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3 Simple Steps for Safe Cookouts

Whether you’re grilling onsite at the salon or at home in the evening or on your day off, you don’t want your team, family or guests to get sick from the food! Remember that warm temperatures are friendly to bacteria.“Food ...

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10 Ways to Manage Anger

We know that anger doesn’t literally make our “blood boil” or make us “see red,” but when you’re angry it does affect your body. Physical reactions range from a rise in blood pressure and a faster heartbeat to ...

Healthy Hairdresser’s June Challenge Discovers Salon Teams Working Together on Health!

In response to “A Team Effort,” the Healthy Hairdresser Challenge throughout June, we’re excited about the responses detailing salon-wide efforts to get the whole team healthy! These efforts range from informal support to ...

A Hairdresser Bikes Across the U.S. for Style Heroes

“We are all looking for ways to give back,” says Nina Husen owner with Nicole Hitchcock of NH2 Salon in Novato, California. “Blessed beyond measure, it makes it even sweeter when that blessing can be shared. For a hairstylist ...

Grief and Emotional Healing

Current events in the news have Americans caught between the need to grieve and the mandate to keep moving forward. Whether your loss is very personal or shared with a community, it’s important to take measures to make sure you’re ...

Salon Break: Summertime is Family Vacation Time

Taking time away from the salon this summer to spend time with your family? You may agree with a recent Groupon survey finding that parents believe their kids are 18 times more likely to benefit from an experience than a toy. Don’t follow ...

Guys, Be Careful with Alcohol

While excessive drinking is dangerous for everyone, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) cautions men especially to watch their alcohol habits because men are greater risk-takers in general. For example, they are more likely to drive fast or ...

Take the June Healthy Hairdresser Challenge: How Do You Encourage Team Involvement?

Almost everything in the salon works better when the entire team focuses on one goal, one great result. Striving to improve your personal health inside and out of the salon is no exception. There can be great bene?t when you and your colleagues ...

Healthy Hairdresser Hero: Julie Vargas

Body, spirit and business are all linked, says Julie Vargas, senior director of career opportunities at Sport Clips, June’s Healthy Hairdresser sponsor.“When I cut carbs, I made it a permanent way of living,” Vargas says. ...

Men's Health: Getting Men to Prioritize Preventative Care

Although women have been outliving men for centuries both in the U.S. and globally, men continue to lag behind women in taking advantage of routine preventative care as well as in seeking immediate medical attention when pain or illness ...