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…

The Aesthetic VideoSource Reiki Healing Techniques online training video and DVD recently won a 2013 Bronze Telly Award. The Telly Awards honor the best film and video productions, groundbreaking online video content, and outstanding local, regional, and cable television commercials and programs. In the 34th Annual Telly Awards competition, the video competed with over 12,000 entries from across the world.

Brenda Linday, director of sales and education for Vitality Institute Medical Products was recently nominated and awarded VIP status with the Cambridge Who’s Who for her expertise in mentoring, relationship development, analytical thinking, and complex problem solving in aesthetics. VIP members are considered leaders in their profession because of the high level of their accomplishments in and contributions to their field.

Fran Brown, executive director of school development and industry relations for Marinello Schools of Beauty, has been named a lifetime honorary member of the National Interstate Council of State Boards (NIC), a unique honor as only 80 members out of all the state boards combined have re-ceived this recognition in the history of the organization.

Ernst & Young LLP reveals Innovative Technology Cosmetics (IT Cosmetics®) Co-founder and CEO Jamie Kern Lima as a 2013 Entrepreneurial Winning Woman™. Lima is one of 12 winners of the 2013 Entrepreneurial Winning Women™ competition, which is part of the Entrepreneur of The Year Awards, a national leadership program designed to help accelerate growth of high-potential businesses founded by female entrepreneurs.

Jessica Cosmetics International, Inc. recently announced that CEO and Founder Jessica Vartoughian was honored by Glamour Magazine Mexico at their 15th Anniversary Gala. The Glam Award was presented at this invitation-only red carpet event in Mexico City where Vartoughian, along with such luminaries as Eva Longoria, Demi Lovato, Rolando Santana and Daniel Espinoza received the Glam Award that recognizes the achievements of industry leaders who…

The Global Spa & Wellness Summit (GSWS) recently announced the winners of its inaugural Spa and Wellness Infographic Competition, which offered a new opportunity for people around the world to become engaged with the GSWS. The top honor was awarded to Lori Hutchinson, founder and co-owner of Hutchinson Consulting, a California-based hospitality-recruiting firm, for her infographic titled You Would Love a Spa Career.