With a career that has spanned from working at an airline pilot school, a thoroughbred racing farm, and ultimately as regional operations manager at Photography Corporation of America, Jeannette Kravitz found her creative voice through visual arts, events and music. Through her international travels and volunteering in places like Romania, working for HIV/AIDS orphans and NGOs globally, she has gained perspective by asking herself the…

Jeannette Kravitz | CEO and Humanitarian With a career that has spanned from working at an airline pilot school, a thoroughbred racing farm, and ultimately as regional operations manager at Photography Corporation of America, Jeannette Kravitz found her creative voice through visual arts, events and music. Through her international travels and volunteering in places like Romania, working for HIV/AIDS orphans and NGOs globally, she has…

A team of board-certified Connecticut dermatologists representing the Women's Dermatologic Society (WDS) will provide free skin cancer screenings to tennis fans attending the New Haven Open on Finals Day, Saturday, August 27, 2011 from 11 am-5 pm. Sun damage assessments, sun safety education and free sunscreen will also be provided by volunteers in the WDS tent located in the exhibition area at the Connecticut Tennis…

U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the second late-stage melanoma drug this year, adding the drug to the treatment arsenal for patients with one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer. The drug, known as Zelboraf, could offer hope for patients with metastatic melanoma that cannot be removed with surgery, experts said. Zelboraf, which was reviewed under the FDA's priority review program, received advanced approval after…

The changes from Senate Bill 1170 include the replacement of the term "facialist" with "esthetician." If you are a licensed facialist, facialist instructor, facialist booth renter, or facialist salon owner, you will be issued an esthetician replacement license on August 25, 2011. This license will be issued at no cost to you so that your license reflects the new terminology.

The kids of Wildwood, NJ operated a beachfront lemonade stand on JuLy 2, 2011 to raise money for the children affected by the Tuscaloosa tornados. Little Green, the newly sprouted safe, gentle and pure hair and skin care collection for babies and kids, sponsored the lemonade stand – which was located at The Club at Diamond Beach. Run by children ages 5-12, the lemonade stand…

August 4, 2011 is National Pampering Day - an entire 24 hours devoted to embracing and celebrating the most important person in the world - YOU! While the other 364 days of the year are spent working, running errands and caring for loved ones, National Pampering Day allows a mental timeout for some long-awaited emotional self-care.

Barbara Schumann Author, Lecturer and Educator Gracefully blending biology and cosmetology, Barbara Schumann has been sculpting the world’s most vital works of art – the masterpiece that waits within all men and women. A graduate of Florida College of Natural Health, Barbara was the recipient of The Golden Touch Award. She also has a Bachelors in Architecture, a Masters in Traditional Town Planning, and is…