
Kelly Huether Reacquires Life of Riley and Riley Salon Resources
Life of Riley Salon Supply and Riley Salon Resources are back in the family, as Kelly Huether acquires the professional distributor he co-founded in 2013.
Organized by The Ideas Exchange, Professional Beauty is India’s only beauty-focused trade show that brings the biggest beauty, spa, skin, hair, nail care brands, distributors, and educators from India on the same platform with the leading international brands.

Lydia Sarfati presenting “How to Make Skin Care Services Work for Your Salon” at Professional Beauty Mumbai 2017
Lydia Sarfati, CEO and Founder of Repechage, served as a key note speaker at this year’s Professional Beauty Mumbai, sharing trends in salon services, such as men’s treatments, luxury and global treatments, and how to expand skin care services beyond four walls.
Sarfati presented “How to Make Skin Care Services Work for Your Salon” at this year’s show, which hosted over 15,000 beauty professionals.
During her presentation, Sarfati shared insight as to how salon professionals can increase skin care services at their salon. Sarfati discussed new trends that salons can incorporate into their business and offered tips on how to cross-sell hair clients skin care services, and upgrade existing skin care clients to new treatments.
Organized by The Ideas Exchange, Professional Beauty is India’s only beauty-focused trade show that brings the biggest beauty, spa, skin, hair, nail care brands, distributors, and educators from India on the same platform with the leading international brands.
Sarfati’s trip to Professional Beauty India followed a successful trip to Mumbai this September. On Sept. 12, Sarfati and JB Skin Care, exclusive distributor of Repechage in India, hosted the Repêchage Global Success Story and Trends Conference at the St. Regis Hotel.
Next stop for Sarfati this fall will be Italy, Russia, and Poland. Sarfati will also host the annual Repêchage Power Lunch Champagne Brunch on Dec. 4, and her 3-Day Master Class Dec. 5 to 7.
Originally posted on Modern Salon

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