healthy hairdresser

Find Your "Great" - Grow Stronger With a Healthy Mindset

You spend all day making your clients look great and helping them feel great, too. Everything from your technical service to your caring consultation to your professional product recommendation is focused on creating a great experience. This all ...

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Plan to Stay Well

"Eat well and exercise” is great advice, but to fully monitor your health, follow the recommendations for routine tests and see key doctors regularly.How frustrating is it when clients neglect to follow your instructions? Instead of ...

A Hairdresser Inspires a Special Donation for Childhood Cancer

Every day, you help people feel good about themselves. But sometimes, without even knowing it, your craft can be a true inspiration. Check out this video about a hairdresser who brings to life his young niece’s vision of donating her hair ...

The Unstressful Commute

Lucky you if you can walk, bike or drive just a few minutes to work. But if you live far enough from the salon that your daily commute takes significant time, give yourself a break and figure out ways to use that time. No, not to work! ...

Young, Successful and Staying Healthy

Cassandra McGlaughlin and Dominique Limone work together, are both Paul Mitchell educators and have built a large following on Instagram as expert colorists who share their tips and secrets (@CassandraPlatinum and @limonetree). They also support ...

GO, SLOW, WHOA: An Everyday Approach to Eating

You can be healthy even if you indulge in some favorite foods that aren’t exactly on the “recommended” list. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recommends applying the “GO, SLOW, WHOA” approach to your daily ...

Bianca Hillier: Lifestyle Change

Every hairdresser learns the lesson to slow down. But at age 19? That’s when Bianca Hillier got her wake-up call. Working up to 16 hours a day, six days a week, Bianca was an ambitious, talented rising star at Sally Hershberger Salon ...

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: 12 Warning Signs

The words “childhood” and “cancer” should never have to go together, but each year more than 10,000 children are diagnosed with some type of cancer, according to City of Hope, a supporter of Healthy Hairdresser. When ...

Holiday: Take Care of You During the Holidays

It has become one of our favorite holiday traditions to close this special gift issue with a reminder to please take care of you during the pending busy season.As a salon professional, you give so much to your clients, colleagues and family ...

Aura Friedman: Start Young to Take Care of Yourself

“If you’ve chosen to be a hairdresser for your whole career, you’re 100% certain to experience pain in your back, legs, hands, tendons—everywhere,” says Aura Friedman, a stylist at Sally Hershberger Salon ...