Nature’s Sunshine has helped people achieve brilliant bodies for almost 40 years with its supplements and encapsulated herbs. Now there’s a broader focus—creating brilliant businesses for its distributors.

“We create the environment that enriches your life.” That’s our new tagline here at PartyLite, and it’s working beautifully for us.

Founder and CEO Ryan Blair says that he and his two co-founders spent the company’s first five years learning what not to do. Now that they have found the formula, they’re celebrating a year of 500 percent revenue growth.

Researchers are known for their methodical approach to problem-solving. Direct selling is known for enthusiastic persistence. Combine the two, and you get a company that successfully provides dream fulfillment and outstanding health supplements, with a level-headed approach to product development and expansion. You get Syntec Nutraceuticals.

In this centennial year for our industry, and on the eve of Avon’s 125th anniversary in 2011, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking on the subject of legacies. At our last annual meeting, I was very proud to accept, on Avon’s behalf, both the Century Club and Founder’s awards acknowledging Avon’s pioneering role in direct selling. For me, personally, these awards were also a reminder of the extraordinary and linked journey of our company and the industry we serve.

The Regal Ware family of businesses has been cooking up success for a solid century.