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Nominate Your Favorite Products for the 2022 Readers' Choice Awards

The Readers' Choice Awards are nominated and voted for by the industry, making it the awards to determine what is the best in the market.

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Highland: Taking an Accessible and Comprehensive Approach to Hair Care

How two best friends started a hair care line centered around redefining hair wellness and creating high-performance formulas.

What Dominated Premiere Orlando 2026: Trends Shaping Professional Beauty

Professional beauty reinvented: the innovations and insights from industry's biggest event.

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How Hairstylist's Brought "Fashion is Art" to Life Through Hair at the 2026 Met Gala

NAHA Student Stylist of the Year winner Derek Robinson

How Innovation and Artistry Made This Years NAHA Winners Stand Out

Olaplex Heads to Premiere Orlando as PBA Beacon Program Partner

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Nulastin Launches Its Vibrant Scalp Mask

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Black Hair Magic: Black Hair Reimagined Returns to NYC for A Second Year

Black Hair Reimagined spotlights culture, craft and community during Met Gala weekend.

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Cécred x BeyGOOD Foundation Presents the 2026 Fund to Empower the Future of the Beauty Industry

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KISS Colors & Care Introduces 4 New Style and Care Collections For Textured Hair

The campaign leans into a truth every stylist knows—clients don’t always have the language, but pros have the read.

amika Tunes Into the Salon Chair With “On Your Wavelength” Campaign

The message is clear: trusted hands, backed by proven performance, still win.

“This is a transformative step forward for the beauty and spa industries,” said Leslie Roste, PBA director of state relations and policy development. “The compacts strengthen workforce mobility, support economic growth, and ensure professionals can serve clients wherever opportunity takes them.”

Industry Moves to Unlock Cross-State Mobility for Beauty Professionals

A shared compact database is under development to enable secure license verification and issuance of multi-state licenses, potentially launching as early as summer 2026.

The reorganized styling portfolio consists of 17 SKUs—expanded with four new hero stylers—organized into systems that align with specific client goals.

RUSK Unveils "Designer Collection" as Full Brand Reset for 2026

The Designer Collection refresh preserved professional-preferred formulas while updating its visual and structural elements.

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RUSK® Unveils Their Next Move: The Designer Collection

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Winter Editor's Note

Savvy Salon: Curly Hair Salon

Dusty "CurlVision" Schlabach recently introduced a new Curly Hair Salon model and gave us a deeper look!

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Becoming a One-Stop Stylist with Barbering

How stylists can grow retention and clientele by offering full barbering and grooming services from John Mosley

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Dippity-Do Girls with Curls Launches New Ultra Hydrating Coconut Curl Collection

The new 3-piece collection is a natural expansion of the legacy curly haircare brand.

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Malibu C Introduces New Size of Popular Head Lab Scalp Scrub

The brand launches this new size to help stylists meet growing demand for scalp services!