EXHIBIT 10.1(a)


            AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT DATED OCTOBER 17, 1996


                  This Amendment to Employment  Agreement (the  "Amendment")  is
made as of the 25th day of March, 1997 by and between STEINER LEISURE LIMITED, a
Bahamas  international  business company (the  "Company"),  and Clive E. Warshaw
("Employee").


                                   WITNESSETH:


                  WHEREAS,  the Company and Employee  entered into an Employment
Agreement dated October 17, 1996 (the "Employment Agreement"); and

                  WHEREAS,   the  Company  and  Employee  desire  to  amend  the
Employment Agreement as provided below.

                  NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration of the premises and mutual
agreements hereinafter contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

                  1.       COMPENSATION.

                           Section 3(a)(i), in its entirety, and the first 
sentence of Section 3(a)(iii) of the Employment Agreement are hereby amended so
that, as amended, they shall read as follows:


                           (a) SALARY,  ETC.  Commencing  as of January 1, 1997,
                  except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Company (or
                  any Affiliate  thereof) shall pay to Employee  during the term
                  hereof  compensation as described in this Section 3(a), all of
                  which shall be subject to such  deductions  as may be required
                  by applicable law or regulation.

                                   (i) BASE SALARY. A base salary at the rate of
                  (A) Three Hundred Forty-One Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars
                  [(U.S.)  $341,250.00]  for calendar year ("Year") 1997 and (B)
                  no less than Three  Hundred  Forty-One  Thousand  Two  Hundred
                  Fifty Dollars  [(U.S.)  $341,250.00]  for each Year thereafter
                  during  the term of this  Agreement,  subject to review by the
                  Compensation  Committee  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of the
                  Company,   payable  in  bi-weekly   installments   (the  "Base
                  Salary").





                                   (iii) INCENTIVE  BONUS.  With respect to each
                  Period (as  defined  below) and Year  during the term  hereof,
                  additional  cash  compensation  as  described  in this Section
                  3(a)(iii) (the  "Incentive  Bonus") based on a budget for each
                  Year hereunder,  including budgets for each Period (as defined
                  below) within such Year,  which budget includes an estimate of
                  the Net Earnings  (as defined  below) for each such Period and
                  for such Year and which  budget  shall have been  approved for
                  the  purpose  of the  compensation  payable  hereunder  by the
                  Compensation   Committee  of  the  Board  of  Directors   (the
                  "Budget").

                  2.       TERMINATION. Section 5(d) of the Employment Agreement
is hereby amended to eliminate the words "and Additional Bonus" in the last 
sentence thereof.

                  3.       EFFECTIVE DATE. The effective date of the amendments
to the Employment Agreement contained in this Amendment shall be January 1, 
1997.

                  4.       NO OTHER AMENDMENT.  Except as set forth in this 
Amendment, all provisions of the Employment Agreement shall remain in full force
and effect.

                  IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties  hereto have  executed  this
Amendment as of the day and year first above written.


                                             STEINER LEISURE LIMITED




/s/ Clive E. Warshaw                         By: /s/ Leonard I. Fluxman
______________________                           _____________________________
Clive E. Warshaw                                 Leonard I. Fluxman,
                                                 Chief Operating Officer and
                                                 Chief Financial Officer

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