This message was sent to ##Email##
|
|
|
|
|
| |
PBA
The nonprofit wing of the Professional Beauty Association urgently needs donations for its PBA Disaster Relief Fund in the wake of Hurricanes Florence and Michael. Donations are tax-deductible, and 100 percent of the donations to the Disaster Relief Fund go directly to help beauty and spa businesses ravaged by natural disaster.
Wheter you give a little or a lot, you're supporting our incredible community by donating to this importatnt cause. Donate online here.
The Huffington Post
Kate Beckinsale has revealed that she keeps her face looking youthful by using a "foreskin facial" — that's right, she puts the cells of tiny penises on her face.
The 45-year-old actor posted on Instagram that she had been to see facialist to the stars, Georgia Louise Atelier in New York, and had her trademark "Hollywood EGF facial" — EGF supposedly means epidermal growth factor.
To the unsuspecting reader this might sound innocuous enough, but the serum used is actually made up of ingredients derived from the circumcised foreskins of newborn babies in South Korea. Weird.
READ MORE
 |
|
Join Rachel Vicknair for a free webinar courtesy of Associated Skin Care Professionals (ASCP). Learn about the science and benefits of microcurrent—a holistic technology that has been called “the non-invasive facelift”—and get ideas on how to incorporate it into your skin care business, including your service menu, events, and retail.
|
|
Forbes
Traveling does amazing things for your mind, but the same can’t always be said for your body. Between long-haul flights, varying weather conditions, hard-and-soft water variations and disruptive sleep schedules, travel isn’t always pretty, and it can take a toll on your physical appearance. Here are a few wellness treatments offered around the world to keep you traveling beautifully.
READ MORE
By Elizabeth Donat
 For many skin care clients, winter weather brings a whole new set of problems and concerns. Dehydration, dryness, chapping, and itchiness are common complaints. Some winter skin woes can be fixed with minor adjustments and some are so severe that they can really derail your clients’ skin health for the season. Read my expert strategies to help your spa clients conquer the harsh side effects of winter skin during the cold months to come.
READ MORE
The Cut
The K-Beauty lore goes like this: Korean women use 10 products morning and night, including two types of cleansers and a serum made with snail slime, to get skin that's free of blemishes, lines, and maybe even pores.
South Korea was happy to export this doctrine to American women increasingly interested in skin care, and over the past five years, K-Beauty staples like oil cleansers and sloughing essences found a place in our bathrooms.
READ MORE
Follow Us and Stay Connected!
Helping Estheticians raise standards with national credentialing and continuing education accreditation.
Dermatology Times
The number of medical spas in this country is now at a record high. It is true that the number of medical spas decreased drastically during the recession of one decade ago; however, in the last decade the number has increased dramatically.
Dermatologists or other physicians who become involved in the medical spa industry are lured by the lucrative income and flexible nature of ownership. However, as the popularity of this business model increases, so does the risk for liability.
READ MORE
"I'm please to have finished my 3rd recertification to maintain my NCEA Certified credential, and to be the President of the Society of Plastic Surgical Skin Care Specialists (SPSSCS). I feel this certification is imperative to the health and safety of the public."
— Cynthia Steele, Lifetime Certified Award, Little Rock, Arkansas
|
By Lisa Mulcahy
 It's a familiar scene: you explain the general outline of a project to your team — but no one takes the immediate initiative to contribute fresh ideas to the plan. If your employees routinely seem to hesitate when it comes to jumping into a new task, it's probably not a lack of motivation — it's most likely because they don't know how proactive you really want them to be. Yet you no doubt want your employees to bring you their A-game when it comes to giving each project their all from the start — so let them know it and help them do it!
READ MORE
Business 2 Community
Irrespective of region, industry, and size, there're some things all businesses have in common. To begin with, they all run hinged on a foundation of contracts. If you concur the same applies to your business, are you presently using a contract management system?
Regardless of the field of your business, you most likely enter into more than a dozen contracts daily.
The more the number of active contracts you've, the more profit you make. But, are you managing these contracts in a system that accomplishes this?
READ MORE
ClickZ
Forty-seven percent of consumers expect brands to use their personal data — and 73 percent are annoyed with companies that don’t provide the convenience, relevance and value they expect.
What’s more, 38 percent of consumers share negative experiences on social media when expectations are not met by a brand. Thirty-three percent expect brands to anticipate their needs before they arise.
Demand for personalization is sky-high, but the tactic isn’t new. For nearly a decade, marketers have talked about needing to personalize communications to specific consumers.
READ MORE
By Mashaal Hashmi
 YouTube videos are a great way to get more traffic to your website and social media. If you have an online business, it will help show off your products and services easier, so that your customers are not quite as wary of buying online. If you have a local business, you can now create buzz for your company easier as well as adding the videos into your sales pitch. Are you still unsure of whether YouTube is a good idea? Let's look at some examples of how successful some businesses can be on YouTube.
READ MORE
MindShift
Roberto Vega has taught at schools all over Los Angeles, but when he came to Social Justice Humanitas Academy he knew he'd found something special. Everything about how the school is structured and run is done with the best interests of students in mind. He liked it so much he decided to pull his son out of a popular high school located on a college campus and send him to Humanitas.
READ MORE
By Anne Rose
 It's admirable to have great expectations — whether in your personal life or your professional career: to expect to do well in school, to expect to be successful in your new job, to expect to have a fulfilling relationship, to expect to be a terrific parent. But is there such a thing as having expectations that are too great? That your expectations far exceed reality? Is there a possibility that your expectations are unreasonable and unattainable? Are there any downsides to having to great expectations?
READ MORE
Bioanalysis via PubMed
Transdermal analysis is proposed for vitamin D3 and its hydroxylated metabolite to overcome problems associated with blood analysis.
The research shows that transdermal route can be used for analysis of vitamin D3 in porcine skin. When microneedles are used, accurate measurements were obtained in 1 h. With intact skin, the highest accuracy was obtained when extraction was done for 2 h.
READ MORE
| | COA-APPROVED CONTINUING EDUCATION |
SDSS
Whether it's for license renewal or NCEA Certified credential recertification, career development, or to increase job opportunities, the need for continuing education is a very real demand of every skin care professional. But while the benefits of continuing education are obvious, the cost is high: travel expenses; time away from home; and scheduling conflicts with work. SDSS now provides affordable, quality continuing education courses at your convenience, presented by experts in a variety of subject areas!
Start your continuing education now!
CE Approved Articles from PCI Journal
Melanoma
About the article:
To provide the skin care professional with a review of Melanoma.
This educational activity has been approved for 1.0 CEs. Exp. 11/2020. COA#PCIA1013.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After reading this article and taking this test, the skin care professional will be able to:
- Understand the cause of Melanoma cancer and how to reduce risk.
- Understand the treatment options currently available
GET STARTED NOW ... Click here to download article and test.
Not a Member? Click Here
|
JOIN OUR ASSOCIATION —
Learn more
|
|
|
|
7701 Las Colinas Ridge, Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063
|
