New Faces and Spaces
The National Psoriasis Foundation named Eric Kimble, of Sudbury, Mass., to the Board of Trustees in recognition of his longtime commitment to the Foundation as a member, volunteer, and donor.
ICMAD, the Independent Cosmetic Manufacturers and Distributors Association elected Pamela Jo Busiek, CBI Laboratories, the 19th president of the association. Other officers elected include: Vice Presidents Carl Geffken, Carl Geffken Consultants, and Pamela Viglielmo, The Gramercy House; Treasurer Craig Weiss, Consumer Product Testing Co., and Secretary Sharon Blinkoff, Venable LLP. Stan Katz, Cosmetic Index and Marva Kalish, Marketing Plus Consultants, were re-appointed Chair and Vice Chair, respectively.
IntuiSkin, provider of a variety of innovative, technology-based skin care systems, products, and services and wholly owned subsidiary of the MEMSCAP group, announces the launch of its first U.S. flagship locations for its IOMA Concepts. The very first IntuiSkin flagship locations include the Iatria Spa and Health Center in Raleigh, N.C., Fearrington Plastic Surgery in Raleigh, N.C., Natura Medspa in Parkland, Fla., and San Diego Beauty Academy in Poway, Calif.
After 12 years, Gabriele Höss has decided to once again return to drom fragrances. Since February, Höss has been the International Fragrance Development Director at drom in Baierbrunn, an international management position for which she is ideally qualified.
Thymes, the botanically based bath, body, and home fragrance developer, welcomes two new employees to their women-based staff: Laura Lipshutz as Vice President of Finance, and Julie Ekelund as Vice President of Sales.
CND welcomes Aude DeGregorio as Marketing Manager, where she will oversee the spa category in support of upcoming innovations and projects.
Awards and Celebrations
The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) has honored Merz Pharmaceuticals with its first-ever recognition of a scar product for its sun-protection benefit. The AAD SEAL OF RECOGNITION® recognizes over-the-counter products for their sun-protection benefit based on review of independent testing results by an independent scientist and a panel of dermatologists to verify that the products meet stringent, evidence-based sun-protection criteria. Mederma® Cream plus SPF 30 is the first scar product to receive this distinction.
Freedom Press presented derma e® Natural Bodycare, a pioneer in formulating cutting-edge natural skincare products, with the April 2009 Green Patriot Company of the Month Award for organic leadership, green entrepreneurial innovation, and global sustainability. This is the first time derma e® has been honored for their strong commitment to social and environmental responsibilities.
CMJ Designs, makers of Salon Iris software, was honored as the U of M Co-Op Employer of the Year, awarding their hard work and dedication to providing their students with an understanding of an engineer and programmer’s role in the technical world.
Repêchage, who recently forged a partnership with Paul Mitchell Schools as their preferred skin care line, participated in the Paul Mitchell Schools’ Annual Magic of Memories gala dinner event last April.
Intelligent Skin Sense (ISS) launches its flagship “green” beauty boutique and spa. Intelligent Skin Sense offers age rebelling products and services that use smart technology, green chemistry, and eco-friendly resources and protocol. The 1,600 square foot space begins with a lifestyle
beauty boutique.
Allure magazine Readers’ Choice Awards picked Bioelements Vitalization™ Rich Intensity Body Creme as the Breakthrough Body Product for 2009.
In the News
Phytomer joined together with the “Get Together & Give” organization to help provide gift bags for underprivileged women. Dozens of volunteers gathered together at the South Towne Center in Sandy, Utah to help assemble the care bags. With all the helping hands, the hundreds of bags where ready to be sent out in no time.
Osyris Medical U.S.A., the U.S. subsidiary of a leading international developer and manufacturer of laser-based technology, Osyris Medical, announced that it is offering interested physicians a protected investment in the latest advancement in laser-assisted lipolysis technology through a 100 percent trade-up program.
Like most industries, the spa industry is ever-changing and adapting to the market. UC Irvine Extension’s “Spa and Hospitality Management” certificate program, pioneer of the first and only fully-online certificate program of its kind in the West Coast, has become renowned for preparing the industry’s most elite and qualified spa professionals
for success.
Skin Blends proudly announces the extreme makeover of www.skinblends.com. The beautiful new website will be easier to navigate, provide online training, and have an affiliate program for licensed professionals.
Revenue generation and cost containment were the hot topics at the first-ever Financial Bootcamp, sponsored by Universal Companies. Deborah Evans, a spa industry leader with 26 years of hands-on experience taught the three-hour session, which also focused on general accounting principles, financial ratios, and retail strategies.
Murad, Inc. has announced a new perk to its Acne Complex Healthy Skin Club. Every customer who purchases an Acne Complex Kit (with free Healthy Skin Club Membership) is now assigned his or her own personal Certified Skincare Specialist. Each Certified Skincare Specialist at Murad is a dedicated professional personally trained by Howard Murad, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA and founder of Murad, Inc.
Announcements
Universal Companies is pleased to announce a partnership with Trees for the Future to plant 5,000 trees to offset the paper use to print our 2008 and 2009 catalogs. In addition, although it features more products than ever before, the 2000 Spa Resource Book has 128 fewer pages than the 2008 catalog did, and is now offered in an electronic format. Redesigning the Spa Resource Book this year eliminated the use of over 10 million pages.
Kathleen Carney has recently achieved the status of being the first esthetician to become NCEA Certified in the state of Missouri. The National Coalition of Estheticians, Manufacturers, Distributors and Associations (NCEA) is equipping and protecting the rights of skin care professionals by developing nation-wide professional and educational guidelines and representing the interests of skin care professionals at the state regulatory level, and strengthening the voice of the aesthetician in our industry.
Malie Organics continues to celebrate the natural and organic ingredients from Hawai`i by announcing the launch of a new ecologically–friendly guest amenity program based on a gallon re-fill structure. Malie’s Organic beauty collection is an earth friendly hospitality solution aiming to save money and resources while enhancing the guest’s memory, mood, and state of mind.
Sciton, a leading manufacturer of high-quality laser and light systems in the aesthetic medical market, introduces TempAssure, a cutting edge temperature monitoring device to provide added safety for high power laser-assisted lipolysis with ProLipo PLUS .
The Texas Conference for Women (TCW), the state’s premier leadership and education forum for women, hosted by Gov. Rick Perry and First Lady Anita Perry, is accepting entries for its Boost Your Business by Going Green contest. TCW created the contest to recognize Texas-based, women-owned businesses that raise the bar by lowering their companies’ environmental impact. Contest participants must submit a 500-word case study outlining the policies and practices their companies use to lower environmental impact.
The New York State Society for Dermatology and Dermatological Surgery (NYSSDS) has elected Dr. David E. Bank President of the organization. Dr. Bank was elected by New York’s top dermatologists to serve in the position.
Purple Lab, the cosmetics company whose launch product, Huge Lips, Skinny Hips, has redefined lip gloss by fusing beauty with body and glamour with fun, announces that b-glowing will be the first online store to carry the collection. b-glowing is the ultimate web destination for the hottest boutique beauty brands around, presenting an impressive selection of independently-owned makeup, hair care, skin care, fragrance, bath and body, and home ambiance brands from around the globe.
SeaCliff Beauty Packaging & Laboratories announced that they have signed a contract to be the sole West Coast representatives of Eurovetrocap Cosmetic and Pharmaceutical Packaging. SeaCliff will work with Lerman Container Company, who will be the company’s sole East Coast representatives, to bring the European-based company’s products to the stateside companies.
SpaBooker, a division of SpaFinder Inc., announced that its innovative technology platform is powering the new online spa- booking channel at allure.com. Launched last June, this powerful new eCommerce partnership allows alure.com’s millions of users to search and book treatments in real time, 24/7 – while providing SpaBooker partners with significantly increased visibility and a robust new stream of customers.
HealthEdge Investment Partners, LLC (HealthEdge) and its portfolio company, Advanced Bio-Technologies, Inc. (ABT) announced that ABT has completed its acquisition of Belli Materna, LLC (Belli) located in Issaquah, Wash.
