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Volume 4 - Issue 11, April
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MESSAGE FROM OUR EDITOR
“If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound
ourselves.”
Thomas
Edison
April
is here and with its arrival I wonder; where did the first few months of
the year go? My most sincere apologies for our absence in March, I
thought I could do a million things and still find time to put together
our monthly newsletter but I was wrong, the days just don’t have enough
hours in them. It just goes to show that when you are in operations
sometimes something has to give, unfortunately what gave last month was
being able to write for my Blogs, Newsletters and articles in general. I
am back on track, organized myself a little better but most importantly
delegated some tasks to the talented people on our team so that I can
find more hours in the day.
R&D is
very pleased to announce its new
Spa Management Division.
We will continue to assist our clients with start-ups, operations,
training, and education in addition to managing their locations. As the
Managing Director for these properties I find myself back to the day to
day operations of running a spa. Exciting, challenging, interesting and
intense, I look forward to every minute of it. For more information on
our Managing Services please go to Spa Management and if you are
interested in a career as a Spa Manager please do check our Ad in the
Sponsors corner.
In this
issue we bring to you an article written by Yazira,
“Personalize your Backbar”;
in her search to bring us new ideas for our backbar she discovered a
great alternative for those that want to create their own products and
that have been searching for a place to create and manufacture;
CoValence
is that place.
Tidbits
continues to bring you news on products, trends and items found at the
Day Spa Expo and during our recent travels.
A big
thank you to Rachel Zawila, Editorial Assistant for
Pulse Magazine,
for the great information she provided in her article “Sign of the
Times, The Spa Industry Becomes High-touch and High-Tech” for which
I was interviewed. The magazine is always full of great advice and
articles. To read the full article please visit
www.experienceispa.com
or contact us and we can Fax you a copy. Happy reading!
Wishing
you success, happiness, health and balance. As always, I enjoy your
e-mails and ideas, write to:
zcoll@ResourcesAndDevelopment.com
Spa wishes………Zahira J. Coll
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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
explores
developments, trends and news in the spa and hospitality industry to
assist you with your Spa/Hotel operation. Material for the
newsletter is gathered through research and extensive literature
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Personalize Your Backbar
by Yazira
D. Helsley
I’ve
encountered plenty of Spa Industry Professionals who know exactly what
products they’d like to use and offer their clients, but haven’t yet
found a product line that matches their vision. Although I do believe
there is an abundance of great product lines, if you have something very
specific in mind one option to explore is having the products created.
There are many product manufacturers and private labels to choose from.
One company I recently learned about is
CoValence,
let me share with you what I found out: They are Custom Formulators;
they develop, manufacture and fill custom products, and they’ve been
around for nearly 20 years.
CoValence’s
motto and specialty is BoldSkinventions™, formulas that are not just
skin care products but skin care inventions. They choose ingredients of
different varieties based on the fact that, “A product’s safety,
efficacy and compatibility with the skin are a direct result of the
ingredients chosen and how those ingredients interact with each other.”
They use earth-natural ingredients that can be sourced in a dependable
and ethical manner. They will occasionally use animal by-products, which
are by-products of the food industry and ingredients in which animals
are not killed. And being of the belief that preservatives help lengthen
a product’s stability, they do use alternative preservatives to parabens.
The most noteworthy fact about their ingredient selection is that they
use Chirality to construct identical molecular replicas of earth-natural
ingredients. In fact, “CoValence was the first to identify and
promote the significance of Chirally-Correct™ skin care.” Their
ingredient selection is directly responsible for ensuring their products
cause far fewer allergic reactions than most manufacturers. And of
course, they do not test on animals; their products are tested only by
staff and focus groups. Because they are a FDA registered laboratory,
all products are guaranteed to be manufactured at the highest level of
cleanliness and consistency.
For
anyone who is interested in creating a product,
CoValence
is most certainly worth considering. They specialize in small batches
(as small as 1 gallon per formulation) and low minimums. They assign a
Development Strategist to work with you from conception to reality, and
they offer loads of support, including a Training Center.
When it
comes to choosing the perfect product line for your Spa Business, the
possibilities are endless. There are already a variety of products to
choose from, or you can get creative and dream up your own.
(This
information and much more, can be found on their website at
www.covalence.com,
however one thing you will not be able to find, is a list of their
clients, they follow a strict confidentiality policy.)
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Tidbits
“a small
piece of interesting information”
Tidbits
brings you news on products and vendors that we find either while
attending industry events or through customer referrals. We picked those
companies that have a reputation for excellent customer service, that
offer something different or unique, and those we feel will add value to
your business. If you contact any of these vendors please let them know
you read about it in
“Recent Developments”.
Stay
tuned and enjoy………
At the
fabulous Day Spa Expo this last February in Las Vegas, we met
Mark Leonard from ChimeStone™.
We share with you a press release with information on his unique
invention:
“Corte Madera, CA March 2008
– Massage and other spa treatments relax, restore, and revitalize our
clients, and when done well, keep clients extremely loyal. A new
product, previewed for only a few select industry leaders at the Day Spa
Expo in Las Vegas on February 6, 2008, will give savvy spa owners and
massage therapists an edge in earning that customer loyalty. ChimeStone(TM),
created by meditation student Mark Leonard for his meditation practice,
plays a choice of Tibetan bowl sounds at the beginning and end of a
user-defined time period. The ChimeStone itself is shaped like a river
rock or massage stone, fits easily in the palm of the hand, and plays
wonderfully rich-sounding tones recorded on ancient Tibetan bowls played
by renowned bell-ringer Karma Moffett.
“Although I invented ChimeStone to enhance and encourage meditation
practice, one of my friends who is a massage therapist here in Marin
County became extremely excited when she saw and heard ChimeStone, and
wanted it in all her treatment rooms as a very pleasant way to signal
the end of the massage session,” reported inventor Mark Leonard. In
fact, Mark reported that at the DSE, the Spa Services Director for one
of the most well-known spas in the country placed a sizable initial
order, and immediately initiated discussions to brand the ChimeStone
with the spa logo for their retail store. “We are committed to helping
spa owners throughout the world enhance their client loyalty through
branding ChimeStone,” Mark explained.”
ChimeStone
will be available in the early June timeframe.
For more information, please email Mark at
mark@chimestones.com
or call him at 415-354-2388.
During
a recent visit to
Southwest Institute of the Healing Arts,
located in Tempe AZ, for the unveiling of their Associate Degree in
Spa Management & Leadership and their 300 hour Spa Director
Certificate of Excellence we lectured on “Managing &
Motivation Techniques” and “How Compensation Affects Everything”. We
toured their facilities and I felt such great energy, this is the BEST
campus I have visited, they have a very extensive program, from Yoga
Teacher training program, Holistic Health Care Associate to a brand new
building housing their Southwest Institute of Natural Aesthetics. The
vision of KC Miller and her team is outstanding and I wish I could take
a two year sabatical to immerse myself in all the classes they offer.
Thank you KC, Linda and Dave for inviting us to lecture and be
part of this exciting program. For more information on all their
programs do visit
www.swiha.com.
The
newest trend and one that was started by KC Miller is “Toe
Reading”.
I had it done during my visit to Southwest Institute of the Healing
Arts. I have to admit I was a little skeptical at first, but it was such
an experience that I decided to write a story about it in my Spa
Business Wisdom Blog, do visit it at
http://resourcesanddevelopment.typepad.com/spa_business_wisdom
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