Save Karyn or STD Textbook for Proessional Estheticans

Save Karyn: One Shopaholic's Journey to Debt and Back

Author: Karyn Bosnak

Drowning in $20,000 of credit card debt, shopaholic Karyn Bosnak asked strangers for money online -- and it worked!

What would you do if you owed $20,000? Would you: A) not tell your parents? B) start your own website that asked for money without apology? or C) stop coloring your hair, getting pedicures, and buying Gucci? If you were Karyn Bosnak, you'd do all three.

Karyn started a funny yet honest website, savekaryn.com, on which she asked for donations to help her get out of debt. Karyn received e-mails from people all over the world, either confessing their own debt-ridden lives, or criticizing hers. But after four months of Internet panhandling and selling her prized possessions on eBay, her debt was gone!

In Save Karyn: One Shopaholic's Journey to Debt and Back, Karyn details the bumpy road her financial -- and personal -- life has traveled to get her where she is today: happy, grateful, and completely debt-free. In this charming cautionary tale, Karyn chronicles her glamorous rise, her embarrassing fall, and how the kindness of strangers in cyberia really can make a difference.

Library Journal

Bosnak is the owner of the now famous-or infamous-www.saveKaryn.com. She had the audacity to run up $20,000 in credit card debt, lose her job, and, instead of declaring bankruptcy, put up the first personal web site to solicit donations. Here she details her descent into debt and the bumpy road to debt freedom, shares intimate details of her personal finances, and describes the emails that she received (both compassionate and hateful), her guest appearances on NBC's Today and CNN, and a write-up in People magazine. Her strategies for cutting expenses are not generally innovative, but readers should enjoy her upbeat, folksy writing style. Kicking the dollars up a bit, Hunt ran up $100,000 in credit card debt in the early 1980s. Soon after, she became the founder and publisher of Cheapskate Monthly and the author of several money management books. Her latest identifies methods to strengthen a marriage, particularly a couple's financial position. Packed with real-life advice and examples, Hunt's book covers everything needed to manage money as a team, ways to live beneath your means, and how to reconcile different behaviors and beliefs about saving, giving, and managing finances. She writes in an organized, personal style, motivating readers and teaching them how to take charge of their income. Both books teach the importance of thrift through real-life mistakes; however, Hunt's guide is much more detailed and practical.-Susan C. Awe, Univ. of New Mexico Lib., Albuquerque Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

"I'm not really great with money. I never have been," writes former TV producer Bosnak, though she's an old pro at spending it: on clothes and accessories, a personal trainer, furniture, a tony address, nightlife. By the time she loses her job, she has amassed $20,000 in credit-card debt. But she has optimism (in fact, she's relentlessly chirpy and hungry for your laughter) and an idea: Internet panhandling, through which she emerged from the red. Here she chronicles the call-and-response of her seriocomic website-she admits she was a fool and is asking others to pay for it-which she keeps lively with daily postings of her hard-bitten frugality. There are brief excursions into questions of self-esteem, obsession-compulsion, and superficiality, though Bosnak is more comfortable sending what she considers zingers back to the numerous lewd e-mails she receives: "If you'd like to see what I smell like, I'd rather send you my flip-flops than my panties." The bilious irony is that she's made a bundle on film rights for overspending on "a bunch of designer crap." Film rights to Escape Artists/Sony. Agent: Jennifer Unter at RLR Associates

Book review: Administración de recursos Humana

STD Textbook for Proessional Estheticans

Author: Joel Gerson

Now in its' ninth edition, Milady's Standard Textbook for Professional Estheticians has been thoroughly revised to include the most up-to-date information available today. Written by Joel Gerson, one of the industry's top authorities on skin care, and Alison O'Neil, a leading expert in the medical esthetics arena, this updated text contains all the essential information needed to ensure greater success for students taking the state board examinations. For the first time, this text is presented in full-color, incorporating a brand new, user-friendly four-color design that will help students learn the common links between the concepts and principles of skin care. Over 500 new full-color photographs and illustrations support the text content and include new step-by-step photographs for many of the procedures presented. All new photos have been incorporated in the chapter on skin disorders and diseases, special esthetic procedures, client consultation and skin analysis, and color theory and cosmetic techniques. A running glossary in each chapter helps the student become familiar with the language of skin care, and procedural notes and safety tips help to reinforce concepts. Expanded discussion on safety and sanitation topics reflects changes made in OSHA rulings and decontamination and infection control. Added discussion on advanced topics including AHAs, BHAs, glycolic, and microdermabrasion techniques give students exposure to those skills that will make them more marketable. Milady's Standard Textbook for Professional Estheticians, 9th ed., is the essential textbook for basic esthetics training.

Table of Contents:

PART I: Getting Started/Orientation, Skin Care: History and Opportunities, Your Professional Image
PART II: General Sciences, Sanitation and Disinfections, Anatomy and Physiology, Chemistry and Analysis, Cosmetic Chemistry, Basics of Electricity.
PART III: Skin Sciences, History of the Skin, Skin Types and Conditions, Skin Disorders and Diseases.
PART IV: The Principles of Basic Esthetics, The Treatment Rooms, Massage, Basic Facials and Treatments, Intermediate Skin Treatments, Machines, Basic Hair Removal Techniques, Advanced Skin Treatments; an Overview, The World of Makeup.
PART V: The Business of Skin Care, The Salon/Spa Business, Selling Products and Services, Career Planning.