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.
It’s a New Year and time for a new resolution: to run a totally clean salon! New York State/Pennsylvania salon chain, Total Tan, uses a spreadsheet to track cleaning procedures. They calcula... Read more
This is an update of my column that appeared in the November 2012 issue of IST Magazine. Salon operators still ask me about these easy and clever ideas that can spice up your holiday season... Read more
Yep, it happens to the rich and famous, too. Anderson Cooper, the fair-skinned, TV Emmy award-winning journalist and star of CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, discussed the horrible pain he experie... Read more
Tanner traffic’s slowing down, and selling those bottles of expensive lotion has gotten a lot more difficult since the rush to be golden for Spring Break and graduation is over. Kids are bac... Read more
Research shows that only HALF of indoor tanners wear protective eyewear during a session. These tanners understand that they may be damaging their vision, but they still don’t wear eye prote... Read more
Brenda wants to know what you know about why it is important to wear protective eye wear while tanning! Take this quiz and find out! Read more
I talked with two salon operators in different parts of the country about their eye protection policies. Sonya Lovell Owner Awesome Tans Cedar Springs, MI Do you sell or share eye protection... Read more
This was my sixth time in Africa and third trip in five years to Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, one of the leading organizations working to save rhinos from poaching. Rhinos are being killed for... Read more
At this season’s trade shows, I heard from a lot of salon operators that very few of their tanners were wearing eye protection, even the ones who had always worn eye protection. The reason?... Read more
I asked two salons on opposite sides of the country about the eye protection policy in their salons. Here is our Q & A. Michelle Norvell, Owner Bare Necessities Tanning Salon Puyallup, W... Read more
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