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Feeling competitive? Check out these cool beauty industry competitions to get your creative juices flowing!
Feeling competitive? Check out these cool beauty industry competitions to get your creative juices flowing!
MODERN SALON got a backstage pass at the New York Fashion Week, which featured the fall/winter 2010 collections, and captured hairstylists as they created magic before the models hit the runway.
Thomas Dunkin, lead hairstylist for Sebastian, created wild hairstyles for the Betsey Johnson and William Rast Fall 2010 shows at New York Fashion Week.
International hair stylist Odile Gilbert has been making an impact on the world of fashion and film for decades with her talent for creating beautiful hair.
L’Oréal Professionnel introduces INOA, a new hair color line, at a two-day event in New York City.
The Joico/ISO Guest Artist Training, a four-day 2010 kick-off in February, featuring the launch of the new Joico and ISO collections — Le Graphique and Metal.Lux.
Robert Bushy, stylist at ANiU Salon in Madison, Wisconsin and former NAHA finalist, was recently chosen from a select group of stylists worldwide to attend the Vidal Sassoon International Masters course in London.
The launch of “Signature Series,” the make-up session and photo shoot designed for salon professionals to develop cosmetic application skills. Your Name Cosmetics sponsored the first session, giving its professional make-up kit to all attending.
The first thing any stylist should do is to reassure their clients about their hair, and help them see its beauty.
Here's some take-home advice for clients with textured hair.
It was exactly one-week ago that I started beauty school at Pivot Point, and exactly one-week ago that I met Jackie O. She is a beautiful woman with long lashes and big, beautiful eyes. And now, world, I introduce her to you. Meet Jackie O.
You're having one of those days. You're late to work, your first client never showed, you dropped some mustard on your pants at lunch. Grrrrr. Just when you think things can't get worse, you’re mixing color for a client, you drop the bowl and the color goes everywhere, all over her new designer purse. With a bad day, when it rains it pours.
Expanding your hours and implementing double shifts is a great way to drive the most efficiency out of your space, but it can also drive a wedge in salon communication, because all the team members rarely are in the salon at the same time.

This celebrity stylist answers our questions about his personal style.
What should you expect in your first few years on the job? We talk to salon owners, beauty school grads and industry experts to find out.
Boosting retail sales is the easiest way for stylists and salons to grow their profitability. But for some, initiating the retail conversation with clients can be a difficult, sometimes uncomfortable, task.
When a salon is departmentalized, colorists work strictly on color and hairstylists specialize in hair cutting and hairstyling. So communication from stylist to colorist is key.