About Janet McCormick, MS, CIDESCO

Janet McCormick is a licensed and experienced esthetician and manicurist, a sought-after trainer, former spa director, and has owned her own successful salons. She has written hundreds of highly respected articles in the beauty industry trade magazines, three books, and contributed chapters in the accepted current textbooks for two specialties.

Ms. McCormick has been writing for over 20 years and has written for DaySpa Magazine, Skin Inc., NailPro, Professional Only, Aesthetic Trends and Technologies, Les Nouvelles Esthetiques, Today's Image, Dermascope, Nails, Skin Deep, Podiatry Management, Podiatry Today, and many others. She is a speaker at the major shows, and in doing so, demonstrates her love of the industry.

She holds three Bachelors degrees that support her in her work, a Masters of Science in Allied Health Management and has achieved the CIDESCO Diploma, an award respected world wide in the esthetic community.

Ms. McCormick is co-owner of the Just For Toenails Nail System, a gel system sold only to Podiatrists, and the Medinail Learning Center which provides two certifications, the Advanced Nail Technician certification program for salon-based nail technicians and the Medical Nail Technician certification, a program to prepare nail technicians to work in podiatry offices. She is also owner of Spa Techniques, a consulting and training firm, and writes under that banner.

Her passion is to provide a higher level of information for professionals, enabling their success through enhanced expertise.

Following are statements from a few of the many editors that are willing to place articles from Janet McCormick in their magazines. Many others readily accept work from her.

"We have a long standing relationship with Janet McCormick and value her editorial contributions. She is multi faceted and constantly abreast of the trends in an industry that is constantly changing. We continue to appreciate her writing and expertise, and await more articles from her both as author and ghost writer." -- Jennifer McDaniel, Editor In Chief, DERMASCOPE Magazine, Sunnyvale, TX.

"Janet McCormick has been a steady contributing writer to Les Nouvelles Esthetiques for almost a decade under her own byline and as a ghostwriter for others. Her articles are well written, accurate and have garnered much positive response from our readership. She is adept at writing everything from short briefs to long features on a myriad of subjects. Janet is a complete professional, is well-connected and offers a wealth of knowledge in many aspects of the industry. It is always a pleasure working with her." -- Monica Schuloff Smith, Editor in Chief of Les Nouvelles Esthetiques, American edition.

"Janet McCormick has been contributing articles to Aesthetic Trends & Technologies, our trade journal for esthetic physicians and medical spas, since our inception. This readership has been highly interested in the ongoing topics she has provided for them in the Medical Spas department and many have stated this information has assisted them in growing their practices. Janet writes extremely well, with detailed, accurate, and credible information. Most of the articles have been long features, which are diverse in subject matter written for the physician and their staff. I have had a personal endeavor to keep Janet on our contributing staff due to the wealth of knowledge and experience she brings to our publication." -- Cindy Vandruff-Endres, Editor/Publisher, Aesthetic Trends and Technologies, Laguna Hills, CA.