Salon & Spa Industry Workers Turn to Continuing Education to Grow Business During Tough Economic Times

Continuing Education Classes Popular to Maintain Licensing and Expand Treatment Offerings

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. - April 20, 2009 - The tough economic times have been pretty busy for local certified continuing education provider Alicia Barrera-Warwick with Art Face Beauty Productions. During recessions, people tend to flock to continuing education to learn new skills, advance their careers and grow their business during lean times. That theory even applies to the spa technicians, massage therapists, estheticians and holistic health practitioners across Orange County.

"We have seen a big jump in enrollment and even some growth from people that are just breaking into the field," Barrera-Warwick said. "The therapeutic massage and bodywork industry continues to grow and skilled practitioners are always in demand across Orange County."

The key to being, and maintaining a profile as, a skilled practitioner is to consistently learn about the new treatments, massage arts and other skills becoming popular every day.

"This field is constantly changing as new treatments become popular and new techniques are developed to better help people maintain their healthy lifestyles," Barrera-Warwick said. "Without continuing education, a licensed practitioner would quickly become out of date with the trends in the industry."

Art Face Beauty Productions offers a number of technical, refresher and even business management courses for licensed practitioners every month. Some of the courses include Spa Savvy 101 - a wide review of popular spa treatments to help workers expand their offerings and grow their business - Cupping Technique for the Bodyworker, Healing Hot Stone Massage and even Advertising and Marketing Your Services Without a Budget. The courses offer continuing education credit and are held in both North and South Orange County locations.

"We really stress the technical and business management side of the business in our continuing education courses," Barrera-Warwick said. "It is essential to know both in order to run a successful practice."

There are also a number of courses open to non-professionals, including Reiki, Makeup 101 and Crystal Bodywork and Vibrational Therapy.

For more information on all of the classes, or to enroll, please visit Art Face Beauty Productions on the web at www.massageandfacials.com or call 310-779-0008.

Alicia was recently featured in Skin Deep's July/August 2010 issue. See below:

For full issue, visit http://skindeep.idigitaledition.com/issues/4/.

Media Contact;
Alicia Barrera-Warwick Art Face Beauty Productions
Phone: 310-779-0008