It is hard to turn your head without seeing the acronym CBD. It’s on Instagram, in magazines and in an increasing number of beauty and personal care products. How much do you know about CBD? If you are like me, you know it has some relation to marijuana. You might have some ideas about what it’s purportedly good for—anxiety, inflammation,
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Thanks to Teri Pereira for this guest post. She is account manager for Foundation®, a specialty insurance program for domestic cosmetics manufacturers, importers and distributors. Cosmetics labels have again been making the news. Last week, Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) introduced a bill that would require cosmetics manufacturers to label
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A plethora of spring and summer beauty trends emerged last month from the runways of New York Fashion Week. Now, as trend-seekers stream into salons and spas, there are three we will be watching more closely. As we take a deeper dive, consider how salon and spa professionals should approach providing trendy services—and how a proactive safety
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We’ve all heard the saying, “If you look good you feel good.” As wellness trends and holistic approaches to health and beauty continue to grow in popularity, people are recognizing how working on the “feel good” part is just as important as the “look good” part. Salon and spa professionals understand clients request their services
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According to the National Floor Safety Institute, falls are the leading cause of hospital emergency room visits each year, accounting for more than eight-million such visits. More than one million of these visits, or 12 percent, are due to “slip and fall” accidents. In this litigious time, business owners should take note of these
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Though it flies under the radar compared to its flashier cousins, the cosmetics and women’s hair care markets, the male grooming industry continues to boom in 2018. This $8.7 billion market in the US has taken off in recent years with even greater growth expected in the future. Growth is set to increase from 1.4% in 2017 to 3.8% in 2022 in the
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As we reviewed in our last post, salons sometimes stamp out a big ecological footprint. But salons all over the country have devised and adopted strategies for reducing their environmental impact. Here are two more ideas for salons looking to go green: Make recycling a priority Salons can reduce waste by purchasing products that use
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Ammonia, bleaches, wax and dyes, oh my! Plastic bottles and aerosol sprays at every glance! All of those towels that have to be washed, using up water and electricity. Then there are those countless foils and hair clippings that end up in the trash every night. These are just some of the things that have an environmental impact when running a
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Following beauty trends can be like watching fireworks: you see a big, bright flash-bang followed by a fizzle. But some trends endure and become standard practice or common service offerings at salons and day spas. This year, we have noticed that a few trendy practices are increasing in popularity rather than fading away, as so many trends tend
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We’ve talked a lot about face-to-face communication on this blog. Whether it’s checking in on your client’s health history, or learning the delicate art of a necessary “no,” communication is a key skill for stylists, estheticians and other salon and spa pros. That is just as true for digital messaging as it is for in-person
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