A 26-year industry veteran, Joe has taught certified salon operator training for the last 15 years, as well as advocating indoor tanning in many capacities. Joe is a sought-after speaker and presenter at both national & regional trade events, also interacting with the FDA, state & local regulatory agencies. During his most recent tenure with the ITA, he served as director of membership.
Succeeding as a tanning salon in a sunny place like the beautiful SoCal area must be challenging! Salon of Distinction Owner Kandis Langdon chatted with IST about doing business through the... Read more
I have instructed indoor tanning certification courses for many years – some of you may have been in one of my classes. I love spreading the “good word” about controlled, moderate UV exposur... Read more
I wish I had a buck for every time this question has been directed at our industry. I’d throw that cash at some Bitcoin investor and be a very wealthy man! Hey, I listened to a recent Elon M... Read more
Aside from being the tanning industry’s premier training and certification program, Sun is Life® offers a fantastic reward to salon operators who educate themselves and their teams, either i... Read more
“Is it safe? Is it safe?” As salons are adapting to life with COVID – offering a facility that’s “Sun is Life Clean” is a great start! Well, is your salon clean? Is it really clean? Older mo... Read more
As we wrap up the summer and ease into fall, leave it to the health mags to take another shot at tanning beds, albeit during some of the slowest times of the year for the tanning business. T... Read more
As we continue the process of returning (somewhat!) to normalcy after a crazy 2020, we’ve missed a lot of the industry happenings. The annual expo events have always been great battery charg... Read more
As we roll into the dog days of summer … Stop. Fun Fact: “Dog Days” refer to the period between July 3 and August 11, when the Dog Star Sirius rises in the sky at the same time as the... Read more
Apparently, there is a lack of topics to write about in the health magazines this summer. The recent anti-tan content includes these nuggets from the fitness rag, SHAPE. One of the biggest c... Read more
What better time to heat up the “to tan or not to tan” debate than the summer and a news source, verywell.com, jumped right into the fray. (verywellhealth.com/safe-sun-tips-skin-cancer-aware... Read more
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