2023 Exhibitor Classes

Live During Expo
Chrissie Paraschos
RefectoCil
CBON COSMETIC BRANDS OF NORTH AMERICA
Chrissie has been a licensed esthetician for 9 years now, and she has been a RefectoCil Lash & Brow Educator for 8 years. Chrissie is also an Infection Control Educator, and it comes in handy when teaching lash & brow services.
Chrissie wants to share her passion for RefectoCil with all her fellow beauty professionals. She has received her Browista Certification through GW Cosmetics (RefectoCil’s manufacturer). Working alongside them has given her a lot of experience not only in application skills but also in educational development.
Classes:
Brow Intensifying by RefectoCilSunday 11:00 am Room: 203-D
Welcome to a new era of Lash & Brow styling! The Intense Brow[n]s tinting system is a patented and FDA compliant tinting system for intense, natural looking brows and lashes! You can achieve a beautiful skin staining with this system!
Come learn about :
- This new signature service “Brow Intensifying by RefectoCil™”
- The 3 techniques developed to respond to your clients‘ individual brow needs
- How to create the most intense and customized looks with this in-demand service
Why should you take this class?
- Extend your service offer!
Add the new trend service “Brow Intensifying by RefectoCil™” to your styling offer. Create impactful brows and expressive lashes – for the special “WOW” your clients are looking for!
- Natural-looking alternative!
Intense Brow[n]s™ creates fuller looking brows and a customized make-up effect, as a natural looking alternative to permanent make-up or microblading.
- Safe and simple!
Carefully tested, vegan- certified and with an FDA- compliant color additive, Intense Brow[n]s™ creates intense and brilliant looks in only a few steps
Monday 11:00 am Room: 203-D
Everyone wants it, but very few have it: Beautifully defined, fuller but still natural-looking brows.
“Brow Lamination by RefectoCil” is a trendy service that gives brows new momentum and brings the brow hairs into an ideal shape that is long-lasting, fixed but still remains flexible.
Come learn how to use the RefectoCil Brow Lamination Kit to define and lift/laminate your clients brows.
- Proper protocols from start to end on Brow Lamination
- New faster solution times of only 10 minutes
- The importance of pairing it alongside with a brow tint to complete the look
- 3 different brow looks you can achieve
- Importance of client consultation, consent form & patch test
- The profitability from a single brow lamination kit
- Proper aftercare and maintenance
How to add value to your brow lamination services

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Marie-Pier Brousseau
DECTRO INTERNATIONAL
Marie-Pier Brousseau’s 14-year career in aesthetics and electrolysis has not been short on accomplishments and accolades, that’s for sure. Proficient in laser, microdermabrasion, thermocoagulation and chemical peels, she is in high demand as an instructor and speaker on electro- and photoepilation. Marie-Pier holds a certificate from the International Committee of Aesthetics and Cosmetology (CIDESCO) and also a bachelor’s degree in education from the Université du Québec (UQAR) in Rimouski (Quebec).
Passionate about her craft and profession, Mrs. Brousseau has spent 4 years teaching the 1300 hours aesthetics program in Edmonton (Alberta), before joining Dectro International as an international instructor. Her exhaustive knowledge of permanent hair removal and skin care as well as her high-energy presence make her an invaluable asset indeed.
Classes:
Optimize your permanent hair removal services with unique techniques!Sunday 2:00 pm Room: 206-E
As an experienced electrologist, you now have access to a wide range of highly effective tools that can maximize the results of your permanent hair removal services. Do you know them all? Are you using them optimally? During this conference, we will present the most recent electroepilation treatment solutions available to you and the situations in which they can be used.
We will explain the advantages of each one and how they will allow you to achieve a comfortable treatment without compromising on efficiency, for all hair types and skin colors.

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Sharon Clarke
Evolve Cosmetics™, a div of Evolve Medical
EVOLVE MEDICAL INC.
After decades in the industry with multiple business start-ups and successful product launches to her credit, Sharon Clarke founded Evolve Cosmetics™ in 2018. Evolve began with a single motivation in mind: to provide a simplified and all encompassing approach to skincare and cosmetics.
With our novel Clean Face Cloths, skinbetter science® medical-grade skincare, a Canadian clean makeup line and much more, Evolve Cosmetics™ offers products for every step of your daily skincare and cosmetics routine. Bringing positivity to the narrative surrounding a woman’s right to control her beauty, Evolve Cosmetics™ was born to empower women with the beauty knowledge needed to age with elegance.
Classes:
How to Increase Your Revenue Without Hiring More StaffSunday 1:00 pm Room: 206-E
When it comes to extending the benefits of a salon or spa visit for your clients, nothing works as well as sending them home with some products. But how do you get them to purchase without being that pushy sales person?
Sharon will discuss the 5 P’s of how to grow your business without the expense of hiring more staff.
What are the 5 P’s? Join her session to find out.

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Cristina Ramirez
DIEGO DALLA PALMA DERMOCOSMETICS
INTERCOSMETICS
Cristina Ramirez is a pioneer of the Canadian esthetics industry, with over 30 years’ experience in the field. She is a CIDESCO diplomat and leading European-trained esthetician who established one of the first esthetics schools in Canada, Gina’s College of Advanced Aesthetics, where she is Director.
Cristina is also President of Intercosmetics, the leading spa industry supplier, where she is at the forefront of the latest developments in the beauty industry. Her expertise and business knowledge in all sectors of the beauty industry make her a sought-after speaker.
Classes:
“ONCODERMATOLOGY” Oncology Skin Care (Presented with Alexandra Maria)Sunday 11:00 am Room: 206-C
Monday 11:00 am Room: 206-C
Sensitized skins on cancer patients and Couperose, Rosacea, Eczema, Psoriasis all share common sypmtoms that may cause discomforts of different intensity. Even if common, not all the symptoms are equal, as even their grade of tollerance may be different. A new field called “ONCODERMATOLOGY” provides a specialized approach to caring for skins while undergoing or after cancer treatment. Discover how to take care of skin suffering from such conditions using the newest science backed products lines for sensitive skins by Diego dalla Palma.
Discover these clinically tested professional treatments & home care products formulated with biotechnologically obtained peptides treat these delicate skins while on chemotherapy or and protect them. Today, more than ever, the support of dermocosmetics and oncology aesthetics has a fundamental role before, during and after cancer therapies because it improves the quality of life of the persons experiencing them. Learn about skin care and cancer treatment. What to look for and how to manage these highly sensitized skin.
“Tested at The University Dermatology Department in Naples, Italy” on persons while on Chemotherapy.
Sunday 1:00 pm Room: 206-C
A safe and effective medical grade peel perfect for aestheticians – sounds impossible? RESURFACE is our innovative, calibrated and precise dermal regeneration procedure that achieves certified, professional and noticeably visible results, with no unpleasant side effects or marked inflammatory processes. Using a blend of the latest generation PHA, AHA and carefully selected new cosmeceuticals, we are able to go beyond the Herbal Peel to visibly reduce WRINKLES, ACNE SCARS, IMPERFECTIONS & UNEVEN COMPLEXION while respecting the delicate skin balance of all layers including its MICROBIOME.
Unlike a traditional peel, we are now able to regenerate and nourish the skin from the inside out & outside in throughout all layers of the epidermis.
Discover the technology behind these medical grade peels, and learn about the newest must-have cosmeceutical ingredients that you need to be incorporating such as RETINOL, REVIVYL, AZELAIC ACID, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR and more.
Learn how easy it is for you to offer a medical grade peel to your clients and give them the results they’ve always dreamed of –with no downtime!

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Alexandra Maria
Diego Dalla Palma Dermocosmetics
INTERCOSMETICS
Alexandra Maria is an accomplished professional International Trainer, Treatment Development Specialist and writer of many educational programs, with more than 15 years of experience in the aesthetic industry all over the world. As an internationally renowned Aesthetic Skin Practitioner, Alexandra has extensive expertise in cosmeceutical science, medical-esthetical technologies and skin health procedures. She has been trained in various advanced aesthetic treatments, at various educational centers by experts in Italy and abroad. She was a constant guest in various TV shows and online presentations in various countries where she charmed the audiences with her technical knowledge, practical expertise and multi-language skills.
Alexandra launched her career in the Beauty Industry as an Esthetician. She opened her own Beauty Salon where she gained experience in Management, Marketing and Human Resources. For the past 8 years she has been an International Trainer, being in charge of the technical and educational development of distributors, skin specialized clinics and beauty
Classes:
“ONCODERMATOLOGY” Oncology Skin Care (Presented with Cristina Ramirez)Sunday 11:00 am Room: 206-C
Monday 11:00 am Room: 206-C
Sensitized skins on cancer patients and Couperose, Rosacea, Eczema, Psoriasis all share common sypmtoms that may cause discomforts of different intensity. Even if common, not all the symptoms are equal, as even their grade of tollerance may be different. A new field called “ONCODERMATOLOGY” provides a specialized approach to caring for skins while undergoing or after cancer treatment. Discover how to take care of skin suffering from such conditions using the newest science backed products lines for sensitive skins by Diego dalla Palma.
Discover these clinically tested professional treatments & home care products formulated with biotechnologically obtained peptides treat these delicate skins while on chemotherapy or and protect them. Today, more than ever, the support of dermocosmetics and oncology aesthetics has a fundamental role before, during and after cancer therapies because it improves the quality of life of the persons experiencing them. Learn about skin care and cancer treatment. What to look for and how to manage these highly sensitized skin.
“Tested at The University Dermatology Department in Naples, Italy” on persons while on Chemotherapy.
Sunday 1:00 pm Room: 206-C
A safe and effective medical grade peel perfect for aestheticians – sounds impossible? RESURFACE is our innovative, calibrated and precise dermal regeneration procedure that achieves certified, professional and noticeably visible results, with no unpleasant side effects or marked inflammatory processes. Using a blend of the latest generation PHA, AHA and carefully selected new cosmeceuticals, we are able to go beyond the Herbal Peel to visibly reduce WRINKLES, ACNE SCARS, IMPERFECTIONS & UNEVEN COMPLEXION while respecting the delicate skin balance of all layers including its MICROBIOME.
Unlike a traditional peel, we are now able to regenerate and nourish the skin from the inside out & outside in throughout all layers of the epidermis.
Discover the technology behind these medical grade peels, and learn about the newest must-have cosmeceutical ingredients that you need to be incorporating such as RETINOL, REVIVYL, AZELAIC ACID, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR and more.
Learn how easy it is for you to offer a medical grade peel to your clients and give them the results they’ve always dreamed of –with no downtime!

Live During Expo
Uliana Shchepeleva
MY LAMINATION CANADA
Uliana is Head Trainer of My Lamination with over 15 years of eyelash experience. Certified at the highest levels, both in Europe and Canada, she will share and teach her extensive knowledge and years of experience you won’t find anywhere else! She is infinitely encouraging, contagiously optimistic, and the best teacher anyone can ask for.
“Since I moved to Canada, I have faced a challenge to find great high quality training in the lash & brow industry. Every course that I have taken or attended (over a 100) was just a mediocre copy of the previous one. On the hunt to improve my skills I have started taking different courses around the world to collect all the information that is available out there. I have implemented those skills and mastered them.
In the end, I have created an ultimate Lash Lift and Brow Lamination courses that covers it all!”
Classes:
Lash Lift Troubleshoot Q&ASunday 3:00 pm Room: 205-C
Uliana will answer your burning questions while walking you through all the Lash Lift steps and Pro-Tips!
Check her out on Instagram: @lashmother.uli where she gives tons of free information!

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40 Day Video Access
Marjorie Queen Mentor
NOVOQUEEN PRO
“From me to me: whatever you want my queen.”
I inspire you to stand out by offering Lash Lift Vegan™ services and I empower you into building a business that supports whatever you wish instead of being a slave. I am known for my innovations of the first vegan lash lift line which we just celebrated 1 million in sales and creating techniques/tools that reduce plastic waste by 80% per service.
I continue to expand my knowledge with online educational trainings on entrepreneurship with over 500 students online.
Winner of several lash lift competitions and business awards, I have a strong Instagram and Facebook presence with Novoqueen Pro and Marjorie Queen Mentor.
Classes:
DIY: How To Make a Lash Lift on Yourself?Monday 1:00 pm Room: 206-C
40 Day Video Access
If you are a tech or just curious about this service, I invite you to join me in discovering this amazing treatment that can free you from the need for mascara. Not only can you offer it to your clients with an easy 10x profit on product cost, but you can also benefit from it yourself. However, despite being a Canadian champion in lash lifting with 6 years of experience, I faced numerous new challenges when I started doing it on myself.
Despite these challenges, I persevered and learned a lot of valuable lessons along the way. Now, I am excited to share my knowledge and experience with you, my fellow beauty enthusiast, in this free masterclass. So come and join me on this journey to discover the secrets of DIY lash lifting and take your lash skills to the next level!

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Patrick Johnson
SPAVARO
Patrick Johnson is the CEO of BioPhotas and the inventor of the award winning Celluma Series of Light Therapy devices. He is a seasoned executive with P&L leadership in turnarounds, startups, emerging companies, as well as companies challenged with mature product life cycles.
With a history of repeatedly growing sales and gross margins at double-digit growth rates, he has provided leadership in strategic planning, sales, marketing, corporate branding, product positioning, and operations.
Mr. Johnson is a senior executive with 25 years of experience leading manufacturing companies in diverse industries including medical, dental, aerospace, and motorsports.
Classes:
LED Secrets Exposed: How To Get The Most Out Of Light TherapySunday 11:00 am Room: 205-C
Monday 11:00 am Room: 205-C
• A Different Path up the Light Therapy Mountain
• The Applications & Benefits of Celluma
• The Science & Myths of Light Parameters
• The Celluma Difference
• Integrating LED into your Practice
• Benefits Beyond the Treatment Room
Sunday 2:00 pm Room: 205-C
Monday 2:00 pm Room: 205-C
Did you know. that after 30 minutes of light therapy treatment, patient downtime is reduces wound healing and post-procedure recovery is accelerated, there is reduction in erythema and edema, and patient comfort levels increase?
Light therapy can be used clinically as a powerful stand alone modality or as a treatment enhancing add-on and is ideal for use following a variety of services including surgery, hair restoration, ablative LASER, microdermabrasion, microneedling, peels, injections and much more.
Light therapy is whole body, whole family wellness at its best with its clinically proven, non-toxic, low-touch, and affordable options.
in this class you will learn:
– Attract new male and female patients in 2023
– Treat patients head-to-toe without a bulky LED bed
– Increase revenue with Retail Celluma Home devices
– Integrate light therapy successfully into your practice
– Effectively communicate the benefits of LED to your patients