Accepting credit and debit cards will significantly increase your spa or salon income, but choosing and using credit card services wisely can be a challenge. The following are points to remember when evaluating a merchant account processor or integrated credit card processing software: Read more …
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Sustainable Cosmetics Summit
The Sustainable Cosmetics Summit is a series of international summits that focuses on the leading issues the beauty industry faces concerning sustainability, natural, organic, fair trade and ecological products. The aim of the summit is to encourage sustainability in the beauty industry by bringing together key stake-holders and debate these major issues in a high-level forum.
The next summit will take place in New York, 24-26th March 2010. Like its predecessors, it will bring together key stake-holders in the beauty industry that include cosmetic manufacturers, ingredient & raw material suppliers, retailers & distributors, industry organizations & certification agencies, researchers & academics, investors, etc. Only the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit brings together senior executives from across the beauty industry at a single event.
Empire Medical Training the Newest Techniques in Botox
At Empire Medical Training each attendee will gain a complete understanding of how Botulinum Toxin is combined with other fillers and laser techniques in performing the facial shaping or body sculpting procedures.
Empire Medical Training visits many cities across the U.S. with Comprehensive Botox Cosmetic, Dermal Filler and the combination Comprehensive Botox/Dermal Filler 1-day Training seminars. The popularity of facial rejuvenation procedures is growing at a rapid rate with patients looking for these fast and immediate treatment options. Incorporate these procedures immediately into an aesthetic practice and start administering Botox, Dermal Filler or other injectable fillers after obtaining Certification upon completion of any of these programs.
Shecky’s
Shecky’s is an online and event destination for what’s cool and undiscovered in FASHION, BEAUTY and FUN with the girls. From emerging designers to great beauty discoveries, delicious cocktails to free giveaways— Shecky’s offers a wonderland for girls to SHOP, SAMPLE & SCORE the world of things girls love.
Shecky’s partners with 1200+ cool companies a year to bring women the latest and greatest in fashion, beauty, entertainment, and more in unique web and event experiences that can be shared with friends.
My Biggest Mistake and How I Fixed It
Ladies & Gentlemen co-owner Nancy Brown says not getting pros to handle company’s growth was her Biggest Mistake
by Marcia Pledger/Plain Dealer Reporter
When you take chances and focus on customer service, your business will grow. But you had better be prepared.
One bad move can quickly destroy everything you’ve worked for, especially if you mess up with finances and taxes.
Back in the mid-1970s, I took over an 800-square-foot salon in Painesville in the oldest shopping center in the state. It was the same year the law changed allowing men to get their hair done in beauty salons with women. I wanted men to feel welcome, so I called it Ladies & Gentlemen.
Reading Your Client
Do you want to know the big secret behind being successful in medical esthetics and cosmetic medicine? It’s more important to make your clients feel good than it is to make them look good. Although it is true that physical appearance does matter to a point, there is also evidence that how a person feels is even more important. Studies have proven that women who believe that they are viewed as attractive are more animated and more confident. Therefore, it is apparent that physical appearance and attractiveness do make a difference, but only if they are accompanied by concurrent feelings of greater self-esteem and self-worth.
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