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Sit, Walk, Stand: Fight Bad Posture with Massage

“Small tweaks can make all the difference,” says Sulyn Silbar, an orthopedic massage therapist and posture and fitness expert who works with clients experiencing chronic body pain and low energy caused by poor posture and faulty ...

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Salon Pro Faces Weight Loss Backlash

Making the rounds online is a 24-year-old hair and makeup professional’s transformation story that has resonated with a lot of people. Simone Anderson, who lives and works in New Zealand, was proud of herself for losing 182 pounds in just ...

Managing Stress at the Salon

Stress on the job has been shown in study after study to be a major source of health problems. Salon professionals have always been fortunate that a major reason people report feeling stress on the job—a fear of being fired or laid ...

5 Reasons to Get More Sleep

Thanks to our Healthy Hairdresser friend Ivan Zoot for his social media posting of an article from Ace Fitness that drives home the reasons we need to be strict with ourselves about the shuteye. From the article, we can identify five problems ...

July Challenge Participants Share How They’d Spend Their “Extra 10 Minutes”!

Our Healthy Hairdresser Challenge this month has been a lot of fun! Participants are asked to tell us how they would spend an extra 10 minutes a day. Sponsored by Kenra, the Challenge highlights the time-saving benefits of the brand’s ...

15 Weird but Wonderful Foods

Does “eating well” mean “eating boring”? It’s easy to feel that you can’t look at one more kale salad, the novelty of grilled salmon wore off long ago and kiwi and pomegranate are best appreciated in a ...

5 Tips for a Healthier Summertime You

Summer is a good season to review your approach to diet and exercise. With so many fresh fruits and vegetables available, you can try more options for getting your antioxidants. The warm weather also removes the indoor limits of a ...

Your Next Step: Vigorous Exercise

Two new studies reported in The New York Times indicate that living longer is associated with perhaps more exercise than we think. The combined findings of the two studies are leading to some conclusions:As we’ve been told, any exercise is ...

Is “Work/Life Balance” Good Advice for Hairdressers?

We read so much about making time for “life” in a society where work can spread into a 24/7 habit. It makes sense—what’s the point of making money if you never have time to spend it? These days even “social” ...

Into the Woods: 10 Tips for Safe Summer Camping

Do you love camping? Or are you braving it for the first time? Either way, bring a pillow for comfort, get your Spotify ready and head out into the wild outdoors with these 10 safety tips based on information from the U.S. Forest ...