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Oribe Educator Spotlight: Mandee Tauber

Oribe Educator Mandee Tauber has learned so much for herself and loves educating and inspiring others to be successful in their careers. Her passion and talents reside in editorial styling and working backstage at Fashion Week. Learn more about Tauber and her path to becoming an educator. "Oribe has really changed the way I am. I love offering knowledge to others!"

Left to right: ULTA Beauty Pro Team: Sean Godard, Sonya Dove, Ammon Carver, Nick Stenson,...

Events

Beauty Changes Lives Experience NextGen Sneak Peek: Team ULTA

by Staff

Meet the ULTA Beauty Pro team and the NextGen artists they will mentor.

Events

Beauty Changes Lives Experience NextGen Sneak Peek: Team Wella

by Staff

Wella will bring the Wella Trend Vision theme to the Beauty Changes Lives Experience runway on Sunday, April 29.

Extensions

Total Hair Transformation: Melted Hair Saved by Well-Timed Hair Color, Treatments and Extensions

by Anne Moratto

With her client's hair melted and hanging in stringy bits, this talented hairdresser brought her A-game to this amazing makeover.

Events

Beauty Changes Lives Experience NextGen Sneak Peek: Team Redken

by Staff

As the countdown to the 6th Beauty Changes Lives Experience continues, meet the NextGen team representing Redken on the runway.

Events

Beauty Changes Lives Experience NextGen Sneak Peek: Team Matrix

by Staff

The NextGen team representing Matrix Professional will share their interpretation of the theme “Exposed” on the Beauty Changes Lives Experience fashion runway, Sunday April 29, during America’s Beauty Show.

A pink-peach color combo that offers all the fun of unicorn hair without compromising hair health.

Color

Low-Maintenance Rainbow Sherbet Hair Color How-To

by Anne Moratto

Maintain hair health while still helping a client explore their inner unicorn.

Events

Get to Know Celebrity Stylist Kim Kimble

by Jamie Newman

Hair is in Kim Kimble's DNA. The third-generation hair stylist has worked on films, television shows, done work for magazines, and has a hair care brand under her own name. At this year’s Premiere Orlando, attendees will have the opportunity take part in a live photo shoot while learning from Kimble's expertise.

Wellness

How to Transition Hair Color from Winter to Spring

by Lauren Salapatek

The change in season can trigger a change in hair color for clients. The SOLO Artist Advisory Council of industry experts answer how you can help your clients transition color according to the season.

Wellness

Balancing Work and Life as a Solo Artist

by Lauren Salapatek

After working in many salons as an employee, manager, wedding coordinator and as a self-employed stylist, Gioia Gomez, currently based at Akasu Hair Studio & Spa, in Portland, Oregon, found the perfect balance. “There are many different ways to be a productive, proﬁtable hairdresser. No one way is the right way for everyone,” she says. “I’ve found being a solo artist is a perfect ﬁt for me.”

Style

Royal Treatment: Throne Barbershop in Portland

by Anne Moratto

Alyssa Lynn Von (@ladyvonbarber), winner of the American Crew U.S. All-Star Challenge in 2015, is promoting the work of other barbers and men’s groomers by taking tours of barbershops and sharing a behind-the-scenes look at these bastions of barbering.

Fallyn Mireaut, Salon Raleigh, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Stylist Spotlight

Beauty Changes Lives Announces 2017 Leo Passage Scholarship Winners

by Staff

Barber and hairstylists will define “Exposed” at America’s Beauty Show 2018

Color

Salon Culture: Bringing Fashion to the Color Bar

by Jamie Newman

In an interview with MODERN SALON, partners in the salon and life Lo Wheeler Davis and Jason Davis give the lo-down (get it?) on their newest venture—Salon Culture—and how they balance owning a salon and running a just-for-the-stylist fashion line.