As the largest association devoted to skin care professionals, ASCP provides components vital to your success: affordable liability insurance coverage, treatment news and trends, free continuing education and webinars, networking, and resources to market your services—including a FREE website for your business!

If you’re a skin care professional, look around our site to discover all the benefits of membership. Considering a career in skin care? Students can also take advantage of ASCP’s tools, resources and protection.



Members

Featured member benefit: Start the year out right with a first-rate website and a chance to win some really great prizes! During January, we’ll provide easy, step-by-step tips to help you build your website—and your practice. Learn more!

Have you tried the Website Builder? Quickly and easily create or improve your website with this great tool, which was updated in mid-2011 with new design templates, functions, content, and tools for search engine optimization and social media. Learn more and see examples of other members’ websites!

Share ideas and make friends: Visit our fun, active online community for everyone in skin care, www.skincareprofessionals.com. 2,400+ members, and still growing. Check out the blogs, groups, chat, and forums today.

Be aware: Think your employer’s insurance has you covered if something goes wrong? 4 questions to ask your employer.

Schools

Free lesson plans: Check out our curriculum page, with two complete lesson plans available for educators to download and save.

Retail Success Webinar: Are your students afraid to sell retail products? If you missed our recent webinar on teaching the Retail Success curriculum, view it in the archives today.

News

Congress proposes new ingredient rules: A new federal law will give the FDA authority over what can go into personal care ingredients. Read the press release (PDF) then share your thoughts on the discussion forums at www.skincareprofessionals.com.

Intense Pulsed Light: Do you perform IPL treatments? Please read this.

District of Columbia licensed estheticians: January 8, 2012 is the deadline to obtain a Master Esthetician Manager license. Learn more (PDF).

Watch out for crime: The Federal Bureau of Investigation asks the beauty industry to be aware of how to identify customers who may be involved in illegal activities (PDF). Be suspicious of buyers who purchase large amounts of certain chemicals, such as hydrogen peroxide or acetone.