We regret to announce the passing of Carol Crowley on January 2, 2014. For over 30 years, Crowley played an important leadership role in the hair removal industry. She was a certified medical electrologist and was one of the few electrology instructors in the nation. Crowley also served in executive capacities for several national electrolysis associations. In the mid-1990s, Carol Crowley was the first electrologist…

The Global Spa & Wellness Summit (GSWS) recently announced that its eighth annual Summit will be held Wednesday, September 10, through Friday, September 12, at the Four Seasons Resort Marrakech in Morocco. The host-country sponsor and co-organizer is the Moroccan Agency for Tourism Development (SMIT).

Diana Howard, Ph.D., vice president of global education and research and development for The International Dermal Institute (IDI) and Dermalogica recently offered a multi-media presentation at IDI’s world-headquarters located in Carson, Calif. The presentation titled “New Fact, More Fiction, Latest Fantasy – Part 2” was transmitted globally via a live webcast on IDI’s Facebook page and featured topics including bee venom facials, resveratrol benefits, and…

Tony Cuccio was recently in Quebec City to help celebrate Summum Beaute’s 25th anniversary. A longtime customer who has been with the Canadian distributor for 24 years, Cuccio was included in the lineup as he gave a 90-minute seminar about the state of the nail industry. He addressed an audience full of beauty professionals and offered his insight about how to increase revenue and income…

This year’s Miss California USA® and Miss California Teen USA® pageant season kicked off with an over-the-top glam-athon when beauty industry leaders China Glaze® Nail Lacquer and Ardell® Lashes proudly announced official sponsorship of the competition. More than 300 enthusiastic young women from all over the Golden State gathered in Long Beach to meet and mingle with sponsors and pageant officials.

myoscience is pleased to announce that the iovera degrees® system has won in the medical category of the GOOD DESIGN™ competition. GOOD DESIGN recognizes the world’s most important consumer design products and is one of the most prestigious and oldest design awards. The awards are organized annually by The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design in cooperation with the European Centre for Architecture, Art,…

Éminence Organic Skin Care of Hungary was recently named Favorite Skin Care Line and Favorite Company for Product Education for the fifth consecutive year. Voted by spa industry experts and the readers of American Spa Magazine, Éminence comes out on top in the American Spa’s Professional’s Choice Awards 2013. Also named Favorite Bodycare Line, Favorite All Natural Line and finalist for Favorite Sensitive Skin Line,…

NovaLash recently announced the winners of their annual LashOff Competition. Karlene Smith, owner of Lifestyles Massage and Skin Care in Bellingham, Washington, has been named Lash Artist of the Year. As the winner of the 2014 competition, Smith will receive some $10,000 in premium prizes, including a full page advertorial in one of the industry’s biggest magazines and a featured spot on NovaLash’s much-clicked Find…