Welcome to wedding season! For soon-to-be bride Samantha Gronwoldt, her wedding day is an opportunity to make a statement about how she cares for the planet. Hailing from Danbury, Conneticut, Samantha, who works as an assistant teacher in a preschool classroom, is one of the new breed of environmentally-aware brides that are celebrating their nuptials with [...]
We are proud of the more than 100 Aveda Institute students nationwide that have received awards, nominations or recognition in two programs that recognize their incredible talent in hair artistry. Results and events will take place at the same industry trade event, Cosmoprof North America, this July in Las Vegas, Nevada. NAHA NOMINEES The North [...]
In honor of Father’s day, we introduce you to two wonderful people: Jack and Austin Call, a dynamic father and son duo who have worked together since 2005 running Jax Salon & Spa in Gigi Harbor, Washington. Dad Jack first opened Jax in 1982 in Tacoma, Washington, a dream he had from the beginning of [...]
Throughout June, Aveda students and stylists across North America have been celebrating Pride Month in a multitude of ways. Here, a few shared with us how they showed their pride in 2015: ATHENA SALON & SPA Located on the Pride Parade route of Boylston Street in Boston, Massachusetts, Athena Salon & Spa goes all out [...]
Because everyone deserves beautiful hair days, every day, we asked our Facebook fans to reveal the hair concern that has them the most flummoxed, and we shared them with our Global Artistic Director for Textured Hair, Tippi Shorter. Shorter, who started her Aveda journey as a stylist at one of our New York City Concept [...]
At Aveda, we’ve been very lucky over the years to partner with true pioneers. Here’s one very special story. This past spring, Aveda Global President Dominique Conseil visited the Chappaqua Central School District in Chappaqua, New York to thank teacher, Amy Fishkin, and her second grade class of 2005-2006 from Westorchard Elementary for leading the [...]
While you may be a curly girl with a lifelong relationship with managing your texture, we know that receiving more good advice is never a bad thing. That’s why we recently sat down with some of our artists and asked them to share their top tips for achieving curl power; including a chat with Tippi Shorter, [...]
Aveda Men’s styling products lined up at the first-ever Spring 2016 Men’s Fashion Week in New York City with Aveda‘s Global Artistic Director for Hair Styling, Allen Ruiz, and Aveda Guest Artist Frank Rizzieri creating two cool-guy styles for the look of Public School and Richard Chai. THE USUAL SUSPECTS: PUBLIC SCHOOL MEN’S SPRING 2016 [...]
It’s no secret we love gorgeous hair and makeup, but for us, working backstage at New York Fashion Week is also about making great connections with like-minded people. This was the case during the Fall/Winter 2015 season when we met Diederick Rijsemus and Matt Scanlan, the founders of eco-conscious design house Naadam. For Naadam’s gorgeous [...]
Last night more than 3,000 hair care industry professionals donned their celebratory best for the 26th Annual North American Hairstyling Awards (NAHAs), the leading photographic hairstyling and beauty competition in North America where beauty pros rejoice their craft and honor their peers. Aveda is pleased to share that three network professionals won four of these [...]