Salon Management

Tips for Targeting Male Clients this Father's Day

Today's healthy salon businesses are growing their male clientele, and Father's Day is the perfect time to capture these clients while perfecting strategies for retaining them year-round. DaySmart's Jeff Dickerson offers a collection of helpful tips on grooming a robust male market.

Ratner Artistic Team Collaborates for Rhyme and Reason Collection

For the first time, the Ratner Artistic team’s spring/summer collection is all encompassing for each Ratner brand.

Customer Service: How To Keep Your Client Happy

It’s not just about doing great hair, makeup, nails or skin care. So much of keeping your client happy is customer service. Eric Fisher shares his ten tips on making the client feel valued and important.

How 2 Pros Found a Certified Organic Product Solution

While organic products have been available for hair and skin for years, recent technology has helped develop green products that also perform at a high level and smell great. Two beauty pros discuss how Intelligent Nutrients is helping them serve all their clients needs while sustaining the planet.

Johnny B Haircare Celebrates 25 Years of B-ing Really Good

In any industry, 25 years is an achievement but in the beauty business, where things move so quickly, Johnny B has seen sustained growth with no end in sight.

David Lopez Joins Ulta Beauty Pro Team

Ulta Beauty welcomes David Lopez, top celebrity hairstylist and Kenra Professional Artist, to the Ulta Beauty Pro Team. Lopez brings years of experience to Ulta Beauty’s existing roster of industry pros.

2019 Salons of the Year: Trend Watch

Draw inspiration from some of our favorite design themes.

All The Ways To Price Your Specialty Hair Color

By the hour, by the level, by the bowl. Those are just some of the ways stylists are setting their rates for specialty hair color. Specialty color is hard work so don’t sell yourself short. Specialty color is also creative, and here are some creative ways stylists are charging for their artistry!

Sponsored by SalonCentric

Gone Grey Strategies That Will Keep You In Business

Gone grey doesn’t have to mean gone for good. There are still plenty of ways to contribute to your grey clients’ ongoing upkeep. Here are strategies that will keep your grey clients looking chic…and keep your service and retail income looking healthy.

Sponsored by SalonCentric

HairHoncho: All-In-One Free App for a Better Way to Run Your Business

Built to streamline, simplify, and lead to success, this new app was created by a designer whose hairdresser wife needed a better scheduling system--so he made her one.

Rebooking Really Not Happening? This May Be Why

A guest blog post from the founder of HairHoncho, a new free app for stylists and clients, alike.

Why Women Lose Hair And How You Can Help

Hair loss isn’t just a guy problem. Every stylist knows it can affect female clients, too. In women, hair loss manifests as decreased volume in the middle of the scalp, thinning overall or as a widening part. Are you prepared to help?

Sponsored by Hair Restoration Laboratories

Talk Data to Me: Salon Owners Define Opportunity, Measure Results at Data-Driven Salon Summit

The only event of its kind, Data-Driven Salon Summit hones in on success metrics, innovative business practices and technology tools to help salons grow.

Bellus Academy’s Lynelle Lynch Honored with Repêchage “Dedication to Advancement in Esthetics Education” Award

Lynelle Lynch, owner of Bellus Academy was honored with the “Advancement in Esthetics Education” award during the Repêchage 21st Annual International Conference.  The award recognizes professionals who have demonstrated a commitment to investing in the future of esthetics through excellence in skincare education.

Personal Style: NAHA 2019 Men's Hairstylist of the Year Pete Goupil

The Quebec, Canada-based salon owner, international barber and educator rocks a signature look complete with colorful tattoos, bright track pants, and a neatly groomed mustache and cropped hairstyle. Men’s Hairstylist of the Year with killer style—who better to honor in MODERN's annual men’s issue?!

Grooming Revolution: How Men's Styling Has Evolved

It doesn’t sound hyperbolic to be certain that the men’s grooming boom is here to stay—but, it hasn’t always been that way. Paul Wilson, American Crew Global Artistic Director, talks men’s grooming history, trends and the everlasting importance of education.

Are You Losing Money On Your Toning, Retouch Or Highlight Services?

The more you know, the more you save and the more money you make. That’s true of everything in your business. When you’re informed, you can make informed decisions. Knowing your numbers when it comes to hair color usage is particularly helpful because it’s so easy to over-use product and undercharge for services. Here’s how three salons, with the help of Vish software, http://www.getvish.com/demo/salontoday were able to analyze the data available at their fingertips to determine which services were losing money and which were producing healthy profits.

Sponsored by Vish