Martin Parsons is educational, fast paced and entertaining. He is known for creating some of the most beautiful updos in the industry and matching them with incredibly colorful and sophisticated evening wear!

Truly one of the salon industry's most popular hairdressers.  See up-close step-by-step demonstrations of how to put hair up in minutes by utilizing his unique approach to long hair and how to apply it to your everyday salon work. 

Regarded as one of the foremost educators of his craft and a recipient of the NAHA Lifetime Achievement Award. Experience his creative genius in person! His classes will fill up quickly.  Mark your calendar to register early on February 1 !

• Are you struggling to increase your income?
• Have you ever lost haircolor clients and wondered why?
• Do you get uncomfortable being perceived as a pushy sales person?
• Do you lack confidence in your haircolor skills?

If so let Jill share proven tips and strategies to overcome obstacles that stop you from instantly increasing your income now. Learn how to use Board Certification to standardize haircolor and become the "go to" salon in your area. Learn the secret to win haircolor clients for life... in just 10 minutes.

Having been a Service Provider, Platform Artist, District Manager, Business Trainer & Success Coach, Jill Ruone has made her mark in the Salon & Spa Industry for over 28 years.She knows what it's like to be defeated, but also what it's like to have great success. Jill Shares her winning strategies for maximizing and marketing your haircolor skills. First Strategy...sign up for this class beginning February 1!

Thank you for the submissions of demi-permanent haircolors for comparison. Andre will begin the comparison challenge in the next few months so watch for the results in a future newsletter.

In related news, Andre recently completed a follow up comparison on several other permanent 6N haircolors that were not included in the earlier comparison. The results of these comparisons will be available at the Energizing Summit in June.

Sincere thanks to those who participated in the Bump the Base Survey. The survey is now closed and the results are open to the public if you wish to access the responses. Results link.

We are currently designing another survey to help garner more specific information on this same topic, bumping the base. 

While we interpret the data about bumping the base terminology, here are a few interesting statistics from this survey.

Total responses: 381

46% are Board Certified.

78% are serious haircolorists (over 5 color services per week) with 10+ years experience.

47% thought that haircolor was 50% creative & 50% scientific

31% thought that haircolor was 75% scientific & 25% creative

Haircolor Trends From the 2013 Spring Runways

 

The Pantone color for 2013 is Emerald green, but you won't be seeing it in hair just yet. The spring runways offered more of the same color trends, re-warmed for 2013. How does that translate into what you might see in your salon?

* Those clients who always want something new and hot will need to continue the              extreme changes to feed the color monster inside. YAY! $$

* Those clients who are slow to climb on the color trend train will finally decide to try            something different with the now familiar balayage, ombre and brond. YAY! $$

* Those clients with more adventurous souls might explore the various shade of gray          (pun intended) with the continuing popularity of pastel purple, blue, green, and pink.          YAY! $$

Even traditional silver gray is a challenging haircolor to create. The bottom line for a successful gray tonal color is competency in your bleach knowledge techniques. The Energizing Summit will offer several classes this year to improve your bleach knowledge and skills: Knowing and Understanding Bleaches- Craig Miller, The Hazards of Bleach - Tom Maricich, The Art of Double-Process Haircolor - Bonnie Ray