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The Last Page I still answer our main ______________________________________________________________________________________ company phone and personally return every single call that __________________________________________________________________________________________ comes my way. I was a woodshop teacher at one point and loved ______________________________________________________________________________________ the creativity and having the privilege of mentoring teens. What's your favorite food and why? _________________________________________________ Anything hot and spicy. Mexican _______________________________________________________________________________________________ food wins every time. If there's a jalapeno involved, sign me up. Do you prefer the city or the country? _______________________________________________ It's a toss-up. I'm grateful [that] _______________________________________________________________________________________________ I've visited many cities around the globe . . . Budapest, Paris, _______________________________________________________________________________________________ London . . . but my roots are humble. I grew up in a blue-collar _______________________________________________________________________________________________ home where my dad worked overtime to pay the bills. I'll always _______________________________________________________________________________________________ love the country. If you could be anybody famous, past or present, who would you be? ________________ I don't ________________________________________________________________________________________ know that I'd actually "be" Abraham Lincoln, but I'd love to ________________________________________________________________________________________ have a chat with him. He had humble beginnings and made ________________________________________________________________________________________ an incredible impact on our nation as a civil-rights activist, ________________________________________________________________________________________ president and visionary. What are your Top 3 favorite songs right now? ______________________________________ I love everything from a ________________________________________________________________________________________ symphony hall to loud rock 'n roll to Bruno Mars. My all-time ________________________________________________________________________________________ favorite is "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by the unparalleled ________________________________________________________________________________________ Judy Garland. It reminds me of my mom. What is your greatest wish? _________________________________________________________ Since I'm 20 years senior to my wife, ________________________________________________________________________________________ as we grow older together, I'll wish I had more years to spend ________________________________________________________________________________________ with her. Do you have a pet? What has he/she taught you?____________________________________ I lost my golden retriever __________________________________________________________________________________________ – Andy Boy – about a year ago. I'm still mourning him. Andy __________________________________________________________________________________________ Boy used to come to work with me every day. He ruled the roost __________________________________________________________________________________________ at the factory. He knew when it was break time and he knew who __________________________________________________________________________________________ had the snacks. When it came to leave at the end of the day, I__________________________________________________________________________________________ could literally page him over the intercom and he'd find his __________________________________________________________________________________________ way back to my office through 35,000 square feet of factory __________________________________________________________________________________________ space! He was one-of-a-kind. Rick Norvell For almost three decades Rick Norvell has provided salons and spas with peerless technology, products and training, putting to use his dual degrees in industrial technology and education from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. The result—a consistently successful consumer sunless-tanning experience—has helped make sunless the fastest growing sector in the beauty industry. He's the recipient of the prestigious 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award from the trade publication Island Sun Times, an honor that is voted on by all the salons in the country. For five years running under his leadership, Norvell has dominated the Industry Choice Awards with No. 1 ratings for Tanning Solution and Best Handheld Equipment bestowed by salon owners and customers. He also has been a longtime Indoor Tanning Association board director. Growing up in Alexandria, Tennessee— which is home to Norvell's 60,000-square-foot facility—Rick was fascinated by ingredients from an early age. By the time he reached high school, his homemade body lotions had become extremely popular. Eventually, he joined his mother in establishing what would become Body Drench. The Norvell family eventually sold Body Drench to focus on sunless tanning, which had become their collective passion. With Rick's feel for ingredients and formulations and his keen understanding of skin health, Norvell was poised to break new ground. Among the company's proudest milestones are a pH-balanced prep spray for use before color application, a rehydrating finishing spray that replenishes moisture and minimizes odor and a formula that allows the client to shower just one hour after tanning. Rick creates every new formulation and blends the products himself. Working closely with his mother, his brother Greg as CFO and his wife Stacie as creative director, he is proud to maintain a family atmosphere where many employees have been with the company since day one. 72 November 2013 | beautystorebusiness.com ■ Shelley Moench-Kelly is managing editor of Beauty Store Business. Image courtesy of Rick Norvell What would readers find surprising about you? _____________________________________