Take Note April 2011

New Faces and Spaces

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals (ABMP) announces the promotion of Angie Parris-Raney to advertising manager for ABMP and its sister organization Associated Skin Care Professionals (ASCP). Previously the advertising assistant, Mary Campbell has been promoted to advertising coordinator.

Skin Authority announces the addition of Tammie Basseghi as director of sales, Central region and
Alexandra Rosa, Pacific Southwest region sales manager. Basseghi has worked for industry leaders including Estee Lauder, Darphin Paris, Steiner Leisure, Greenhouse Spas, and Federated. Rosa began her career in finance on Wall Street and crossed over to the beauty industry when she moved to Calif. and began her career with C. Spa in sales operations.

SkinMedica, Inc. would like to announce the promotion of Theodore Schwarz to president and Joe Willis to vice president of sales and marketing. Both men have an impressive history in the industry and will play a very important role in SkinMedica’s continued growth.

Awards, Celebrations, and Aniversaries

Refineé Age-Reversing Skin Care wins the Jessica Code Hottest Skin Care Brand Award for 2010. The awards event was held in January of 2011; Jessica Code is a magazine in Hong Kong that covers the latest trends in fashion and beauty.

Organized by the Professional Beauty Association (PBA), the North American Hairstyling Awards (NAHA) honors top hairstylists and beauty professionals with the industry’s most prestigious award. Each year, the industry comes together to salute two professionals who have made a significant impact and contribution. NAHA 2011 is proud to induct East Coast Salon Services founder Stan Klet, Sr. into the NAHA Hall of Leaders and will recognize internationally renowned salon owner, businessman, and educator Michael O’Rourke with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

In the News

Christine Heathman, CEO and founder of GlyMed Plus Purely Professional Skin Care attended the Golden Globes Secret Room Events Celebrity Lounge and Sundance Film Festival GBK Celebrity Lounge. While attending the event, Heathman had the opportunity to mingle with celebrities like Lorenzo Lamas.

Killer lashes are the biggest beauty trend of 2011 and LashDip, developed by Gina Mondragon and Jessica Harley, was recently touted on the Today Show as the hottest thing on the beauty scene today. The revolutionary, semi-permanent professional lash coat adds volume, increases length, provides lift, curve, and separation that will not smudge or wash off for up to six weeks.

PCA SKIN® takes your success seriously and is constantly looking for ways to increase your knowledge. Their two new courses offer hands-on experience for beginners and experts. Choose Peel Fundamentals if you are using only a few of their formulas or are new to the line, or Advanced Peeling Techniques if you are well-versed in PCA SKIN® professional treatments and are interested in enhancing outcomes. 877-722-7546 or www.pcaskin.com/education

Medical Aesthetics FACE® is offering an Endowment Nursing Scholarship for aestheticians and cosmetologists seeking to become nurse-aestheticians at Central Texas College in Killeen, Texas. This program will help licensed aestheticians further their education and become licensed practical nurses as well as registered nurses with a special emphasis in medical aesthetics. This is the first endowment ever placed for aestheticians and cosmetologists seeking to stay competitive and validate their facial aesthetics education. Other opportunities are available for Job Corps graduates that seek to receive an education at Austin Community College under the Steven E. and Anna D. Rinehart Endowment. Aestheticians can help other aestheticians become better qualified, clinically diversified, and prepared for a very competitive medical aesthetic role for the future. Contact The Women’s Center at Metroplex for more information at www.mplex.org.

After years of research and testing, d’vine Skin Care is now able to offer trial sizes of the same high quality wine based skin care products using environmentally sound packaging. As a natural skin care company, they are committed to providing beauty through healthy and safe solutions for individuals, as well as the Earth. In order to provide eco-friendly packaging for product samples, d’vine Skin Care has partnered with a Green-e certified company to deliver an array of environmental advantages. The packaging is produced using sources of sustainable energy and recycled material.

This week, Repêchage made an appearance at the debut Maisonette 1977 New York Fashion Week show. Three hundred guests left the show with Fashion Week Survival Kits in tow, including a gift of Repêchage’s Algo Mist Hydrating Seaweed Facial Spray.

Christina, the Israeli-based professional cosmeceutical in-cabine treatment and home care collection that combines a classic European approach with clinically proven scientific ingredients, is now available to the U.S. professional aesthetician. Introducing seven multi-stage treatments, creator Christina Zehavi and her team of world class scientists have worked together to offer synergy between in-cabine treatments and at-home treatment products.

Kevin Sorbo was just one of the many celebs making Matis Paris their choice for skin care at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. The savvy skin care celebs, flocked to the TMG/IT Brands Luxury Lounge and Spa, where Matis Paris treatments and products were the skin care swag of choice.

Renée Rouleau performed her newest facial treatment on Brie Larson and Sarah Ramos in preparation for the big game, Super Bowl XLV. Rouleau was also involved in the ultra-chic Style Icon Super Bowl Gifting Lounge hosted by Modern Family, star Sofia Vergara at the Rosewood Crescent Hotel. The exclusive event attracted the best celebrities, sports legends, and the world’s most influential guests that were in Dallas for the big game.

Obagi Medical Products, Inc. made a donation to the New Orleans City Park in conjunction with the American Academy of Dermatology meeting held in New Orleans. A popular place to picnic, partake in a wide variety of sports, wander through gardens, or take a boat ride, City Park hosts 11 million visitors each year. Centrally located in the city, it has a special place in the hearts of generations of New Orleanians and is a must see for visitors to the city. The park’s 1,300 acres of parkland provide enjoyment for everyone from young children playing on its playgrounds to walkers, joggers, and bicyclists winding through the park’s streets and trails. Despite occupying land owned by the City of New Orleans, City Park only receives public monetary support equivalent to about 19 percent of their total costs of operation. Obagi Medical Products is proud to donate to sustaining such a substantial part of life in New Orleans, which greatly enriches the lives of all of its residents.

Driven by stronger service and retail sales, the Professional Beauty Association’s (PBA) Salon & Spa Performance Index (SSPI) rose to 103.5 in the fourth quarter – up 0.2 percent from the third quarter and the second highest level on record. Following a modest decline in the third quarter of 2010, salon/spa owners are now becoming more optimistic with the future outlook of the beauty industry. The SSPI is based on the responses to PBA’s “Salon & Spa Industry Tracking Survey” which is fielded quarterly among salon/spa owners nationwide on a variety of indicators. It is constructed so that the health of the salon/spa industry is measured in relation to a steady-state level of 100. Index values above 100 indicate that key industry indicators are in a period of expansion, while index values below 100 represent a period of contraction. The Index consists of two components – the Current Situation Index and the Expectations Index. The Current Situation Index, which measures current trends in five industry indicators (service sales, retail sales, customer traffic, employees/hours, and capital expenditures), rose to 101.6 in the fourth quarter – up 0.3 percent from its third quarter decline of 0.9 percent. The Expectations Index, which measures salon/spa owners’ six-month outlook on five industry indicators (service sales, retail sales, employees and hours, capital expenditures, and business conditions), experienced a significant increase of nine percent from the second quarter in 2010. Additionally, 70 percent of salon/spa retailers said they expect higher retail sales in the next six months. The outlook for capital spending increased 0.8 percent from the third quarter and salon/spa owners plan to invest in equipment or expansion or remodeling in the upcoming months. With the rising levels of the Current Situation Index and the Expectations Index in the fourth quarter, the beauty industry is bouncing back from the previous quarter and the outlook is positive according to salon/spa owners.