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Bright Lights, Big City: Colorful Knotted Updo

The Ulta Beauty Pro Team collaborated on their winter collection,  Bright Lights, Big City , shot in the epicenter of New York City.  In a behind-the-scenes look of this Times-Square-based shoot, team member  Carmody Homan  demonstrates how to create an upstyle called Color Swipe.

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HOW-TO: Festive Braided Upstyle

Living Proof educator Liz Greco created a macro braided updo by back combing and creating three gorgeous braids that meet and tuck in at the ends. Here, she details how to get the look.

Announcing the 2017 Haute Holiday Winner!

After narrowing down thousands of special-occasion styles to our favorite 10, we challenged semifinalists to create their best holiday-ready styles, and Ulta Beauty Senior Designer Galyna Poczciwinski is the winner of the Haute Holiday contest!

How-To: Festive Braided Bow Updo by @hairbydorthi

MODERN editors Alison Alhamed and Lauren Quick visited Color Me New salon in Oak Forest, Illinois, for holiday-ready hairstyles with Nora Dababneh and Dorthi Kościelniak.

HOW-TO: Twisted Low Ponytail Idea

We can't stop looking at this low, loose ponytail with a French twist! This is a great styling idea that will make your client's dimensional color pop!

Haute Holiday How-Tos With @annette_updo_artist

@annette_updo_artist and her sister, makeup artist @makeupbynataliejane create holiday-ready looks perfect to glam up your clients for winter festivities.

HOW-TO: Create The Perfect BOHO Braid

Lindsey Olsen demos how-to create the perfect boho braid.

See the Top 5 Haute Holiday Entries!

Our Haute Holiday finalists share their final submissions and how they created the looks!

Winning 'Dos: Skyscraper Sunset How-To

Learn how to create the Skyscraper Sunset style from the article  Winning 'Dos .

Announcing the Haute Holiday Top 10 Semifinalists!

See the top 10 semifinalists work from MODERN SALON's Haute Holiday styling competition--from Hollywood waves, to bling-y braids and faux bobs, it wasn’t easy to judge this first round, but it certainly was beautiful!