Global online spa management course, Spa Business Education, has achieved accredited status to become an official CIDESCO school. Part of the world-leading spa and wellness consultancy group, Raison d’Etre, Spa Business Education is a comprehensive online spa management course, offering its students complete training in the spa and wellness sector. With its new CIDESCO accredited status, all future Spa Business Education students will not only…

Lycored, an international wellness company at the forefront of the ingestible skincare market, is building links with the fashion industry to spread its beauty-from-within message. Teaming up with professional make-up artists, the company encouraged 300,000 Instagram users to write anonymous messages of positivity to models taking part in New York Fashion Week. It gathered over 1000 notes encouraging the models to focus on their inner…

Lycored has continued its mission to transform traditional perceptions of beauty by giving yogis and wellness professionals the chance to write heartfelt messages to those who need them most. A leading supplier of ingestible skincare ingredients, Lycored’s “notes of nourishment” is aimed at helping people connect through isolation as a pandemic-adjusted evolution on its team’s ongoing #rethinkbeautiful initiative, which for the past three years has…

Toledo, Ohio—February 2021—Proper sanitizing and disinfecting protocols in the salon, spa and barbershop environment must be at the forefront of all client experiences—especially now. They’re the key to clients feeling safe and comfortable. Lucas Products, a family-owned business, offers cost-effective, high-quality solutions to meet every salon and spa professional's needs. Lucas Products’ new LUCAS-CIDE® #222 RTU ready-to-use hospital-grade disinfectant has received a 60-second kill claim…

AEDIT, the first-of-its-kind, technology-driven platform that simplifies and safeguards the search for aesthetic solutions and qualified providers, today announced the results of its inaugural consumer trends survey. 2020 brought unprecedented changes to the entire world. Now, AEDIT explores how this year changed the aesthetic landscape and consumer behavior as priorities shifted. Findings indicate that Millennials and Gen Z now account for the largest age group…

January 2021, DERMASCOPE introduced its newest editorial advisory board to include a dozen of the aesthetic industry’s top leading professionals from around the world. DERMASCOPE is thrilled to welcome many new members to the editorial advisory board and to welcome back several returning members from last year’s board. The 2021 editorial advisory board includes: Annette Hanson, L.E., founder of Atelier Esthétique Institute of Esthetics Beatrice…

The PBFC, in partnership with Adesso Capital, is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications from professional Beauty and Personal Service sectors across all 50 states for the just announced deal extending the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). This includes hair, nails, skin, barbering, lashes as well as tattoo, massage, personal fitness, and piercing services. The new PPP extends 100% forgivable loans to independent…

In light of COVID-19, businesses are having to pivot to stay relevant and to communicate with customers in ways that are possible. Entrepreneur and host of the Clean Beauty Podcast Cassandra McClure in a matter of days had to go from planning her next in-person Clean Beauty Conference, which has been postponed, to delivering weekly Clean Beauty Virtual Summits. Just in February 2020 Cassandra hosted…