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These tips from fellow owners will keep your spa business booming throughout the summer. “The best thing that I’ve done for my spa was run a “spa sampler” special for Mother’s Day. Clients received an express manicure, introductory facial, half-hour massage and mini
Top esthetician Maria Lomuscio shares why she loves her career in skin care. Maria Lomuscio Depasquale the Spa Morris Plains, New Jersey vocation: Esthetician age: 31 years in the industry: 10 specialty: Facials and waxing favorite products: Age-Defyer Daily
Behind Closed Doors Quick! It’s two in the afternoon and you know where your staff is, but do you know what they’re doing? Are they greeting your guests the way you taught them? Are they following the proper treatment protocols? Are they ensuring those guests are going to be returning?
Well Polished Roxanne Valinoti, International CND Educator and nail stylist to the stars, spills her secrets on staying sharp in the nail-care industry. vocation: age: years in the industry: specialty: favorite product: favorite spa service: advice for new estheticians: how you
This arena-sized sanctuary pushes the boundaries of a conventional spa with cosmopolitan flair and unexpected design elements. owners: location: opened: total square feet: spa set-up: furnishings and installations: David Wagner Edina, Minnesota September 2007 7,870 38 styling stations
20 Ultimate Spa Business Boosters - Part 1 20 Ultimate Spa Business Boosters - Part 2 Spa owners and managers from across the country speak out about what’s boosting their business, from client greetings and effective advertising to the best web tools and more. In today’s economy,
After letting go of her stressful corporate career, this holistic massage therapist found meaning—and success—in promoting wellness. vocation: age: years in the industry: specialty: favorite product: favorite spa service: advice for new owners/massage therapits: what inspires you
20 Ultimate Spa Business Boosters - Part 1 20 Ultimate Spa Business Boosters - Part 2 client relations 10 Recognize who is actually paying your salary—your clients. A good spa acknowledges the people keeping them in business, says Galvez. “Always remember that every penny a client
As told to Rosanne Ullman. Running an esthetics business carries the advantages of any entrepreneurial effort: you get to control everything, and you keep all the money after expenses. In exchange, you risk having your business dominate your life, since you must spend time on marketing, product
Superior skin care depends on science—and new developments in the field are leading to products and services that are better than ever. Today's technology can provide faster and longer-lasting results for some of your clients' toughest skin care problems. From firming and tightening to cellulite
By now, youâ've probably seen the stain-resistant pants that repel coffee, soda or virtually any liquidâ—but did you know that the same type of technology is already found in some of the skin care products you use every day? No, itâ's not going to protect your clientsâ' skin from stains per
If essential oils are essential to your treatments, you're right on the nose in terms of helping clients look—and feel—better about themselves. Science tells us there are real benefits to be had through scent manipulation, and experts say adding essential oils to some body and face treatments provide
Applying serums to the skin to help prevent aging is good, applying serums and helping them penetrate deeper into the skin is even better! In the next wave of anti-aging, product penetration is key. Gerda Spillmann’s new Anti-Aging Beauty Kit is one of the latest to accomplish this, combining an
As non-surgical cosmetic procedures have become more popular, with numbers rising dramatically in the last several years, the number of the clients opting for plastic surgery has risen much more slowly. While the number of surgical cosmetic procedures decreased from 2,131,019 in 2005 to 1,922,788
Skilled technicians. Soothing music. Scented candles. These are some of the elements that make your spa a sanctuary to clients, but you might be missing one key tool: spa software. Computer-savvy or not, this tech tool can make your behind-the-scenes operations seamless, while providing data that could
Our waxing expert Shala Dveirin is back this month to give you the skinny on which wax to use. 1. Soft wax requires the use of a pellon or muslin strip to remove wax and hair. Hard wax does not. After it hardens slightly, you just remove it by pulling off the wax itself. 2. Because you use the wax to
Has a client ever come to you frustrated by the tiny red bumps on the back of their arms or top of their thighs? This is a very common problem called Keratosis Pilaris (KP). According to KeratosisPilaris.org, the non-profit website devoted to educating the public on this skin disorder, KP is a
