Take Note January 2009

Vonda Simon, president of SeaCliff Beauty Packaging & Laboratories, announced that Kristi Vance has been promoted from sales to the company’s rapidly expanding product development division. Vance will be tasked with researching market trends and new raw materials, work with the chemist to develop and test new and innovative formulas, as well as work with customers and the SeaCliff sales team to discuss new product ideas.

Pacific Market Center, the leading permanent wholesale market on the west coast, is pleased to announce Jenny Heinzen York, Editor in Chief of Home Accents Today and Meredith Schwartz, Business Editor of Gifts & Decorative Accessories, along with an expert panel of retailers as an addition to the exceptional line-up of speakers at the 2009 Seattle Market Week: Winter Gift & Home Accessories Show.

Voluntary Endorsements by professional model users of Reviva’s new Makeup Primer are pictured. They are Chante Brooks, Kay Lai, and Rebecca Tohan, all represented by MMA Model Management, a 30-year-old firm booking models and talent for over 30 years. Reviva Lab’s president Stephen Strassler reports the endorsements by actual users instead of for-money tests by one or two experts, more strongly verify the results of the new makeup primer.

The Gala Prix Femmes d’Affaires 2008, an annual event held by the RFAQ (Réseau des femmes d’affaires du Quebec), took place on October 15, 2008 at the Montreal Hilton Bonaventure. Manon Pilon, president of Europe Cosmetiques Inc. was honored as the award recipient in the category of Active International Entrepreneur for 2008. This is awarded to the business woman who has achieved outstanding success in the field of international importing/exporting.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals (ABMP) announced its digital Massage & Bodywork magazine has won a gold award from the international MarCom Awards, sponsored by the Association of Marketing & Communication Professionals (AMCP). The digital Massage & Bodywork was one of 5,000 entries in the competition. Massage & Bodywork is the first U.S. massage therapy journal to be offered online by a leading massage membership association.

Honoring the Best in the Industry, the Spa Asia Crystal Awards is an annual event organized by SpaAsia to honor and give due recognition to the crème de la crème of the spa and wellness industry. October 16th, 2008 was a memorable moment for FUTURESSE in winning the coveted Spa Asia Crystal Award for Best Product: Signature Body Treatment, at a Black-Tie Award Night, held at The Palace of the Golden Horses Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The event, already in its 5th year, was attended by over 200 industry professionals from around the globe.

Natural Solutions magazine rewarded derma e® Natural Bodycare, a pioneer in cutting-edge natural skincare products containing powerful antioxidants and beneficial botanicals, with a Beauty With a Conscience Editor’s Pick Award for Best Facial Toner.

SUNDÃRI has been named the winner of SpaAsia’s Crystal Award for Best Product: Signature Facial Experience and was recognized at the 2008 Wellness Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Caron Laboratories and Advanced Rejuvenating Concepts are proud to introduce the formal launch of Brazilian Boot Camp™ in 2009. The goal of Boot Camp is to desensitize inexperienced aestheticians to the human anatomy and instruct them on effective and time saving Brazilian techniques. “We feel that the winter season is the best time to launch,” according to Desiree Duran, Caron Educator. “It’s the best time to market waxing clientele for the upcoming spring and summer seasons.”

A selection of Murad products “guest starred” in a recent episode of ABC’s hit drama “Grey’s Anatomy.” Murad skin products, known globally for high performance topical and internal skin care, were on display in the fictitious hospital’s dermatology wing during a scene featuring cast members Sandra Oh, playing Dr. Cristina Yang, and Ellen Pompeo, who plays Dr. Meredith Grey.

Skin health hit the road this summer with Dermalogica’s Know Your Zones mobile marketing tour. Travelling to approximately 25 destinations throughout California, Arizona, and New Mexico, Dermalogica® helped more than 4,000 consumers learn their skin’s past, present, and future, as well as the value of consulting with a professional
skin therapist.

Lydia Sarfati, founder and president of Sarkli-Repêchage toured through the Dominican Republic this October, paying a visit to several resort spas which offer Repêchage products and treatments. Sarfati’s visit was a special event for the country which features Repêchage products in 60 percent of its spas. Hosted by Dominican Republic Repêchage distributors Clarissa Herrera and Fatima Scheker, the creator herself was able to offer hands-on training and demonstrations to over 100 skin care specialists.

Concluding its 13th edition at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center, Cosmoprof Asia reiterated its position as the premier business-to-business beauty event encompassing all sectors of the industry in one venue. Cosmoprof Asia is the most important forum in the Asia Pacific region for the complete spectrum of beauty industry professionals from the cosmetics, wellness, spa, hair care, skin care, nail, product development, and packaging industries, each seeking to strengthen and grow their respective share of the global beauty business.

Interlocks salon & day spa celebrated its 20th anniversary last October. Exclusive staff training and attending leading industry educational events in the us and abroad are primary factors the company is consistently recognized for it leadership and innovative spirit regionally and nationally.

The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has announced the formation of the Cosmetic Medicine and Research Institute (CMRI). The CMRI staff includes experts in facial plastics, oculoplastics and nutrition, and the cosmetic dermatology specialties of skin care, Botox and fillers, cosmetic surgery, lasers and light devices, and ethnic skin care. They will collaborate with researchers at the university’s Miami Institute for Human Genomics to explore the role of genetics and environmental factors such as nutrition on the skin aging process. The goal is to identify the genes that determine such factors as skin hydration, aging, pigmentation, and acne.

IntraOp Medical Corporation announced that it entered into an agreement with Southwest Florida Dermrad LLC (Dermrad), in Fort Myers, Fla, to provide a Mobetron that will treat skin cancer patients with electron-beam radiation therapy. IntraOp plans to install the Mobetron within the next 30 days. The Mobetron is the only FDA-approved self-shielding device and is typically used to deliver intraoperative electron-beam radiation therapy (IOERT) to cancer patients at the time of surgery, in many cases eliminating the need for post-operative radiation treatment.