# Neill Corporation

> Neill Corporation is a privately held, family-run professional-beauty company based in Hammond, Louisiana. What began as Magnolia Beauty Supply in 1947 has grown into an interconnected network serving beauty students, stylists, salon owners and guests through Aveda product distribution, 18 Aveda Arts & Sciences Institutes, advanced education, salon-business support, VoMor extensions, Elevate Hair tools and events, and the Serious Business conference. Its central idea is unusually practical: a distributor becomes more valuable when it also helps create talent, sharpen technique and improve the economics of the salon.

- **Founded:** 1947
- **Headquarters:** Hammond, United States
- **Founders:** Abner Neill (Co-founder), Harriet Neill (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** 501-1,000 employees on LinkedIn; the supplied company record estimates 600
- **Products:** Aveda product distribution, Aveda Arts & Sciences Institutes, Neill Education and Neill Quality College, Serious Business, VoMor
- **Notable:** Became the first Aveda Concept Distributor in 1991., Named Aveda Distributor of the Year in 2000., Built Aveda Arts & Sciences Institutes into a network of 18 schools across 10 states.

## Products & services

- **Aveda product distribution** — Exclusive professional distribution of Aveda hair, skin and beauty products across a multi-state U.S. territory, paired with salon support and education.
- **Aveda Arts & Sciences Institutes** — A network of 18 schools across 10 states offering hands-on programs including cosmetology, esthiology and massage therapy.
- **Neill Education and Neill Quality College** — Technical, creative and business education delivered through live classes, certifications, workshops and owner-focused programs.
- **Serious Business** — An annual New Orleans conference for salon owners and beauty professionals focused on leadership, strategy and personal growth.
- **VoMor** — Vegan hair and lash extensions distributed exclusively through the Aveda salon network, with service education for stylists.
- **Elevate Hair** — Professional tools, education, shows and a brand-agnostic creative community for hairdressers.
- **Salon growth services** — Recruiting, retail, marketing, operational guidance, webinars and business-development support for salon and spa owners.
- **Smashbox salon distribution** — Professional salon distribution and education for Smashbox makeup within Neill's network.

## Achievements

- Became the first Aveda Concept Distributor in 1991.
- Named Aveda Distributor of the Year in 2000.
- Built Aveda Arts & Sciences Institutes into a network of 18 schools across 10 states.
- Helped make Louisiana the first U.S. state to require textured-hair education in cosmetology licensing.
- Aveda Arts won the 2023 BeautyMatter NEXT Best Impact Initiative award for its textured-hair education work.
- Edwin Neill received BeautyMatter's 2023 Changemaker of the Year award.
- Supported a cosmetology licensing pathway for incarcerated women in Louisiana.
- Developed SalonBiz from early salon-management software begun in 1983 and sold the business to EverCommerce in 2018.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Neill announced that Kansas, Maryland, New Mexico, Virginia, West Virginia, western Missouri and Washington, D.C. would transition to the company as Aveda distributor and business-growth partner.
- **2026-06** — The spring-summer 2026 education calendar included technical certification, texture, color, salon-owner and Neill Quality College programming across multiple markets.
- **2025-04** — Neill published a current overview positioning its portfolio around Aveda Arts, Aveda distribution, VoMor, Elevate Hair, advanced education and Serious Business.
- **2023-10** — Aveda Arts and Edwin Neill received two BeautyMatter NEXT Awards tied to textured-hair education and industry change.
- **2023-04** — BeautyMatter profiled the Louisiana prison cosmetology program and its professional-licensing pathway.

## Links

- Website: https://neill.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/neill-corporation
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/neilltsp
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NeillOfficial
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neill/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TeamNeill
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@neill.official

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Last updated: 2026-08-13