President of Eye Pro, Brenda has spent more than two decades in the industry building Eye Pro, Inc., maker of the world-leading Wink-Ease disposable eyewear. Her background includes everything from a marketing & management degree from Indiana University, to a commercial pilot’s license, scuba diving and studying healing and massage. In addition to ensuring every indoor tanner wears eye protection, her passions include protecting endangered animals.
Recently, a salon owner ranted in an online salon owners’ forum about how unfair it is that she has to ask her guests to show eye protection and turn them away if they won’t we... Read more
Last month, I interviewed Mike DePeuw about how a salon owner should prepare for an inspection by a state authority. This month, we talk to an operator who has been inspected three times in... Read more
According to most salon operators who have been through inspection, you can run a very tight ship and still be flagged for violations. I talked about this subject with Mike DePuew, owner of... Read more
Did you know that in Kentucky, salon operators can not offer their tanners shared goggles – those used by multiple people and sanitized by staff after each use. Kentucky regulations require... Read more
In the 13 years I’ve written “Eye to Eye,” the most popular topic has been “Making the Big Switch” – basically, my tips for switching from sharing goggles to only SELLING eye protection – an... Read more
In the April issue of IST Magazine, I wrote about using proper tanning bed disinfectants and not substituting solutions that leave residues that are potentially damaging to acrylic surfaces... Read more
In all the hubbub about the FDA’s Proposed Rule concerning UV exposure times and the under-18 ban, you may have missed their suggestion that current eye protection regulations be dramaticall... Read more
I recently asked salon operators if they have a substitute product they use for cleaning sunbeds and goggles if they run out of their everyday cleaning solution (a misnomer; you really need... Read more
Did you know that the earth’s ozone layer is what keeps us from burning up? There’s a hole in the ozone layer, and as it continues to grow, the sun’s ultraviolet radiation that reaches the e... Read more
A frightening new trend has hit your tanning rooms. Your tanners are taking off the eye protection they used to wear, because now they are using their phones during their sessions! And of co... Read more
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