January07

Christine C. Oddo, a marketing and product development veteran with more than 15 years experience in the prestige beauty and consumer goods market, has joined Aquea Scientific as Sales and Distribution Manager… Taking the Waters has announced that online ordering is now available on its website, www.takingthewaters.com for Thera:Vie Gloves and Booties… Pacific Bioscience Laboratories Inc., maker of the Clarisonic Skin Care Brush, is pleased to announce that Colleen Pierce has been selected to join the management team as Director of Retail Sales… Jane Iredale launched Global Beauty, an extension of their global palette designed specifically for women of color at a star-studded VIP event held at the penthouse of Loft Eleven in New York City. The event highlighted several new foundation shades and a color palette tailored specifically for women of Mediterranean, African American, Latina, Indian, and Asian ethnicity… About Faces Day Spa and Salon (“About Faces”) is celebrating the opening of its fifth location at Canton Crossing in the First Mariner building at 1501 South Clinton Street in Baltimore… The National Psoriasis Foundation, the world’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, today announced the national launch of its College-Age Psoriasis Awareness Campaign (CAPAC). The campaign was created to educate young adults ages 18 to 25 about the physical, emotional, and social impact of psoriasis, a noncontagious, common, and chronic disease.

Brian Champagne, Bio-Therapeutic’s 2006 National FACE of the FUTURE Contest Winner, was recently on the Dinair make-up team, led by the inventor of airbrush make-up and Emmy Winning Make-up Artist, Dina Ousley, charged with making over the reality TV stars presenting and nominated for awards at The Reality Remix Really Awards. Congratulations to ThermaFuse, the winner of six Silver Davey Awards: Brochure, Custom Bottle, Display, Package Design, Overall Launch Campaign, and Press Kit… derma e® Natural Bodycare received the 2006 Natural Choice Award for Best Skin Care Products from WholeFoods Magazine. The award was presented to derma e® by WholeFoods Magazine publisher, Heather M. Wainer… Edge Systems Corporation is the proud recipient of the Skin Inc. Magazine “Best of the Best” award for the revolutionary new HydraFacial™ system, and DaySpa Magazine’s annual “Editor’s Choice” for Pur Moist™, newly released Hyaluronic Acid moisturizing cream… Repeatedly the frontrunner in the hottest new concepts in mineral make-up, glominerals was nominated by Skin Inc. magazine readers as the Best of the Best and voted most popular in the make-up category… Pangea Organics’ Japanese Matcha Tea with Acai & Goji Berry facial mask was awarded Best New Product for 2007 at New Hope Natural Media’s Natural Products Expo East 2006 in Baltimore, where the company introduced its new product offerings for 2006-2007… PhotoMedex was named among the 50 fastest growing Life Sciences/Technology companies in Greater Philadelphia by Deloitte & Touche LLP.

In a flurry of Internet activity over the past several months, O.BERK Company has upgraded and improved both its corporate website, www.oberk.com, and its ecommerce site, www.bottlestore.com… Derma Pro took notice of one such ingredient that the Native Indians have been using for thousands of years, green clay that resides under the North American glacier, and used it in formulating the Ion Mask. It works with the polarity of positive and negative ions to quickly remove bacteria… The International Dermal Institute recently hosted a packed-house Guest Speaker Evening, spotlighting acclaimed beauty industry coach and motivational guru Bryan Durocher, dynamic founder of Durocher Enterprises and creator of business-building tools and materials including “The Success Circle” and “The Secrets of Ka-Ching.”… The subject of Non-Surgical Alternatives for Face and Body drew a generous sized audience at Christie & Co. Salon·Spa to listen and ask questions.
Dr. Kelly O’Malley – Mattone, Founder and Medical Director of Aesthetic Associates, along with Jerry Sodden, Director of Laser Services at the Salon, gave detailed descriptions of the procedures and the expected results… Over a decade, Carmen and Janice DePasquale hosted an “Evening in Italy” at their private home with the purpose of bringing like-minded, innovative salon professionals together for an evening of fun, networking, and Italian delicacies. The last gathering was held in 1999 September 11, 2006 marked “La Riunione!”… Amber Products’ Treatment Bars™ have recently been chosen to serve as the in-room spa treatment carts for the professional Sensiere™ of Spa Velia, at the newly renovated US Grant Hotel in downtown San Diego. The Treatment Bars™ will allow the diverse span of customized spa treatments – created by Spa Velia – to take place in every room at the US Grant… Dermik Laboratories, announced today that results from a pivotal trial show that Sculptra®(injectable poly-L-lactic acid) demonstrated significantly greater improvement and longer-lasting effects compared to CosmoPlast. Collagen Implant, human-based collagen, in the treatment of nasolabial fold wrinkles. Sculptra belongs to a unique class of injectables that work to stimulate a progressive increase in dermal thickness. Sculptra is currently under investigation for the treatment of nasolabial fold wrinkles. This data was presented at the 2006 American Society of Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS) Annual Meeting in Palm Springs, Calif.

Spencer A. Kanis, a veteran beauty and fragrance executive who has served in senior management positions with Intercosmetics and Estée Lauder International, has been named president of 3LAB™, a prestigous skin care brand. The announcement, effective immediately, was made by David Chung, CEO… Unfading Beauty Clinical Skin Care released MAC (Medical Aesthetic Certification) exclusively on DVD, in December. This program is based on footage of live procedures, demonstrations, lectures, and hands-on classes from the previous seven Medical Aesthetics and Physicians Aesthetician symposiums birthed on April 23-24, 2001… Aesthetic Medical Institute (AMI) has announced the appointment of Steven Duddy, CEO of Strategic Direction, to the faculty for the new “Business & Marketing Strategies” advanced education program… New York City’s Smooth Synergy Cosmedical Spa® is now the only location in New York City which provides non-needle Mesotherapy. The treatment can be used for cellulite reduction, skin firming, and rejuvenation… SkinMedica, Inc announced that the FDA has approved the company’s New Drug Application (NDA) for Desonate (desonide gel) 0.05% for treatment of mild to moderate atopic dermatitis.  Desonate is a low potency topical steroid formulated in a proprietary water-based Hydrogel vehicle developed and patented by Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc.  Desonate was developed in a collaborative effort between SkinMedica and Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc. and will be available to physicians in first quarter of 2007… Aesthetic Medical Institute (AMI) has announced they are poised to offer several new aesthetic education programs, all qualifying for CME credits and National Certification upon completion… Thermage(R) announced that it is rolling out Tummy by Thermage(TM), the latest Body by Thermage(TM), non-invasive procedure designed to treat patients who want a firmer and smoother tummy without surgery, at the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS) Annual Meeting in Palm Desert… Raleigh, NC’s Blue Water Spa was named The Best Medical Spa in America in Skin, Inc. magazine’s first annual “Best of the Best” Awards… A recent study published in The Journal of Lasers in Surgery and Medicine shows that the new micropulse technology of Candela Corporation’s (NASDAQ: CLZR) flagship Vbeam® Pulsed Dye Laser – the Perfecta™, improves efficacy to safely treat vascular and epidermal pigmented lesions while reducing or eliminating undesired side effects such as purpura. The Vbeam Perfecta technology provides patients options when considering skin rejuvenation, fading of sun and age spots, removal of leg and facial veins, treatment of rosacea, dyschromia, and more.

d’vine vinotherapy skin care and Dr. Richard Mauer, founder and CEO, were recently featured in The Des Moines Register. Mauer, is not only the founder and creator of d’vine, the first-ever full line of vinotherapy skin care products, he is also the founder and medical director of the Mauer Eye Center, a state-of-the-art ophthalmology center in Waterloo, Iowa. As one of the most successful ophthalmologists in the Midwest, Mauer has long integrated his 16-year-old practice with aesthetic enhancement procedures… Desperate to find a solution that would ease her young child’s misery, top divorce lawyer and mother of three, Emma Arkell used her aromatherapy training to develop a Magic Cream for her daughter’s problem skin and was so pleased with the results that she gave up law to start her own specialist aromatherapy business. Emma launched her range of products in September 2003, working closely with the Aromatherapy Trade Council (ATC) to ensure her labels and promotional material complied with the law. She was accepted into full ATC membership in February 2004. Three years on and Emma is now turning a very small profit… Universal Companies, the ultimate source for spas, has redesigned it’s website – www.universalcompanies.com – to better represent the broad spectrum of products and services offered. Customers cannot only view Universal’s 2006 Spa Resource Book, they can also order online through a new Customer Gateway. The website also features information about Universal Company’s Advance With Education and School Partnership Programs, expanded descriptions of Universal’s Signature Brands, and a downloadable vendor packet… Power, quality, results. With this as the mantra, Dermalogica has partnered with “Taste of Lexus” to bring world-class skin care to the lovers of luxury automobiles.