
ASCP, ISPA and PBA Receive 2026 Power of Associations Award for Esthetics Licensure Compact
This shared recognition celebrates the strength of industry collaboration in advancing professional mobility.
With Salon Today's third installment of Beauty Pulse, a salon owner poll, we're checking up on salons' plans for a business holiday season.

WINTER IS COMING! Are you and your salon ready to rev up for the holiday season rush? The span of time from Black Friday to New Year’s Eve is the busiest and most lucrative for most salons. Have you done any special prep to make sure your 2017 bottom line is merry and bright?
Please spend five minutes answering these Beauty Pulse questions about your retail plans. Beauty Pulse is Salon Today’s salon owner poll to gather and share data from the brightest minds in the salon industry. Of course, this sharing of wisdom only happens if you participate!
CLICK HERE to participate in this month's Beauty Pulse poll.
While we’re still working on our graphics to tell our story on our last Beauty Pulse on losing staff members (look for it soon on our Facebook page), here are links to stories that came out of our first Beauty Pulse Survey on staff meetings.
The Skinny on Staff Meetings with the Result from the First Beauty Pulse Survey
Games Salons Play to Engage the Team

This shared recognition celebrates the strength of industry collaboration in advancing professional mobility.

In Dubai, a salon visit isn’t an appointment. It’s a weekly routine, and clients can spend $800 to $1,400 a month on it, according to Gaurav Tripathi of MADI International. On October 6-8, 2026, the market behind those numbers opens its doors as Beautyworld Dubai marks its 30th edition at the Dubai World Trade Centre, bringing together distributors, brands, stylists and salon owners from all over the world.

In October, volunteers plan to walk and take the plunge during at the annual event, HairToStay Does the Bay. Find out how you can participate and support the organization that grants subsidies to cancer patients so they can receive cold cap treatments to save their hair during chemotherapy.
At Premiere Orlando 2026, SALON TODAY catches up with Easihair Pro's Angela Gilmore, who talks about why stylists lose clients who are suffering from thinning hair and hair loss, and how their new Hairlosophy line can help.

Illuminated Paths is a boxed set of 52 cards, a guidebook, and an Oracolor Wheel, a visual framework that helps readers reconnect with the qualities they want to bring into everyday life.

In this rare essay, the president of a haircare brand takes us behind-the-scenes into a world we never see when we pick up a product off the shelves--the arduous, thought-probing, second-guessing journey of rebranding a legacy product line. Not only is her reflection fascinating, but it is also incredibly useful for any salon owner or manufacturer contemplating their own brand.

Twenty lucky winners will be selected July 30th, and each will be able to choose from three different service tray models.

Motivated by loved ones who have battled cancer, Phorest's Barry Quinn and two friends will embark on a three-day trek to the summit of the highest peak in North Africa in September, raising money for HairToStay. Find out how you can help them.

The company's Back to Business Sweepstakes is a direct investment in the stylists and salon owners who are building something that lasts.

Owners start to worry when a month's sales come up short compared to the same period last year, but that may have more to do with the days in the month than with an actual decline. The KIM Report's Alain Audet points to May 2026 as a prime example.