It is 2019 and spa owners need to think about ways to shift their focus to new and innovative techniques that will enhance their recruitment outlook and hiring processes. Finding a way to tap into the Generation Z and millennial workforce and reach qualified professionals who are highly experienced with massage, skin care, and aesthetic expertise can be difficult due to the number of hours…

Meteorites and Skin Care: Out-of-this-World or Keep Out of the Spa?

Written by Tanis Rhines, L.E., M.A., co-owner of Ask the Estheticians
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… a meteorite and it’s heading straight for a jar of skin cream. When meteorites enter the earth’s atmosphere, they burn bright, forming a fireball called a shooting star. Ninety-nine percent disintegrate upon entry, creating star dust that drifts about in the atmosphere. A rare 1 percent comes crashing down to earth.1 Ninety percent of these space rocks are…

Real Talk: Dealing with Difficult Conversations

Written by Antonia Schreiber, licensed massage therapist, cosmetologist, and electrologist
Communication is an important part of being an aesthetician – not only with clients, but with colleagues and coworkers, as well. As life and work would have it, conflicts arise and can prove to make communication not only challenging, but also unpleasant at times. Whether a manager or not, at some point in a career, if not with some regularity, an individual will have to…

Sugar? No Thanks! The Truth About Glycation

Written by Annette Tobia, PhD, founder and CEO of Dynamis Skin Science
“Sugar and spice and everything nice” is what little girls were said to be made of, which is a lot better than the “snips and snails” that was the stuff of little boys. As a young girl, having sugar as a basic building block may seem fantastic, but when it comes to skin health and aging it is anything but. The simple truth is that…

There’s No Care Like Self-Care

Written by Lydia Sarfati, founder and CEO of Repêchage
Skin care professionals are always telling their clients that they need to take care of themselves, yet they may not be following their own advice. Overdoing it at work, especially as a service provider, can have multiple detrimental effects on a professional’s life overall. According to a July 2018 Gallup study on the effects of occupational burnout, people who say they very often or always…

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