EXHIBIT 10.5(B)

                         AMENDMENT TO SERVICE AGREEMENT


     This Amendment to Service  Agreement  (this  "Amendment") is made as of the
8th day of July,  1998 by and between ELEMIS  LIMITED,  a United Kingdom company
(the "Company"), and Sean C. Harrington ("Employee").


                                   WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS,  the Company and Employee  entered into a Service  Agreement dated
September 18, 1996,  as amended by amendment  dated March 25, 1997 (the "Service
Agreement"); and

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

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

            1.    COMPENSATION.

                  (a)   BASE SALARY.  Clause 5(a) of  the  Service  Agreement is
hereby  amended  to  delete  "(pound)52,500.00" on  the  third  line thereof and
replace it with "(pound)83,602.00."

                  (b)   BONUS.   Clause  5(b)  of   the  Service  Agreement   is
hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

      (b) Subject to the conditions described below, with respect to each Period
      (as defined  below) and financial  year  ("Year")  during the term hereof,
      Employee  shall be entitled to receive  additional  cash  compensation  as
      described  in this  Section  5(b) (the  "Bonus")  based on a budget of the
      Company,  including budgets for each Period (as defined below) within such
      Year,  which budgets  include  estimates of the net income before taxes of
      the Company (the  "Budgeted  NIBT") for each such Period and for such Year
      and which budgets shall have been approved by the  Compensation  Committee
      of the Board of Directors (the  "Committee") of Steiner  Leisure  Limited,
      the Company's parent company ("SLL").  At the end of the first Period,  if
      the Company  shall have met or exceeded the  Budgeted  NIBT for such date,
      Employee  shall be entitled  to receive an amount  equal to 0.25 times the
      Base Salary then in effect for the Year in  question;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,
      that the  amount  described  in this  sentence  shall not  exceed  two and
      one-half percent (2.5%) of the budgeted net income before taxes of SLL for
      such Period as set forth in the budget for SLL  approved by the  Committee
      (the "SLL Budgeted NIBT"). At the end of the second Period, if the Company
      shall have met or exceeded the Budgeted  NIBT for such date  (cumulatively
      for  the  Year  to  date,   and  not  solely  for  the  second   Period  -
      "cumulatively" in this sentence), Employee shall be entitled to receive an
      amount  equal to 0.50 times the Base Salary then in effect for the Year in
      question,  less the amount paid pursuant to the prior sentence;  PROVIDED,
      HOWEVER,  that the amount  described in this sentence shall not exceed two
      and one-half  percent (2.5%) of the SLL Budgeted NIBT for such Period.  At
      the end of the third Period, if the Company shall have met or exceeded the
      Budgeted NIBT for such date  (cumulatively  for the Year to date,  and not
      solely for the third Period - "cumulatively"  in this sentence),  Employee
      shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to 0.75 times the Base Salary
      then in effect for the Year in question, less the amounts paid pursuant to
      each of the  prior  two  sentences;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  that the  amount
      described  in this  sentence  shall not  exceed two and  one-half  percent
      (2.5%) of the SLL  Budgeted  NIBT for such  Period.  Any amount  which the
      Employee is entitled to receive  pursuant to the preceding three sentences
      shall be  payable  one-half  within  sixty  (60) days after the end of the
      Period in question  and  one-half  within sixty (60) days after the end of
      the Year in  question.  At the end of the fourth  Period,  if the  Company
      shall  have  met  or  exceeded  the  SLL  Budgeted   NIBT  for  such  date
      (cumulatively for the Year to date, and not solely for the fourth Period -
      "cumulatively"  in this sentence),  Employee shall be entitled to receive,
      within  sixty (60) days after the end of such  Period,  an amount equal to
      the Base Salary then in effect for the Year in question,  less the amounts
      paid  pursuant to the second,  third and fourth  sentences  of this clause
      5(b) ; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the amount described in this sentence shall
      not exceed two and one-half  percent  (2.5%) of the SLL Budgeted  NIBT for
      such Period.  Notwithstanding the foregoing,  however,  (i) no excess over
      budget, or shortfall under budget of revenues of the Company from sales to
      Steiner Transocean Limited or any costs related thereto shall be deemed to
      increase or decrease,  as the case may be, other budgeted items of revenue
      or expense for purposes of  determining  the Budgeted NIBT and (ii) if the
      Company  fails to meet the  Budgeted  NIBT  for a  Period  as a result  of
      expenses  incurred by the  Company  solely due to  modification(s)  in the
      operating   structure  of  the  Company  resulting  from  compliance  with
      tax-related advice from outside  consultants to the Company,  the Budgeted
      NIBT  shall,  nonetheless,  be deemed  to have  been met for such  Period.
      Employee shall only be entitled to receive a Bonus payment with respect to
      a Period if he is employed  hereunder on the last day of such Period.  For
      purposes of this Clause 5(b),  "Period" shall mean each of the four fiscal
      quarters of the Company during each Year hereunder.

            2.    ANNUAL  SALARY  REVIEW.  Clause 6 of the Service  Agreement is
hereby  amended  by  deleting  "Board"   and   replacing  it with  "Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors of SLL."

            3.    EFFECTIVE  DATE.  The  effective  date of  the  amendments  to
the Service Agreement contained in this Amendment shall be January 1, 1998.

            4.    NO OTHER  AMENDMENT.  Except as set  forth in  this Amendment,
all provisions of the Service 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.


                                        ELEMIS LIMITED



/S/ SEAN C. HARRINGTON                  By: /S/ CLIVE E. WARSHAW
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Sean C. Harrington                      Clive E. Warshaw,
                                        Chairman of the Board and
                                        Chief Executive Officer of
                                        STEINER LEISURE LIMITED,
                                        Duly authorized to sign