Take Note October 2010

New Faces and Spaces

Spilo Worldwide, is pleased to announce the addition of Steve Levin as Vice President of Global Sales. In this role, Levin will oversee all sales responsibilities for every geographic market, along with customer service, telesales, and sales support, uniting these efforts under one leadership position. His broad-based experience working with accounts on a global basis makes him ideal to guide Spilo’s sales efforts. Levin brings a depth of sales and marketing experience to Spilo Worldwide, having worked at companies such as International Playtex, Avery Dennison, and Esselte Pendaflex. He has a talent for building strong customer relationships, reinforcing Spilo’s customer service philosophy.

SeaCliff Beauty Packaging & Laboratories is opening its first New York office. Located in Union Square, the office will serve as a showroom for East Coast-based clients to view SeaCliff Beauty’s array of packaging options, and it will service the company’s existing New York clients. The New York office will feature SeaCliff Beauty’s signature level of service and turnkey approach.

Jane Wurwand, founder and owner of Dermalogica, was joined by Gossip Girl cast member Kelly Rutherford and Step Up Women’s Network to celebrate and recognize the empowerment of women at the grand opening of The Dermalogica Academy located in the heart of Chelsea, West Manhattan. The Academy is the brand’s first undergraduate facility and the first learning institution of its kind within the professional skin care industry, offering skin therapists a comprehensive pre-licensing education, including training in every aspect of business, marketing, and retailing with an emphasis on mentoring and networking. Several more Academy locations are planned to open within the next five years.

The University of California, San Diego (UCSD), has announced the opening of the first clinic in the San Diego region dedicated to mapping and monitoring pre-cancerous moles. The mission of UCSD’s Pigmented Lesion and Skin Cancer Clinic, under the direction Richard L. Gallo, M.D., Ph.D., is to provide a high level of specialized care for patients with melanoma or those with the potential for developing melanoma. SkinMedica has provided a $100,000 philanthropic donation to help launch the clinic and is committing a $1 donation from the sale of every SkinMedica sunscreen product sold globally to fund skin cancer research and detection.

Awards, Celebrations, and Aniversaries

Clarisonic, the leader in sonic skin care products, is back for its second consecutive year on Inc. Magazine’s 2010 top 500 list of the fastest growing private companies in the U.S. Ranked as number 305 on the list, the company’s ground-breaking innovation in sonic technology and its sincere commitment to raise funds for women’s health issues keep Clarisonic (Pacific Bioscience Laboratories) as the gold standard in sonic skin care for leading spas, dermatologists, and beauty retailers.

T.J. Schafer was recently honored with CND’s Regional Manager of the Year 2009 Award. This prestigious award is given to employees who are passionately committed to the CND philosophy of serving the needs of the nail professional, a conviction which has been the foundation of Schafer’s career in the beauty industry. Schafer has served at CND for over a decade, starting in 1998 as a shipping clerk and rising through the ranks to International Account Manager for Asia Pacific and Middle Eastern territories. He is well respected amongst his distributor accounts as a proactive sales manager who strives to bring value and a keen business sense to the table.

AIA and DERMASCOPE Magazine would like to congratulate Lydia Sarfati, founder and chief executive officer of Sarkli/Repêchage® Ltd., on her company’s 30th anniversary marking the date in which Sarfati first launched her Four Layer Facial® in 1980. A legacy that started in 1977 when Sarfati opened the first day spa in Manhattan; her Spa de Beauté Concept is now established at over 150 salons worldwide.

Throughout the years, Sarkli/Repêchage® Ltd. has continued to expand their skin care empire with the development of a full range of skin care and body care treatments, products, and makeup; based on seaweed plants harvested from the coasts of France. In addition to Repêchage® being an industry leader, their company in and of itself demonstrates the type of business model that many companies in the skin care industry strive to replicate. With Lydia Sarfati as chief executive officer, her husband David as chief operating officer, and daughter Shiri as vice president of sales and marketing; Sarfati has established a company that works together as a family.

Distinguishing her as an entrepreneur and innovator in the field of aesthetics, Sarfati has been a recipient of numerous awards throughout the years; awards including: AIA & DERMASCOPE Magazine’s Legend Award, LNE’s Crystal Award, the ICMAD’s Cosmetic Entrepreneur Award for Leadership, and the NCA Pillar Award for Education Leadership. In addition to the awards listed above, Sarfati was also the first honoree from a skin care company to be recognized at the 19th Annual American Beauty Ball and Charity Gala benefiting The Make A Wish Foundation®.

In commemoration of Repêchage’s 30th Anniversary, a celebration was held on August 2, 2010 at New York’s Tribeca Rooftop. The night kicked off with close friends sharing memories of Lydia’s beginnings while a slideshow of photos from the company through the years played in the background, followed by the highly anticipated announcement of the annual Repêchage Spa de Beauté of the Year award winners. During the event, Lydia thanked everyone for believing in her and extended a special thank you to David Sarfati, her husband for supporting her dreams all along.

In the News

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge issued a written opinion rejecting Obagi Medical Products Inc.’s (“OMP”) (NASDAQ:OMPI) motion to dismiss claims by ZO Skin Health, Inc (“ZO”) that OMP engaged in anti-competitive practices. ZO, a company formed to give consumers access to world-renowned dermatologist Dr. Zein Obagi’s retail skin care products, filed a lawsuit in January challenging OMP’s anti-competitive practices. OMP unsuccessfully asked the Court to dismiss ZO’s claims.

As an ongoing initiative to help adolescent girls with facial disfigurements, CA BOTANA has donated products from their Doctor D. Schwab, Sea Enzyme, and Ambrosia Aromatherapy lines to the seventh annual Angel Faces Retreat in Encinitas, CA, to be used in facials during the week as well as gift bags for the girls to take home.

Make-Up Designory (MUD), the nation’s leading make-up school with locations in Los Angeles and New York, has announced that accomplished actress and Nigerian native Genevieve “Genny” Nnaji is the new face of MUD’s comprehensive cosmetics collection. A beauty icon and the only Nigerian actress to ever be profiled on Oprah, Nnaji embodies all facets of beauty, grace, and elegance, as well as a glamour that appeals to women of all ages.

LightStim International has received FDA Clearance for their Anti-Aging LED light for wrinkles, the only LED light to pass the new stringent gauntlet of tests and trials required by the FDA. The clearance was given after months and months of ongoing clinical trails and usability studies performed by the company. The studies resulted in significant reduction of peri-orbital wrinkles, the toughest wrinkles to treat.