Everyone wants to be happy. It’s an undeniable fact. Most of us spend our lives in search of fulfillment.We crave love and acceptance.We long to be safe and secure. That being the case, why is happiness so hard to ttain and elusive to
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Amber is committed to developing innovative, high-quality products, treatments, and equipment for loyal and dedicated beauty industry professionals, spas, and salons around the world. Its Senna-Papaya Slimming Tea, smooth and sweet flavored with a delicate aroma, is known for aiding digestive and eliminative functions, A great tea for your clients before, during and after treatments.

Q&A with Ann Thariani, co-founder of Gilden Tree Gilden Tree is a small business in Omaha, Nebraska, that began when Ann Thariani fell in love. While attending college, she fell in love with Kumy, now her husband, who moved back home to Pakistan. After three years apart, she followed him to his land and the two were married. It is there that she discovered a local product, a funny looking, terra cotta, pumice stone called the Footscrubber, and Ann fell in love again. When they decided to move back to the United States, she and Kumy wanted to start a business together, so they started importing the Footscrubber—a unique product for the American market.

Monticelli Mud by Comfort Zone. This is a soft and creamy mud with thermal water and isothermic detoxifing, draining and reducing action. It is our most popular treatment. Guests love its smell and the way their skin feels after the treatment. For more information, please contact Barry McCaffrey at: bmccaffrey@eastcoastsalon.com

The natural and organic marketplace is a fast-growing and dynamic environment. A steady stream of new products continually enters the marketplace and produces double-digit growth rates. What’s behind these trends? And what does the future hold for natural and organic personal care, as they relate to opportunities with spas and salons? The Natural Marketing Institute (NMI), a leading market research and strategic consulting firm, has researched the natural and organic products marketplace since 1990. It maintains several syndicated databases covering this industry , and has conducted numerous analyses of the marketplace for various clients.

Tea is one of the oldest beverages in the world. Though no one can be certain where and when tea was first brewed, stories about its origins seem to involve equal parts myth and reality. One legend had its origin in ancient China over 5,000 years ago. According to the story, Shen Nung, an early emperor was a skilled ruler, creative scientist, and patron of the arts. His far-sighted edicts required, among other things, that all drinking water be boiled as a hygienic precaution. One summer day while visiting a distant region, he and the court stopped to rest in the shade of a wild tea shrub. In accordance with his ruling, the servants began to boil water for the court to drink. Suddenly, a breeze blew a few leaves from the shrub into the pot and the water was infused with a delicious and refreshing flavor. He experimented further and found it to have medicinal properties as well. He urged the Chinese people to cultivate the plant for the benefit of the entire nation. And so, according to legend, tea was created.