New Faces and Spaces
Spilo Worldwide has added key members to our management team with extensive experience and proven track records to support our operations requirements going into the future. We are pleased to announce the addition of Robert “Rob” Morgan to the position of chief operating officer. In this capacity, Morgan will oversee the day-to-day operations of the company. Also joining the Spilo team is Jeff Bugbee. As director of operations, Bugbee will oversee purchasing, warehouse, and IT operations.
Awards, Celebrations, and Aniversaries
Annette Hanson, president of Atelier Esthétique Institute of Esthetics and creator of the Simple Solutions® and AquaSanté® skin care lines, celebrated her 25th anniversary as a business owner in the aesthetics industry at a packed cocktail party with friends, colleagues, and staff at Townhouse Spa in the heart of midtown Manhattan. Hanson began her aesthetics career over 25 years ago in Paris at the world-renowned Carita Beauty School and Lancôme Institute. Hanson said, “Atelier Esthétique Institute of Esthetics’ Anniversary is a milestone event. The Institute has always been a labor of love for me. So many colleagues and staff members have become cherished friends over the years – it is a pleasure to be able to mark this occasion with them.” Among Hanson’s guests were Nadine Lovret, Kimberly Schanzer, Jamie Ahn, JoAnn Juralewicz, Paul LaBrecque, spa owners and members of the Atelier Esthétique’s Advisory Committee; Harold Flanagan, one of AEIE’s first educators; Susanne Warfield, NCEA Director; author Joel Gerson, and members of her staff throughout the 25 years who made it all possible. Hanson added, “I’m looking forward to the next 25 years in this exciting, evolving industry. Atelier Esthétique Institute of Esthetics will continue to grow and we will continue to offer the highest quality education possible for aesthetics students while advocating for professional standards and licensing.” www.aeinstitute.net
The Los Angeles Business Journal honored Carol Jensen, chief financial officer for Murad Skincare, with its prestigious CFO of the Year Award. Each year the journal honors financial professionals in the Los Angeles region for outstanding performance in their roles as corporate financial stewards. Jensen was awarded the top honor in the Small Private Business sector category.
Somme Institute is proud to announce that their 5-Step Regimen was awarded the “Anti-Aging Product of the Year” award for 2010 at the ultra exclusive, AsiaSpa Awards that took place in Hong Kong. The awards were created to give recognition and thanks to the sensational spa industry of Asia and to celebrate the new innovations and changing trends in
the industry.
Luraco Technologies was awarded as one of the Dallas 100; CEO and co-founder Tom Le accepted the award for the company at the ceremony. This year celebrates the 20th anniversary of this prestigious award that honors the fastest growing privately held companies in the North Texas area, courtesy of the Dallas Business Journal.
In the News
GlyMed Plus/Advanced Aesthetics has partnered with Jon’Ric International, the premier franchiser of wellness spas to provide the most advanced, results-driven skin care treatments and products available.
Bellanina Day Spa ‘pays it forward,’ upon the closing of Spa Julianna – which unexpectedly closed leaving many of its customers wondering what would happen to the gift cards they received but never used. The owner of Bellanina Day Spa, Nina Howard, decided to step up and take action. Effective immediately, Bellanina Day Spa and Gift Boutique in Ann Arbor will offer customers of Spa Julianna the opportunity to redeem their gift cards for spa services. Customers can trade in their gift certificates for a comparable one hour service at Bellanina for only $10 per hour of service. In addition customers will have the chance to spread the charitable spirit further by donating $10 to one of the many charities Bellanina supports.
Jane Wurwand, founder and owner of Dermalogica, participated in the recent Clinton Global Initiative 2010 Annual Meeting. The prestigious event summoned world business leaders from the public and private sectors, including CGI’s Founder President Bill Clinton, President Barak Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, and software mogul/philanthropist Bill Gates, who are dedicated to actualizing positive change on a global level. Wurwand, pictured with President Clinton, made a pledge to help 25,000 women entrepreneurs worldwide to start or grow their own business over the next two years. For more information, visit www.joinfite.org or www.dermalogica.com.
The Repêchage Power Lunch was attended by beauty industry professionals including salon and spa business owners and skin care educators on December 6, 2010. The event consisted of speakers: Julie Mahoney of
Oasis Day Spa, Richard Calcasola of Maximus Spa/Salons, Lydia Sarfati, CEO & founder of Repêchage, and the event concluded with a presentation by Shiri Sarfati, executive vice president of Sarkli- Repêchage. Make sure to check out the 2011 calendar for The Lydia Sarfati Post Graduate Skincare Academy for more information please go to www.repechage.com/pro/cal/
Announcements
Sormé Treatment Cosmetics has announced its plans to launch a three-city education tour across the U.S. in the spring of 2011. The first city on the tour is Seattle, Wash., the following month puts the tour in New York City, and the final stop on the education tour will be San Antonio, Texas. With curriculums designed to encourage students and beginning stylists, refresh and motivate professional stylists, and promote the artistry of makeup for everyone, the 2011 Spring Workshops are made up of three separate segments on each day: Makeup 101: The Basics, Makeup 102: Demonstration and Retail, and Makeup 103: Out of the Box.
The Cosmetic Bootcamp is pleased to announce that it will be donating funds to the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery as well as the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. According to doctors Kenneth Beer, Mary Lupo, and Vic
Narurkar, the donations are meant to “Give back to the core specialties whose members have made The Cosmetic Bootcamp the leading training symposium for aesthetic specialists.”
The Beauty Bus Foundation wants you to save the date! On April 17th, 2011 the Beauty Bus Foundation will host their 2nd annual Beauty Drive “green carpet” fundraising event. Honoring beauty industry icon Ann Mincey, spokesperson – REDKEN 5th Avenue and Beauty Bus Board Member.
derma e® Natural Bodycare has announced that their comprehensive line of over 90 formulas is now 100 percent vegan, and mostly gluten-free. This demonstrates derma e®’s long lasting commitment to recognizing and supporting consumer concerns about ingredients in natural skin care products.
Academie Scientific Beauty is a proud sponsor of the Rockwall High School Golf Team, making it possible for the team to have the equipment they need to compete. Promoting healthy fun and fitness for all who participate, Academie was thrilled to sponsor a TEE BOX and contribute items for auction at this extremely worthwhile event.
Clarisonic has announced a $500,000 donation to Look Good…Feel Better, a national program in which beauty professionals empower women with cancer to deal effectively with treatment-related skin changes and hair loss in group workshops and other settings. Clarisonic, a sponsor of AFI FEST 2010, hosted the check ceremony in Hollywood at the week-long annual film festival to celebrate its partnership with Look Good…Feel Better. The festival served as the backdrop for Clarisonic’s “red-carpet” roll out of the new limited edition Clarisonic Hope Mia® Skin Cleansing System with a design inspired by the Look Good…Feel Better “Hope is Beautiful” public service campaign. Fifteen dollars from every Clarisonic limited edition Hope Mia sold will be donated to the program. In conjunction, Clarisonic celebrated actress Mila Kunis as its “Empowered Woman of the Year” for her breakout performance in the critically acclaimed new film, Black Swan. As the sponsor of the film’s gala premiere, Clarisonic honored the actress as its inaugural award recipient with a $25,000 donation in her honor to Look Good…Feel Better.
The Mollie Biggane Melanoma Foundation announces the launch of a free application that will provide valuable information for skin cancer and melanoma detection. This free application is available on iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad; it can also be downloaded through iTunes.
Coty Inc., a leading global beauty company, and OPI Products Inc., a leader in professional nail salon products, has announced that Coty has entered into an agreement to acquire OPI. The acquisition will enhance Coty’s color cosmetic portfolio, through the addition of over 200 fashion forward colors of OPI Nail Lacquer’s chip-resistant formula, which has been an international success.
Lumenis® Ltd., the world’s largest medical laser company and a global developer, manufacturer, and seller of laser, light-based, and radiofrequency devices for ophthalmic, aesthetic, and surgical applications, announces the opening of its first SLT site in East Africa at “Lion’s First Sight Eye Hospital” in Loresho, Nairobi, Kenya, in collaboration with Right-to-Sight, a non-profit organization registered at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
“SLT has the potential to revolutionize the treatment of open-angle glaucoma in Africa and other underprivileged regions of the world,” said Dr. Pazit Pianka, senior ophthalmologist and the Lumenis vision medical director. “Our goal is to demonstrate, as we have successfully done before, that SLT is a clinically viable solution and also the most cost-effective one for the healthcare system in general, and glaucoma patients in particular,” added Pianka.
The installation of the first unit is part of a multi-center clinical trial that was co-sponsored by Lumenis. Lumenis contributed its Selecta II SLT Laser systems for this purpose. The Selecta II is a portable SLT device which can be used in outpatient clinics and also transported to remote areas, in order to maximize accessibility to glaucoma patients.
“Glaucoma is responsible for up to 20 percent of the preventable blindness cases in Africa, yet there is less than one ophthalmic surgeon per one million inhabitants across the continent,” said Dr. Kate Coleman, ophthalmic surgeon and founder of Right-to-Sight. “Furthermore, standard medical treatments such as prostaglandin-analogues are largely unavailable, difficult to store at correct temperatures, and often cost more than a local monthly wage. Right-to-Sight, together with Lumenis, believes that glaucoma in Africa must be addressed as a matter of urgency in view of the recent statistics from the IOVS survey, and in order to alleviate the plight of the millions of individuals in Africa who unnecessarily lose their eyesight to glaucoma,” added Coleman.
Pianka reported that during the first two days of the study 12 eyes of eight glaucoma patients were treated using Lumenis SLT technology. Patients were brought to the hospital from rural areas as part of the “Outreach Program,” which was designed to alleviate blindness mainly due to cataract and is now – with the availability of SLT – being modified to screen for glaucoma and support this objective.
Intraocular pressure (IOP) was meaningfully reduced in all patients following SLT. Patients reported no pain during and/or following the procedure, which lasted for an average of 10 minutes per eye. IOP levels at one-day post surgery were reduced in a range of 23 to 46 percent, an outcome considered “remarkable” by the attending medical professionals on site. Patients will return for follow up examinations at two weeks following the procedure, and also at one, three, six, nine, and 12 months – as defined in the study protocol.
