Tanya Chernova is an international skin specialist, speaker and entrepreneur with over 20 years experience working at every level of the spa and beauty industry. After her return from France as an international educator and business development agent, she founded Time Reverse, an award winning non-surgical facelift brand that generated over $1 million in sales in its first year. As an inspiring teacher, Tanya has received standing ovations on stages around the world in over 40 countries. Today, Tanya consults Spas, Fortune 100 and 500 companies, developing business evolution programs to accelerate sales and profits. She is also the co founder of the empowerment company Courageous Living and the co author of the #1 best selling book to overcome self sabotage – UnderMind. www.tanyachernova.com
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Leigh Scher is a self-professed 'spa product junkie'. She has been an aesthetician for 7 years working in hair salons and spas all around the Greater Toronto area and Guelph. A graduate of Sheridan Cosmetic Techniques and Management and the Beauty Exchange Aesthetics School, she loves trying out any beauty product she can get her hands on, so when the opportunity to write for Spa Life Magazine came around it was a perfect match! Last year she bought her first home and settled down in Guelph with her fiancé, their two dogs and two cats.
Chris Ryall is a self-confessed spa addict. He has been one for more than 30 years. "I need to be kneaded – and wrapped and exfoliated," says Chris. He has experienced everything from fish spas and chocolate bean polishes to four-handed massages and caviar facials in more than 50 countries on six continents. Along the way he has seen and experienced the good, the bad, and the ugly of the spa industry.
Chef Cober is the owner and resident Blue Ribbon California Chef of Log Cabin Heaven, Elora’s Country Spa Retreat which is celebrating its 11th year! She is the cookbook author of The Witchin’ Kitchen at Log Cabin Heaven, currently serves as the Culinary Ask the Expert Columnist for BB Canada, celebrity judge at cooking competitions, and has served as the Food Editor for Step Up Magazine. Chef Cober has also been featured in cooking segments on CTV, and been the recipient of multiple culinary awards. She has over 35 years of training and experience in multicultural cuisine, including Gluten Free, Lactose Free, Vegan, Vegetarian, Raw, Mediterranean, French, Mexican, Greek, North African and cuisines from around the world.