Bioelements, a leader in professional skin care, is thrilled to announce the new Content Marketing Writer & Coordinator, Jessica Finlay. Finlay joins the marketing team at Bioelements with vast experience in digital publishing and marketing. In her new role, Finlay will apply her expertise in web content management, e-mail marketing, and social media marketing to Bioelements new brand awareness initiatives. “Jessica has a creative mind…

Kristina Valiani is excited to announce that she is launching The Beauty of Hope to the spa and aesthetic industry. The Beauty of Hope creates luxury, handcrafted bath and cosmetic products that hearten a deeper purpose to beauty. With every purchase, The Beauty of Hope has partnered with REST (Real Escape form the Sex Trade), a Seattle-based, non-profit organization founded in 2009, to donate 10…

Malibu C celebrates their 30th anniversary! As the pioneers of wellness solutions in the professional beauty industry since 1985, Malibu C’s mission statement has been tried and true: to solve problems for every human being using nature-inspired, patented technologies. Malibu C is a 100 percent vegan, solution-driven professional hair and skin care brand that is cruelty-free, made in the United States, and built on science.

CA BOTANA celebrated the 25th work anniversary of Eric Carlton, production manager, with an all-American barbeque at their headquarters in San Diego, Calif. Carlton is responsible for the compounding activities of manufacturing solutions, semi-solids, and suspensions, including weighing, bulking, filtration, and sanitization. Monitoring equipment, controlling temperatures, and checking for overall consistency in mixes following cGMP procedures in an FDA regulated environment are all part of…

COOLA SPF 30 Organic Makeup Setting Spray received the accolade for Product Innovation: Facial Skincare at the 2015 ICMAD CITY awards. As the first, over 70 percent certified organic SPF 30 Makeup Setting Spray, the weightless, matte finish mist protects sensitive skin and provides anti-aging benefits.

Jane Hyde Kordish, a licensed massage therapist, was presented the Performance Health FSMTA Humanitarian Award at this year’s Florida State Massage Therapy Association’s Annual Convention. Performance Health, manufacturer and marketer of Bon Vital'®, Biofreeze®, Prossage®, TheraBand™, and Thera°Pearl® annually honors individuals in the massage therapy industry for their efforts in improving the welfare of their clients and demonstrating selfless devotion to others.

A multidisciplinary team at Yale, led by Yale Cancer Center members, has defined a subgroup of genetic mutations that are present in a significant number of melanoma skin cancer cases. Their findings shed light on an important mutation in this deadly disease and may lead to more targeted anti-cancer therapies. The role of mutations in numerous genes and genomic changes in the development of melanoma…

The 2015 Global Wellness Summit has announced a theme of “Building a Well World.” At the summit, Dr. Deepak Chopra will be a keynote speaker. Chopra has also agreed to lead a mindfulness meditation. Louie Schwartzberg will also be speaking at the summit and will take participants on a journey of visual healing, combining his award-winning cinematography with the world of spa, hospitality, and wellness.