
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.
SALON TODAY's Take Action Guide profiles philanthropic organizations supported by and organized for the professional beauty industry. Here we introduce you to the Beauty Bus Foundation.
Beauty Bus Foundation
Beautybus.org
Through the Beauty Bus Foundation’s in-home beauty and grooming visits, pop-up salons and bags of beauty program, the organization serves chronically or terminally ill men, women and children suffering from ALS, cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy, Parkinson’s, spinal cord injuries, stroke and other select neuromuscular and motor neuron diseases, as well as their caregivers. In five short years, the Beauty Bus has donated 3,800 services to more than 2,600 clients and delivered more than 14,500 bags of beauty. Their loving services provide a gentle and caring temporary break for both the client and the caregiver from doctor’s visits, hospitals and other stresses. The Beauty Bus Foundation is looking for beauty professionals who can donate some of their time, donations of products from distributors and manufacturers and sponsors for their Pop-Up Salons.


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.