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Toggle this category ESTHETICIAN MENTORS

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	Spa Dreaming by Diane Buccola (owner of SpaBizBoard.com) for Les Nouvelles Esthetique magazine	5,976 Hits
	Dare To Inspire by Diane Buccola (owner of SpaBizBoard.com) for Dermascope magazine	1 topics 0 replies	‘men•tor: A trusted counse... By src 24 Oct 2009

Spa Dreaming

by Diane Buccola (owner of SpaBizBoard.com) for Les Nouvelles Esthetique magazine

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Dare To Inspire

by Diane Buccola (owner of SpaBizBoard.com) for Dermascope magazine

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Toggle this category SPA PROFESSIONALS - REGISTRATION

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NEW MEMBER REGISTRATION Welcome Estheticians and Spa Professionals! If you are interested in becoming a member of SpaBizBoard, please begin by clicking the "Welcome Guest: REGISTER" button at the top of this page. Once that step has been completed, this is what will follow: 1. Validation 2. Online Registration Form 3. Purchase Subscription 4. Membership Activated VALIDATION: Once you have completed the above first step in our registration process, your registration will be sent to our Validation Area where you will go through spam detection. This could take up to 24 hours. REGISTRATION FORM: Please complete this step BEFORE purchasing a subscription. PURCHASE SUBSCRIPTION: Once we have received and approved your online Registration Form, you can purchase a subscription. MEMBERSHIP ACTIVATED: As soon as we receive the auto-notification of your payment, we will activate your membership. QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS: If you have any questions or problems with this registration process, please submit a post in our forum below entitled "Questions about Registration Procedure." We will be notified immediately and will respond as soon as possible. Thank you!	0 topics 0 replies	No posts to view
GENERAL OR PRIVATE/Esthetician MEMBERSHIP? Which one is best for you, and how do you decide?	1 topics 0 replies	The Differences Between The... By src 24 Mar 2008
STUDENT MEMBERSHIP? We created a special membership just for students who are currently enrolled in any esthetics, massage, cosmetology, etc., course. This is a 6-month membership (with General Membership privileges) at an affordable $10 fee designed to give you the opportunity to hang out with the pros, ask questions, learn and network (and teach us a few things too!)	0 topics 0 replies	No posts to view
QUESTIONS ABOUT REGISTRATION PROCEDURE January 26, 2011: We have just upgraded our software which includes changes in our subscription payment process. Please post any questions you may have for SBB Administration and/or let us know about trouble you may be experiencing with our registration and payment procedure. We really need your feedback. Thanks.	3 topics 36 replies	Due to excessive SPAM regis... 01 Dec 2011
VENDOR FREE MEMBERSHIP Vendors who are sponsored by a current SBB member may be entitled to a FREE 3-month General membership. If interested, please contact the SBB member directly and they will forward the request to SBB Administration. (When registering, please choose a screen name that will easily identify your company to the SBB members.)	0 topics 0 replies	No posts to view

Toggle this category SPA BUSINESS - ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Announcement from SBB Administration SpaBizBoard began in 2006 as a message board for estheticians and other spa professionals, and since then has evolved into a valuable resource for the spa industry. Much of the information contained within our walls is not intended for the general public. Therefore, in 2007 we evolved into a private subscription site. SpaBizBoard encourages all spa professionals to actively seek out further educational opportunities wherever you can, including other spa-related message boards, trade shows, trade magazines, classes and seminars. The more educated we all are, the more secure our careers in the spa biz will be. SpaBizBoard has three levels of membership and we have purposely kept the general membership fee extremely affordable at only $25/year to ensure that all interested spa professionals have an opportunity to join SBB and learn from the best in the spa biz. The subscription fees go to the costs of board administration and SBB-related educational opportunities, social events, and NASN events. Thanks for your interest in SpaBizBoard.	0 topics 0 replies	No posts to view
Making the most of SBB I decided early on that unlike other boards, I wanted to limit access of SBB to those who were directly connected to the spa business, and not just the general public or those who might be selling non-professional skin care products, or even worse...spammers! You won’t find porn or spam on SBB. This takes a lot of administrative effort, but it has proven to be worth the trouble. Because of our privacy policy, we have attracted skin care companies, consultants, authors, instructors, school owners, spa directors, estheticians, and other leaders in the spa business, who actively participate in our discussions. I have been told by many skin care companies that they have specific employees assigned to follow the threads on SBB so they can keep current with what our members are thinking at any given time. Kudos to those vendors who are trying to stay in touch with what is happening in our business! The vendors have been especially kind to SBB members by providing special SBB demos at trade shows and fabulous special pricing to our members as well as donating generously to our NASN events across the country. And we are very grateful to have them on board. Participate, participate, participate!! There are NO silly questions in this business. Don't feel you need to contribute answers. What we really need are questions, so our experts can post their answers. That's how we ALL learn. You can also use the board for research; we have a search function that is fantastic. Now that we have become a subscription/private board, the big names in the spa business are more comfortable speaking out. As a member of SBB, you will be hanging out with the best of the best in the Spa World! We are only as strong as our weakest link; so by mentoring each other, we can all grow stronger.	0 topics 0 replies	No posts to view
Member of NCEA (National Coalition of Estheticians, Manufacturers/Distributors & Associations) - For Public Viewing Please visit the NCEA Website for more info: http://www.ncea.tv/index.html The coalition is a group of active skin care associations, companies, estheticians and other individuals, who have united to establish standards and best practices, and provide political representation for our profession to state legislators and licensing boards. NCEA is protecting your right to practice by... • Addressing current issues that impact your income • Developing professional and educational guidelines • Representing your interests at the state regulatory level • Strengthening your voice in the industry Sign up for the NCEA free newsletter. Become a member. Become NCEA certified! (I just did!!!)	10 topics 59 replies	C'mon SBB'ers! Let... By ronski 12 Jul 2011

Announcement from SBB Administration

SpaBizBoard began in 2006 as a message board for estheticians and other spa professionals, and since then has evolved into a valuable resource for the spa industry. Much of the information contained within our walls is not intended for the general public. Therefore, in 2007 we evolved into a private subscription site.

SpaBizBoard encourages all spa professionals to actively seek out further educational opportunities wherever you can, including other spa-related message boards, trade shows, trade magazines, classes and seminars. The more educated we all are, the more secure our careers in the spa biz will be.

SpaBizBoard has three levels of membership and we have purposely kept the general membership fee extremely affordable at only $25/year to ensure that all interested spa professionals have an opportunity to join SBB and learn from the best in the spa biz. The subscription fees go to the costs of board administration and SBB-related educational opportunities, social events, and NASN events.

Thanks for your interest in SpaBizBoard.

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Making the most of SBB

I decided early on that unlike other boards, I wanted to limit access of SBB to those who were directly connected to the spa business, and not just the general public or those who might be selling non-professional skin care products, or even worse...spammers! You won’t find porn or spam on SBB. This takes a lot of administrative effort, but it has proven to be worth the trouble.

Because of our privacy policy, we have attracted skin care companies, consultants, authors, instructors, school owners, spa directors, estheticians, and other leaders in the spa business, who actively participate in our discussions. I have been told by many skin care companies that they have specific employees assigned to follow the threads on SBB so they can keep current with what our members are thinking at any given time. Kudos to those vendors who are trying to stay in touch with what is happening in our business!

The vendors have been especially kind to SBB members by providing special SBB demos at trade shows and fabulous special pricing to our members as well as donating generously to our NASN events across the country. And we are very grateful to have them on board.

Participate, participate, participate!! There are NO silly questions in this business. Don't feel you need to contribute answers. What we really need are questions, so our experts can post their answers. That's how we ALL learn.

You can also use the board for research; we have a search function that is fantastic. Now that we have become a subscription/private board, the big names in the spa business are more comfortable speaking out. As a member of SBB, you will be hanging out with the best of the best in the Spa World!

We are only as strong as our weakest link; so by mentoring each other, we can all grow stronger.

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Member of NCEA (National Coalition of Estheticians, Manufacturers/Distributors & Associations) - For Public Viewing

Please visit the NCEA Website for more info:
http://www.ncea.tv/index.html

The coalition is a group of active skin care associations, companies, estheticians and other individuals, who have united to establish standards and best practices, and provide political representation for our profession to state legislators and licensing boards.

NCEA is protecting your right to practice by...

• Addressing current issues that impact your income
• Developing professional and educational guidelines
• Representing your interests at the state regulatory level
• Strengthening your voice in the industry

Sign up for the NCEA free newsletter.
Become a member.
Become NCEA certified! (I just did!!!)

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Toggle this category STAY CURRENT - BE INSPIRED

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	Membership Perks Stay Current & Be Inspired! SBB members enjoy direct access to the leaders in the world of esthetics. This includes estheticians, authors, lecturers, instructors, spa owners, consultants, vendors, and manufacturers, not to mention admittance to private SBB social functions at various trade shows around the country. Keep informed about educational opportunities, hot new products and high tech equipment. SBB Private Members will have one-on-one access with vendors in our Vendor-of-the-Month Forum. We are SO MUCH more than just a message board!	0 topics 0 replies	No posts to view
	Inside SpaBizBoard NASN directors head to Dallas for Int'l Congress of Esthetics & Spa May 5-8! Visit (and LIKE!) "Estheticians Are A Girl's Best Friend" Facebook page. Join HAPPY ESTHETICIAN Facebook page for treatment room tips & tricks, classes and seminar alerts and valuable insight from the BEST in the World of Esthetics. Diane Buccola, owner of SpaBizBoard, has successfully met the requirements and passed the NCEA certification exam, and has been awarded NCEA Certified Professional status. (Please see SBB's NCEA public forum for a link to the NCEA Certification website) SBB member Danielle Wachowski has recently become NCEA Certified. CONGRATS Danielle! SBB member Tammie Winberg has recently become NCEA Certified. CONGRATS Tammie!! SBB member Sandra Landish is the latest esthetician to become NCEA Certified. CONGRATS Sandy!	0 topics 0 replies	No posts to view

Membership Perks

Stay Current & Be Inspired!

SBB members enjoy direct access to the leaders in the world of esthetics. This includes estheticians, authors, lecturers, instructors, spa owners, consultants, vendors, and manufacturers, not to mention admittance to private SBB social functions at various trade shows around the country. Keep informed about educational opportunities, hot new products and high tech equipment.
SBB Private Members will have one-on-one access with vendors in our Vendor-of-the-Month Forum.

We are SO MUCH more than just a message board!

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Inside SpaBizBoard

NASN directors head to Dallas for Int'l Congress of Esthetics & Spa May 5-8!

Visit (and LIKE!) "Estheticians Are A Girl's Best Friend" Facebook page.

Join HAPPY ESTHETICIAN Facebook page for treatment room tips & tricks, classes and seminar alerts and valuable insight from the BEST in the World of Esthetics.

Diane Buccola, owner of SpaBizBoard, has successfully met the requirements and passed the NCEA certification exam, and has been awarded NCEA Certified Professional status. (Please see SBB's NCEA public forum for a link to the NCEA Certification website)

SBB member Danielle Wachowski has recently become NCEA Certified. CONGRATS Danielle!

SBB member Tammie Winberg has recently become NCEA Certified. CONGRATS Tammie!!

SBB member Sandra Landish is the latest esthetician to become NCEA Certified. CONGRATS Sandy!

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Toggle this category SpaBizSolutions (public forum)

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	Estheticians Are a Girl's Best Friend (booklet) An inexpensive and easy marketing tool for estheticians! It does the work for you. All you have to do it get this booklet in the hands of potential clients and the general public. Place in your waiting room, fitness club, hair salons, Starbucks, church, etc. Wherever men and women gather, this book should be there!	184 Hits
	E-Articles for Estheticians Quick, easy and inexpensive tutorials.	1,553 Hits
	Esthetician & Spa tee-shirts An inexpensive way to promote yourself with no effort. Tee-shirts are great conversation starters, so wear them anywhere potential clients might be!	1,144 Hits

Estheticians Are a Girl's Best Friend (booklet)

An inexpensive and easy marketing tool for estheticians! It does the work for you. All you have to do it get this booklet in the hands of potential clients and the general public. Place in your waiting room, fitness club, hair salons, Starbucks, church, etc. Wherever men and women gather, this book should be there!

184 Hits

E-Articles for Estheticians

Quick, easy and inexpensive tutorials.

1,553 Hits

Esthetician & Spa tee-shirts

An inexpensive way to promote yourself with no effort. Tee-shirts are great conversation starters, so wear them anywhere potential clients might be!

1,144 Hits

Toggle this category SPA BUSINESS EDUCATION (public forum)

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	EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES Classes, seminars, webinars, etc.	53 topics 200 replies	Bayliss Botanical, June 8th... By src 01 May 2012
	SpaBizBoard articles Links to trade magazine articles written by members of SpaBizBoard	5 topics 11 replies	Articles by Anne C. Willis By De La Terre Skincare 09 May 2012

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

Classes, seminars, webinars, etc.

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SpaBizBoard articles

Links to trade magazine articles written by members of SpaBizBoard

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Toggle this category SKIN CARE (public forum)

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American Cancer Society - Look Good Feel Better program (public forum) This wonderful program desperately needs esthetician, cosmetologist and general volunteers. Please follow the link to the LGFB website and learn about this great program that helps women (and men) who are going through chemotherapy.		3,151 Hits
How-To Videos (public forum) There are a lot of videos out there online these days. Some are highly educational and others demonstrate precisely what NOT to do. Both can be very helpful!	3 topics 0 replies	Treating actinic keratosis... By src 23 Jul 2010
Why are Facials Important? Why Should I Have Professional Facials by a Licensed Esthetician?	1 topics 0 replies	Why Are Facials Important By src 24 Mar 2008
What About Sunscreen? Do I need it every day?	1 topics 0 replies	Do I Need Sunscreen Every Day? By src 24 Mar 2008
What about Melanoma? The ABC's of Melanoma	2 topics 1 replies	Is a mole benign or cancerous? By src 05 Dec 2011

Toggle this category NATIONAL AESTHETIC & SPA NETWORK - NASN

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NASN (Public Forum) NASN stands for the National Aesthetic Spa Network where estheticians and spa owners have volunteered their time and expertise to start a chapter in their own state or area. We currently have 9 chapters across the United States. NASN was founded by Janet McCormick and Denise R. Fuller, Diane Buccola, esthetician and owner of Spabizboard is the NASN Director for California, Gena Flores is the Midwest Director,Tracy Marr is the Nevada Director, Mary Turner is the Northeast NASN Director these names you may recognize from SBB! The goal of NASN is to provide complimentary education for spa professionals in a vendor neutral environment so that the entire industry can learn, grow, network and create life long connections. Chapter events are yearly and NASN has a partnered with the International Congress of Esthetics & Spa trade show to be able to offer education in Miami, Dallas, Long Beach and Philadelphia. There are no dues or fee to join NASN! Attendance requirements vary by state. Please see each state below for details. For more information please visit www.nasnbiz.com		4,299 Hits
California (Public Forum) Sunday, July 15, 2012 1-5 p.m. (Doors will open at noon) LOCATION: Hampton Inn & Suites Sacramento-Airport-Natomas 3021 Advantage Way Sacramento, CA SPEAKERS: Accounting for Estheticians: Keeping it Simple Shana Stevens, Accountant The Pros and Cons of Private Label Michele Corley, MC Skincare Sugaring Services Lisanne Wilcox, Director of Schools & Education Alexandria Professional RSVP required to: nasncalifornia@aol.com (Please include your esthetician license number and state.) SWAG BAGS FOR THE FIRST 25 RSVPs!!!!!! California NASN Director Diane Buccola Email: nasncalifornia@aol.com	45 topics 497 replies	Bayliss Botanical Welcomes... By skintegrity 08 May 2012
Florida (Public Forum) NASN Florida PLEASE WATCH FOR DETAILS ABOUT THE NEXT EVENT in January 2012. Students and Licensed Spa Professionals welcome Must provide license number or school id number To RSVP 772.882.2300 or www.nasnbiz.com	37 topics 123 replies	Check out the updated NASN... By Denise R. Fuller 31 Mar 2012
Midwest (Public Forum) PLEASE WATCH FOR DETAILS ABOUT OUR NEXT EVENT in 2012! Must be a licensed spa professional to attend. Gena Flores, Director hgfloresjr@yahoo.com	23 topics 151 replies	Midwest NASN 2012 By Denise R. Fuller 10 Mar 2012
Nevada (public forum) PLEASE WATCH FOR DETAILS ABOUT THE NEXT EVENT in 2012 Nevada NASN Director Trecy C. Marr 530-852-1863 TrinityEsthetics@att.net	3 topics 13 replies	So....tell us about the 1st... By Trinity 26 May 2011
Northeast (public forum) Northeast NASN Director Mary Turner Phone: 724-657-5156 Email: maryturner125@msn.com	3 topics 35 replies	NASN 2012 NorthEast By Denise R. Fuller 22 Feb 2012
Texas (Public Forum) Stay tuned for details!	8 topics 4 replies	NASN Texas June 10th 2012 By Denise R. Fuller 14 May 2012
Virginia (Public Forum) Virginia State Director: Julie Starr 276.698.8623 www.hhy-mozenlifebalance.com/esthetic.html	11 topics 25 replies	Virginia has been rescheduled By Denise R. Fuller 24 Mar 2011

Toggle this category ESTHETICIAN LOCATOR (public forum)

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	Find an Esthetician or Spa in Your Area This forum has been created to assist the public in finding a licensed professional esthetician in your area. Please click on your state and peruse the various listings for your area.	12 topics 10 replies	North Carolina By De La Terre Skincare 09 May 2012

Find an Esthetician or Spa in Your Area

This forum has been created to assist the public in finding a licensed professional esthetician in your area. Please click on your state and peruse the various listings for your area.

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