August 2008
Isn’t it time to reenergize your passion for your career? Here are some events that just might help you along the way...
Your Beauty Network (YBN) announces its eighth annual business retreat, to be held September 27-29, 2008 in Carlsbad, California.
The organization’s annual business retreat is a business only three-day event featuring leading salon and spa business educators, trainers, interactive breakout workshops, a cosmetology student track and networking arena. The 2008 event will feature three days of intense business training for salon and spa owners serious about surviving and growing their businesses, despite the downswing of the current economy.
The network’s eighth annual business retreat will feature five main stage presentations from dynamic business speakers including: Susan Harrow, author and top media coach; Bert Carder, CEO of Your Beauty Network; Steve Gomez, director of training and consulting for Milady; Julie Shepperly, author, consultant, educator and award winning stylist; and Kimberly Alyn, best-selling author and professional speaker.
New for the 2008 retreat will be the addition of a networking arena that encourages sharing the best of the industry’s survival secrets amongst attendees. Susie Fields Carder, industry veteran and expert in business innovation, will be the arena’s master of ceremonies. For more information, visit www.ybnretreat.com or call 866-364-4926.
Nailpro Anaheim 2008, Southern California’s only trade show focused solely on the business of nails, be held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California on September 14, 2008.
Nailpro Anaheim features a full day of education, including technical classes from educators representing the industry’s major brands, along with business and sanitation classes from Nailpro Education Director Nancy King Heupel and marketing and public relations classes from Nailpro Educator Millie Haynam.
A large show floor exhibits professional nail and salon products, tools, equipment and retail items from the industry’s leading suppliers.
The annual Nailpro Cup competitions continue in three categories: 3-D Nail Art, Sculptured Nails, and Salon Success. Technicians can compete as novices or veterans, and as individuals or in teams. The Nailpro Cup will be awarded at Nailpro Sacramento on October 26, 2008, in the Sacramento Convention Center. For more information visit www.nailpro.com/nailproanaheim.
Beauty industry professionals nationwide will soon gather at Destination Rejuvenation, an intimate health and wellness retreat, providing fulfillment, personal reflection and an opportunity to reenergize and refocus.
Creating a positive environment and feeling of empowerment, two passionate and inspirational leaders—Mary Wilson, Founder of Rejuvenation Mind Body Spirit, and Ann Mincey, Vice President of Global Communications Redken 5th Avenue New York City—guide salon owners, stylists, school instructors, and marketing executives seeking to address challenging personal and unique life balance issues.
The program offers inspiration and tools for improving overall health, wellness and relationships in business and personal arenas.
Destination Rejuvenation, will be held on October 26-28, 2008, includes luxury oceanfront accommodations at the Surf and Sand Resort in Laguna Beach, California.
For more information, visit RejuvenationGifts.com or call 888-598-2514.
Eufora Intl.’s annual Global Connection educational conference is returning November 2-3, 2008 at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel and Spa, Newport, California. It will offer all new program content designed to empower salon professionals to succeed through technical and business focused systems.
This year’s conference is poised to deliver both business and creative inspiration. Global Connection highlights include new business sessions like Double Your Income in 2009 where you’ll learn five successful ways to achieve your financial dreams and goals; Build the Team of Your Dreams where leadership skills and specific management strategies are combined to attract, motivate and retain your salon team.
Winners will be announced for the Second Annual Eufora Hairdresser of the Year Competition at the evening gala event. For more information, call 800-638-3672 or visit www.eufora.net.
International Haircolor Exchange (IHE) 2008, the premier symposium for colorists, will be held on November 9-10 in the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
IHE is a “colorist to colorist” community whose mission is to educate colorists about the process of haircolor through demonstration, hands-on workshops, step-by-step guides and brand-neutral formulas.
The symposium features two full days of education, including technical classes with master colorists in Color Chemistry, Color Correction, Red Carpet Redheads, Power Blondes and Trend Release from Intercoiffure’s Haircolor Council.
Attendees have the opportunity to network with many of the most-recognized colorists in the industry, including Greg Best, Jo Blackwell-Preston, Lois Christie, Jason DeCaprio, Jean Marc DeMontier, Teri Dougherty, Scott J, Gina Khan, Steve Lococo, Marco Pelusi, Thia Spearing, David Stanko and David Velasco, along with motivational speakers Doug Cox and Georgette Wyshak.