B.A.B.E. is hosting a LIVE Virtual advanced continuing education conference Sunday September 28th, 2025 for Estheticians & Cosmetologists. Providing a variety of education with CE / CEU hours varying by state.
This event will be from 9am-5 pm central.
During this day we are providing a variety of topics that are relatable for your career. The following speakers will be educating and presenting.
Chanla Frederickson with Chanla Chau Cosmetics
Chanla Frederickson, founder of Chanla Chau Cosmetics, has cultivated a thriving, award-winning skincare brand built on genuine connection and customer loyalty. Over the past decade, she's mastered the art of building a community around her brand, not just customers. At the BABE conference, Chanla will share her personal journey and reveal the authentic strategies she used to create a fiercely loyal following, offering actionable insights you can implement to grow your own customer base and attract new, passionate fans.
Linda Amato with Esthetician Mentor & Badger Cryo Clinic
Non-Invasive Body Contouring: A Game-Changer for Fat Loss
Ready to unlock new service offerings, significantly grow your business, and join fellow professionals committed to redefining body transformation?
· Non-invasive body contouring is a huge trend today as clients continue to seek effective, affordable non-surgical options for fat reduction.
· The rise of weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro is accelerating this trend further, as patients seek to sculpt and refine their figures after significant weight loss.
· Using GLP-1 agonists alone can lead to great weight loss, but some patients experience challenges such as disproportionate fat loss or loose skin. The answer? Combination Therapy with non-invasive body contouring.
· In most states, you do not need to hold any particular license to practice non-invasive body contouring with a non-medical device.
In this product-neutral class, we’ll explore science, the latest techniques, and technologies (and more) behind non-invasive body sculpting to help you determine if offering this service is right for you and your clients. You’ll also see how safe, quick, and easy a session can be with a live demonstration utilizing a targeted cryotherapy device.
Become the go-to professional in non-invasive body contouring and stand out in the industry!
After starting her career practicing as an aesthetician and laser technician, Linda Amato has been teaching advanced aesthetics for over 20 years.Throughout the years she has gained valuable experience in many aspects of the aesthetics industry including medical spa management, marketing, sales, coaching, and clinical education.
Linda has helped develop clinical training programs for aestheticians and medical skin care professionals around the world. She is a contributing author to Milady Standard Esthetics: Fundamentals 12th Edition, writing CHAPTER 6: Skin Care Products: Chemistry, Ingredients, and Selection.
Today, in addition to mentoring skin care professionals, Linda owns and operates two businesses (a cryotherapy clinic & spa and spa suites/wellness center), and is a cryotherapy trainer.
Jennifer Crable with Epistep
Peptides. Amino Acids. Proteins. Growth Factors.
We all use skincare products with peptides and know, they are somehow related to protein. Do you really know how they work in the skin though? Why do they work? Why are there so many with the same name but have different functions?
Join us for some aha moments and get science-based resources that help differentiate fact from fiction.
Jennifer Crable is a globally recognized skincare educator with a unique blend of scientific expertise and practical experience. After a successful career in skincare ingredient R&D, she transitioned to become a licensed esthetician in Germany, Florida, and West Virginia. As Head of Sales and Education for EpiStep, Grandel, and PHYRIS, she shares her knowledge with dedication and passion to empower spa professionals.
Tessa Kienow with LaFlore
The Missing Link: Skin Health Testing for Better Client Outcomes
Unlock the secret to truly radiant skin by exploring the power of skin microbiome testing. This presentation will show you how to transform your clients' results, especially those struggling with rosacea, dermatitis, acne, dehydration, and sensitive skin.
You'll gain invaluable insights into the factors that disrupt the delicate balance of the skin microbiome and learn effective strategies to support its rejuvenation. Discover how prioritizing the holistic well-being of your clients' skin microbiome can lead to unparalleled improvements in their skin health.
Join Tessa Kienow of LaFlore® Live Probiotic Skincare as she shares her expertise, guiding you toward offering transformative, science-backed skincare. This is your chance to elevate your business and revolutionize your approach to client satisfaction. Don't miss out!
Tessa Kienow has over 25 years in the wellness industry, starting her career first in spa and wellness operations before transitioning, 10 years ago, into the sales & marketing realm for spa and hospitality products. Currently serving as the Vice President of Sales for LaFlore® Live Probiotic Skincare, Tessa demonstrates seasoned leadership and a commitment to transformative skincare. Tessa is profoundly inspired by LaFlore's mission to introduce topical live probiotics to the industry, aligning with her dedication to cultivating the natural strength and resilience of the skin microbiome. She lives in Atlanta with her husband, daughter, and a cherished redbone coonhound named Rhubarb.
LaFlore® Live Probiotic Skincare is a Florida-based skincare company at the forefront of the LIVE probiotic skincare movement. With a unique approach and patented technology, LaFlore® offers a fresh perspective on the spa and retail skincare industry. Their touch-activated, tri-phase multi-biotics deliver a broad-spectrum matrix of probiotics beyond single-dose solutions. The brand's formulas are microbiome-friendly, plant-based, vegan, and cruelty-free. Visit laflore.com to learn more about our groundbreaking products.
Hannah Craik with SalonVironment & Green Beauty Community
How Beauty Pros Lead the Climate Movement
Beauty professionals have a unique opportunity to lead the change to a more sustainable beauty industry and planet. Through involving your community, expanding education, and making small changes - the beauty industry can save the world
Hannah Craik is the founder of Salonvironment and Co-Founder of the Green Beauty Community. With 11 years of cosmetology under her belt, she quit behind the chair in 2020 to focus on something she felt was missing - sustainable education and climate advocacy resources for beauty professionals.
She currently helps salon owners with consulting on how to create a more sustainable space with the resources that are available to them, making it achievable and realistic for long term success, provides free education for beauty professionals on her website, throws events that helps awareness and provides a service for the community (such as recycling pop-ups for stylists and beauty product swaps), started her own line of plant-based false lashes, and still likes to do a little bridal hair work on the side.
She dabbles in understanding policy change and how important it is for beauty professionals and environmental justice, enjoys material science, recycling advocate, fights for transparency, loves the beauty industry, and believes in the power of grassroots organizations.
Her first love is nature is being able to "play outside" and believes everyone should respect their mother (Earth). She enjoys hiking, paddle boarding, tree hugging, and that everyone deserves a beautiful life.
Your ticket also includes our Health & Safety course (online 3 hours). This course is located on your course dashboard, and can be completed before or after this LIVE Virtual continuing eduction day, at your own pace. Your certificates will be issued once that is completed and after this LIVE Virtual day.
****IMPORTANT NOTE**** If you are wanting LIVE hours you must attend LIVE during the event. If you do not and watch the replay the hours will be considered online and self paced.
****PLEASE NOTE**** If you are an ILLINOIS Beauty Professional and need to fulfill the Sexual Harassment Course requirement (every renewal), simply add it to your cart and it will be FREE with the purchase of this or any other paid course. The Sexual Harassment Course is an additional 1 CE / CEU Hour.
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