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Mary Swank: Salon-wide Slim-Down

When Healthy Hairdresser contacted salon owner Mary Swank to notify her that she’d won the Aveda Stress Fix Body Care Gift Basket in our February Challenge, “Align Yourself,” we learned a lot about Swank’s salon, Simply ...

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Manning Up to Breast Cancer

Although males account for only 1% of breast cancer cases, breast cancer still is a diagnosis faced by 2,350 men each year, according to the American Cancer Society. The lifetime risk for men of about 1 in 1,000 has remained stable over the past ...

Avoid the Restaurant Menu’s Hidden Calories

One reason restaurant food tastes so good is what you don’t see on the menu: how they cook it. Hidden butter, shortening and sugar are ingredients you can control at home but not as easily when you’re ordering off a menu. And then ...

Elline Surianello: First-Hand Hair Loss

“When you’re a hair professional and you walk around with no hair, people assume you’re having chemotherapy,” says Elline Surianello, a makeup artist and hair pro who knows from personal experience that chemotherapy ...

Family, Nature and Work Rise in Our “Great” Challenge

Family, Nature and Work Rise in Our “Great” Challenge Three themes are emerging in your responses to the October Healthy Hairdresser Challenge, sponsored by Great Clips, asking you to share the one thing that inspires you ...

Pink Out Loud

Kristin Firrell, vice president of product development at Paul Mitchell, is sharing the story of her personal breast cancer journey as part of her company’s “Pink Out Loud” campaign during October, National Breast Cancer ...

Bobbi Foster-Kelly: Trickle-Down Health Training

When you’re the educator who trains the trainers, you know that your words are reaching many more hairdressers than you directly teach. That’s a lot of responsibility! “It’s in the ‘trainings for the ...

Your “Great” is First-Rate!

You’ve been responding to our October Healthy Hairdresser Challenge with inspiring tips in sharing your personal “Great!” that helps you to replenish and recharge. There are still two weeks to enter the Challenge, sponsored by ...

Hair Entrepreneurs Fight Domestic Violence

During the Domestic Violence Awareness Month of October, the manufacturers of a new hair accessory are targeting a campaign to help end this “close to home” type of abuse. “Stop Abuse—No Excuse” is the mantra of ...

Get Your Tests!

Flue shots, a twice-yearly dental checkup, an annual mammogram, a colonoscopy every five years—when you’re trying to be medically responsible, your calendar can fill up quickly. Think about it this way: the time you spend on ...