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Help Grande Naturals Fight Ovarian Cancer

Salons and stylists who purchase Grande Naturals’ limited edition GrandeTEAL Kit can help save lives this month. To mark September as Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, Grande Naturals is donating 50% of proceeds from sales of the kit to ...

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Hairdressers are Passionate about What They Stand For!

Our September Healthy Hairdresser Challenge is going strong! Many of you are sharing “what you stand for” as a salon professional. All participants are eligible to receive one of 30 pairs of compression fashion hosiery from this ...

Deb Gavin: Bending, Boxing and Body Position

“This is a very physical career,” says Deb Gavin, international artistic director at Keratin Complex and owner of Fresh Hair Studio in Southampton, Pennsylvania. “When you’re young, you think injuries won’t happen ...

Marco Pelusi: Be a Health Resource

Celebrity hair colorist Marco Pelusi gets around—to all of the right people! The owner of Marco Pelusi Hair Studio in West Hollywood, California, Pelusi has been leading his team and even his clients toward healthier practices by pooling ...

Take a Stand

Salon owners represent their businesses at their local Chamber of Commerce; salon teams select charities to support; individual stylists voice their opinions at an industry association meeting. From promoting healthy habits to protecting natural ...

Could You Have Plantar Fasciitis?

If your first steps of the morning generate pain at your heel, you might have plantar faciitis. Left untreated, this can become a chronic condition. To accommodate the pain, you might change the way you walk, and that can lead to problems the ...

Get a Leg Up on Health!

“When your feet are miserable, you’re miserable!” says stylist Michael Breen, owner of Michael’s Cottage Salon in Jacksonville, Florida. Being on your feet all day isn’t good for the human body, but that’s how ...

Immunizations Save Lives!

With many parents opting out of immunizing their children, pediatricians and schools are diligently urging parents to vaccinate before school starts—in August, National Immunization Month. Some states are passing laws making it harder for ...

“Hands Up” Mentors Vary, But They All Believe in You

The results so far of this month’s Healthy Hairdresser Challenge offer much inspiration! In asking you to share the name of the person who gave you a “hands up” to boost your professional success, we’re finding that a few ...

Candy Shaw Codner: Spread the Health

There’s something about turning 50 that feels like a wake-up call for reviewing your lifestyle.  “When I turned 50, I realized that I was closer to the end than the beginning,” says famed Atlanta stylist Candy Shaw ...