Stylist Spotlight - Modern Salon

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Salon Career Path: All Things Beauty

There are thousands of powerful, personal salon success stories happening every day throughout the Salon at Ulta Beauty. Here’s an inspiring one—watch for more online and on social media, and inside special editions of insideLOOK!

Sponsored by The Salon by Instyle

#IBELONG In Beauty: This Stylist Found Flexibility and Security in Her Career

by Staff

Connie Holmes has done it all—stylist, salon owner, manager, educator, platform artist, artistic director. But sometimes the unexpected happens.

Stylist Spotlight

Please Put Brunette Back in the Pile of Hair Color Options

by Anne Moratto

This artist is leading #TheBlondeResistance, hoping clients--and stylists--will give brunettes the love and respect they deserve.

Style

How to Create Cool Girl Waves with the Right Amount of Grit

by Mary Kaleta

A little grit is always needed when looking to give your clients piecey waves. Las Vegas stylist Shelley Gregory uses R+Co's Skyline dry shampoo to create definition and texture.

Color

From Blonde to Brunette, Explaining the Journey to a Client

by Anne Moratto

We love a good visual for talking to clients about color processes but this colorist also uses some great, easy-to-understand language to share with a client wanting to go darker.

Style

Men's Hair How-To: Undone Perfection

by Mary Kaleta

Give your clients "woke up like this" hair using products from Sexy Hair's men's line. In this video tutorial, Alex Rivera, @alexfaction, demos how to create effortless texture.

When Melissa Wendt moved to a new city, she needed job security and a fresh start for herself...

In partnership with The Salon by Instyle

#IBELONG In Beauty: This Pro Found a Salon Family That Takes Care of Her Family

by Staff

When Melissa Wendt moved to a new city, she needed job security and a fresh start for herself and her two kids. She found all of that and more at The Salon by InStyle inside JCPenney.

Valsamis used GL Tapes from Great Lengths to give this braid depth and thickness.

Style

Add Extensions to Give Braids Dimension

by Mary Kaleta

When looking to add fullness and volume to her braided styles, artist Alison Valsamis (@braidedandblonde) uses extensions. In this video tutorial, Valsamis incorporated Great Lengths' GL Tapes to give this 3D pull-through braid extra depth.

In partnership with Ulta

Salon Career Path: Flex Appeal

by Staff

"We are really just at the tip of the iceberg—there is so much room for continued growth at the Salon at Ulta Beauty, so many stylists, skin therapists and arch experts who could join us as we keep expanding." - SARAH DAHL

In partnership with Ulta

Salon Career Path: Coming Home

by Staff

Never did I think this country boy who made all the wrong choices early in my career and personal life would be able to impact so many other people’s careers.

In partnership with Ulta

Salon Career Path: Personal Makeover

by Staff

"I’m coming up on my five-year Ulta-versary and I’m celebrating some milestones: I am 100% debt free, have paid off two cars, received five promotions, joined the education team, earned Elite Salon Professional status, and I am house hunting for my very first home." - BAILEY RICHARDSON

For this firey red, @kinganthonyyyy used
Matrix SoColor Cult in Orange Alert and Lucky
Ducky...

Wellness

Team Players: Members of Ulta Beauty's Design Team Share How the Experience Has Changed Their Lives

by Mary Kaleta

As artists, the freedom of expression is best amplified under a unified and supportive message, and at Ulta Beauty, the Design Team is the ultimate example of the benefits of teamwork.