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Forbes
Ask any parent: A getaway with kids is qualitatively different than one without them. And when you encounter squealing kids or rambunctious teens — that aren't even your own — at a hotel or resort, the experience can prove even more grating.
Here are six distinctly different kid-free zones, getaways where adults, single or coupled, can relax and pursue their own passions.
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CosmeticsDesign.com
At BeautyX in New York City last month, Cosmetics Design caught up with Beauty Heroes founder Jeannie Jarnot to learn more about her passion for Going Blue — a term that describes how forward-thinking businesses are taking steps to give back and actually better the natural environment.
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Learn everything you ever wanted to know about helping your clients with their aging skin! Associated Skin Care Professionals (ASCP) will be hosting its 2nd annual Skin Care Summit, aptly named the Ageless Edition on October 1. This one-day online summit will focus on the science, ingredients, and technology of slowing the aging process.
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Forbes
The beauty industry has been on a tear for years. There are some submarkets that are exceptions, like the mass beauty markets, but overall the business of beauty continues to defy gravity. Even multibrand stores, which in other consumer sectors have a questionable future, are performing. Stefano Curti, global president of Markwins Beauty Brands, pointed out to me that half the growth in beauty is online. But that implies that half the growth is in stores. It's hard to find another market segment where that's true.
There are three unique circumstances that continue to prop up the beauty industry.
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Harper's BAZAAR
The Dead Sea has been an attraction for healing and wellness for thousands of years. That's because the unique mineral composition of the water, mud, and atmospheric pressure have been shown to improve inflammatory conditions like psoirasis, acne, and arthritis. If someone can walk in with psoriasis and walk out healed, imagine what it can do for tired, aging skin that just needs a little boost.
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By using bobile App Creator you'll be able to create an app for your business that automatically engages its users, converting any visitor into a frequent club member.
In addition, we’ve created a range of time-saving features that facilitate client satisfaction such as self-booking, loyalty programs, mobile shop, push notifications manager, coupons and more. Check it out.
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Geothermal joys in Iceland. Digital detoxing in a 1300s Umbrian monastery. Sunrise trekking before a treehouse breakfast on Indonesia's "lost-world" island. For frazzled souls seeking a reboot, the planet offers evermore intriguing solutions.
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Forbes
Paris will always be Paris, and it's certainly very different to the rest of France, the locals will tell you. More international, more fast-paced, it's not quite your Provence hideaway, where locals might pick the day's vegetables from their own kitchen gardens, and soak up the sunshine on walks through local vineyards. However, if you've come to the city hoping to get a taste of French life, don't despair. These four spa retreats offer plenty of well-deserved R&R, as well as a picture-perfect glimpse into that enviable lifestyle à la française just under an hour away from the French capital.
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By Hank Boyer
You and I have been born into an accelerating world. Travel that took a week by horseback two centuries ago is now competed in a few hours in the air-conditioned comfort of your car. Just 10 years ago, the two-hour meeting you had in the next time zone that required flights and overnights is now completed in two hours, plus two minutes for the setup and tear down of a GoToMeeting session. Email, smartphones, internet, Skype, social media…everything is happening faster and faster. We’ve become so used to speed that we actually believe there is something called instant coffee.
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Association Success
Usually, when we talk about workplace culture, we’re talking about the entire organization. However, it is possible to look at culture on a more micro level, which can be important when trying to make significant change at the team level. And culture change that starts small can have a big impact at associations.
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Entrepreneur
For startups,it's critical to stay on top of marketing performance. There is inevitably a level of expenditure involved, and at this stage in your business's development, when resources are tight, you need to know that you’re getting value for money.
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Customer Think
Storytelling is one of the best ways to woo audience and grapple their attention. A proven marketing tactics, storytelling is one of the cheapest yet effective methods to fulfill your boot.
What you think? Storytelling means a big budget movie or big ad campaigns which is an out of pocket budget?
Let me make you clear. All you need for storytelling is a video cam or might be a set of color pencils. The main part required for storytelling is your brain which will generate stories.
Content storytelling is a fad now-a-day.
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By Erick Herrmann
Teachers get into the profession of teaching because they care about young people and want to help them be successful in life, and ultimately to make the world a better place. We all know that relationships are at the core of our work, and that this critical aspect of education and the classroom makes our job of educating children more effective and fulfilling for everyone. The following list of activities and ideas can be used in virtually any context, but may need to be adapted slightly depending on the grade level and make up of your classroom.
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Arthroscopy Association of North America via PubMed
The aim of the present study was to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of the silver-zinc bioelectric dressing as compared with skin preparation with 2 percent chlorhexidine or 4 percent chlorhexidine in reducing the bacterial count on the knee.
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Whether it's for license renewal or NCEA Certified credential recertification, career development, or to increase job opportunities, the need for continuing education is a very real demand of every skin care professional. But while the benefits of continuing education are obvious, the cost is high: travel expenses; time away from home; and scheduling conflicts with work. SDSS now provides affordable, quality continuing education courses at your convenience, presented by experts in a variety of subject areas!
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Cosmeceutical Connoisseur 101: Educating the Students on Cosmeceuticals
Presented by Mary Mills Kennedy
About this webinar:
Enhancing the services that the student will offer to their clients is key to maintaining their client base. In this session we will identify ways to improve upon the services offered with the use of cosmeceuticals. You will also learn key ingredients to look for in products, what works, what doesn't, and what may work in the future — all based on science.
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