healthy hairdresser

Healthy Haircutter: A New Blog Series on Taking Care of You So You Can Take Care of Them

In support of Modern Salon's Healthy Hairdresser Initiative, I will now be posting once per week on a fitness and wellness-related topic that is to be of interest to salon professionals.In addition to my cosmetology and barber education, I ...

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Wash Your Hands: 5 Common Mistakes

Hand-washing is among the top suggestions for making sure you don’t catch what your clients and team members bring into the salon...make sure you're doing it right!

Salon Owner Posts Video for Autism Awareness Month

Back in 2013, Nicole Hitchcock, owner of NH2 Salon in Novato, California, wanted to do something special to promote autism awareness during April Autism Awareness Month. She did two things. First, Hitchcock got permission at her ...

Modern Reports: America's Beauty Show 2016

THE EVENT: America’s Beauty Show 2016 at McCormick Place in Chicago, March 12-14. THE DETAILS: More than 70,000 salon pros and owners, students, educators, product manufacturers and more attended this year’s show. The exhibit ...

Switch from Distracted Eating to Eating Mindfully

We’re not paying attention, which may be why we’re putting on pounds. Do you look at your food as you’re eating it, or are your eyes glued to the computer screen, the TV, your phone or the color formula you’re ...

Healthy Hairdresser Hero: Anne Enfiomusi

Anne EnfiomusiBeauty industry executiveVice President, Piermarco Group“We shouldn’t feel guilty about pampering ourselves,” says Anne Enfiomusi, co-owner and vice president of Piermarco Group, a full-service distributor serving ...

Take the April Challenge! Pledge to Lose Your First 10 Pounds

Many salon pros in the Healthy Hairdresser community have identified weight loss as a goal for 2016 and a contributing factor to overall health concerns that affect career sustainability, productivity and lifestyle. In fact, it was the ...

Health is a Personal Journey

Each of us has to find our own motivation for living a healthy lifestyle. Hairdressers share their reasons for making changes.Sometimes a serious health crisis is the wake-up call that gets people to overhaul their lifestyle. Other times an ...

Carly LaManna: Creating Abundance through Health

Thanks for a great inspirational Healthy Hairdresser email from Carly LaManna, colorist at Planet Salon in Los Angeles, who writes: “Beauty shines from within… Be the change you want to see… To thine own self be ...

"Spring Cleaning" Your Finances

If you’re among the two-thirds of Americans who admit to having disorganized personal finances, spring is the perfect time to tackle this issue. Three top personal finance projects for Americans, according to the Country Financial Group, ...