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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

Blue skies and sunshine are finally here, so it’s time for some beautiful spring hair styles.  Aveda artists created looks for Spring/Summer 2015 Fashion Weeks that encompass simple details, stunning ponytails and updos that perfectly lift hair off the shoulders to keep you looking and feeling cool all season long. Here are some of our…

More than 30 years ago a young salon manager, Scott Buchanan, met Aveda founder Horst Rechelbacher at a beauty industry trade event and was immediately taken with Horst, his vision for the industry and his amazing products powered by botanicals. This magical meeting led Scott to stocking the brand on the shelves of a local…

We love beauty and we love animals, so when we heard about Peanut, the resident cat of The Black Cat Salon’s Kailua location on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, we couldn’t resist this purrfect opportunity to celebrate our new feline friend coupled with our passion for the salon industry. Known for its artistry and…

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…