The Professional Beauty Association (PBA) recently announced the recipients of the 2014 PBA Sally Beauty Scholarship. With over 300 applicants, the selection process was challenging based on the quality of candidates. Applications for the 2015 PBA Sally Beauty Scholarships are now available in the two categories below. The deadline for entry is November 14th, 2014.

Sante Spa Victoria, a resort spa located in the Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort and Spa in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, is the second spa to achieve SpaExcellence under the updated International Standards of SpaExcellenceSM 2014 from SpaQuality LLC. The Standards provide a framework for everything that a spa does including strategic planning, day-to-day operations, behind-the-scenes processes, leadership, teamwork, training, system evaluation, continual improvement, and more.

Performance Health, manufacturer and marketer of Biofreeze®, Bon Vital'® and TheraBand™ branded products, recently announced the promotion of Lynda Solien-Wolfe to vice president of massage and spa. Solien-Wolfe began working with Performance Health as a consultant in 1999 and became a full-time employee in 2009. Over the past 15 years, she has been uniquely responsible for Performance Health’s successes in the massage therapy and spa…

This year Rhonda Allison Cosmeceuticals celebrates 20 years in business. Since 1994, the company has been supporting skin care professionals throughout the nation with cutting-edge skin care products and protocols, as well as an extensive library of educational tools and courses. This year also marks Rhonda Allison’s 35th year as an aesthetician. Throughout her career she has served as an active participant in the industry,…

Dr. Bernard Arocha, founder of Arocha Hair Restoration, recently earned the prestigious designation of Fellow of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS). Only 61 surgeons around the world have been accepted into the Fellows of the ISHRS, the world’s leading organization of professionals in the field of surgical hair restoration.

VI Medical Products is proud to announce and congratulate the members of the 2014 Presidents Club, David Stevenson, Michelle Jaffe, Tiffany Johnson, Michelle Cramer and Pat Duncan. These sales executives have achieved excellence in the field of medical aesthetic sales throughout 2013 and are truly inspirational to team members.

New York based êShave is pleased to announce that it has won an Esquire Grooming Award for Best Soap last fall from Esquire Magazine in recognition for its Moisturizing Bath Soap Bars. The Esquire Grooming Awards began in 2006 and are rewarded annually to skin care and grooming com-panies that produce the best new men’s products.

Heather Hickman was recently promoted to Senior Director of U.S. Education for Dermalogica and The International Dermal Institute (IDI). In her new position serving both companies, Hickman is responsible for 101 employees, including 65 instructors. For the past three years, Hickman has overseen the education for all IDI instructors, managed the operations for all 17 IDI training centers across the United States, and ensured all…