
Manic Panic and its Founders Tish and Snooky Bellomo Named Sally Beauty's 2026 Vendor of the Year
The award recognizes the partnership between Sally Beauty and Manic Panic.
The concept brings professional recommendation into the online product purchase.

HOB Salons has launched HOB Homecare to help clients at home get the best hair care specifically for them. The HOB Salons team spent a year working on the concept, with the aim of ensuring that all clients use the correct products for their hair type.
Clients can book a free online video consultation with a hairdressing expert to discuss their haircare concerns and find the perfect regime that is personal to them and their hair type. Similar to an in-salon constultation, the expert then offers coloring and styling advice. The client can buy the prescribed products at the click of a button.
The website retails products from Olaplex, System Professional, Sebastian, Nioxin, ghd, Alterna and Wella.
Led by four-time British Hairdresser of the Year and HOB Salons International Creative Director Akin Konizi, the website is designed to care for all hair types away from the salon.
“We are moving onto another level of client care," Konizi says. "Clients come and see us every 6-12 weeks and then go home and use products from wherever. We lose control of how they care for their hair, but now with HOB Homecare we can recommend what to use at home that they can’t buy at a supermarket. So, if they run out of a product, they can have a video consultation and ensure they get the right products specifically for them.”
General Manager Natasha Grossman adds, “What is good for one person doesn’t necessarily work for another person. Supermarket products are generic; what we’re offering is a personalized service between salon visits. We want to deliver expert advice so that clients can look after their hair properly at home and ultimately get the results they really want.”
The HOB team is so confident about client satisfaction that clients who purchase products through an expert recommendation and are not 100% satisfied with the results can request an exchange or a full refund within 28 days of the purchase.

The award recognizes the partnership between Sally Beauty and Manic Panic.

The easily wearable formula delivers XL volume, extreme length, and a weightless, lifted finish without the heaviness of traditional volumizing mascaras.

The International SPA Association recently announced that Jefferson Fisher, Jamie Kern Lima and Zack Kass are the keynote speakers for its 2027 Conference, scheduled for March 3-5 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.

Life of Riley Salon Supply and Riley Salon Resources are back in the family, as Kelly Huether acquires the professional distributor he co-founded in 2013.

BaBylissPRO and IGK have partnered to launch the BaBylissPRO Studio Trunk, transforming the professional tool brand’s digital Style Studio into a physical experience for the first time in its sixty-year history.

KEVIN.MURPHY's Flawless combines hair repair and styling benefits using KM.Re.Bond technology.

K18 Biomimetic Hairscience has partnered with Beauty Changes Lives to launch the K18 Future of Hair Scholarship, aiming to support aspiring professional stylists by reducing financial barriers to cosmetology education.

Rosy Salon Software integrates with Mya, empowering salons, spas, and barbershops to transform their websites into powerful, automated lead-generation machines.

Known for his buttery blondes and a technique for highlighting hair with more precision that he called chunking, Brad Johns died on August 27. His friend and fellow colorist, David Stanko, shares thoughts on his talented colleague and close friend.

The Green Beauty Community Foundation convenes beauty brands, salon-industry leaders, educators, and sustainability organizations for a collaborative professional beauty gathering on September 23rd in New York.