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contributors

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, 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 and their two dogs and two cats.

Tanya Chernova is known as the voice of inspiration, empowering millions of people as a celebrated speaker, author, and business coach. Tanya began her career in the skin care industry. At the age of 14, she became Canada’s youngest government approved aesthetician and passionately worked her way to becoming an international industry expert. She moved to France and wrote 3 industry books on emotional intelligence and the spa industry that were translated into 11 languages. A trailblazing entrepreneur, she formulated the award winning Time Reverse 'non-surgical facelift.'

www.tanyachernova.com

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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, www.logcabinheaven.com 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 served as the Food Editor for Step Up Magazine. Chef Cober has also been featured on cooking segments on CTV, and been the recipient of multiple culinary awards. Chef Cober 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 Around the World.