Lotus Abrams

For his latest collection, Xposure, KMS California Artistic Director Edwin Johnston married strong British cutting techniques with softer, unforced finishing reminiscent of French styling. For the updo seen here, hair was prepped with KMS California AddVolume Styling Foam before blow-drying, then...more >>

For this beautiful multidimensional color look, Goldwell International Guest Artist Dimitrios Tsioumas was inspired by fresh strawberries. "I looked at the different shapes and the multiple red shades you find in strawberries," says Tsioumas, color director at Mizu New York in Manhattan.

Victorian Romance Jenny Shircore, a beauty talent who picked up an Oscar in 1998 for her work in Elizabeth, is at it again. This time around, Shircore landed in the Victorian era, working her magic on-set as the designer of hair and makeup for The Young Victoria. "I poured through hundreds of books...more >>

Color Therapy

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Paying homage to the Y-3 and Jil Sander aesthetic, Lina Arrojo for Arrojo Studios has introduced a new collection called IndiVisual. The centerpiece of the collection is the new shag. Featuring a new sectioning pattern and spiraling, windmill-shaped layering technique, it's a different kind of...more >>

Zano Salon and Spas, with five locations in the Chicago suburbs, is clearly doing something right; next year they'll be celebrating 25 years in business. In addition to carefully selected locations and talented staff members, Zano has excellent retail sales figures, which currently account for 44...more >>

Stylists at Hair by Bennie and Friends in Louisville, KY, have a new tool to help them recommend BennieFactor products for each client's needs: BennieFactor Professional Prescription Notepads. Clients leave a salon feeling so much better when the stylist they trust recommends a product, says...more >>

Andrea Bolding, the owner of Barnets Salon in San Francisco's eclectic Mission District, didn't originally intend to create a Western-themed salon, but was inspired by the cowhide benches her contractor husband designed for the space.