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80 AHP Indie Stylist Volume 5 Issue 2 advertisement Creative Styling Heats Up Styling tools are re this year. Be sure you are hot to go with tips and gifting advice Amp up your styling expertise and help guests navigate all the new choices in innovative irons, high-tech dryers and double-duty stylers. Ulta Beauty will help! Across education platforms, Pro Team and Design Team stylists explain how the latest heat tools can boost style staying power, save drying and styling time, reduce frizz and damage, and increase shine. WATCH AND RECOMMEND "Salon guests need to be coached on how to use new tools and reminded to follow professional advice on protecting and caring for their new look," says Anna Manukyan, cohost of Unveiling Beauty, a video podcast of beauty tips and expert guidance. Each episode reveals and discusses must-try salon services and trends in hair, makeup, skin, and fragrance. New episodes of Unveiling Beauty just launched, which will include a three-part series on beauty gifting with Anna and cohost Nick Stenson alongside fellow Pro Team artists Jaleesa Jaikaran and David Lopez. Tool talk—with Ulta Beauty exclusives from leading brand partners—is a big part of it. Check out these tips from recent and upcoming episodes of Unveiling Beauty, then join the conversation on the Ulta Beauty Facebook page. PRO TIP: BRUSH UP ON SKILLS Be sure you know how to use new styling tools your guests are likely to try at home or add to their wish lists, Nick Stenson says. Break out of your comfort zone. Practice. "I was the biggest skeptic when the Dyson Airwrap fi rst blew up," Stenson says. "I thought, 'Oh, this is for the consumer, not serious stylists.' I was wrong. I learned how to use the Airwrap and now can't imagine styling my models without it. I'm obsessed with all the attachments to dry, curl, shape, smooth, and hide fl yaways with no heat damage." In the holiday episodes, Stenson tells stylists and guests to run, not walk, to get the Ulta Beauty exclusive Dyson tools in onyx black and gold. PRO TIP: CUSTOMIZE YOUR EXPERTISE As you're teaching your guest how to use any new product, emphasize your "why." Share how following the service and product plan you've discussed will help the guest recreate the style as you've customized it, just for them. Don't miss this! David Lopez, Jaleesa Jaikaran, Anna Manukyan, and Nick Stenson talk holiday trends. Follow Ulta Beauty on Facebook.