business woman” for an editorial photo shoot, she quickly thought of creating texture and bringing back the old with a modern editorial twist.