[Kathe]

Arbonne itself might not have done anything for you but I have by helping to sponsor this site. My sponsorship helps keep this site running which is a valuable tool for many of us. So yes, through me, Arbonne does help this industry.

It also helps by keeping people in business. After 9/11 I would have lost my businesses if not for Arbonne. The year after we were really struggling and Arbonne paid a lot of our bills. It helped us recover from a really bad event that we didn't anticipate. It is a viable way to add extra income to any salon, if done right.

Another way it has helped my salons is keep people tanning. When people start seeing the effects of aging on their skin, they stop tanning, even when they love it. I can sell them a product where they can see real differences in their skin and when they see that, they keep tanning.

I hope you see my point. I'm trying to help anyone who wants it. This is a fabulous product that actually works. It has almost 30 years of solid business behind it. Have you gone to the website to see the before and after photos. These are real people with real issues that have been helped by these products.

People tell me all of the time that my salon is much more than a tanning salon. Why? Because they know I care about them. It's not about selling products to me. That just pays the bills. I care more that someone with severe excema hugged me because I gave her the first relief she has ever had after just 3 days. That is worth more than any amount of money.

I look at this, Tan Today, as an opportunity to reach more people just like that woman. When I am standing before my God someday it's not going to be about how much money I made, it's going to be about how many people did I help. Through Arbonne, I can help so many more than I can just on my own.

Again, I don't understand this. I have not tried to "sell" you on Arbonne. That isn't my way. I'm not a sales person that way. I only want to work with people that love helping other people. It's the only way this company works.

If you don't want to be a part of it that is your decision and no one will say one word to you. But this may be someones life or business saver and who are you to stand in their way?

And there are a lot of tanning distributors out there that people buy from that do NOTHING to help this industry. They are not a part of the ITA and they do nothing except put gunk in a bottle and try to get salons to sell it for them.

Kathe