New Faces and Spaces
Skin Blends LLC proudly introduces Gena Flores as the company’s Director of Marketing to promote the Skin Blends concept of custom blended skin care designed by aestheticians for estheticians. Flores is a licensed aesthetician and instructor in the state of Missouri and is passionate about advancing the standards of skin care and the industry as a whole.
CBI Laboratories hires David Pair as Chief Operating Officer. Pair joins CBI with over 26 years of sales and marketing, business development, and manufacturing experience. With experience tenure just one year shy of CBI’s complete existence, Pair marks the establishment of more precision in the way that CBI does business.
Murad, Inc., after another year of growth and increased sales, has announced that it has purchased a new warehouse in Torrance, Calif., which it will expand into starting next month. The 65,000-square-foot distribution center on three acres of land will house Murad’s West Coast Warehousing, Fulfillment and Quality operations, as well as a Research & Development Lab, and 7,500 square feet of new office space.
La Bella e Famosa Spa is proud of their newest staff member, award-winning make-up artist, Lorena Lopez. A native of Los Angeles, Calif., Lopez has been a celebrity personal artist for more than 15 years. At the early age of 17, she was learning the art and technique of makeup and hairstyling from the amazing expert beauty teams at Sebastian International and Jonathan A Beauty Shop. Lopez has traveled the world over, making her dreams come true by working with all of the top music labels, numerous celebrity and fashion photographers, respected directors, and many celebrity clients, including Ben Affleck, Katherine Heigel, and Ashton Kutcher.
Grooming Lounge has hired John Mulgrew, former President of American Crew, to head up their marketing and sales as they prepare to enter the salon marketplace.
In order to successfully position the brand in the US market, Fashionizer Spa Uniforms has appointed a US Director of Brand Development. “We are very excited to appoint Dawn MacLellan, a renowned and highly respected spa industry expert as the Director of Brand Development”, states Debbie Leon, owner/founder of Fashionizer UK.
Awards, Celebrations, and Aniversaries
Natural Health, UK’s leading glossy magazine on complementary therapies and holistic living, has awarded Best Concealer Winner to DermaMinerals Dual Pan Concealer, and DermaMinerals Breathable Coverage Liquid Mineral Foundation SPF 30 was Highly Commended in the Best Foundation category!! The annual Natural Health Beauty Awards are one of the most eagerly awaited events in the international holistic beauty world – the expert panel tested thousands of products from more than 120 brands to find the best, most effective beauty treats and treatments on the market.
Ole Henriksen celebrates 35 years of natural beauty in 2010. After years of sharing his advice with top beauty editors, celebrities, and clients in his Hollywood spa, Ole Henriksen is an icon to the skin care space.
In the News
Eco beauty leader, Aveda™ partnered with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to kick off its “Tap Water on the Go” stations as part of its Aveda catwalks for Water campaign – an effort to inspire action and awareness regarding clean water issues at New York Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2010, and a prelude to Aveda’s Earth Month Clean Water Initiative.
Phytomer participated in the Salt Lake City Ronald McDonald House’s Adopt a Meal program. Thiscountrywide program allows people in the community to donate and prepare dinner for Ronald McDonald Housechildren and theirfamilies. Phytomer employees and family members brought smiles and the comfort of a 
home cooked mealto 30 guests each evening.The mission of Ronald McDonaldHouse Charities (RMHC) is to create, find, and supportprograms that directlyimprove the health and well being of children.
LTW Technologies has received five FDA clearances for its proprietary and unique multi-wavelength LED Lightwave therapy device. The LIGHTWAVE DELUXE series utilizes a revolutionary light therapy combination of Red light therapy, Blue light therapy, and Infrared light therapy. The LIGHTWAVE DELUXE series is the first and only FDA cleared device of its kind. The DELUXE series is the first LED light therapy system to combine red, infrared, and blue in one unit, obtain clearances for each wavelength separately, and receive clearances for multiwavelengths treatments for use on the face and body.
Eminence Organic Skin Care helped celebrate the 82nd Annual Academy Awards in style. The GBK Gifting Lounge was once again the hot ticket in town and Eminence was thrilled to be a part of the successful event for the 2nd year in a row. As always, the gift lounge boasted more Oscar related celebrities than any other suite in town including Best Actress nominee Gabourey Sidebe (Precious), Sherri Shepherd (Precious, The View), Oscar Nominee Angela Basset (How Stella Got her Grove Back), CCH Pounder (Avatar), Gedeon Burkhard (Inglorious Basterds), Quinton Aaron (The Blind Side), Sharlto Copley (District 9), Oscar Winner Mira Sorvino (Reservation Road), and many, many others…
Isabel Dassinger, industry innovator and pioneer, has established a new company called Diamond Aesthetic Systems (DAS). The company is a new independent medical and spa equipment business picking up where she left off when she ran Slimtone USA and Diamond Medical Aesthetics back in 1997-2002. The company offices are located in northern NJ.
DermaQuest sponsors Team Trifiniti to keep athletes’ skin protected. Team Trifiniti is an endurance team consisting of cyclists, runners, triathletes, and swimmers, and the team trains, races, competes, and gives back to the community to support a healthy, strong, and confident lifestyle. DermaQuest ZinClear SPF 30 (Regular and Tinted) will be Team Trifiniti’s official sunscreen for all their upcoming races (Ironman Utah, Wildflower Triathlon, Ultraman Canada).
Lexli made its return to Tinseltown last weekend to help celebrities, stylists and other industry A-listers get their skin Red Carpet ready for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. Lexli was on-hand to offer some of its most coveted products, including AloeGlyC® Renewing Exfoliant. Among the Lexli representatives attending the exclusive invite-only event was Dr. Ahmed Abdullah, a board-certified plastic surgeon, aloe researcher, and founder/formulator of the Lexli line of products. Dr. Abdullah provided personalized skin care advice to attending celebrities, including Quinton Aaron (Michael Oher in “The Blind Side”), Deidre Hall (Marlena in “Days of Our Lives”) and Rob Edwards (writer of “The Princess and the Frog”).
Announcements
Advanced Bio-Technologies, Inc. announced the national media debut of Kelo-cote®, the nation’s foremost scar treatment gel. Kelo-cote® is currently the most widely studied topical scar product in the world, with more than two thousand patients participating in published clinical studies. Appealing to a wide variety of consumers who are burdened with scars from injuries or surgeries, Kelo-cote® works on new and old scars by smoothing and fading the appearance as it helps keep abnormal scars from forming.
The Women’s Center at Metroplex Hospital in Killeen, Texas, has teamed up with Anna D. Rinehart, CIDESCO Diplomat, Facial Aesthetics Instructor, and Texas approved CEU provider to develop a comprehensive medical aesthetics clinical skin care program for the community. This hospital-based program will include a Medical Aesthetics training program for physicians, nurses, and aestheticians.
Cristina Proano-Carrion C.H. Dip. Aroma has founded Aromandina with the purpose of providing high quality, therapeutic grade essential oils and aromatherapy blends designed to address health at ranges hard to reach by other means. Proano-Carrion has more than 14 years of experience formulating aromatherapy products for the spa, fitness, and hospitality industry and speaking with North and South American audiences on television and radio as well as in seminars and workshops. www.aromandina.com
BioMedix Vascular Solutions, Inc. announced that John Romans, CEO and Meg Heim, RN, Vice President of Marketing participated as members of the P.A.D. Task Force Committee on behalf of the Governor of Calif., Arnold Schwarzenegger, The California Podiatric Medical Association and the California Department of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention (CDPH).
Molecular dermatology research and development innovator HairDX today announced the results of a six month pilot study that presents, for the first time, evidence that genetic mechanisms may predict treatment response to Finasteride for postmenopausal female Androgenetic Alopecia (female hair loss).
Arbor Pharmaceuticals has announced that they have launched Pediaderm™ HC Complete Kit – an innovative new product specifically developed to treat, manage, and protect the skin of children with atopic dermatitis, commonly referred to as eczema.
The Nelson J Salon proudly announces a new partnership with Los Angeles based The Samburu Project (www.thesamburuproject.org), a non-profit organization dedicated to helping provide communities in the Samburu District of Kenya with easy access to clean, safe drinking water, through the drilling of wells.
A new partnership between Episciences, Inc., and Origins Pharmacy Solutions is helping to make hospice patients a little more comfortable during a difficult time. Episciences, the maker of the Epionce line of skin care products, is now a preferred provider for Origins Pharmacy Solutions, an Idaho based company that provides a drug management plan tailored to meet the needs of hospice patients.
derma e® Natural Bodycare, a pioneer in formulating cutting-edge effective natural skin care products, is pleased to announce that donations from the company helped build a classroom in San Pedro, Paraguay. In addition to making a positive impact on the biological and environmental conditions, and encouraging personal empowerment in Paraguay through The Paraguay Project, this donation reinforces derma e®’s commitment to supporting the Paraguayan people.
With the community of San Pedro growing quickly, derma e® was asked to participate in a joint project where a donation from the company would enable the community to purchase building materials in order to build an additional classroom for their school. This past winter, with the combined efforts of the San Pedro community and derma e®, an additional brick classroom was built. The school now encompasses two classrooms that educate 80 students (grades 1 through 9) in core subjects.
Sondra Miles, the daughter of derma e® Vice President, Dr. Linda Miles, L. Ac., D.O.M., served as a Peace Corps volunteer in San Pedro, a rural community in the heart of Paraguay. There she taught environmental and health education, and saw and felt the needs of the Paraguayan people for educational opportunities, sustainable incomes, and empowerment. In light of this awareness, derma e® created The Paraguay Project, a three-tiered charitable program supporting the people, rainforest and land of Paraguay. derma e® purchases beautiful, hand-crafted Spiderweb Lace at a fair market price directly from co-ops in Paraguay, sells them to U.S. boutiques and online, and donates full profits as well as a percentage of all product sales to three non-governmental organizations: Guyra Paraguay, Clyde E. Bay Foundation and GlobaI Infancia.
“We are very pleased that derma e® was able to expand on the efforts made through The Paraguay Project and make a donation that supplied building materials for a classroom that was so desperately needed to support the growing community of San Pedro,” says Dr. Linda Miles, L. Ac., D.O.M., Vice President of derma e® Natural Bodycare.
