Margot European Day Spa, 101 Townsend in Birmingham, is celebrating 30 years in business. What started as a one-room operation in downtown Birmingham near Shane Park, blossomed to a full-service day spa at 280 N. Old Woodward, and now to an elegant 5,700-square-foot location across from the Townsend Hotel with 24 full- and part-time employees.

LET'S face it. Good-looking people seem to have an easier time in life. There is research that says the attractive ones find it easier to get jobs (compared with someone less attractive with the same qualification and experience), to get promotions and even close deals.

The quest to look good through plastic and cosmetic surgery, which used to be the domain of women, has now caught on with men and even teenagers.

KIM Kardashian, who has taken the art of self-promotion to a new high, has taken to her Twitter fans to try and cash in on her latest money-spinning venture.

KIM Kardashian takes the art of self-promotion one step further by tweeting a preview shot of her upcoming 2011 calendar.